diff --git a/packages/addons/service/vdr-addon/changelog.txt b/packages/addons/service/vdr-addon/changelog.txt
index 1a199d0f84..525be4d6a5 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/vdr-addon/changelog.txt
+++ b/packages/addons/service/vdr-addon/changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+110
+- fix deprecated VDR_CHARSET_OVERRIDE
+
 109
 - fix script.config.vdr scan:
   . reststfulapi: use header from current wirbelscan
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/vdr-addon/package.mk b/packages/addons/service/vdr-addon/package.mk
index e916fdf84c..70e3cb3a61 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/vdr-addon/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/service/vdr-addon/package.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 PKG_NAME="vdr-addon"
 PKG_VERSION="2.4"
-PKG_REV="109"
+PKG_REV="110"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://libreelec.tv"
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start b/packages/addons/service/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start
index 8496485536..7ca107f081 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start
+++ b/packages/addons/service/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ "$ENABLE_CHARSET_OVERRIDE" == "true" ] ; then
   if [ ! -z "$CHARSET_OVERRIDE_STR" ] ; then
-    VDR_CHARSET_OVERRIDE="$CHARSET_OVERRIDE_STR"
+    VDR_ARG="$VDR_ARG --chartab=$CHARSET_OVERRIDE_STR"
   fi
 fi
 
@@ -181,4 +181,4 @@ if [ "$ENABLE_VDR_DEBUG" == "true" ] ; then
   sleep 1
 fi
 
-eval LANG=en_US.UTF-8 VDR_CHARSET_OVERRIDE="$VDR_CHARSET_OVERRIDE" exec vdr.bin $VDR_ARG
+eval LANG=en_US.UTF-8 exec vdr.bin $VDR_ARG