diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/addon b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/addon
index 95207a9919..018d2662aa 100755
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/addon
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/addon
@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ mkdir -p $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID
 
 mkdir -p $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/bin
   cp -P $PKG_BUILD/build.linux/tvheadend $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/bin
+  cp -P $PKG_BUILD/capmt_ca.so $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/bin
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/build b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/build
index e174adaab6..c45ce63d65 100755
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/build
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/build
@@ -37,3 +37,6 @@ cd $PKG_BUILD
             --enable-bundle
 
 make
+
+# compile capmt_ca.so library
+$CC -O -fbuiltin -fomit-frame-pointer -fPIC -shared -o capmt_ca.so src/extra/capmt_ca.c -ldl
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/config/settings.xml b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/config/settings.xml
index 8fec81edba..a78e7f48e5 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/config/settings.xml
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/config/settings.xml
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
     <setting id="XMLTV_LOCATION_FILE" value="" />
     <setting id="XMLTV_LOCATION_WEB" value="http://" />
     <setting id="XMLTV_TYPE" value="NONE" />
+    <setting id="PRELOAD_CAPMT_CA" value="false" />
 </settings>
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/bin/tvheadend.start b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/bin/tvheadend.start
index 7d9b372728..08c859ea9b 100755
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/bin/tvheadend.start
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/bin/tvheadend.start
@@ -119,6 +119,11 @@ mkdir -p $ADDON_HOME
         sleep 1
         continue
       fi
-      $ADDON_BIN $TVHEADEND_ARG &>$LOG_FILE
+      if [ "$PRELOAD_CAPMT_CA" == "true" ] ; then
+        logger -t Tvheadend "### Preloading capmt_ca.so library ###"
+        LD_PRELOAD=$ADDON_DIR/bin/capmt_ca.so $ADDON_BIN $TVHEADEND_ARG &>$LOG_FILE
+      else
+        $ADDON_BIN $TVHEADEND_ARG &>$LOG_FILE
+      fi
     done &
   fi
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/resources/language/English/strings.xml b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/resources/language/English/strings.xml
index f718c0d9bd..3c90281869 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/resources/language/English/strings.xml
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/resources/language/English/strings.xml
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@
 	<string id="1021">Unload DVB mudules before suspend</string>
 	<string id="1022">Wait for frontend initialization</string>
 	<string id="1023">Number of adapters to wait for</string>
+	<string id="1024">Preload capmt_ca.so library</string>
 
 </strings>
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/resources/settings.xml b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/resources/settings.xml
index 3a84c2d295..dcc5a1b567 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/resources/settings.xml
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/resources/settings.xml
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@
 		<setting id="WAIT_FOR_FEINIT" type="bool" label="1022" default="false" />
 		<setting id="NUM_ADAPTERS" type="number" label="1023" default="1" enable="eq(-1,true)" />
 		<setting id="REMOVE_MODULES" type="text" label="1021" values="" default=""/>
+		<setting id="PRELOAD_CAPMT_CA" type="bool" label="1024" default="false" />
     </category>
 </settings>