diff --git a/packages/devel/flatbuffers/package.mk b/packages/devel/flatbuffers/package.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23321a99a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/devel/flatbuffers/package.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+# Copyright (C) 2018-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
+
+PKG_NAME="flatbuffers"
+PKG_VERSION="1.9.0"
+PKG_SHA256="5ca5491e4260cacae30f1a5786d109230db3f3a6e5a0eb45d0d0608293d247e3"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+PKG_SITE="https://github.com/google/flatbuffers"
+PKG_URL="https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/archive/v$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="toolchain"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
+PKG_SECTION="devel"
+PKG_LONGDESC="FlatBuffers is an efficient cross platform serialization library for games and other memory constrained apps. It allows you to directly access serialized data without unpacking/parsing it first, while still having great forwards/backwards compatibility."
+
+PKG_CMAKE_OPTS_HOST="-DFLATBUFFERS_CODE_COVERAGE=OFF \
+                     -DFLATBUFFERS_BUILD_TESTS=OFF \
+                     -DFLATBUFFERS_INSTALL=ON \
+                     -DFLATBUFFERS_BUILD_FLATLIB=OFF \
+                     -DFLATBUFFERS_BUILD_FLATC=ON \
+                     -DFLATBUFFERS_BUILD_FLATHASH=OFF \
+                     -DFLATBUFFERS_BUILD_GRPCTEST=OFF \
+                     -DFLATBUFFERS_BUILD_SHAREDLIB=OFF"
+
+PKG_CMAKE_OPTS_TARGET="-DFLATBUFFERS_CODE_COVERAGE=OFF \
+                       -DFLATBUFFERS_BUILD_TESTS=OFF \
+                       -DFLATBUFFERS_INSTALL=ON \
+                       -DFLATBUFFERS_BUILD_FLATLIB=OFF \
+                       -DFLATBUFFERS_BUILD_FLATC=OFF \
+                       -DFLATBUFFERS_BUILD_FLATHASH=OFF \
+                       -DFLATBUFFERS_BUILD_GRPCTEST=OFF \
+                       -DFLATBUFFERS_BUILD_SHAREDLIB=OFF"
+
+pre_configure_host() {
+  export CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -std=c++11"
+}
+
+post_makeinstall_host() {
+  mkdir -p $TOOLCHAIN/bin
+    cp -PR $PKG_BUILD/.$HOST_NAME/flatc $TOOLCHAIN/bin
+}
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
index 74b6278489..2fdb4675ef 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.kodi.tv"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/archive/$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
 PKG_SOURCE_DIR="xbmc-$PKG_VERSION*"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain JsonSchemaBuilder:host TexturePacker:host Python2 zlib systemd pciutils lzo pcre swig:host libass curl fontconfig fribidi tinyxml libjpeg-turbo freetype libcdio taglib libxml2 libxslt rapidjson sqlite ffmpeg crossguid giflib libdvdnav libhdhomerun libfmt lirc libfstrcmp"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain JsonSchemaBuilder:host TexturePacker:host Python2 zlib systemd pciutils lzo pcre swig:host libass curl fontconfig fribidi tinyxml libjpeg-turbo freetype libcdio taglib libxml2 libxslt rapidjson sqlite ffmpeg crossguid giflib libdvdnav libhdhomerun libfmt lirc libfstrcmp flatbuffers:host flatbuffers"
 PKG_SECTION="mediacenter"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="kodi: Kodi Mediacenter"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Kodi Media Center (which was formerly named Xbox Media Center or XBMC) is a free and open source cross-platform media player and home entertainment system software with a 10-foot user interface designed for the living-room TV. Its graphical user interface allows the user to easily manage video, photos, podcasts, and music from a computer, optical disk, local network, and the internet using a remote control."
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ PKG_CMAKE_OPTS_TARGET="-DNATIVEPREFIX=$TOOLCHAIN \
                        -DENABLE_LDGOLD=ON \
                        -DENABLE_DEBUGFISSION=OFF \
                        -DENABLE_APP_AUTONAME=OFF \
+                       -DENABLE_INTERNAL_FLATBUFFERS=OFF \
                        $PKG_KODI_USE_LTO \
                        $KODI_ARCH \
                        $KODI_NEON \