diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/patches/kodi-100.16-smb-maxprotocol-visible.patch b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/patches/kodi-100.16-smb-maxprotocol-visible.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42afc99dc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/patches/kodi-100.16-smb-maxprotocol-visible.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/system/settings/settings.xml	2017-08-05 04:22:39.894495691 +0100
++++ b/system/settings/settings.xml	2017-08-05 07:41:42.493159153 +0100
+@@ -1964,7 +1964,7 @@
+         </setting>
+         <setting id="smb.maxprotocol" type="integer" label="36621" help="36622">
+           <level>2</level>
+-          <visible>false</visible>
++          <visible>true</visible>
+           <default>0</default>
+           <constraints>
+             <options>