diff --git a/packages/addons/service/system/pcscd-addon/addon b/packages/addons/service/system/pcscd-addon/addon
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+++ b/packages/addons/service/system/pcscd-addon/addon
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#      Copyright (C) 2011-2011 Gregor Fuis (gujs@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+. config/options $1
+
+  mkdir -p $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/bin/
+
+  cp -Pa $BUILD/pcsc-lite-*/src/pcscd $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/bin/pcscd.bin
+
+  mkdir -p $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/lib
+  cp -Pa $BUILD/pcsc-lite-*/src/.libs/*.so* $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/lib
+  cp -Pa $BUILD/pcsc-lite-*/src/spy/.libs/*.so* $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/lib
+
+  mkdir -p $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/drivers/serial
+  cp -Pa $BUILD/libccid-*/src/.libs/libccidtwin.so $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/drivers/serial
+
+  mkdir -p $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/drivers/ifd-ccid.bundle/Contents/Linux/
+  cp -Pa $BUILD/libccid-*/src/.libs/libccid.so $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/drivers/ifd-ccid.bundle/Contents/Linux/
+  cp -Pa $BUILD/libccid-*/src/Info.plist $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/drivers/ifd-ccid.bundle/Contents
+
+  mkdir -p $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/config
+  cp -Pa $PKG_DIR/config/* $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/config/
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/system/pcscd-addon/changelog.txt b/packages/addons/service/system/pcscd-addon/changelog.txt
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index 0000000000..1a3d1c4a38
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+++ b/packages/addons/service/system/pcscd-addon/changelog.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+2.0.1
+- initial version for pcsc-lite 1.8.2 / ccid 1.4.5
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/system/pcscd-addon/config/reader.conf b/packages/addons/service/system/pcscd-addon/config/reader.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d984d4a45c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/addons/service/system/pcscd-addon/config/reader.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Gemalto reader with serial communication
+#  - n is the serial port to use n in [0..3]
+#  - reader is the reader name. It is needed for multi-slot readers.
+#    Possible reader values are: GemPCPinPad, GemCorePOSPro, GemCoreSIMPro,
+#    GemPCTwin (default value)
+# example: /dev/ttyS0:GemPCPinPad
+#FRIENDLYNAME      "GemPCTwin serial"
+#DEVICENAME        /dev/ttySn[:reader]
+#LIBPATH           /storage/.xbmc/addons/service.system.pcscd-addon/drivers/serial/libccidtwin.so
+#CHANNELID         n
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/system/pcscd-addon/icon/icon.png b/packages/addons/service/system/pcscd-addon/icon/icon.png
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diff --git a/packages/addons/service/system/pcscd-addon/meta b/packages/addons/service/system/pcscd-addon/meta
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..4d15b81abc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/addons/service/system/pcscd-addon/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#      Copyright (C) 2011-2011 Gregor Fuis (gujs@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="pcscd-addon"
+PKG_VERSION="2.0"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.openelec.tv"
+PKG_URL=""
+PKG_DEPENDS=""
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain pcsc-lite libusb libccid"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="service/system"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="Middleware to access a smart card using SCard API (PC/SC)"
+PKG_LONGDESC="Middleware to access a smart card using SCard API (PC/SC)"
+PKG_IS_ADDON="yes"
+PKG_ADDON_TYPE="xbmc.service"
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/system/pcscd-addon/source/bin/pcscd.start b/packages/addons/service/system/pcscd-addon/source/bin/pcscd.start
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d79015d41c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/addons/service/system/pcscd-addon/source/bin/pcscd.start
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+ADDON_NAME="service.system.pcscd-addon"
+ADDON_DIR="$HOME/.xbmc/addons/$ADDON_NAME"
+ADDON_HOME="$HOME/.xbmc/userdata/addon_data/$ADDON_NAME"
+
+ADDON_CONFIG_DIR="$ADDON_HOME/config"
+
+LOCKDIR="/var/lock/"
+LOCKFILE="pcscd.disabled"
+
+mkdir -p $ADDON_HOME
+
+export PATH=$ADDON_DIR/bin:$PATH
+
+cd $ADDON_DIR/config
+mkdir -p $ADDON_CONFIG_DIR
+for config in `find . -type f -name "*.conf*"`; do
+  if [ ! -f $ADDON_CONFIG_DIR/$config ]; then
+    cp $config $ADDON_CONFIG_DIR/$config
+  fi
+done
+
+if [ ! "$(pidof pcscd.bin)" ];then
+  if [ -f "$LOCKDIR/$LOCKFILE" ] ; then
+    rm -rf "$LOCKDIR/$LOCKFILE"
+  fi
+  while [ true ] ; do
+    if [ -f "$LOCKDIR/$LOCKFILE" ] ; then
+      break
+    fi
+    pcscd.bin --foreground -c $ADDON_CONFIG_DIR/reader.conf
+    sleep 1
+  done &
+fi
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/system/pcscd-addon/source/bin/pcscd.stop b/packages/addons/service/system/pcscd-addon/source/bin/pcscd.stop
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..4722ea09ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/addons/service/system/pcscd-addon/source/bin/pcscd.stop
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+LOCKDIR="/var/lock/"
+LOCKFILE="pcscd.disabled"
+
+if [ "$(pidof pcscd.bin)" ];then
+  mkdir -p "$LOCKDIR"
+  touch "$LOCKDIR/$LOCKFILE"
+  killall -9 pcscd.bin
+fi
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/system/pcscd-addon/source/default.py b/packages/addons/service/system/pcscd-addon/source/default.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..b361cbe120
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/addons/service/system/pcscd-addon/source/default.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#      Copyright (C) 2011-2011 Gregor Fuis (gujs@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+import os
+import sys
+import xbmcaddon
+import time
+import subprocess
+
+__scriptname__ = "PCSC lite"
+__author__     = "OpenELEC"
+__url__        = "http://www.openelec.tv"
+__settings__   = xbmcaddon.Addon(id='service.system.pcscd-addon')
+__cwd__        = __settings__.getAddonInfo('path')
+__start__      = xbmc.translatePath( os.path.join( __cwd__, 'bin', "pcscd.start") )
+__stop__       = xbmc.translatePath( os.path.join( __cwd__, 'bin', "pcscd.stop") )
+
+#make binary files executable in adson bin folder
+subprocess.Popen("chmod -R +x " + __cwd__ + "/bin/*" , shell=True, close_fds=True)
+
+subprocess.Popen(__start__, shell=True, close_fds=True)
+
+while (not xbmc.abortRequested):
+  time.sleep(0.250)
+
+subprocess.Popen(__stop__, shell=True, close_fds=True)