diff --git a/packages/devel/libirman/package.mk b/packages/devel/libirman/package.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5f31428a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/devel/libirman/package.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  OpenELEC 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 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  OpenELEC 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.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="libirman"
+PKG_VERSION="0.4.5"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://sourceforge.net/projects/lirc"
+PKG_URL="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/lirc/libirman/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain systemd"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="system"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="libirman library for lircd"
+PKG_LONGDESC="libirman library for lircd"
+
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
+
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--disable-shared \
+                           --enable-static \
+                           --disable-swtest"
+
+pre_configure_target() {
+  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC -DPIC"
+}
+
+post_makeinstall_target() {
+  rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/bin
+}
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/lirc/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/lirc/package.mk
index 1d64203d53..7e88ebd9d5 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/lirc/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/lirc/package.mk
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.lirc.org"
 PKG_URL="$SOURCEFORGE_SRC/lirc/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain libftdi libusb-compat"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain libftdi libusb-compat libirman"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="sysutils/remote"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="lirc: Linux Infrared Remote Control"