diff --git a/packages/x11/proto/xproto-host/build b/packages/x11/proto/xproto-host/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d509c93772
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/x11/proto/xproto-host/build
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2011 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, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+. config/options $1
+
+$SCRIPTS/unpack xproto
+
+XPROTO_DIR=`ls -d $BUILD/xproto-[0-9]*`
+
+setup_toolchain host
+
+cd $XPROTO_DIR
+mkdir -p .objdir-host && cd .objdir-host
+
+../configure --prefix=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN
+
+make
+make install
diff --git a/packages/x11/proto/xproto-host/meta b/packages/x11/proto/xproto-host/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..641ded5056
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/x11/proto/xproto-host/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2011 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, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="xproto-host"
+PKG_VERSION=""
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.x.org/"
+PKG_URL=""
+PKG_DEPENDS=""
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain util-macros"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="x11/proto"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="xproto: KB extension headers"
+PKG_LONGDESC="X11 extension headers"
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
diff --git a/packages/x11/proto/xproto/build b/packages/x11/proto/xproto/build
index 56551b33c5..997d195335 100755
--- a/packages/x11/proto/xproto/build
+++ b/packages/x11/proto/xproto/build
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
-
 cd $PKG_BUILD
-./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
-            --build=$HOST_NAME \
-            --prefix=/usr \
+mkdir -p .objdir-target && cd .objdir-target
+
+../configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
+             --build=$HOST_NAME \
+             --prefix=/usr \
 
 make
 $MAKEINSTALL