diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/xbmc-990.21-cec-extra-guards-around-m_queryThread.patch b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/xbmc-990.21-cec-extra-guards-around-m_queryThread.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e882e54d75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/xbmc-990.21-cec-extra-guards-around-m_queryThread.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+From 5385b26621a8d966f187f7b63dfaa8f336beb9a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Lars Op den Kamp <lars@opdenkamp.eu>
+Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:20:27 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] [cec] extra guards around m_queryThread
+
+---
+ xbmc/peripherals/devices/PeripheralCecAdapter.cpp |   13 ++++++++-----
+ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/xbmc/peripherals/devices/PeripheralCecAdapter.cpp b/xbmc/peripherals/devices/PeripheralCecAdapter.cpp
+index 4cdd3c4..6509c5d 100644
+--- a/xbmc/peripherals/devices/PeripheralCecAdapter.cpp
++++ b/xbmc/peripherals/devices/PeripheralCecAdapter.cpp
+@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ class DllLibCEC : public DllDynamic, DllLibCECInterface
+     m_bStop = true;
+   }
+ 
+-  SAFE_DELETE(m_queryThread);
+   StopThread(true);
++  delete m_queryThread;
+ 
+   if (m_dll && m_cecAdapter)
+   {
+@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ void CPeripheralCecAdapter::Process(void)
+       Sleep(5);
+   }
+ 
+-  SAFE_DELETE(m_queryThread);
++  m_queryThread->StopThread(true);
+ 
+   bool bSendStandbyCommands(false);
+   {
+@@ -1105,9 +1105,12 @@ void CPeripheralCecAdapter::OnSettingChanged(const CStdString &strChangedSetting
+   }
+   else if (IsRunning())
+   {
+-    CLog::Log(LOGDEBUG, "%s - sending the updated configuration to libCEC", __FUNCTION__);
+-    SetConfigurationFromSettings();
+-    m_queryThread->UpdateConfiguration(&m_configuration);
++    if (m_queryThread->IsRunning())
++    {
++      CLog::Log(LOGDEBUG, "%s - sending the updated configuration to libCEC", __FUNCTION__);
++      SetConfigurationFromSettings();
++      m_queryThread->UpdateConfiguration(&m_configuration);
++    }
+   }
+   else
+   {
+-- 
+1.7.10
+
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/xbmc-990.22-cec-init_m_queryThread_to_NULL.patch b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/xbmc-990.22-cec-init_m_queryThread_to_NULL.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2145ca975b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/xbmc-990.22-cec-init_m_queryThread_to_NULL.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From 9526c4ce7da5c70d8ba79a5c21e9d95c918ebadb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Lars Op den Kamp <lars@opdenkamp.eu>
+Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:08:55 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] [cec] and let's init m_queryThread to NULL so we won't crash
+ on exit when CEC has been disabled
+
+---
+ xbmc/peripherals/devices/PeripheralCecAdapter.cpp |    1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/xbmc/peripherals/devices/PeripheralCecAdapter.cpp b/xbmc/peripherals/devices/PeripheralCecAdapter.cpp
+index 6509c5d..61233bb 100644
+--- a/xbmc/peripherals/devices/PeripheralCecAdapter.cpp
++++ b/xbmc/peripherals/devices/PeripheralCecAdapter.cpp
+@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ void CPeripheralCecAdapter::ResetMembers(void)
+   m_bActiveSourceBeforeStandby = false;
+   m_bOnPlayReceived          = false;
+   m_bPlaybackPaused          = false;
++  m_queryThread              = NULL;
+ 
+   m_currentButton.iButton    = 0;
+   m_currentButton.iDuration  = 0;
+-- 
+1.7.10
+
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/xbmc-990.23-Fix_code_generate_problem_with_binary_string.patch b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/xbmc-990.23-Fix_code_generate_problem_with_binary_string.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..56420955ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/xbmc-990.23-Fix_code_generate_problem_with_binary_string.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+From 1a5e251cc4382ad3e918af68072f2ba08e26574b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: ulion <ulion2002@gmail.com>
+Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:40:54 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix code generate problem with binary string.
+
+---
+ xbmc/interfaces/python/typemaps/python.string.outtm |    2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/xbmc/interfaces/python/typemaps/python.string.outtm b/xbmc/interfaces/python/typemaps/python.string.outtm
+index cdfba2e..c396166 100644
+--- a/xbmc/interfaces/python/typemaps/python.string.outtm
++++ b/xbmc/interfaces/python/typemaps/python.string.outtm
+@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@
+ %>
+ ${result} = <% 
+   if(method.@feature_python_coerceToUnicode) { %>PyUnicode_DecodeUTF8(${api}.c_str(),${api}.size(),"replace");<% }
+-  else { %>PyString_FromString(${api}.c_str());<% } %>
++  else { %>PyString_FromStringAndSize(${api}.c_str(), ${api}.length());<% } %>
+-- 
+1.7.10
+