diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/patches/kodi-999.38-KEY_SEARCH.patch b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/patches/kodi-999.38-KEY_SEARCH.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f300cb588
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/patches/kodi-999.38-KEY_SEARCH.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff -Naur kodi-15.2-02e7013/xbmc/input/linux/LinuxInputDevices.cpp kodi-15.2-02e7013.patch/xbmc/input/linux/LinuxInputDevices.cpp
+--- kodi-15.2-02e7013/xbmc/input/linux/LinuxInputDevices.cpp	2015-10-29 16:04:09.614715465 +0100
++++ kodi-15.2-02e7013.patch/xbmc/input/linux/LinuxInputDevices.cpp	2015-10-29 16:11:31.666651957 +0100
+@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@
+   { KEY_BLUE          , XBMCK_BLUE        },
+   { KEY_HOMEPAGE      , XBMCK_HOMEPAGE    },
+   { KEY_MAIL          , XBMCK_LAUNCH_MAIL },
++  { KEY_SEARCH        , XBMCK_BROWSER_SEARCH},
+   // The Little Black Box Remote Additions
+   { 384               , XBMCK_LEFT        }, // Red
+   { 378               , XBMCK_RIGHT       }, // Green