diff --git a/config/path b/config/path
index 9a5fc1782f..42f798891b 100644
--- a/config/path
+++ b/config/path
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ BUILD=$BUILD_BASE.OpenELEC-$PROJECT.$TARGET_ARCH.$OPENELEC_VERSION
 PKG_BUILD=$BUILD/$1\[-_][0-9]*
 TARGET_IMG=$ROOT/$TARGET
 TARGET_ADDONS="$TARGET_IMG/$ADDONS/$ADDON_PATH"
+ADDON_BUILD="$BUILD/$ADDONS/$1"
 STAMPS_NOARCH=.stamps
 STAMPS=$BUILD/.stamps
 DOCS=DOCS
@@ -242,6 +243,27 @@ INDENT_SIZE=4
 VERSION_SUFFIX=$TARGET_ARCH
 [ -n "$TARGET_PLATFORM" ] && VERSION_SUFFIX=$TARGET_PLATFORM
 
+# set package metadata
+  PKG_NAME="$1"
+  PKG_VERSION="0.0invalid"
+  PKG_REV="0"
+  PKG_ARCH="any"
+  PKG_LICENSE="unknown"
+  PKG_SITE=""
+  PKG_URL=""
+  PKG_DEPENDS=""
+  PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS=""
+  PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+  PKG_SECTION="misc"
+  PKG_SHORTDESC="$1 (autogenerated)"
+  PKG_LONGDESC=""
+  PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+  [ -n "$1" ] && PKG_DIR=`find $PACKAGES -type d -name $1 2>/dev/null`
+
+  [ -r $PKG_DIR/meta ] && . $PKG_DIR/meta
+  [ "$PKG_IS_ADDON" = "yes" ] && PKG_ADDON_ID="addon.$PKG_SECTION.$PKG_NAME"
+
 # read generic personal options if available
  if [ -f ~/.openelec/options ]; then
    . ~/.openelec/options