diff --git a/licenses/HIDAPI-orig.txt b/licenses/HIDAPI-orig.txt
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+ HIDAPI - Multi-Platform library for
+ communication with HID devices.
+
+ Copyright 2009, Alan Ott, Signal 11 Software.
+ All Rights Reserved.
+ 
+ This software may be used by anyone for any reason so
+ long as the copyright notice in the source files
+ remains intact.
diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/hidapi/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/hidapi/package.mk
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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+# Copyright (C) 2023-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
+
+PKG_NAME="hidapi"
+PKG_VERSION="0.14.0"
+PKG_SHA256="a5714234abe6e1f53647dd8cba7d69f65f71c558b7896ed218864ffcf405bcbd"
+PKG_LICENSE="HIDAPI-orig"
+PKG_SITE="http://libusb.info/"
+PKG_URL="https://github.com/libusb/hidapi/archive/refs/tags/hidapi-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain libusb"
+PKG_LONGDESC="HIDAPI is a multi-platform library which allows an application to interface with USB and Bluetooth HID-Class devices."
+PKG_TOOLCHAIN="cmake"