diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/221_xbmc-let_select_external_zlib-0.1.diff b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/221_xbmc-let_select_external_zlib-0.1.diff
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/221_xbmc-let_select_external_zlib-0.1.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+diff -Naur xbmc-29931/configure.in xbmc-29931.patch/configure.in
+--- xbmc-29931/configure.in	2010-05-08 22:08:33.000000000 +0200
++++ xbmc-29931.patch/configure.in	2010-05-10 07:37:16.106645896 +0200
+@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
+ external_libdts_disabled="== Use of external libdts disabled. =="
+ external_libass_enabled="== Use of external libass enabled. =="
+ external_libass_disabled="== Use of external libass disabled. =="
++external_libz_enabled="== Use of external libz enabled. =="
++external_libz_disabled="== Use of external libz disabled. =="
+ external_python_enabled="== Use of external python enabled. =="
+ external_python_disabled="== Use of external python disabled. =="
+ ffmpeg_vdpau_not_supported="== External ffmpeg doesn't support VDPAU. VDPAU support disabled. =="
+@@ -260,6 +262,12 @@
+             [use_external_libass=$enableval],
+             [use_external_libass=$use_external_libraries])
+ 
++AC_ARG_ENABLE([external-libz],
++            [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-external-libz],
++            [enable use of external libz library (default is no)])],
++            [use_external_libz=$enableval],
++            [use_external_libz=no])
++
+ AC_ARG_ENABLE([external-python],
+             [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-external-python],
+             [enable use of external python library (default is no) 'Linux only'])],
+@@ -668,6 +676,18 @@
+   USE_EXTERNAL_LIBASS=0
+ fi
+ 
++# External libz
++if test "$use_external_libraries" = "yes" || test "$use_external_libz" = "yes"; then
++  AC_CHECK_LIB([z],          [main],, AC_MSG_ERROR($missing_library))
++  AC_CHECK_HEADERS([zlib.h],, AC_MSG_ERROR([$missing_headers]))
++  AC_MSG_NOTICE($external_libz_enabled)
++  USE_EXTERNAL_LIBZ=1
++  AC_DEFINE([USE_EXTERNAL_LIBZ], [1], [Whether to use external libz library/zlib.])
++else
++  AC_MSG_NOTICE($external_libz_disabled)
++  USE_EXTERNAL_LIBZ=0
++fi
++
+ # External Python
+ if test "$use_external_python" = "yes"; then
+   AC_CHECK_LIB([python2.6], [main],
+@@ -1096,6 +1116,11 @@
+ else
+   final_message="$final_message\n  External libass:\tNo"
+ fi
++if test "$use_external_libz" = "yes"; then
++  final_message="$final_message\n  External zlib:\tYes"
++else
++  final_message="$final_message\n  External zlib:\tNo"
++fi
+ if test "$use_external_python" = "yes"; then
+   final_message="$final_message\n  External Python:\tYes"
+ else
+@@ -1489,7 +1514,7 @@
+     CFLAGS="-fPIC -fno-common -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -mmacosx-version-min=10.4" \
+     ./configure
+   fi
+-], [0])
++], [$USE_EXTERNAL_LIBZ])
+ 
+ XB_CONFIG_MODULE([xbmc/lib/libass], [
+   if test "$host_vendor" = "apple" ; then