diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/patches/kodi-999.999-hqscaling.patch b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/patches/kodi-999.999-hqscaling.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5052c2ba1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/patches/kodi-999.999-hqscaling.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+From 4e356d49fc5955fcf9ea8b14d9be22af4edd5b39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: fritsch <Peter.Fruehberger@gmail.com>
+Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2016 16:06:31 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] LinuxRendererGL: Don't use hq scalers when coping with sizes
+ > 2560 (we are too slow)
+
+---
+ xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/VideoRenderers/LinuxRendererGL.cpp | 8 ++++++++
+ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/VideoRenderers/LinuxRendererGL.cpp b/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/VideoRenderers/LinuxRendererGL.cpp
+index 4e785f7..0ee1666 100644
+--- a/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/VideoRenderers/LinuxRendererGL.cpp
++++ b/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/VideoRenderers/LinuxRendererGL.cpp
+@@ -2501,6 +2501,14 @@ bool CLinuxRendererGL::Supports(ESCALINGMETHOD method)
+     float scaleX = fabs(((float)m_sourceWidth - m_destRect.Width())/m_sourceWidth)*100;
+     float scaleY = fabs(((float)m_sourceHeight - m_destRect.Height())/m_sourceHeight)*100;
+     int minScale = CSettings::GetInstance().GetInt(CSettings::SETTING_VIDEOPLAYER_HQSCALERS);
++    // Don't use hq scalers if source width is larger than 2560 pixels
++    if (m_sourceWidth > 2560)
++      return false;
++
++    // Don't use hq scalers if we try to upscale to something > 2560
++    if (m_destRect.Width() > 2560)
++      return false;
++
+     if (scaleX < minScale && scaleY < minScale)
+       return false;
+ 
+-- 
+2.7.4
+