diff --git a/projects/Rockchip/patches/kodi/0001-allow-sw-decoding-on-mali-4xx-gpus.patch b/projects/Rockchip/patches/kodi/0001-allow-sw-decoding-on-mali-4xx-gpus.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2bb6b0a8a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/Rockchip/patches/kodi/0001-allow-sw-decoding-on-mali-4xx-gpus.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+From 7479f183788ad47dc5ab74666808c29b7c272531 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Alex Bee <knaerzche@gmail.com>
+Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 23:51:20 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] HACKOFF: DRMPRIMEGLES: avoid for lima due to broken
+ YU12->XR24 conversion
+
+Signed-off-by: Alex Bee <knaerzche@gmail.com>
+---
+ xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/VideoRenderers/BaseRenderer.cpp       | 2 +-
+ .../VideoRenderers/HwDecRender/RendererDRMPRIMEGLES.cpp      | 5 +++++
+ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/VideoRenderers/BaseRenderer.cpp b/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/VideoRenderers/BaseRenderer.cpp
+index 8c78f1beac..241a307351 100644
+--- a/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/VideoRenderers/BaseRenderer.cpp
++++ b/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/VideoRenderers/BaseRenderer.cpp
+@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ EShaderFormat CBaseRenderer::GetShaderFormat()
+ {
+   EShaderFormat ret = SHADER_NONE;
+ 
+-  if (m_format == AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P)
++  if (m_format == AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P || m_format == AV_PIX_FMT_DRM_PRIME)
+     ret = SHADER_YV12;
+   else if (m_format == AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P9)
+     ret = SHADER_YV12_9;
+diff --git a/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/VideoRenderers/HwDecRender/RendererDRMPRIMEGLES.cpp b/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/VideoRenderers/HwDecRender/RendererDRMPRIMEGLES.cpp
+index c1d69bf381..d33b58a321 100644
+--- a/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/VideoRenderers/HwDecRender/RendererDRMPRIMEGLES.cpp
++++ b/xbmc/cores/VideoPlayer/VideoRenderers/HwDecRender/RendererDRMPRIMEGLES.cpp
+@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ CBaseRenderer* CRendererDRMPRIMEGLES::Create(CVideoBuffer* buffer)
+   if (!winSystemEGL)
+     return nullptr;
+ 
++  if (CServiceBroker::GetRenderSystem()->GetRenderVendor() == "lima")
++  {
++    CLog::LogF(LOGDEBUG, "Not using DRMPRIMEGLES due to broken mesa lima driver.");
++    return nullptr;
++  }
+   CEGLImage image{winSystemEGL->GetEGLDisplay()};
+   if (!image.SupportsFormatAndModifier(format, modifier))
+     return nullptr;
+-- 
+2.25.1
+