diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/screen/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/screen/package.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d37adf12f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/screen/package.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+################################################################################
+# This file is part of LibreELEC - http://www.libreelec.tv
+# Copyright (C) 2016 Team LibreELEC
+#
+# LibreELEC is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# LibreELEC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with LibreELEC. If not, see .
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="screen"
+PKG_VERSION="4.3.1"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/"
+PKG_URL="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/screen/screen-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain netbsd-curses"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="shell/console"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="terminal multiplexor with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation"
+PKG_LONGDESC="screen is a terminal multiplexor that runs several separate "screens" on a single physical character-based terminal. Each virtual terminal emulates a DEC VT100 plus several ANSI X3.64 and ISO 2022 functions. Screen sessions can be detached and resumed later on a different terminal."
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
+
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="ac_cv_header_utempter_h=no \
+ --disable-pam \
+ --disable-use-locale \
+ --disable-telnet \
+ --disable-socket-dir"
+
+pre_configure_target() {
+ export LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-Wl,--as-needed||"`
+
+# screen fails to build in subdirs
+ cd $ROOT/$PKG_BUILD
+ rm -rf .$TARGET_NAME
+}
+
+makeinstall_target() {
+ : # nop
+}
diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/screen/patches/screen-cross-compile.patch b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/screen/patches/screen-cross-compile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4bc30797c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/screen/patches/screen-cross-compile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+--- a/configure
++++ b/configure
+@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ as_fn_error ()
+ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: $2" >&$4
+ fi
+ $as_echo "$as_me: error: $2" >&2
+- as_fn_exit $as_status
++ # as_fn_exit $as_status
+ } # as_fn_error
+
+ if expr a : '\(a\)' >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
+@@ -5941,8 +5941,6 @@ else
+ fi
+ rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+ conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+-test -f /lib/libsec.a || test -f /usr/lib/libsec.a && LIBS="$LIBS -lsec"
+-test -f /lib/libshadow.a || test -f /usr/lib/libshadow.a && LIBS="$LIBS -lshadow"
+ oldlibs="$LIBS"
+ LIBS="$LIBS -lsun"
+ { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking IRIX sun library..." >&5
+@@ -7023,7 +7021,7 @@ as_fn_error ()
+ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: $2" >&$4
+ fi
+ $as_echo "$as_me: error: $2" >&2
+- as_fn_exit $as_status
++ # as_fn_exit $as_status
+ } # as_fn_error
+
+
+--- a/pty.c
++++ b/pty.c
+@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@
+ #endif
+
+ /* for solaris 2.1, Unixware (SVR4.2) and possibly others */
+-#ifdef HAVE_STROPTS_H
+-# include
+-#endif
++//#ifdef HAVE_STROPTS_H
++//# include
++//#endif
+
+ #if defined(sun) && defined(LOCKPTY) && !defined(TIOCEXCL)
+ # include
+--- a/sched.h
++++ b/sched.h
+@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@
+ * $Id$ GNU
+ */
+
++#ifndef __SCHED_H
++#define __SCHED_H
++
++#include
++
+ struct event
+ {
+ struct event *next;
+@@ -46,3 +51,5 @@ struct event
+ #define EV_READ 1
+ #define EV_WRITE 2
+ #define EV_ALWAYS 3
++
++#endif
diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/screen/patches/screen-dont_link_against_libelf.patch b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/screen/patches/screen-dont_link_against_libelf.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..496246a3ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/screen/patches/screen-dont_link_against_libelf.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+diff -Naur screen-4.3.1/configure screen-4.3.1.patch/configure
+--- screen-4.3.1/configure 2015-06-28 23:42:40.000000000 +0200
++++ screen-4.3.1.patch/configure 2016-03-26 17:52:12.807054501 +0100
+@@ -4156,7 +4156,6 @@
+
+
+ oldlibs="$LIBS"
+-LIBS="$LIBS -lelf"
+ { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking SVR4..." >&5
+ $as_echo "$as_me: checking SVR4..." >&6;}
+ cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+diff -Naur screen-4.3.1/configure.ac screen-4.3.1.patch/configure.ac
+--- screen-4.3.1/configure.ac 2015-06-28 23:22:55.000000000 +0200
++++ screen-4.3.1.patch/configure.ac 2016-03-26 17:52:03.538036990 +0100
+@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@
+ ], LIBS="$LIBS -lsocket -linet";seqptx=1)
+
+ oldlibs="$LIBS"
+-LIBS="$LIBS -lelf"
+ AC_CHECKING(SVR4)
+ AC_TRY_LINK([#include
+ ],,