diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/xbmc-22ad8e4-993-do_not_unload_libcurl.patch b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/xbmc-22ad8e4-993-do_not_unload_libcurl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49f4059029
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/xbmc-22ad8e4-993-do_not_unload_libcurl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+diff --git a/xbmc/filesystem/DllLibCurl.cpp b/xbmc/filesystem/DllLibCurl.cpp
+index f93e693..65ecad8 100644
+--- a/xbmc/filesystem/DllLibCurl.cpp
++++ b/xbmc/filesystem/DllLibCurl.cpp
+@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ bool DllLibCurlGlobal::Load()
+   CSingleLock lock(m_critSection);
+   if(g_curlReferences > 0)
+   {
+-    g_curlReferences++;
++    //g_curlReferences++;
+     return true;
+   }
+ 
+@@ -56,13 +56,16 @@ bool DllLibCurlGlobal::Load()
+   }
+ 
+   /* check idle will clean up the last one */
+-  g_curlReferences = 2;
++  //g_curlReferences = 2;
++  g_curlReferences = 1;
+ 
+   return true;
+ }
+ 
+ void DllLibCurlGlobal::Unload()
+ {
++  return;
++  /*
+   CSingleLock lock(m_critSection);
+   if (--g_curlReferences == 0)
+   {
+@@ -75,19 +78,22 @@ void DllLibCurlGlobal::Unload()
+     DllDynamic::Unload();
+   }
+ 
+-  /* CheckIdle will clear this one up */
++  // CheckIdle will clear this one up
+   if(g_curlReferences == 1)
+     g_curlTimeout = XbmcThreads::SystemClockMillis();
++  */ 
+ }
+ 
+ void DllLibCurlGlobal::CheckIdle()
+ {
+   /* avoid locking section here, to avoid stalling gfx thread on loads*/
++  return;
++  /*
+   if(g_curlReferences == 0)
+     return;
+ 
+   CSingleLock lock(m_critSection);
+-  /* 20 seconds idle time before closing handle */
++  // 20 seconds idle time before closing handle
+   const unsigned int idletime = 30000;
+ 
+   VEC_CURLSESSIONS::iterator it = m_sessions.begin();
+@@ -112,9 +118,10 @@ void DllLibCurlGlobal::CheckIdle()
+     it++;
+   }
+ 
+-  /* check if we should unload the dll */
++  // check if we should unload the dll
+   if(g_curlReferences == 1 && XbmcThreads::SystemClockMillis() - g_curlTimeout > idletime)
+     Unload();
++  */ 
+ }
+ 
+ void DllLibCurlGlobal::easy_aquire(const char *protocol, const char *hostname, CURL_HANDLE** easy_handle, CURLM** multi_handle)
+