diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/boblightd/source/bin/boblightd.start b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/boblightd/source/bin/boblightd.start
index 144a8021ba..6a7e586f05 100755
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/boblightd/source/bin/boblightd.start
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/boblightd/source/bin/boblightd.start
@@ -35,4 +35,10 @@ if [ -x $ADDON_DIR/bin/boblight-X11 -a -e $ADDON_HOME/boblight.X11 ] ; then
   boblight-X11 -f >/dev/null 2>&1
 fi
 
+if [ -x $ADDON_DIR/bin/boblight-aml -a -e /dev/amvideocap0 ] ; then
+  #generates cmdline from boblight addon settings
+  CMDLINE=`boblight-aml -g`
+  boblight-aml $CMDLINE >/dev/null 2>&1 &
+fi
+
 exec boblightd -c $ADDON_HOME/boblight.conf > $ADDON_LOG_FILE 2>&1