diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/init.d/93_xbmc b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/init.d/93_xbmc
index 9f4c1e8586..655c4f04fd 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/init.d/93_xbmc
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/init.d/93_xbmc
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ fi
   )&
 
 # starting XBMC
+  usleep $XBMC_STARTDELAY
   while true; do
 
     DISPLAY=:0.0 /usr/lib/xbmc/xbmc.bin $XBMC_ARGS > /dev/null 2>&1
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/profile.d/xbmc.conf b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/profile.d/xbmc.conf
index 0495a2733e..7677f0d264 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/profile.d/xbmc.conf
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/profile.d/xbmc.conf
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
 # evironment variables that are not user defined.
 ################################################################################
 
+if [ -z "$XBMC_STARTDELAY" ]; then
+  XBMC_STARTDELAY="1000000"
+fi
+
 XBMC_HOME="/usr/share/xbmc"
 
 export XBMC_HOME