diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
index c84106bf26..af98951a56 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ PKG_CMAKE_OPTS_TARGET="-DNATIVEPREFIX=$TOOLCHAIN \
                        -DENABLE_DBUS=ON \
                        -DENABLE_XSLT=ON \
                        -DENABLE_CCACHE=ON \
+                       -DENABLE_LIRCCLIENT=ON \
                        -DENABLE_EVENTCLIENTS=ON \
                        -DENABLE_LDGOLD=ON \
                        -DENABLE_DEBUGFISSION=OFF \