diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/build b/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..00ef7e6320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/build
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. config/options $1
+
+cd $PKG_BUILD
+
+$AUTORECONF
+
+./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
+            --build=$HOST_NAME \
+            --prefix=/usr \
+            --sbindir=/usr/sbin \
+            --exec-prefix=/usr \
+            --localstatedir=/var \
+            --sysconfdir=/etc \
+
+make
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/init.d/33_eventlircd b/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/init.d/33_eventlircd
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..15f10b9d4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/init.d/33_eventlircd
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2010 OpenELEC.tv
+#      http://www.openelec.tv
+#
+#  This Program 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, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program 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 OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+# start the LIRC daemon
+#
+# runlevels: openelec, textmode
+
+. /etc/profile
+
+mkdir -p /var/run/lirc
+eventlircd --evmap=/etc/eventlircd.d --socket=/var/run/lirc/lircd --release=_UP
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/install b/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/install
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..7b60282626
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/install
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. config/options $1
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/sbin
+  cp $PKG_BUILD/src/eventlircd $INSTALL/usr/sbin
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/etc/eventlircd.d
+  cp $PKG_BUILD/etc/*.evmap $INSTALL/etc/eventlircd.d
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/lib/udev
+  cp $PKG_BUILD/udev/lircd_helper $INSTALL/lib/udev
+  chmod +x $INSTALL/lib/udev/lircd_helper
+  cp $PKG_BUILD/udev/wakeup_enable $INSTALL/lib/udev
+  chmod +x $INSTALL/lib/udev/wakeup_enable
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/lib/udev/rules.d
+  cp $PKG_BUILD/udev/rules.d/98-eventlircd.rules.disabled $INSTALL/lib/udev/rules.d/98-eventlircd.rules
+  cp $PKG_BUILD/udev/rules.d/98-lircd.rules.disabled $INSTALL/lib/udev/rules.d/98-lircd.rules
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/meta b/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c6254276e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+PKG_NAME="eventlircd"
+PKG_VERSION="17"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://code.google.com/p/eventlircd"
+PKG_URL="http://sources.openelec.tv/svn/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
+PKG_DEPENDS="udev"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain udev"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="system/remote"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="eventlircd:The eventlircd daemon provides various functions for LIRC devices"
+PKG_LONGDESC="The eventlircd daemon provides four functions for LIRC devices"
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/patches/eventlircd-17-fixes-0.1.diff b/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/patches/eventlircd-17-fixes-0.1.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cedcd9a447
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/patches/eventlircd-17-fixes-0.1.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+diff -Naur eventlircd-17/etc/ircore.evmap eventlircd-17.patch/etc/ircore.evmap
+--- eventlircd-17/etc/ircore.evmap	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
++++ eventlircd-17.patch/etc/ircore.evmap	2010-09-18 19:43:56.000000000 +0200
+@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
++KEY_1          = KEY_NUMERIC_1
++KEY_2          = KEY_NUMERIC_2
++KEY_3          = KEY_NUMERIC_3
++KEY_4          = KEY_NUMERIC_4
++KEY_5          = KEY_NUMERIC_5
++KEY_6          = KEY_NUMERIC_6
++KEY_7          = KEY_NUMERIC_7
++KEY_8          = KEY_NUMERIC_8
++KEY_9          = KEY_NUMERIC_9
++KEY_0          = KEY_NUMERIC_0
++KEY_E          = KEY_BACK
++KEY_KP1        = KEY_NUMERIC_1
++KEY_KP2        = KEY_NUMERIC_2
++KEY_KP3        = KEY_NUMERIC_3
++KEY_KP4        = KEY_NUMERIC_4
++KEY_KP5        = KEY_NUMERIC_5
++KEY_KP6        = KEY_NUMERIC_6
++KEY_KP7        = KEY_NUMERIC_7
++KEY_KP8        = KEY_NUMERIC_8
++KEY_KP9        = KEY_NUMERIC_9
++KEY_KP0        = KEY_NUMERIC_0
++KEY_KPASTERISK = KEY_NUMERIC_STAR
+diff -Naur eventlircd-17/udev/lircd_helper.in eventlircd-17.patch/udev/lircd_helper.in
+--- eventlircd-17/udev/lircd_helper.in	2010-09-18 19:43:56.000000000 +0200
++++ eventlircd-17.patch/udev/lircd_helper.in	2010-09-27 19:46:24.948885231 +0200
+@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
+     remove)
+         instance=`echo $DEVNAME | sed -e 's/\/\+/~/g' -e 's/^~dev~//'`
+         if test -e "@localstatedir@/run/lirc/lircd-${instance}.pid" ; then
+-            pid=`cat @localstate@/run/lirc/lircd-${instance}.pid`
++            pid=`cat @localstatedir@/run/lirc/lircd-${instance}.pid`
+             if test ! "x${pid}" = "x" ; then
+                 kill ${pid}
+             fi
+diff -Naur eventlircd-17/udev/rules.d/98-eventlircd.rules.disabled.in eventlircd-17.patch/udev/rules.d/98-eventlircd.rules.disabled.in
+--- eventlircd-17/udev/rules.d/98-eventlircd.rules.disabled.in	2010-09-18 19:43:56.000000000 +0200
++++ eventlircd-17.patch/udev/rules.d/98-eventlircd.rules.disabled.in	2010-09-27 21:21:25.123009701 +0200
+@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@
+   ENV{eventlircd_enable}="true"
+ 
+ #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
++# Ask eventlircd to handle input event devices created by ir-core (kernel).
++#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
++SUBSYSTEMS=="rc", \
++  ENV{eventlircd_enable}="true"
++  ENV{eventlircd_evmap}="ircore.evmap"
++
++#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ # Ask eventlircd to handle USB HID devices that show up as event devices and are
+ # known to be remote controls. For simplicity, the event map file names have the
+ # format <BUSTYPE>_<VENDOR>_<PRODUCT>.evmap.
+diff -Naur eventlircd-17/udev/wakeup_enable.in eventlircd-17.patch/udev/wakeup_enable.in
+--- eventlircd-17/udev/wakeup_enable.in	2010-09-18 19:43:56.000000000 +0200
++++ eventlircd-17.patch/udev/wakeup_enable.in	2010-09-27 19:53:32.215884397 +0200
+@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
+ 
+ devpath=`readlink -f "/sys/${DEVPATH}"`
+ while echo "${devpath}" | /bin/grep -q '^/sys/devices/' > /dev/null 2>&1 ; do
+-    if test -e "${devpath}/power/wakeup" ; then                                 
+-        state=`cat "${devpath}/power/wakeup"`                                       
++    if test -e "${devpath}/power/wakeup" ; then
++        state=`cat "${devpath}/power/wakeup"`
+         if test "x${state}" = "xdisabled" ; then
+             echo "enabled" > "${devpath}/power/wakeup"
+-        fi                                                 
+-    fi                                                     
++        fi
++    fi
+     devpath=`dirname "${devpath}"`
+-done                                       
+-                                           
++done
++
+ exit 0