diff --git a/packages/multimedia/SDL_image-host/build b/packages/multimedia/SDL_image-host/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..cebc3ab95c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/multimedia/SDL_image-host/build
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@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, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+. config/options $1
+
+$SCRIPTS/unpack SDL_image
+
+SDL_IMAGE_DIR=`ls -d $BUILD/SDL_image-[0-9]*`
+
+setup_toolchain host
+
+cd $SDL_IMAGE_DIR
+
+mkdir -p .build-host && cd .build-host
+../configure --host=$HOST_NAME \
+             --build=$HOST_NAME \
+             --prefix=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN \
+             --sysconfdir=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/etc \
+             --localstatedir=/var \
+             --enable-shared \
+             --disable-static \
+             --disable-bmp \
+             --disable-gif \
+             --disable-jpg \
+             --disable-jpg-shared \
+             --disable-lbm \
+             --disable-pcx \
+             --enable-png \
+             --enable-png-shared \
+             --disable-pnm \
+             --disable-tga \
+             --disable-tif \
+             --disable-tif-shared \
+             --disable-xcf \
+             --disable-xpm \
+             --disable-xv \
+             --with-sdl-prefix=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN \
+
+make
+make install
diff --git a/packages/multimedia/SDL_image-host/meta b/packages/multimedia/SDL_image-host/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c47f6bc223
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/multimedia/SDL_image-host/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@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, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="SDL_image"
+PKG_VERSION=""
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.libsdl.org/"
+PKG_URL=""
+PKG_DEPENDS=""
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain SDL-host libpng-host"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="multimedia"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="libsdl_image: A cross-platform Graphic API"
+PKG_LONGDESC="SDL_image is an image loading library that is used with the SDL library, and almost as portable. It allows a programmer to use multiple image formats without having to code all the loading and conversion algorithms themselves."
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
diff --git a/packages/multimedia/SDL_image/build b/packages/multimedia/SDL_image/build
index ff80a7311c..6b663f6419 100755
--- a/packages/multimedia/SDL_image/build
+++ b/packages/multimedia/SDL_image/build
@@ -28,29 +28,30 @@ cd $PKG_BUILD
   touch NEWS AUTHORS ChangeLog
   do_autoreconf
 
-./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
-            --build=$HOST_NAME \
-            --prefix=/usr \
-            --sysconfdir=/etc \
-            --localstatedir=/var \
-            --enable-shared \
-            --disable-static \
-            --enable-bmp \
-            --enable-gif \
-            --enable-jpg \
-            --enable-jpg-shared \
-            --disable-lbm \
-            --enable-pcx \
-            --enable-png \
-            --enable-png-shared \
-            --enable-pnm \
-            --enable-tga \
-            --enable-tif \
-            --enable-tif-shared \
-            --enable-xcf \
-            --enable-xpm \
-            --enable-xv \
-            --with-sdl-prefix=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr \
+mkdir -p .build-target && cd .build-target
+../configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
+             --build=$HOST_NAME \
+             --prefix=/usr \
+             --sysconfdir=/etc \
+             --localstatedir=/var \
+             --enable-shared \
+             --disable-static \
+             --enable-bmp \
+             --enable-gif \
+             --enable-jpg \
+             --enable-jpg-shared \
+             --disable-lbm \
+             --enable-pcx \
+             --enable-png \
+             --enable-png-shared \
+             --enable-pnm \
+             --enable-tga \
+             --enable-tif \
+             --enable-tif-shared \
+             --enable-xcf \
+             --enable-xpm \
+             --enable-xv \
+             --with-sdl-prefix=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr \
 
 make
 
diff --git a/packages/multimedia/SDL_image/install b/packages/multimedia/SDL_image/install
index daa7a781f4..84e8c88ab2 100755
--- a/packages/multimedia/SDL_image/install
+++ b/packages/multimedia/SDL_image/install
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@
 . config/options $1
 
 mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib
-  cp -P $PKG_BUILD/.libs/*.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib
+  cp -P $PKG_BUILD/.build-target/.libs/*.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib