diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/mono-depends/libgdiplus/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/mono-depends/libgdiplus/package.mk
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+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/mono-depends/libgdiplus/package.mk
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+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of LibreELEC - https://libreelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2016 Team LibreELEC
+#
+#  LibreELEC 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 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  LibreELEC 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 LibreELEC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="libgdiplus"
+PKG_VERSION="4.2"
+PKG_REV="0"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="https://github.com/mono/libgdiplus"
+PKG_URL="https://github.com/mono/libgdiplus/archive/$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain giflib libjpeg-turbo tiff libXext libexif glib cairo"
+PKG_SECTION="tools"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="libgiplus"
+PKG_LONGDESC="An Open Source implementation of the GDI+ API"
+
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-shared \
+                           --with-libgif   \
+                           --with-libjpeg  \
+                           --with-libtiff"
diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/mono-depends/mono_sqlite/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/mono-depends/mono_sqlite/package.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8453b9d001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/mono-depends/mono_sqlite/package.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of LibreELEC - https://libreelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2016 Team LibreELEC
+#
+#  LibreELEC is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  LibreELEC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with LibreELEC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+################################################################################
+
+. "$ROOT/packages/databases/sqlite/package.mk"
+
+PKG_NAME="mono_sqlite"
+PKG_URL=""
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain sqlite"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="sqlite for mono"
+PKG_LONGDESC="libsqlite built shared for mono"
+
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="$PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET --disable-static --enable-shared"
+
+unpack() {
+  mkdir -p $PKG_BUILD
+  cp -r $(get_build_dir sqlite)/* $PKG_BUILD/
+}
diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/mono-depends/mono_sqlite/sources/trigger_unpack b/packages/addons/addon-depends/mono-depends/mono_sqlite/sources/trigger_unpack
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/packages/addons/tools/mono/changelog.txt b/packages/addons/tools/mono/changelog.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9dfb73a63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/addons/tools/mono/changelog.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+7.0.100
+- Initial release
diff --git a/packages/addons/tools/mono/icon/icon.png b/packages/addons/tools/mono/icon/icon.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..68e87967df
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diff --git a/packages/addons/tools/mono/package.mk b/packages/addons/tools/mono/package.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fda593d97f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/addons/tools/mono/package.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of LibreELEC - https://libreelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2016 Team LibreELEC
+#
+#  LibreELEC 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 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  LibreELEC 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 LibreELEC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="mono"
+PKG_VERSION="4.0.5.1"
+PKG_REV="100"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.mono-project.com"
+PKG_URL="http://download.mono-project.com/sources/mono/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
+PKG_SOURCE_DIR="$PKG_NAME-${PKG_VERSION%.*}"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain mono:host libgdiplus sqlite mono_sqlite zlib"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="tools"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="Mono: a cross platform open source .NET framework"
+PKG_LONGDESC="Mono ($PKG_VERSION) is a software platform designed to allow developers to easily create cross platform applications part of the .NET Foundation"
+PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
+
+PKG_IS_ADDON="yes"
+PKG_ADDON_NAME="Mono (beta)"
+PKG_ADDON_TYPE="xbmc.python.script"
+PKG_ADDON_REPOVERSION="7.0"
+
+PKG_MAINTAINER="Anton Voyl (awiouy)"
+
+prefix="/storage/.kodi/addons/$PKG_SECTION.$PKG_NAME"
+configure_opts="--prefix=$prefix         \
+                --bindir=$prefix/bin     \
+                --sysconfdir=$prefix/etc \
+                --disable-boehm          \
+                --without-mcs-docs"
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="$configure_opts --disable-libraries --enable-static"
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="$configure_opts --disable-mcs-build"
+
+pre_configure_host() {
+  cp -PR ../* .
+}
+
+makeinstall_host() {
+  : # nop
+}
+
+pre_configure_target() {
+  cp -PR ../* .
+}
+
+makeinstall_target() {
+  make -C "$ROOT/$PKG_BUILD/.$HOST_NAME" install DESTDIR="$INSTALL"
+  make -C "$ROOT/$PKG_BUILD/.$TARGET_NAME" install DESTDIR="$INSTALL"
+  rm -fr "$INSTALL/storage/.kodi/addons/$PKG_SECTION.$PKG_NAME/include"
+  rm -fr "$INSTALL/storage/.kodi/addons/$PKG_SECTION.$PKG_NAME/share/man"
+  $STRIP "$INSTALL/storage/.kodi/addons/$PKG_SECTION.$PKG_NAME/bin/mono"
+}
+
+addon() {
+  mkdir -p "$ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID"  
+  cp -PR "$PKG_BUILD/.install_pkg/storage/.kodi/addons/$PKG_SECTION.$PKG_NAME"/* "$ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/"
+
+  mkdir -p $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/lib
+  for p in           \
+    bigreqsproto     \
+    cairo            \
+    inputproto       \
+    kbproto          \
+    libexif          \
+    libpthread-stubs \
+    libX11           \
+    libXau           \
+    libxcb           \
+    libXext          \
+    pixman           \
+    xcb-proto        \
+    xcmiscproto      \
+    xextproto        \
+    xproto           \
+    xtrans           \
+    libgdiplus       \
+    mono_sqlite
+  do
+    d=$(get_build_dir $p)/.install_pkg/usr/lib
+    if [ -d $d ]
+    then
+      cp -PR $d/* $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/lib/
+    fi
+  done
+}
diff --git a/packages/addons/tools/mono/source/default.py b/packages/addons/tools/mono/source/default.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..67e12970fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/addons/tools/mono/source/default.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of LibreELEC - http://www.libreelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2016 Team LibreELEC
+#
+#  LibreELEC 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 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  LibreELEC 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 LibreELEC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+################################################################################
+
+import xbmcgui
+
+dialog = xbmcgui.Dialog()
+dialog.ok('', 'This is a console-only addon')