diff --git a/packages/graphics/glfw/package.mk b/packages/graphics/glfw/package.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30601ce3d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/graphics/glfw/package.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  OpenELEC 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.
+#
+#  OpenELEC 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.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="glfw"
+PKG_VERSION="2.7.9"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="BSD"
+PKG_SITE="http://glfw.org"
+PKG_URL="$SOURCEFORGE_SRC/glfw/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain mesa"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="graphics"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="glfw:"
+PKG_LONGDESC="glfw:"
+
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
+
+if [ ! "$OPENGL" = "no" ]; then
+  PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="$PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET $OPENGL glu"
+fi
+
+make_target() {
+  make x11 PREFIX=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr
+}
+
+makeinstall_target() {
+  make x11-install PREFIX=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr
+}
diff --git a/packages/graphics/ilmbase/package.mk b/packages/graphics/ilmbase/package.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f03af23d0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/graphics/ilmbase/package.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  OpenELEC 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.
+#
+#  OpenELEC 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.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="ilmbase"
+PKG_VERSION="2.2.0"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="BSD"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.openexr.com"
+PKG_URL="http://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/openexr/ilmbase-2.2.0.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="mesa"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="graphics"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="ilmbase:"
+PKG_LONGDESC="ilmbase:"
+
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
+
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-static --disable-shared"
+
+pre_configure_target() {
+  pushd .. && ./bootstrap && popd
+}
diff --git a/packages/graphics/openexr/package.mk b/packages/graphics/openexr/package.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1ba991033
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/graphics/openexr/package.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  OpenELEC 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.
+#
+#  OpenELEC 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.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="openexr"
+PKG_VERSION="2.2.0"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="BSD"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.openexr.com"
+PKG_URL="http://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/openexr/openexr-2.2.0.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="ilmbase"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="graphics"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="openexr:"
+PKG_LONGDESC="openexr:"
+
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
+
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-static --disable-shared"
+
+pre_configure_target() {
+  pushd .. && ./bootstrap && popd
+}
diff --git a/packages/graphics/vsxu/package.mk b/packages/graphics/vsxu/package.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a68a942f77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/graphics/vsxu/package.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  OpenELEC 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.
+#
+#  OpenELEC 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.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="vsxu"
+PKG_VERSION="0.5.1"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.vsxu.com"
+# repackaged from https://github.com/vovoid/vsxu/archive/$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz
+PKG_URL="$DISTRO_SRC/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain glew glfw"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="multimedia"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="vsxu:"
+PKG_LONGDESC="vsxu:"
+
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
+
+configure_target() {
+  cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$CMAKE_CONF \
+        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
+        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=/usr/lib \
+        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR_NOARCH=/usr/lib \
+        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX_TOOLCHAIN=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr \
+        -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr \
+        -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=0 \
+	-DVSXU_STATIC=1 \
+	-DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=1 \
+	-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-I$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/freetype2" \
+        ..
+}
+
+post_makeinstall_target() {
+  mkdir -p $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib/vsxu
+  cp -PR $INSTALL/usr/lib/* $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib
+
+  mkdir -p $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/
+  cp -RP $INSTALL/usr/include/* $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include
+
+  mkdir -p $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/share/
+    cp -RP $INSTALL/usr/share/vsxu $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/share
+}
diff --git a/packages/graphics/vsxu/patches/vsxu-01-fix-order.patch b/packages/graphics/vsxu/patches/vsxu-01-fix-order.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8709295fc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/graphics/vsxu/patches/vsxu-01-fix-order.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 1e61faf..435cf29 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -389,10 +389,11 @@ add_definitions(-DVSXU_INSTALL_LIB_DIR="${VSXU_INSTALL_LIB_DIR}")
+ ################################################################################
+ # VSXU LIBRARIES ###############################################################
+ ################################################################################
+-add_subdirectory(engine)
+ add_subdirectory(engine_audiovisual)
+ add_subdirectory(engine_graphics)
++# order matters - need to add plugins before engine to create static glue
+ add_subdirectory(plugins)
++add_subdirectory(engine)
+ add_subdirectory(widget)
+ 
+ ################################################################################
+--- vsxu-0.5.1/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2015-05-12 14:43:04.427596836 +0200
++++ vsxu-0.5.1/CMakeLists.txt	2015-05-12 14:43:13.995596648 +0200
+@@ -56,27 +56,6 @@
+ endif()
+ 
+ ################################################################################
+-# The pkg-config file
+-################################################################################
+-IF (UNIX OR VSXU_WINDOWS_LIB_BUILD)
+-  if (VSXU_STATIC EQUAL 1 AND EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/plugins/static_factory_pkgconfig_libs")
+-    file (STRINGS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/plugins/static_factory_pkgconfig_libs" VSXU_PLUGIN_PKGCONFIG_LIBS)
+-    CONFIGURE_FILE (${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libvsxu.pc.in.static
+-                    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libvsxu.pc
+-                    @ONLY)
+-
+-  else()
+-    CONFIGURE_FILE (${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libvsxu.pc.in.dynamic
+-                    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libvsxu.pc
+-                    @ONLY)
+-  endif()
+-
+-  INSTALL (FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libvsxu.pc
+-           DESTINATION ${VSXU_INSTALL_LIB_DIR}/pkgconfig)
+-ENDIF()
+-
+-
+-################################################################################
+ # CPACK OPTIONS ################################################################
+ ################################################################################
+ SET(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME "vsxu")
+@@ -417,6 +396,27 @@
+     add_subdirectory(tools/vsxl)
+ endif(UNIX)
+ 
++################################################################################
++# The pkg-config file
++################################################################################
++IF (UNIX OR VSXU_WINDOWS_LIB_BUILD)
++  if (VSXU_STATIC EQUAL 1 AND EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/plugins/static_factory_pkgconfig_libs")
++    file (STRINGS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/plugins/static_factory_pkgconfig_libs" VSXU_PLUGIN_PKGCONFIG_LIBS)
++    CONFIGURE_FILE (${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libvsxu.pc.in.static
++                    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libvsxu.pc
++                    @ONLY)
++
++  else()
++    CONFIGURE_FILE (${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libvsxu.pc.in.dynamic
++                    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libvsxu.pc
++                    @ONLY)
++  endif()
++
++  INSTALL (FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libvsxu.pc
++           DESTINATION ${VSXU_INSTALL_LIB_DIR}/pkgconfig)
++ENDIF()
++
++
+ 
+ 
+ 
diff --git a/packages/graphics/vsxu/patches/vsxu-02-fix-glfw.patch b/packages/graphics/vsxu/patches/vsxu-02-fix-glfw.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6df9c7bb0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/graphics/vsxu/patches/vsxu-02-fix-glfw.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+--- vsxu-0.5.1/cmake/modules/FindGLFW.cmake.orig	2015-05-12 14:22:23.123621176 +0200
++++ vsxu-0.5.1/cmake/modules/FindGLFW.cmake	2015-05-12 14:23:14.863620161 +0200
+@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@
+ # TODO:
+ # Allow the user to select to link to a shared library or to a static library.
+ 
++find_package(PkgConfig)
++
++pkg_check_modules(GLFW libglfw)
++set(GLFW_INCLUDE_PATH ${GLFW_INCLUDE_DIRS})
++set(GLFW_LIBRARY ${GLFW_LIBRARIES} -lXrandr)
++
++if(NOT GLFW_FOUND)
++
+ #Search for the include file...
+ FIND_PATH(GLFW_INCLUDE_PATH GL/glfw.h DOC "Path to GLFW include directory."
+   HINTS
+@@ -45,5 +53,7 @@
+   ${GLFW_ROOT_DIR}/lib-msvc100/release # added by ptr
+ )
+ 
++endif()
++
+ INCLUDE(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+-FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(GLFW DEFAULT_MSG GLFW_LIBRARY GLFW_INCLUDE_PATH)
+\ No newline at end of file
++FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(GLFW DEFAULT_MSG GLFW_LIBRARY GLFW_INCLUDE_PATH)
diff --git a/packages/graphics/vsxu/patches/vsxu-03-fix-exr.patch b/packages/graphics/vsxu/patches/vsxu-03-fix-exr.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34530a5f83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/graphics/vsxu/patches/vsxu-03-fix-exr.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- vsxu-0.5.1/plugins/src/texture/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2015-05-12 14:04:42.659641970 +0200
++++ vsxu-0.5.1/plugins/src/texture/CMakeLists.txt	2015-05-12 14:05:43.315640780 +0200
+@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
+ 
+ message("configuring vsxu module            " ${module_id})
+ 
+-include_directories(/usr/include/OpenEXR)
++#include_directories(/usr/include/OpenEXR)
+ 
+ # set defines for MOD_CM, MOD_DM, MOD_NM
+ CREATE_STATIC_GLUE(${module_id})
diff --git a/packages/graphics/vsxu/patches/vsxu-04-fix-freetype.patch b/packages/graphics/vsxu/patches/vsxu-04-fix-freetype.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36213245cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/graphics/vsxu/patches/vsxu-04-fix-freetype.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- vsxu-0.5.1/plugins/src/render.text/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2015-05-12 14:07:20.367638877 +0200
++++ vsxu-0.5.1/plugins/src/render.text/CMakeLists.txt	2015-05-12 14:07:24.371638799 +0200
+@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
+ endif(WIN32)
+ 
+ if(UNIX)
+-  include_directories(/usr/include/freetype2)
++  #  include_directories(/usr/include/freetype2)
+ endif(UNIX)
+ 
+ # include common
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/kodi-binary-addons/visualization.vsxu/package.mk b/packages/mediacenter/kodi-binary-addons/visualization.vsxu/package.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30864159cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/kodi-binary-addons/visualization.vsxu/package.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  OpenELEC 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.
+#
+#  OpenELEC 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.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="visualization.vsxu"
+PKG_VERSION="059e5e0"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="https://github.com/notspiff/visualization.vsxu"
+PKG_URL="$DISTRO_SRC/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain kodi-platform vsxu"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION=""
+PKG_SHORTDESC="visualization.vsxu"
+PKG_LONGDESC="visualization.vsxu"
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
+
+PKG_IS_ADDON="yes"
+PKG_ADDON_TYPE="xbmc.player.musicviz"
+
+if [ "$OPENGL" = "no" ] ; then
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+configure_target() {
+  cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$CMAKE_CONF \
+        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
+        -DCMAKE_MODULE_PATH=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib/kodi \
+        -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr \
+        ..
+}
+
+addon() {
+  mkdir -p $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/
+  cp -PR $PKG_BUILD/.install_pkg/usr/share/kodi/addons/$PKG_NAME/* $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/
+  cp -PL $PKG_BUILD/.install_pkg/usr/lib/kodi/addons/$PKG_NAME/*.so $ADDON_BUILD/$PKG_ADDON_ID/
+}
diff --git a/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_visualization.vsxu b/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_visualization.vsxu
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..7a5bbd6d28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_visualization.vsxu
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/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
+################################################################################
+
+echo "getting sources..."
+  if [ ! -d visualization.vsxu.git ]; then
+    git clone https://github.com/notspiff/visualization.vsxu.git visualization.vsxu.git
+  fi
+
+  cd visualization.vsxu.git
+    git pull
+    GIT_REV=`git log -n1 --format=%h`
+  cd ..
+
+echo "copying sources..."
+  rm -rf visualization.vsxu-$GIT_REV
+  cp -R visualization.vsxu.git visualization.vsxu-$GIT_REV
+
+echo "cleaning sources..."
+  rm -rf visualization.vsxu-$GIT_REV/.git
+
+echo "packing sources..."
+  tar cvJf visualization.vsxu-$GIT_REV.tar.xz visualization.vsxu-$GIT_REV
+
+echo "remove temporary sourcedir..."
+  rm -rf visualization.vsxu-$GIT_REV