diff --git a/tools/mkpkg/update_binary-addons b/tools/mkpkg/update_binary-addons
index c2a3275895..b2f3a7799a 100755
--- a/tools/mkpkg/update_binary-addons
+++ b/tools/mkpkg/update_binary-addons
@@ -89,8 +89,7 @@ validate_pkg_url() {
 }
 
 if [ ! -d $KODI_DIR ] ; then
-  echo "meh.. $KODI_DIR does not exist"
-  exit 127
+  git_clone https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc $1 $KODI_DIR
 fi
 
 # p8-platform