diff --git a/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-iptv/patches/vdr-iptv-0.5.2-skip_header_processing.patch b/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-iptv/patches/vdr-iptv-0.5.2-skip_header_processing.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38d0e738ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-iptv/patches/vdr-iptv-0.5.2-skip_header_processing.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+From c7cd9b614762103a95f3da27783e03ce115d43fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Stefan Saraev <stefan@saraev.ca>
+Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 16:05:51 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH] vdr-iptv: skip header processing
+
+---
+ protocolhttp.c |   12 +-----------
+ 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/protocolhttp.c b/protocolhttp.c
+index de50f64..45c5425 100644
+--- a/protocolhttp.c
++++ b/protocolhttp.c
+@@ -140,17 +140,7 @@ bool cIptvProtocolHttp::ProcessHeaders(void)
+     memset(buf, '\0', sizeof(buf));
+     if (!GetHeaderLine(buf, sizeof(buf), lineLength))
+        return false;
+-    if (!responseFound && sscanf(buf, fmt, &version, &response) != 2) {
+-       error("Expected HTTP header not found\n");
+-       continue;
+-       }
+-    else
+-       responseFound = true;
+-    // Allow only 'OK' and 'Partial Content'
+-    if ((response != 200) && (response != 206)) {
+-       error("Invalid HTTP response (%d): %s\n", response, buf);
+-       return false;
+-       }
++      responseFound = true;
+     }
+   return true;
+ }
+-- 
+1.7.2.5
+