diff --git a/packages/linux-firmware/install b/packages/linux-firmware/install
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..fa8f398c87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/linux-firmware/install
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2011 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, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+. config/options
+
+for firmware in $FIRMWARE; do
+
+  [ $firmware = ipw2100 ] && $SCRIPTS/install ipw2100-fw
+  [ $firmware = ipw2200 ] && $SCRIPTS/install ipw2200-fw
+  [ $firmware = iwl1000 ] && $SCRIPTS/install iwlwifi-1000-ucode
+  [ $firmware = iwl3945 ] && $SCRIPTS/install iwlwifi-3945-ucode
+  [ $firmware = iwl4965 ] && $SCRIPTS/install iwlwifi-4965-ucode
+  [ $firmware = iwl5000 ] && $SCRIPTS/install iwlwifi-5000-ucode
+  [ $firmware = iwl5150 ] && $SCRIPTS/install iwlwifi-5150-ucode
+  [ $firmware = iwl6000 ] && $SCRIPTS/install iwlwifi-6000-ucode
+  [ $firmware = iwl6050 ] && $SCRIPTS/install iwlwifi-6050-ucode
+
+done
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/packages/linux-firmware/meta b/packages/linux-firmware/meta
index 68a966d871..449630a1cb 100644
--- a/packages/linux-firmware/meta
+++ b/packages/linux-firmware/meta
@@ -34,26 +34,3 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="linux-firmware is a Meta package to install firmware drivers"
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 
 PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
-
-for firmware in "$FIRMWARE"; do
-  case $firmware in
-    ipw2100) PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS ipw2100-fw"
-    ;;
-    ipw2200) PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS ipw2200-fw"
-    ;;
-    iwl1000) PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS iwlwifi-1000-ucode"
-    ;;
-    iwl3945) PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS iwlwifi-3945-ucode"
-    ;;
-    iwl4965) PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS iwlwifi-4965-ucode"
-    ;;
-    iwl5000) PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS iwlwifi-5000-ucode"
-    ;;
-    iwl5150) PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS iwlwifi-5150-ucode"
-    ;;
-    iwl6000) PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS iwlwifi-6000-ucode"
-    ;;
-    iwl6050) PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS iwlwifi-6050-ucode"
-    ;;
-  esac
-done