diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/irserver/init.d/30_irserver b/packages/sysutils/remote/irserver/init.d/30_irserver
index c55184ba92..4c09a56f5d 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/remote/irserver/init.d/30_irserver
+++ b/packages/sysutils/remote/irserver/init.d/30_irserver
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ if [ "$REMOTE_BACKEND" = "irtrans" -o "$LCD_DRIVER" = "irtrans" ]; then
 
   progress "Starting IRtrans daemon"
 
-  [ ! "$REMOTE_BACKEND" = "irtrans" ] && \
-    IRSERVER_ARG="$IRSERVER_ARG -no_lirc" # dont run in lirc mode
+  mkdir -p /var/run/lirc
 
   [ "$DEBUG" = "yes" ] && \
     IRSERVER_ARG="$IRSERVER_ARG -loglevel 4" # set loglevel in debugmode
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/irserver/patches/irserver-20100817-lirc_0.8.6.diff b/packages/sysutils/remote/irserver/patches/irserver-20100817-lirc_0.8.6.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f16c677244
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/remote/irserver/patches/irserver-20100817-lirc_0.8.6.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -Naur irserver-20100817-old/server.c irserver-20100817-new/server.c
+--- irserver-20100817-old/server.c	2010-08-16 15:17:31.000000000 -0700
++++ irserver-20100817-new/server.c	2010-08-17 06:08:44.000000000 -0700
+@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
+ 
+ #ifdef LINUX
+ SOCKET local_socket;
+-#define LIRCD			"/dev/lircd"
++#define LIRCD			"/var/run/lirc/lircd.irtrans"
+ #define PERMISSIONS		0666
+ #endif
+ 
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/irserver/url b/packages/sysutils/remote/irserver/url
index 1fcfb6c9f0..ad860a076b 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/remote/irserver/url
+++ b/packages/sysutils/remote/irserver/url
@@ -1 +1 @@
-http://sources.openelec.tv/svn/irserver-6.02.70.tar.bz2
\ No newline at end of file
+http://sources.openelec.tv/svn/irserver-6.02.82.tar.bz2
\ No newline at end of file