diff --git a/packages/linux-drivers/asix-ax887xx/build b/packages/linux-drivers/asix-ax887xx/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..6af8ed7859
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/linux-drivers/asix-ax887xx/build
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/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 $1
+
+cd $PKG_BUILD
+  make V=1 CC=$CC KDIR=$(kernel_path)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/linux-drivers/asix-ax887xx/install b/packages/linux-drivers/asix-ax887xx/install
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..22d7f9193e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/linux-drivers/asix-ax887xx/install
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/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 $1
+
+VER=`ls $BUILD/linux*/modules/lib/modules`
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/lib/modules/$VER/asix-ax887xx
+  cp $PKG_BUILD/asix.ko $INSTALL/lib/modules/$VER/asix-ax887xx
+
+$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/sbin/depmod -b $INSTALL $VER > /dev/null
+for i in `ls $INSTALL/lib/modules/*/modules.* | grep -v modules.dep | grep -v modules.alias | grep -v modules.symbols`; do
+  rm -f $i
+done
diff --git a/packages/linux-drivers/asix-ax887xx/meta b/packages/linux-drivers/asix-ax887xx/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca5f5d3835
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/linux-drivers/asix-ax887xx/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="asix-ax887xx"
+PKG_VERSION="4.1.0"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.asix.com.tw"
+PKG_URL="$OPENELEC_SRC/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
+PKG_DEPENDS=""
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain linux busybox-hosttools"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="driver"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="asix-ax887xx: ASIX AX88772B/772A/760/772/178 Linux USB LANDriver"
+PKG_LONGDESC="ASIX AX88772B/772A/760/772/178 Linux USB LANDriver"
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
diff --git a/packages/linux-drivers/asix-ax887xx/need_unpack b/packages/linux-drivers/asix-ax887xx/need_unpack
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..5d6df529ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/linux-drivers/asix-ax887xx/need_unpack
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/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 $1
+
+STAMP=$STAMPS/$1/unpack
+
+test $PKG_DIR/config/linux.$TARGET_ARCH.conf -nt $STAMP -o \
+     $PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/linux/linux.$TARGET_ARCH.conf -nt $STAMP -o \
+     $PKG_DIR/url -nt $STAMP -o \
+     $PKG_DIR/meta -nt $STAMP && rm -f $STAMP
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/packages/linux-drivers/asix-ax887xx/patches/asix-ax887xx-4.1.0-Makefile.patch b/packages/linux-drivers/asix-ax887xx/patches/asix-ax887xx-4.1.0-Makefile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f28af7795
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/linux-drivers/asix-ax887xx/patches/asix-ax887xx-4.1.0-Makefile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -Naur asix-ax887xx-4.1.0/Makefile asix-ax887xx-4.1.0.patch/Makefile
+--- asix-ax887xx-4.1.0/Makefile	2011-02-22 01:54:38.000000000 +0100
++++ asix-ax887xx-4.1.0.patch/Makefile	2011-06-14 03:58:46.714369862 +0200
+@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
+ TARGET	= asix
+ OBJS	= asix.o
+ MDIR	= drivers/net/usb
+-KDIR	= /lib/modules/$(CURRENT)/build
++KDIR	:= /lib/modules/$(CURRENT)/build
+ SUBLEVEL= $(shell uname -r | cut -d '.' -f 3 | cut -d '.' -f 1 | cut -d '-' -f 1 | cut -d '_' -f 1)
+ 
+ ifneq (,$(filter $(SUBLEVEL),14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21))
diff --git a/packages/linux-drivers/install b/packages/linux-drivers/install
index c2c754f9b8..b9b3b4dd2f 100755
--- a/packages/linux-drivers/install
+++ b/packages/linux-drivers/install
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 . config/options
 
 for drivers in "$ADDITIONAL_DRIVERS"; do
+  [ $drivers = asix-ax887xx ] && $SCRIPTS/install asix-ax887xx
   [ $drivers = bcm_sta ] && $SCRIPTS/install bcm_sta
   [ $drivers = rtl8192se ] && $SCRIPTS/install rtl8192se
 done
diff --git a/projects/ATV/linux/linux.i386.conf b/projects/ATV/linux/linux.i386.conf
index 3661a5c1c5..15cb1a5375 100644
--- a/projects/ATV/linux/linux.i386.conf
+++ b/projects/ATV/linux/linux.i386.conf
@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ CONFIG_ZD1211RW=m
 # CONFIG_USB_PEGASUS is not set
 # CONFIG_USB_RTL8150 is not set
 CONFIG_USB_USBNET=m
-CONFIG_USB_NET_AX8817X=m
+# CONFIG_USB_NET_AX8817X is not set
 # CONFIG_USB_NET_CDCETHER is not set
 # CONFIG_USB_NET_CDC_EEM is not set
 # CONFIG_USB_NET_CDC_NCM is not set
diff --git a/projects/ATV/options b/projects/ATV/options
index ccc3da31a2..14db1d873d 100644
--- a/projects/ATV/options
+++ b/projects/ATV/options
@@ -117,10 +117,11 @@
   DVDCSS_SUPPORT="yes"
 
 # additional drivers to install:
+# asix-ax887xx:     Asix AX887xx USB LAN Driver
 # bcm_sta:          Broadcom STA WLAN Driver
 # Space separated list is supported,
 # e.g. ADDITIONAL_DRIVERS="bcm_sta"
-  ADDITIONAL_DRIVERS="bcm_sta"
+  ADDITIONAL_DRIVERS="asix-ax887xx bcm_sta"
 
 # build with network support (yes / no)
   NETWORK="yes"
diff --git a/projects/Fusion/linux/linux.i386.conf b/projects/Fusion/linux/linux.i386.conf
index c2f51c4caa..d1f610657c 100644
--- a/projects/Fusion/linux/linux.i386.conf
+++ b/projects/Fusion/linux/linux.i386.conf
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ CONFIG_ZD1211RW=m
 # CONFIG_USB_PEGASUS is not set
 # CONFIG_USB_RTL8150 is not set
 CONFIG_USB_USBNET=m
-CONFIG_USB_NET_AX8817X=m
+# CONFIG_USB_NET_AX8817X is not set
 # CONFIG_USB_NET_CDCETHER is not set
 # CONFIG_USB_NET_CDC_EEM is not set
 # CONFIG_USB_NET_CDC_NCM is not set
diff --git a/projects/Fusion/options b/projects/Fusion/options
index d0654052b9..d7b354dbee 100644
--- a/projects/Fusion/options
+++ b/projects/Fusion/options
@@ -117,10 +117,11 @@
   DVDCSS_SUPPORT="yes"
 
 # additional drivers to install:
+# asix-ax887xx:     Asix AX887xx USB LAN Driver
 # bcm_sta:          Broadcom STA WLAN Driver
 # Space separated list is supported,
 # e.g. ADDITIONAL_DRIVERS="bcm_sta"
-  ADDITIONAL_DRIVERS=""
+  ADDITIONAL_DRIVERS="asix-ax887xx"
 
 # build with network support (yes / no)
   NETWORK="yes"
diff --git a/projects/Generic/linux/linux.i386.conf b/projects/Generic/linux/linux.i386.conf
index af472a4612..5d45dddc2f 100644
--- a/projects/Generic/linux/linux.i386.conf
+++ b/projects/Generic/linux/linux.i386.conf
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ CONFIG_ZD1211RW=m
 # CONFIG_USB_PEGASUS is not set
 # CONFIG_USB_RTL8150 is not set
 CONFIG_USB_USBNET=m
-CONFIG_USB_NET_AX8817X=m
+# CONFIG_USB_NET_AX8817X is not set
 # CONFIG_USB_NET_CDCETHER is not set
 # CONFIG_USB_NET_CDC_EEM is not set
 # CONFIG_USB_NET_CDC_NCM is not set
diff --git a/projects/Generic/options b/projects/Generic/options
index 2d6a437ce2..7c949cb39f 100644
--- a/projects/Generic/options
+++ b/projects/Generic/options
@@ -117,10 +117,11 @@
   DVDCSS_SUPPORT="yes"
 
 # additional drivers to install:
+# asix-ax887xx:     Asix AX887xx USB LAN Driver
 # bcm_sta:          Broadcom STA WLAN Driver
 # Space separated list is supported,
 # e.g. ADDITIONAL_DRIVERS="bcm_sta"
-  ADDITIONAL_DRIVERS="rtl8192se"
+  ADDITIONAL_DRIVERS="asix-ax887xx rtl8192se"
 
 # build with network support (yes / no)
   NETWORK="yes"
diff --git a/projects/ION/linux/linux.i386.conf b/projects/ION/linux/linux.i386.conf
index 3f3cd3c6c0..09985f9ec2 100644
--- a/projects/ION/linux/linux.i386.conf
+++ b/projects/ION/linux/linux.i386.conf
@@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@ CONFIG_ZD1211RW=m
 # CONFIG_USB_PEGASUS is not set
 # CONFIG_USB_RTL8150 is not set
 CONFIG_USB_USBNET=m
-CONFIG_USB_NET_AX8817X=m
+# CONFIG_USB_NET_AX8817X is not set
 # CONFIG_USB_NET_CDCETHER is not set
 # CONFIG_USB_NET_CDC_EEM is not set
 # CONFIG_USB_NET_CDC_NCM is not set
diff --git a/projects/ION/linux/linux.x86_64.conf b/projects/ION/linux/linux.x86_64.conf
index a5d1da5b61..61a6e95cc4 100644
--- a/projects/ION/linux/linux.x86_64.conf
+++ b/projects/ION/linux/linux.x86_64.conf
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ CONFIG_ZD1211RW=m
 # CONFIG_USB_PEGASUS is not set
 # CONFIG_USB_RTL8150 is not set
 CONFIG_USB_USBNET=m
-CONFIG_USB_NET_AX8817X=m
+# CONFIG_USB_NET_AX8817X is not set
 # CONFIG_USB_NET_CDCETHER is not set
 # CONFIG_USB_NET_CDC_EEM is not set
 # CONFIG_USB_NET_CDC_NCM is not set
diff --git a/projects/ION/options b/projects/ION/options
index 1bd8a646c5..05ec154cf8 100644
--- a/projects/ION/options
+++ b/projects/ION/options
@@ -117,10 +117,11 @@
   DVDCSS_SUPPORT="yes"
 
 # additional drivers to install:
+# asix-ax887xx:     Asix AX887xx USB LAN Driver
 # bcm_sta:          Broadcom STA WLAN Driver
 # Space separated list is supported,
 # e.g. ADDITIONAL_DRIVERS="bcm_sta"
-  ADDITIONAL_DRIVERS="rtl8192se"
+  ADDITIONAL_DRIVERS="asix-ax887xx rtl8192se"
 
 # build with network support (yes / no)
   NETWORK="yes"
diff --git a/projects/Intel/linux/linux.i386.conf b/projects/Intel/linux/linux.i386.conf
index 82d0d4d710..be04a4efb8 100644
--- a/projects/Intel/linux/linux.i386.conf
+++ b/projects/Intel/linux/linux.i386.conf
@@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ CONFIG_ZD1211RW=m
 # CONFIG_USB_PEGASUS is not set
 # CONFIG_USB_RTL8150 is not set
 CONFIG_USB_USBNET=m
-CONFIG_USB_NET_AX8817X=m
+# CONFIG_USB_NET_AX8817X is not set
 # CONFIG_USB_NET_CDCETHER is not set
 # CONFIG_USB_NET_CDC_EEM is not set
 # CONFIG_USB_NET_CDC_NCM is not set
diff --git a/projects/Intel/linux/linux.x86_64.conf b/projects/Intel/linux/linux.x86_64.conf
index 8b9ef2f43c..af8141d217 100644
--- a/projects/Intel/linux/linux.x86_64.conf
+++ b/projects/Intel/linux/linux.x86_64.conf
@@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@ CONFIG_ZD1211RW=m
 # CONFIG_USB_PEGASUS is not set
 # CONFIG_USB_RTL8150 is not set
 CONFIG_USB_USBNET=m
-CONFIG_USB_NET_AX8817X=m
+# CONFIG_USB_NET_AX8817X is not set
 # CONFIG_USB_NET_CDCETHER is not set
 # CONFIG_USB_NET_CDC_EEM is not set
 # CONFIG_USB_NET_CDC_NCM is not set
diff --git a/projects/Intel/options b/projects/Intel/options
index b0e9b8c4bb..148d847ee8 100644
--- a/projects/Intel/options
+++ b/projects/Intel/options
@@ -117,10 +117,11 @@
   DVDCSS_SUPPORT="yes"
 
 # additional drivers to install:
+# asix-ax887xx:     Asix AX887xx USB LAN Driver
 # bcm_sta:          Broadcom STA WLAN Driver
 # Space separated list is supported,
 # e.g. ADDITIONAL_DRIVERS="bcm_sta"
-  ADDITIONAL_DRIVERS=""
+  ADDITIONAL_DRIVERS="asix-ax887xx"
 
 # build with network support (yes / no)
   NETWORK="yes"