diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/busybox/package.mk
index ad9e4ee808..58601890a5 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/package.mk
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ makeinstall_target() {
     cp $PKG_DIR/scripts/lsb_release $INSTALL/usr/bin/
     cp $PKG_DIR/scripts/apt-get $INSTALL/usr/bin/
     cp $PKG_DIR/scripts/passwd $INSTALL/usr/bin/
+    cp $PKG_DIR/scripts/sudo $INSTALL/usr/bin/
     ln -sf /bin/busybox $INSTALL/usr/bin/env          #/usr/bin/env is needed for most python scripts
     cp $PKG_DIR/scripts/pastebinit $INSTALL/usr/bin/
     ln -sf pastebinit $INSTALL/usr/bin/paste
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/sudo b/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/sudo
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..82d852068e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/sudo
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  OpenELEC is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  OpenELEC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+################################################################################
+
+message="$message\n There is no working 'sudo'."
+message="$message\n "
+message="$message\n On debian/ubuntu/all general purpose linux distributions 'sudo'"
+message="$message\n allows a permitted user to execute a command as the superuser"
+message="$message\n or another user, as specified by the security policy"
+message="$message\n "
+message="$message\n With OpenELEC you have root access by default, so you dont need 'sudo'"
+message="$message\n "
+
+echo -e $message