diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
index 072547f450..f78296fe43 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ configure_package() {
                          -DWITH_TEXTUREPACKER=$TOOLCHAIN/bin/TexturePacker \
                          -DWITH_JSONSCHEMABUILDER=$TOOLCHAIN/bin/JsonSchemaBuilder \
                          -DDEPENDS_PATH=$PKG_BUILD/depends \
+                         -DSWIG_EXECUTABLE=$TOOLCHAIN/bin/swig \
                          -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$TOOLCHAIN/bin/$PKG_PYTHON_VERSION \
                          -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/$PKG_PYTHON_VERSION \
                          -DGIT_VERSION=$PKG_VERSION \