diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/meta b/packages/sysutils/busybox/meta
index fdad569d3f..2a8d554877 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/meta
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/meta
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.busybox.net"
 PKG_URL="http://busybox.net/downloads/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
-PKG_DEPENDS="grep hdparm"
+PKG_DEPENDS="grep hdparm speedcontrol"
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain busybox-hosttools"
 PKG_PRIORITY="required"
 PKG_SECTION="system"
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/speedcontrol/build b/packages/sysutils/speedcontrol/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..0e839063f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/speedcontrol/build
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/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 $PKG_BUILD
+
+$CC -o $1 $1.c
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/speedcontrol/init.d/10_cdrom b/packages/sysutils/speedcontrol/init.d/10_cdrom
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..767a6f44d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/speedcontrol/init.d/10_cdrom
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+################################################################################
+#      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
+################################################################################
+
+#
+# setup cdrom settings
+#
+# runlevels: openelec, installer, textmode
+
+progress "Deactivate CDROM lock"
+  sysctl -w dev.cdrom.lock=0 > /dev/null 2>&1 &
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/speedcontrol/install b/packages/sysutils/speedcontrol/install
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e12e24a089
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/speedcontrol/install
@@ -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
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/bin
+  cp $PKG_BUILD/$1 $INSTALL/usr/bin
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/speedcontrol/meta b/packages/sysutils/speedcontrol/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2bb928123b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/speedcontrol/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="speedcontrol"
+PKG_VERSION="1"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://noto.de"
+PKG_URL=""
+PKG_DEPENDS=""
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="system"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="speedcontrol: a tool to setup cdrom drive speed"
+PKG_LONGDESC="speedcontrol is a tool to setup cdrom drive speed"
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/speedcontrol/udev.d/61-cdrom.rules b/packages/sysutils/speedcontrol/udev.d/61-cdrom.rules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b472ce0f40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/speedcontrol/udev.d/61-cdrom.rules
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+################################################################################
+#      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
+################################################################################
+
+# only do anything on block devices which are not removed
+ACTION!="add|change", GOTO="cdrom_end"
+
+# set CDROM speed
+KERNEL=="sr*", RUN+="/usr/bin/speedcontrol -x8 /dev/%k"
+
+LABEL="cdrom_end"