diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build
index 7a15cb8156..126aa8afc8 100755
--- a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build
@@ -165,12 +165,11 @@ else
   XBMC_CRYSTALHD="--disable-crystalhd"
 fi
 
-# xbmc (ffmpeg) fails to build with LTO optimization
+# xbmc fails to build with LTO optimization
   strip_lto
 
-# dont use some optimizations because of problems
-# this fixes problems with faac implementation of ffmpeg
-  LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-Wl,--as-needed||"`
+# dont build parallel
+  MAKEFLAGS=-j1
 
   export PYTHON_VERSION="2.7"
   export PYTHON_CPPFLAGS="-I$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/python$PYTHON_VERSION"
@@ -256,7 +255,7 @@ cd $PKG_BUILD
             $XBMC_BLURAY \
             --enable-texturepacker \
             --disable-external-libraries \
-            --disable-external-ffmpeg \
+            --enable-external-ffmpeg \
 
 # setup default skin inside the sources
   sed -i -e "s|skin.confluence|$SKIN_DIR|g" xbmc/settings/Settings.h
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/meta b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/meta
index f204cce9eb..0bfc8977fb 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/meta
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/meta
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.xbmc.org"
 PKG_URL="$DISTRO_SRC/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
-PKG_DEPENDS="boost Python zlib bzip2 systemd pcre alsa-lib libass curl libssh rtmpdump fontconfig libmad libogg libvorbis libmodplug faad2 flac lame libmpeg2 SDL SDL_mixer SDL_image yajl alsa bc xbmc-addon-settings"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain boost Python zlib bzip2 systemd lzo pcre alsa-lib libass enca curl libssh rtmpdump fontconfig fribidi libjpeg-turbo libpng tiff freetype jasper libmad libsamplerate libogg libvorbis libcdio libmodplug faad2 flac lame libmpeg2 SDL SDL_mixer SDL_image yajl sqlite mysql"
+PKG_DEPENDS="boost Python zlib bzip2 systemd pcre ffmpeg alsa-lib libass curl libssh rtmpdump fontconfig libmad libogg libvorbis libmodplug faad2 flac lame libmpeg2 SDL SDL_mixer SDL_image yajl alsa bc xbmc-addon-settings"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain boost Python zlib bzip2 systemd lzo pcre alsa-lib ffmpeg libass enca curl libssh rtmpdump fontconfig fribidi libjpeg-turbo libpng tiff freetype jasper libmad libsamplerate libogg libvorbis libcdio libmodplug faad2 flac lame libmpeg2 SDL SDL_mixer SDL_image yajl sqlite mysql"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="mediacenter"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="xbmc: XBMC Mediacenter"