diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/install b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/install
index 58d9f182bf..1753b43cf8 100755
--- a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/install
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/install
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/share/xbmc/media
 #     cp $PKG_DIR/splash/splash.png $INSTALL/usr/share/xbmc/media/Splash.png
 #   fi
 
+# cleanup and python addon fixes
+  mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/share/xbmc/addons/script.module.pil/lib
+  ln -s `ls -d $INSTALL/usr/lib/python*/site-packages | sed -e "s,$INSTALL,,"`/PIL \
+         $INSTALL/usr/share/xbmc/addons/script.module.pil/lib/PIL
+  rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/share/xbmc/addons/script.module.pysqlite
+
 mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/share/xbmc/addons
   cp -R $PKG_DIR/config/os.openelec.tv $INSTALL/usr/share/xbmc/addons
   $SED "s|@ADDON_OS_VERSION@|$OS_VERSION|g" -i $INSTALL/usr/share/xbmc/addons/os.openelec.tv/addon.xml
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/meta b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/meta
index 9efdad5576..b8c4e1ba91 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/meta
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/meta
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="xbmc-pvr"
-PKG_VERSION="f44db35"
+PKG_VERSION="bd16540"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
@@ -74,3 +74,7 @@ if [ "$PS3REMOTE_SUPPORT" = yes ]; then
   PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS PyBluez"
 fi
 
+# some python stuff needed for various addons
+  PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS Imaging"
+  PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS simplejson"
+
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-f44db35-001-add_support_to_specify_GIT_REV-0.1.patch b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-bd16540-001-add_support_to_specify_GIT_REV-0.1.patch
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rename from packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-f44db35-001-add_support_to_specify_GIT_REV-0.1.patch
rename to packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-bd16540-001-add_support_to_specify_GIT_REV-0.1.patch
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-f44db35-201-let_select_XBMCProjectM-0.1.patch b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-bd16540-201-let_select_XBMCProjectM-0.1.patch
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rename from packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-f44db35-201-let_select_XBMCProjectM-0.1.patch
rename to packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-bd16540-201-let_select_XBMCProjectM-0.1.patch
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-f44db35-202-let_select_RSXS-0.1.patch b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-bd16540-202-let_select_RSXS-0.1.patch
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rename from packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-f44db35-202-let_select_RSXS-0.1.patch
rename to packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-bd16540-202-let_select_RSXS-0.1.patch
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-f44db35-303-fix_libdvd_xFLAGS-0.1.patch b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-bd16540-303-fix_libdvd_xFLAGS-0.1.patch
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rename from packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-f44db35-303-fix_libdvd_xFLAGS-0.1.patch
rename to packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-bd16540-303-fix_libdvd_xFLAGS-0.1.patch
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-f44db35-321-CrystalHD_use_yuy2_to_yv12-0.1.patch b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-bd16540-321-CrystalHD_use_yuy2_to_yv12-0.1.patch
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rename from packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-f44db35-321-CrystalHD_use_yuy2_to_yv12-0.1.patch
rename to packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-bd16540-321-CrystalHD_use_yuy2_to_yv12-0.1.patch
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-f44db35-402-enable_yasm_in_ffmpeg-0.1.patch b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-bd16540-402-enable_yasm_in_ffmpeg-0.1.patch
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rename from packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-f44db35-402-enable_yasm_in_ffmpeg-0.1.patch
rename to packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-bd16540-402-enable_yasm_in_ffmpeg-0.1.patch
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-f44db35-404-add_lame_check-0.6.patch b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-bd16540-404-add_lame_check-0.6.patch
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rename from packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-f44db35-404-add_lame_check-0.6.patch
rename to packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-bd16540-404-add_lame_check-0.6.patch
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-f44db35-452-change_lcd_content-0.1.patch b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-bd16540-452-change_lcd_content-0.1.patch
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rename from packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-f44db35-452-change_lcd_content-0.1.patch
rename to packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-bd16540-452-change_lcd_content-0.1.patch
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-f44db35-453-ps3_remote_be_more_quiet-0.1.patch b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-bd16540-453-ps3_remote_be_more_quiet-0.1.patch
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rename from packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-f44db35-453-ps3_remote_be_more_quiet-0.1.patch
rename to packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-bd16540-453-ps3_remote_be_more_quiet-0.1.patch
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-f44db35-462-add_remote_irtrans_mediacenter-0.1.patch b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-bd16540-462-add_remote_irtrans_mediacenter-0.1.patch
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rename from packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-f44db35-462-add_remote_irtrans_mediacenter-0.1.patch
rename to packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-bd16540-462-add_remote_irtrans_mediacenter-0.1.patch
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-f44db35-463-add_remote_devinput-0.1.patch b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-bd16540-463-add_remote_devinput-0.1.patch
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rename from packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-f44db35-463-add_remote_devinput-0.1.patch
rename to packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-bd16540-463-add_remote_devinput-0.1.patch
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-f44db35-901-advancedsettings_alwaysextractflags.patch b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-bd16540-901-advancedsettings_alwaysextractflags.patch
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rename from packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-f44db35-901-advancedsettings_alwaysextractflags.patch
rename to packages/mediacenter/xbmc-pvr/patches/xbmc-pvr-bd16540-901-advancedsettings_alwaysextractflags.patch