diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/patches/kodi-102-dont_really_depend_on_SDL_image.patch b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/patches/kodi-102-dont_really_depend_on_SDL_image.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0aa38f3a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/patches/kodi-102-dont_really_depend_on_SDL_image.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff -Naur kodi-14-af6d342/configure.in kodi-14-af6d342.patch/configure.in
+--- kodi-14-af6d342/configure.in	2014-10-27 11:34:57.000000000 +0100
++++ kodi-14-af6d342.patch/configure.in	2014-10-31 02:34:19.322700780 +0100
+@@ -1230,7 +1230,6 @@
+         [AC_MSG_ERROR($missing_library)])
+       ]
+     )
+-    AC_CHECK_LIB([SDL_image],  [main],, AC_MSG_ERROR($missing_library))
+     AC_DEFINE([HAVE_SDL],[1],["Define to 1 if using sdl"])
+   fi
+ fi