diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/init.d/63_atvclient b/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/init.d/63_atvclient
deleted file mode 100644
index 7db38f1b05..0000000000
--- a/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/init.d/63_atvclient
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-#      Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Roman Weber (roman@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, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
-#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
-################################################################################
-# start the ATVclient daemon
-#
-# runlevels: openelec, textmode
-
-(
-  progress "starting ATVclient"
-  exec atvclient -m > /dev/null 2>&1
-)&
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/udev.d/98-appleir.rules b/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/udev.d/98-appleir.rules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8954a51d36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/remote/atvclient/udev.d/98-appleir.rules
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# must be started in a shell, otherwise it exits after sometime for unknown reasons
+ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="05ac", ATTR{idProduct}=="824[012]", RUN+="/bin/sh -c '/usr/sbin/atvclient -m &'"