diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/patches/kodi-999.40-KEY_SELECT.patch b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/patches/kodi-999.40-KEY_SELECT.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd16336c8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/patches/kodi-999.40-KEY_SELECT.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff -Naur kodi-15.2-02e7013/xbmc/input/linux/LinuxInputDevices.cpp kodi-15.2-02e7013.patch/xbmc/input/linux/LinuxInputDevices.cpp
+--- kodi-15.2-02e7013/xbmc/input/linux/LinuxInputDevices.cpp	2015-10-29 17:41:15.031724794 +0100
++++ kodi-15.2-02e7013.patch/xbmc/input/linux/LinuxInputDevices.cpp	2015-10-29 17:43:27.420981312 +0100
+@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@
+   { KEY_MAIL          , XBMCK_LAUNCH_MAIL },
+   { KEY_SEARCH        , XBMCK_BROWSER_SEARCH},
+   { KEY_FILE          , XBMCK_LAUNCH_FILE_BROWSER},
++  { KEY_SELECT        , XBMCK_RETURN      },
+   // The Little Black Box Remote Additions
+   { 384               , XBMCK_LEFT        }, // Red
+   { 378               , XBMCK_RIGHT       }, // Green