diff --git a/package/kodi/Config.in b/package/kodi/Config.in
index cd58cf2901..36d25637b7 100644
--- a/package/kodi/Config.in
+++ b/package/kodi/Config.in
@@ -126,6 +126,13 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_KODI_DBUS
 	help
 	  Enable D-Bus support
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_KODI_EVENTCLIENTS
+	bool "eventclients"
+	help
+	  Enable event clients support
+
+	  https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/blob/master/tools/EventClients/README.txt
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_KODI_LIBBLURAY
 	bool "blu-ray"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBBLURAY
diff --git a/package/kodi/kodi.mk b/package/kodi/kodi.mk
index 4c7a2e8088..3521999133 100644
--- a/package/kodi/kodi.mk
+++ b/package/kodi/kodi.mk
@@ -202,6 +202,12 @@ else
 KODI_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_DBUS=OFF
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_KODI_EVENTCLIENTS),y)
+KODI_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_EVENTCLIENTS=ON
+else
+KODI_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_EVENTCLIENTS=OFF
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_KODI_ALSA_LIB),y)
 KODI_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_ALSA=ON
 KODI_DEPENDENCIES += alsa-lib