diff --git a/package/base/ffmpeg/libx264_buildfix.patch b/package/base/ffmpeg/libx264_buildfix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6966e13fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/ffmpeg/libx264_buildfix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- ./libavcodec/libx264.c.orig	2010-01-04 10:56:53.000000000 +0000
++++ ./libavcodec/libx264.c	2010-01-04 10:57:23.000000000 +0000
+@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
+     x4->params.b_cabac = avctx->coder_type == FF_CODER_TYPE_AC;
+     x4->params.i_bframe_adaptive = avctx->b_frame_strategy;
+     x4->params.i_bframe_bias = avctx->bframebias;
+-    x4->params.b_bframe_pyramid = avctx->flags2 & CODEC_FLAG2_BPYRAMID;
++    x4->params.i_bframe_pyramid = avctx->flags2 & CODEC_FLAG2_BPYRAMID;
+     avctx->has_b_frames= avctx->flags2 & CODEC_FLAG2_BPYRAMID ? 2 : !!avctx->max_b_frames;
+ 
+     x4->params.i_keyint_min = avctx->keyint_min;
diff --git a/package/base/ffmpeg/libx264_config.patch b/package/base/ffmpeg/libx264_config.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b828e90a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/ffmpeg/libx264_config.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- ./configure.orig	2010-01-04 10:14:17.000000000 +0000
++++ ./configure	2010-01-04 10:14:23.000000000 +0000
+@@ -1993,7 +1993,7 @@
+ enabled libspeex   && require  libspeex speex/speex.h speex_decoder_init -lspeex
+ enabled libtheora  && require  libtheora theora/theora.h theora_info_init -ltheora -logg
+ enabled libvorbis  && require  libvorbis vorbis/vorbisenc.h vorbis_info_init -lvorbisenc -lvorbis -logg
+-enabled libx264    && require  libx264 x264.h x264_encoder_open -lx264 -lm &&
++enabled libx264    && require  libx264 x264.h x264_encoder_encode -lx264 -lm &&
+                       { check_cpp_condition x264.h "X264_BUILD >= 65" ||
+                         die "ERROR: libx264 version must be >= 0.65."; }
+ enabled libxvid    && require  libxvid xvid.h xvid_global -lxvidcore
diff --git a/package/base/mplayer/libx264-hotfix2.patch b/package/base/mplayer/libx264-hotfix2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..64febb97c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/mplayer/libx264-hotfix2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- ./libavcodec/libx264.c.orig	2010-01-04 12:12:35.000000000 +0100
++++ ./libavcodec/libx264.c	2010-01-04 12:12:49.000000000 +0100
+@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
+     x4->params.b_cabac = avctx->coder_type == FF_CODER_TYPE_AC;
+     x4->params.i_bframe_adaptive = avctx->b_frame_strategy;
+     x4->params.i_bframe_bias = avctx->bframebias;
+-    x4->params.b_bframe_pyramid = (avctx->flags2 & CODEC_FLAG2_BPYRAMID);
++    x4->params.i_bframe_pyramid = (avctx->flags2 & CODEC_FLAG2_BPYRAMID);
+     avctx->has_b_frames= (avctx->flags2 & CODEC_FLAG2_BPYRAMID) ? 2 : !!avctx->max_b_frames;
+ 
+     x4->params.i_keyint_min = avctx->keyint_min;
+--- ./libmpcodecs/ve_x264.c.orig	2010-01-04 12:12:35.000000000 +0100
++++ ./libmpcodecs/ve_x264.c	2010-01-04 12:12:41.000000000 +0100
+@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
+         mod->mux->bih->biSize= sizeof(BITMAPINFOHEADER) + extradata_size;
+     }
+     
+-    if (param.i_bframe > 1 && param.b_bframe_pyramid)
++    if (param.i_bframe > 1 && param.i_bframe_pyramid)
+         mod->mux->decoder_delay = 2;
+     else
+         mod->mux->decoder_delay = param.i_bframe ? 1 : 0;
diff --git a/package/base/x264/x264.conf b/package/base/x264/x264.conf
index 474176a46..1fafa3bdd 100644
--- a/package/base/x264/x264.conf
+++ b/package/base/x264/x264.conf
@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@
 # --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
 
+var_append confopt " " "--enable-shared"
 var_append confopt " " "--enable-pthread"
 pkginstalled gpac && var_append confopt " " "--enable-mp4-output"