diff --git a/packages/emulation/libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance/package.mk b/packages/emulation/libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance/package.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c2f11c626
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/emulation/libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance/package.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of LibreELEC - https://libreelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2016 Team LibreELEC
+#
+#  LibreELEC 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 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  LibreELEC 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 LibreELEC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance"
+PKG_VERSION="425015a"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPLv2"
+PKG_SITE="https://github.com/libretro/bsnes-mercury"
+PKG_URL="https://github.com/libretro/bsnes-mercury/archive/$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+PKG_SOURCE_DIR="bsnes-mercury-$PKG_VERSION*"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain kodi-platform"
+PKG_SECTION="emulation"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="game.libretro.beetle-bsnes-performance: Beetle bSNES for Kodi"
+PKG_LONGDESC="game.libretro.beetle-bsnes-performance: Beetle bSNES for Kodi"
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_LIBNAME="bsnes_mercury_performance_libretro.so"
+PKG_LIBPATH="out/$PKG_LIBNAME"
+PKG_LIBVAR="BSNES_MERCURY_LIB"
+
+make_target() {
+  make profile=performance
+}
+
+makeinstall_target() {
+  mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib
+  cp $PKG_LIBPATH $INSTALL/usr/lib/$PKG_LIBNAME
+  echo "set($PKG_LIBVAR $INSTALL/usr/lib/$PKG_LIBNAME)" > $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/$PKG_NAME-config.cmake
+}
+
diff --git a/packages/emulation/libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance/patches/libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance-0001_fix-cross-compile.patch b/packages/emulation/libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance/patches/libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance-0001_fix-cross-compile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..723c948270
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/emulation/libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance/patches/libretro-bsnes-mercury-performance-0001_fix-cross-compile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+diff -Naur a/Makefile b/Makefile
+--- a/Makefile	2016-01-05 20:14:14.000000000 +0100
++++ b/Makefile	2016-01-11 20:38:29.377951179 +0100
+@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
+   flags := -I. -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer
+ endif
+ 
+-cflags := -std=gnu99 -xc
+-cppflags := -std=gnu++0x
++cflags := $(CFLAGS) -std=gnu99 -xc
++cppflags := $(CXXFLAGS) -std=gnu++0x
+ 
+ objects := libco
+ 
+@@ -48,13 +48,7 @@
+   flags += -fprofile-use
+ endif
+ 
+-ifeq ($(compiler),)
+-  ifneq ($(CXX),)
+-    compiler := $(CXX)
+-  else
+-    compiler := g++
+-  endif
+-endif
++compiler = $(CXX)
+ 
+ # platform
+ ui := target-$(target)