diff --git a/project/cmake/addons/CMakeLists.txt b/project/cmake/addons/CMakeLists.txt
index 0993a103289c8..0afc622aeb566 100644
--- a/project/cmake/addons/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/project/cmake/addons/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -110,6 +110,15 @@ endif()
 # include check_target_platform() function
 include(${APP_ROOT}/project/cmake/scripts/common/check_target_platform.cmake)
 
+# check install permissions
+set(ADDON_INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
+check_install_permissions(${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX} can_write)
+if(NOT ${can_write} AND NOT WIN32)
+  set(NEED_SUDO TRUE)
+  set(ADDON_INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/.install)
+  message(STATUS "NEED_SUDO: ${NEED_SUDO}")
+endif()
+
 ### prepare the build environment for the binary addons
 # copy the prepare-env.cmake script to the depends path so that we can include it
 file(COPY ${APP_ROOT}/project/cmake/scripts/common/prepare-env.cmake DESTINATION ${KODI_LIB_DIR})
@@ -204,7 +213,7 @@ endforeach()
 foreach(id ${downloaded_addons})
   externalproject_add(${id}
                       SOURCE_DIR ${BUILD_DIR}/${id}
-                      INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}
+                      INSTALL_DIR ${ADDON_INSTALL_DIR}
                       CMAKE_ARGS ${BUILD_ARGS})
 
   # add a custom step to the external project between the configure and the build step which will always
@@ -229,3 +238,12 @@ foreach(id ${downloaded_addons})
     endif()
   endif()
 endforeach()
+
+if(NEED_SUDO)
+  add_custom_target(install
+                    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo "\n\n"
+                    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo "WARNING: sudo rights needed to install to ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}\n"
+                    COMMAND sudo ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${ADDON_INSTALL_DIR}/ ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/
+                    COMMAND sudo ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove_directory ${ADDON_INSTALL_DIR}/
+                    COMMAND sudo -k)
+endif()
diff --git a/project/cmake/scripts/common/check_target_platform.cmake b/project/cmake/scripts/common/check_target_platform.cmake
index 19a9d1410c015..fc8b4036dfedb 100644
--- a/project/cmake/scripts/common/check_target_platform.cmake
+++ b/project/cmake/scripts/common/check_target_platform.cmake
@@ -38,3 +38,24 @@ function(check_target_platform dir target_platform build)
   # make the ${build} variable available to the calling script
   set(${build} "${${build}}" PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()
+
+function(check_install_permissions install_dir have_perms)
+  # param[in] install_dir directory to check for write permissions
+  # param[out] have_perms wether we have permissions to install to install_dir
+
+  set(${have_perms} TRUE)
+  execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory ${install_dir}/lib/kodi
+                  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory ${install_dir}/share/kodi
+                  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E touch ${install_dir}/lib/kodi/.cmake-inst-test ${install_dir}/share/kodi/.cmake-inst-test
+                  RESULT_VARIABLE permtest)
+
+  if(${permtest} GREATER 0)
+    message(STATUS "check_install_permissions: ${permtest}")
+    set(${have_perms} FALSE)
+  endif()
+  set(${have_perms} "${${have_perms}}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+
+  if(EXISTS ${install_dir}/lib/kodi/.cmake-inst-test OR EXISTS ${install_dir}/share/kodi/.cmake-inst-test)
+    file(REMOVE ${install_dir}/lib/kodi/.cmake-inst-test ${install_dir}/share/kodi/.cmake-inst-test)
+  endif()
+endfunction()
diff --git a/tools/depends/xbmc-addons.include b/tools/depends/xbmc-addons.include
index b010279cb20a9..d0662de9f9b33 100644
--- a/tools/depends/xbmc-addons.include
+++ b/tools/depends/xbmc-addons.include
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ endif
          $(TOOLCHAIN) \
          -DADDONS_TO_BUILD=$(ADDONS) ../../../../../project/cmake/addons/ -DBUILD_DIR=$(BUILDDIR)/$(PLATFORM)/build ;\
          $(MAKE);
+ifneq ($(CROSS_COMPILING),yes)
+	@[ -w $(INSTALL_PREFIX) ] || $(MAKE) -C $(PLATFORM) install
+endif
 	touch $@
 
 $(TOOLCHAIN_FILE): $(abs_top_srcdir)/target/Toolchain_binaddons.cmake