diff --git a/alarm/kodi-rpi-git/0002-Revert-jsonrpc-remove-ambiguous-and-duplicate-Player.patch b/alarm/kodi-rpi-git/0002-Revert-jsonrpc-remove-ambiguous-and-duplicate-Player.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29753e797
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alarm/kodi-rpi-git/0002-Revert-jsonrpc-remove-ambiguous-and-duplicate-Player.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+From 88b3174bdc47bfa7fb0e798ef0d01cd0bdf8e734 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: graysky <graysky@archlinux.us>
+Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2020 14:42:12 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] Revert "[jsonrpc] remove ambiguous and duplicate Player.Seek
+ options"
+
+This reverts commit 3801ec4b07d74c81d830c83c799ae90228c5cf2e.
+---
+ xbmc/interfaces/json-rpc/PlayerOperations.cpp | 14 +++++++-------
+ xbmc/interfaces/json-rpc/schema/methods.json  |  3 +++
+ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/xbmc/interfaces/json-rpc/PlayerOperations.cpp b/xbmc/interfaces/json-rpc/PlayerOperations.cpp
+index 8572736bef..d472a6951f 100644
+--- a/xbmc/interfaces/json-rpc/PlayerOperations.cpp
++++ b/xbmc/interfaces/json-rpc/PlayerOperations.cpp
+@@ -401,11 +401,11 @@ JSONRPC_STATUS CPlayerOperations::Seek(const std::string &method, ITransportLaye
+         return FailedToExecute;
+ 
+       const CVariant& value = parameterObject["value"];
+-      if (value.isMember("percentage"))
+-        g_application.SeekPercentage(value["percentage"].asFloat());
+-      else if (value.isMember("step"))
++      if (IsType(value, NumberValue) || value.isMember("percentage"))
++        g_application.SeekPercentage(IsType(value, NumberValue) ? value.asFloat() : value["percentage"].asFloat());
++      else if (value.isString() || value.isMember("step"))
+       {
+-        std::string step = value["step"].asString();
++        std::string step = value.isString() ? value.asString() : value["step"].asString();
+         if (step == "smallforward")
+           CBuiltins::GetInstance().Execute("playercontrol(smallskipforward)");
+         else if (step == "smallbackward")
+@@ -417,10 +417,10 @@ JSONRPC_STATUS CPlayerOperations::Seek(const std::string &method, ITransportLaye
+         else
+           return InvalidParams;
+       }
+-      else if (value.isMember("seconds"))
++      else if (value.isMember("seconds") && value.size() == 1)
+         g_application.GetAppPlayer().GetSeekHandler().SeekSeconds(static_cast<int>(value["seconds"].asInteger()));
+-      else if (value.isMember("time"))
+-        g_application.SeekTime(ParseTimeInSeconds(value["time"]));
++      else if (value.isObject())
++        g_application.SeekTime(ParseTimeInSeconds(value.isMember("time") ? value["time"] : value));
+       else
+         return InvalidParams;
+ 
+diff --git a/xbmc/interfaces/json-rpc/schema/methods.json b/xbmc/interfaces/json-rpc/schema/methods.json
+index d23ad943d7..a2e2927b2a 100644
+--- a/xbmc/interfaces/json-rpc/schema/methods.json
++++ b/xbmc/interfaces/json-rpc/schema/methods.json
+@@ -295,6 +295,9 @@
+     "params": [
+       { "name": "playerid", "$ref": "Player.Id", "required": true },
+       { "name": "value", "required": true, "type": [
++          { "$ref": "Player.Position.Percentage", "required": true, "description": "Percentage value to seek to" },
++          { "$ref": "Player.Position.Time", "required": true, "description": "Time to seek to" },
++          { "type": "string", "enum": [ "smallforward", "smallbackward", "bigforward", "bigbackward" ], "required": true, "description": "Seek by predefined jumps" },
+           { "type": "object", "properties": { "percentage": { "$ref": "Player.Position.Percentage", "required": true, "description": "Percentage value to seek to" } }, "additionalProperties": false, "required": true },
+           { "type": "object", "properties": { "time": { "$ref": "Player.Position.Time", "required": true, "description": "Time to seek to" } }, "additionalProperties": false, "required": true },
+           { "type": "object", "properties": { "step": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "smallforward", "smallbackward", "bigforward", "bigbackward" ], "required": true, "description": "Seek by predefined jumps" } }, "additionalProperties": false, "required": true },
+-- 
+2.30.0
+
diff --git a/alarm/kodi-rpi-git/PKGBUILD b/alarm/kodi-rpi-git/PKGBUILD
index fa8bc112d..022991c2b 100644
--- a/alarm/kodi-rpi-git/PKGBUILD
+++ b/alarm/kodi-rpi-git/PKGBUILD
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ _commitnumber=56840
 _commit=579551ef130f80963a857f0af3a2a984b112d26c
 
 pkgver="19.0b2.$_commitnumber.${_commit:0:10}"
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=3
 arch=('armv7h')
 url="https://github.com/popcornmix/xbmc/tree/gbm"
 license=('GPL2')
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ source=(
   tmpfiles.conf
   0000-use-mcpu-avoiding-march-and-mtune.patch
   0001-mcpu-cortex-a72-for-RPi4-application-to-ffmpeg.patch
+  0002-Revert-jsonrpc-remove-ambiguous-and-duplicate-Player.patch
 )
 backup=(boot/kodi.config.txt)
 noextract=(
@@ -116,6 +117,10 @@ prepare() {
   
   # patch kodi build system to apply the patch we just copied over
   patch -Np1 -i ../0001-mcpu-cortex-a72-for-RPi4-application-to-ffmpeg.patch
+
+  # this causes issues for the official iOS app which are not yet addressed
+  # see: https://github.com/xbmc/Official-Kodi-Remote-iOS/issues/95
+  patch -Np1 -i ../0002-Revert-jsonrpc-remove-ambiguous-and-duplicate-Player.patch
 }
 
 build() {