diff --git a/multimedia/vdr/Makefile b/multimedia/vdr/Makefile
index eb1ad6ce1613..997e06ebb2f7 100644
--- a/multimedia/vdr/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/vdr/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	vdr
 PORTVERSION=	1.7.19
-PORTREVISION=	2
+PORTREVISION=	3
 CATEGORIES=	multimedia
 MASTER_SITES=	ftp://ftp.tvdr.de/vdr/Developer/
 
diff --git a/multimedia/vdr/files/patch-initialchannel b/multimedia/vdr/files/patch-initialchannel
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cb658665a03d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/multimedia/vdr/files/patch-initialchannel
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+--- config.c.orig
++++ config.c
+@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ cSetup::cSetup(void)
+   CurrentChannel = -1;
+   CurrentVolume = MAXVOLUME;
+   CurrentDolby = 0;
+-  // InitialChannel is initialized by constructor
++  InitialChannel = "";
+   InitialVolume = -1;
+   ChannelsWrap = 0;
+   EmergencyExit = 1;
+--- vdr.c.orig
++++ vdr.c
+@@ -735,12 +723,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+ 
+   if (!cDevice::WaitForAllDevicesReady(DEVICEREADYTIMEOUT))
+      dsyslog("not all devices ready after %d seconds", DEVICEREADYTIMEOUT);
+-  if (isnumber(Setup.InitialChannel)) { // for compatibility with old setup.conf files
+-     if (cChannel *Channel = Channels.GetByNumber(atoi(Setup.InitialChannel)))
+-        Setup.InitialChannel = Channel->GetChannelID().ToString();
++  if (*Setup.InitialChannel) {
++     if (isnumber(Setup.InitialChannel)) { // for compatibility with old setup.conf files
++        if (cChannel *Channel = Channels.GetByNumber(atoi(Setup.InitialChannel)))
++           Setup.InitialChannel = Channel->GetChannelID().ToString();
++        }
++     if (cChannel *Channel = Channels.GetByChannelID(tChannelID::FromString(Setup.InitialChannel)))
++        Setup.CurrentChannel = Channel->Number();
+      }
+-  if (cChannel *Channel = Channels.GetByChannelID(tChannelID::FromString(Setup.InitialChannel)))
+-     Setup.CurrentChannel = Channel->Number();
+   if (Setup.InitialVolume >= 0)
+      Setup.CurrentVolume = Setup.InitialVolume;
+   Channels.SwitchTo(Setup.CurrentChannel);