diff --git a/fhem/CHANGED b/fhem/CHANGED
index 3b12d834b..fdcdfaf40 100644
--- a/fhem/CHANGED
+++ b/fhem/CHANGED
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Add changes at the top of the list. Keep it in ASCII, and 80-char wide.
 # Do not insert empty lines here, update check depends on it.
+  - feature: 70_XBMC.pm: new commands poweron,poweroff. configurable by attribute powerCmd
   - added: 71_YAMAHA_NP.pm: New module for controlling Yamaha network players such as CRX-N560(D)
   - bugfix: FB_CALLMONITOR: fix not working telnet login, when user based
             authentication is configured in FritzBox
diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/70_XBMC.pm b/fhem/FHEM/70_XBMC.pm
index 7672b06ce..bf5c548cb 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/70_XBMC.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/70_XBMC.pm
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ sub XBMC_Initialize($$)
   $hash->{ReadFn}   = "XBMC_Read";  
   $hash->{ReadyFn}  = "XBMC_Ready";
   $hash->{UndefFn}  = "XBMC_Undefine";
-  $hash->{AttrList} = "fork:enable,disable compatibilityMode:xbmc,plex offMode:quit,hibernate,shutdown,standby pingInterval " . $readingFnAttributes;
+  $hash->{AttrList} = "fork:enable,disable compatibilityMode:xbmc,plex offMode:quit,hibernate,shutdown,standby pingInterval powerCmd " . $readingFnAttributes;
   
   $data{RC_makenotify}{XBMC} = "XBMC_RCmakenotify";
   $data{RC_layout}{XBMC_RClayout}  = "XBMC_RClayout";
@@ -75,6 +75,25 @@ sub XBMC_Define($$)
   return undef;
 }
 
+sub XBMC_PowerCmd($$)
+{
+  my ($hash, $power) = @_;
+  
+  my @cmds = split ":", AttrVal($hash->{NAME},'powerCmd','');
+  if (scalar(@cmds) != 2) {
+    return "Attribute powerCmd has an invalid format. Use <powerOnCmd>:<powerOffCmd>";
+  }
+  
+  my $cmdToExec = $power ? $cmds[0] : $cmds[1];
+  
+  return "Skipping empty command" if (length($cmdToExec) == 0);
+  
+  # execute the power command
+  fhem($cmdToExec);
+  
+  return "Executed command: $cmdToExec";
+}
+
 # Force a connection attempt to XBMC as soon as possible 
 # (e.g. you know you just started it and want to connect immediately without waiting up to 60 s)
 sub XBMC_Connect($)
@@ -778,6 +797,12 @@ sub XBMC_Set($@)
   elsif($cmd eq 'connect') {
     return XBMC_Connect($hash);
   }
+  elsif($cmd eq 'poweron') {
+    return XBMC_PowerCmd($hash, 1);
+  }
+  elsif($cmd eq 'poweroff') {
+    return XBMC_PowerCmd($hash, 0);
+  }
   my $res = "Unknown argument " . $cmd . ", choose one of " . 
     "off play:all,audio,video,picture playpause:all,audio,video,picture pause:all,audio,video,picture " . 
     "prev:all,audio,video,picture next:all,audio,video,picture goto stop:all,audio,video,picture " . 
@@ -814,7 +839,7 @@ sub XBMC_Set($@)
     "mute:toggle,on,off volume:slider,0,1,100 quit:noArg " . 
     "eject:noArg hibernate:noArg reboot:noArg shutdown:noArg suspend:noArg " . 
     "videolibrary:scan,clean audiolibrary:scan,clean statusRequest jsonraw " .
-    "connect";
+    "connect poweron poweroff";
   return $res ;
 
 }
@@ -1380,6 +1405,8 @@ sub XBMC_HTTP_Request($$@)
     <li><b>hibernate</b> -  the XBMC host will be put into hibernation</li>
     <li><b>reboot</b> -  the XBMC host will be rebooted</li>
     <li><b>connect</b> -  try to connect to the XBMC host immediately</li>
+    <li><b>poweron</b> -  executes power-on command provided by the attribute powerCmd</li>
+    <li><b>poweroff</b> -  executes power-off command provided by the attribute powerCmd</li>
   </ul>
   </ul>
   <br><br>