diff --git a/buildroot-external/Config.in b/buildroot-external/Config.in
index d6139588..e4ace7b5 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/Config.in
+++ b/buildroot-external/Config.in
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ menu "Additional external python modules"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-msk/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-msm/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-multi-key-dict/Config.in"
-	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-mycroft-messagebus-client/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-neon-lang-plugin-libretranslate/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-neon-phal-plugin-fan/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-neon-phal-plugin-linear-led/Config.in"
@@ -290,6 +289,7 @@ menu "Plugins"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-ovos-audio-plugin-simple/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-ovos-backend-client/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-ovos-backend-manager/Config.in"
+	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-ovos-bus-client/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-ovos-config-assistant/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-ovos-lingua-franca/Config.in"
 	source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_OPENVOICEOS_PATH/package/python-ovos-local-backend/Config.in"
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-mycroft-messagebus-client/Config.in b/buildroot-external/package/python-mycroft-messagebus-client/Config.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 10a040fb..00000000
--- a/buildroot-external/package/python-mycroft-messagebus-client/Config.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_MYCROFT_MESSAGEBUS_CLIENT
-	bool "python-mycroft-messagebus-client"
-	help
-	  This module is a simple interface for the mycroft 
-	  messagebus and can be used to connect to mycroft, 
-	  send messages and react to messages sent by the 
-	  Mycroft system.
-
-	  https://github.com/MycroftAI/mycroft-messagebus-client
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-mycroft-messagebus-client/python-mycroft-messagebus-client.hash b/buildroot-external/package/python-mycroft-messagebus-client/python-mycroft-messagebus-client.hash
deleted file mode 100644
index 17096bbc..00000000
--- a/buildroot-external/package/python-mycroft-messagebus-client/python-mycroft-messagebus-client.hash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# Locally computed sha256 checksums
-sha256	bbb8e94b3b8dbcee5f680b94bf830e00cdfba0f54b98bbb9383a0a2e56686546  mycroft-messagebus-client-0.9.6.tar.gz
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-mycroft-messagebus-client/python-mycroft-messagebus-client.mk b/buildroot-external/package/python-mycroft-messagebus-client/python-mycroft-messagebus-client.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 006d049c..00000000
--- a/buildroot-external/package/python-mycroft-messagebus-client/python-mycroft-messagebus-client.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#
-# python-mycroft-messagebus-client
-#
-################################################################################
-
-PYTHON_MYCROFT_MESSAGEBUS_CLIENT_VERSION = 0.9.6
-PYTHON_MYCROFT_MESSAGEBUS_CLIENT_SOURCE = mycroft-messagebus-client-$(PYTHON_MYCROFT_MESSAGEBUS_CLIENT_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_MYCROFT_MESSAGEBUS_CLIENT_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/66/d5/32d3db4095b63f9284ed4689c3dbdfa43c5ae02e6895167b3e34161941f5
-PYTHON_MYCROFT_MESSAGEBUS_CLIENT_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
-PYTHON_MYCROFT_MESSAGEBUS_CLIENT_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
-PYTHON_MYCROFT_MESSAGEBUS_CLIENT_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
-
-$(eval $(python-package))
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-ovos-bus-client/Config.in b/buildroot-external/package/python-ovos-bus-client/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..958eb1d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-ovos-bus-client/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_OVOS_BUS_CLIENT
+	bool "python-ovos-bus-client"
+	help
+	  This module is a simple interface for the mycroft 
+	  messagebus and can be used to connect to ovos, send 
+	  messages and react to messages sent by the OpenVoiceOS 
+	  system.
+
+	  This module extends the mycroft-messagebus-client with 
+	  a Session implementation
+
+	  https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-bus-client
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-ovos-bus-client/python-ovos-bus-client.hash b/buildroot-external/package/python-ovos-bus-client/python-ovos-bus-client.hash
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3b43fa32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-ovos-bus-client/python-ovos-bus-client.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Locally computed sha256 checksums
+sha256  c8150ffcd690914954f90309f167eff9f59accba4a75acb367a84022768f800e  python-ovos-bus-client-8821ec701b061eff7821c9f3cd1f9d4e60153dbd.tar.gz
diff --git a/buildroot-external/package/python-ovos-bus-client/python-ovos-bus-client.mk b/buildroot-external/package/python-ovos-bus-client/python-ovos-bus-client.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6ba47114
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/package/python-ovos-bus-client/python-ovos-bus-client.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# python-ovos-bus-client
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PYTHON_OVOS_BUS_CLIENT_VERSION = 8821ec701b061eff7821c9f3cd1f9d4e60153dbd
+PYTHON_OVOS_BUS_CLIENT_SITE = $(call github,OpenVoiceOS,ovos-bus-client,$(PYTHON_OVOS_BUS_CLIENT_VERSION))
+PYTHON_OVOS_BUS_CLIENT_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
+PYTHON_OVOS_BUS_CLIENT_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
+PYTHON_OVOS_BUS_CLIENT_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+PYTHON_OVOS_BUS_CLIENT_ENV = MYCROFT_LOOSE_REQUIREMENTS=true
+
+$(eval $(python-package))