diff --git a/src/eitd/dmx.cpp b/src/eitd/dmx.cpp
index 693bc8257..aa6612468 100644
--- a/src/eitd/dmx.cpp
+++ b/src/eitd/dmx.cpp
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ int DMX::getSection(uint8_t *buf, const unsigned timeoutInMSeconds, int &timeout
 	eit_extended_section_header *eit_extended_header;
 
 	/* filter == 0 && maks == 0 => EIT dummy filter to slow down EIT thread startup */
-	if (pID == 0x12 && filters[filter_index].filter == 0 && filters[filter_index].mask == 0)
+	if ((pID == 0x12 || pID == 0x39) && filters[filter_index].filter == 0 && filters[filter_index].mask == 0)
 	{
 		//dprintf("dmx: dummy filter, sleeping for %d ms\n", timeoutInMSeconds);
 		usleep(timeoutInMSeconds * 1000);
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ int DMX::getSection(uint8_t *buf, const unsigned timeoutInMSeconds, int &timeout
 	unsigned short current_tsid = 0;
 	uint8_t segment_last_section_number = last_section_number;
 
-	if (pID == 0x12) {
+	if (pID == 0x12 || pID == 0x39) {
 		eit_extended_header = (eit_extended_section_header *)(buf+8);
 		current_onid = 	eit_extended_header->original_network_id_hi * 256 +
 			eit_extended_header->original_network_id_lo;
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ int DMX::getSection(uint8_t *buf, const unsigned timeoutInMSeconds, int &timeout
 	sections_id_t s_id = create_sections_id(table_id, eh_tbl_extension_id, current_onid, current_tsid, section_number);
 
 	bool complete = false;
-	if (pID == 0x12)
+	if (pID == 0x12 || pID == 0x39)
 		complete = check_complete(s_id, section_number, last_section_number, segment_last_section_number);
 
 	/* if we are not caching the already read sections (CN-thread), check EIT version and get out */
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ int DMX::change(const int new_filter_index, const t_channel_id new_current_servi
 	}
 
 	if (sections_debug) { // friendly debug output...
-		if(pID==0x12 && filters[0].filter != 0x4e) { // Only EIT
+		if((pID==0x12 || pID==0x39) && filters[0].filter != 0x4e) { // Only EIT
 			printdate_ms(stderr);
 			fprintf(stderr, "changeDMX [EIT]-> %d (0x%x/0x%x) %s (%ld seconds)\n",
 				new_filter_index, filters[new_filter_index].filter,
diff --git a/src/eitd/sectionsd.cpp b/src/eitd/sectionsd.cpp
index 210489723..072e36e71 100644
--- a/src/eitd/sectionsd.cpp
+++ b/src/eitd/sectionsd.cpp
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ OpenThreads::Mutex filter_mutex;
 static CTimeThread threadTIME;
 static CEitThread threadEIT;
 static CCNThread threadCN;
+// ViaSAT uses pid 0x39 instead of 0x12
+static CEitThread threadVSEIT("viasatThread", 0x39);
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_FREESATEPG
 static CFreeSatThread threadFSEIT;
@@ -836,6 +838,7 @@ static void wakeupAll()
 {
 	threadCN.change(0);
 	threadEIT.change(0);
+	threadVSEIT.change(0);
 #ifdef ENABLE_FREESATEPG
 	threadFSEIT.change(0);
 #endif
@@ -958,6 +961,7 @@ static void commandserviceChanged(int connfd, char *data, const unsigned dataLen
 		threadCN.setCurrentService(messaging_current_servicekey);
 		threadEIT.setDemux(cmd->dnum);
 		threadEIT.setCurrentService(uniqueServiceKey /*messaging_current_servicekey*/);
+		threadVSEIT.setCurrentService(messaging_current_servicekey);
 #ifdef ENABLE_FREESATEPG
 		threadFSEIT.setCurrentService(messaging_current_servicekey);
 #endif
@@ -1712,6 +1716,11 @@ CEitThread::CEitThread()
 {
 }
 
+CEitThread::CEitThread(std::string tname, unsigned short pid)
+	: CEventsThread(tname, pid)
+{
+}
+
 /* EIT thread hooks */
 void CEitThread::addFilters()
 {
@@ -2215,6 +2224,7 @@ printf("SIevent size: %d\n", (int)sizeof(SIevent));
 	threadTIME.Start();
 	threadEIT.Start();
 	threadCN.Start();
+	threadVSEIT.Start();
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_FREESATEPG
 	threadFSEIT.Start();
@@ -2253,6 +2263,7 @@ printf("SIevent size: %d\n", (int)sizeof(SIevent));
 	threadEIT.StopRun();
 	threadCN.StopRun();
 	threadTIME.StopRun();
+	threadVSEIT.StopRun();
 #ifdef ENABLE_SDT
 	threadSDT.StopRun();
 #endif
@@ -2277,6 +2288,9 @@ printf("SIevent size: %d\n", (int)sizeof(SIevent));
 	xprintf("join CN\n");
 	threadCN.Stop();
 
+	xprintf("join VSEIT\n");
+	threadVSEIT.Stop();
+
 #ifdef ENABLE_SDT
 	xprintf("join SDT\n");
 	threadSDT.Stop();