diff --git a/src/gui/luainstance.cpp b/src/gui/luainstance.cpp
index 2662476df..a0785436c 100644
--- a/src/gui/luainstance.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/luainstance.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <gui/widget/keyboard_input.h>
 #include <gui/filebrowser.h>
 #include <gui/movieplayer.h>
+#include <gui/infoclock.h>
 #include <driver/pictureviewer/pictureviewer.h>
 #include <neutrino.h>
 #include <zapit/types.h>
@@ -533,6 +534,7 @@ const luaL_Reg CLuaInstance::methods[] =
 	{ "strSub", CLuaInstance::strSub },
 	{ "checkVersion", CLuaInstance::checkVersion },
 	{ "createChannelIDfromUrl", CLuaInstance::createChannelIDfromUrl },
+	{ "enableInfoClock", CLuaInstance::enableInfoClock },
 	{ NULL, NULL }
 };
 
@@ -2747,3 +2749,15 @@ int CLuaInstance::createChannelIDfromUrl(lua_State *L)
 }
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+int CLuaInstance::enableInfoClock(lua_State *L)
+{
+	bool enable = true;
+	int numargs = lua_gettop(L);
+	if (numargs > 1)
+		enable = _luaL_checkbool(L, 2);
+	CInfoClock::getInstance()->enableInfoClock(enable);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/gui/luainstance.h b/src/gui/luainstance.h
index 58a346822..1c0887d72 100644
--- a/src/gui/luainstance.h
+++ b/src/gui/luainstance.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <vector>
 
 #define LUA_API_VERSION_MAJOR 1
-#define LUA_API_VERSION_MINOR 7
+#define LUA_API_VERSION_MINOR 8
 
 /* this is stored as userdata in the lua_State */
 struct CLuaData
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ private:
 
 	static int checkVersion(lua_State *L);
 	static int createChannelIDfromUrl(lua_State *L);
+	static int enableInfoClock(lua_State *L);
 };
 
 #endif /* _LUAINSTANCE_H */