diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index b9de10840a2..8de25ea3c42 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ GEN_FOLDERS :=  \
 	$(GENDIR)/mame/layout/ \
 	$(GENDIR)/mess/layout/ \
 	$(GENDIR)/mess/drivers/ \
+	$(GENDIR)/ldplayer/layout/ \
 	$(GENDIR)/osd/windows/) \
 	$(GENDIR)/emu/cpu/arcompact/ \
 	$(GENDIR)/emu/cpu/h8/ \
@@ -396,7 +397,7 @@ $(GEN_FOLDERS):
 	-$(call MKDIR,$@)
 	
 
-LAYOUTS=$(wildcard $(SRC)/emu/layout/*.lay) $(wildcard $(SRC)/mame/layout/*.lay) $(wildcard $(SRC)/mess/layout/*.lay)
+LAYOUTS=$(wildcard $(SRC)/emu/layout/*.lay) $(wildcard $(SRC)/mame/layout/*.lay) $(wildcard $(SRC)/mess/layout/*.lay) $(wildcard $(SRC)/ldplayer/layout/*.lay)
 
 ifeq ($(TARGETOS),macosx)
 MOC_FILES=
diff --git a/scripts/src/main.lua b/scripts/src/main.lua
index 70a672881a2..aa939c1f115 100644
--- a/scripts/src/main.lua
+++ b/scripts/src/main.lua
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ function mainProject(_target, _subtarget)
 		MAME_DIR .. "3rdparty",
 		MAME_DIR .. "3rdparty/zlib",
 		GEN_DIR  .. "mame/layout",
+		GEN_DIR  .. "ldplayer/layout",
 		GEN_DIR .. "osd/windows",
 	}
 
diff --git a/scripts/target/ldplayer/ldplayer.lua b/scripts/target/ldplayer/ldplayer.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4f3bf2b16df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/target/ldplayer/ldplayer.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+--
+--   ldplayer.lua
+--
+--   Small makefile to build a standalone laserdisc player
+--
+--   Copyright Nicola Salmoria and the MAME Team.
+--   Visit http://mamedev.org for licensing and usage restrictions.
+--
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+--------------------------------------------------
+-- specify required CPU cores (none)
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+CPUS["MCS48"] = true
+CPUS["Z80"] = true
+
+
+
+--------------------------------------------------
+-- specify required sound cores
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+SOUNDS["WAVE"] = true
+
+
+--------------------------------------------------
+-- specify available video cores
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+--------------------------------------------------
+-- specify available machine cores
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+MACHINES["LDV1000"] = true
+MACHINES["LDPR8210"] = true
+
+--------------------------------------------------
+-- specify available bus cores
+--
+-- MIDI is here as dummy bus to allow libbus.a to
+-- be created on OSX.
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+BUSES["MIDI"] = true
+
+--------------------------------------------------
+-- this is the list of driver libraries that
+-- comprise MAME plus mamedriv.o which contains
+-- the list of drivers
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+function createProjects(_target, _subtarget)
+	project ("drvldplayer")
+	targetsubdir(_target .."_" .. _subtarget)
+	kind "StaticLib"
+	uuid (os.uuid("drvldplayer"))
+	
+	options {
+		"ForceCPP",
+	}
+	
+	includedirs {
+		MAME_DIR .. "src/emu",
+		MAME_DIR .. "src/mame",
+		MAME_DIR .. "src/lib",
+		MAME_DIR .. "src/lib/util",
+		MAME_DIR .. "3rdparty",
+		MAME_DIR .. "3rdparty/zlib",
+		GEN_DIR  .. "mame/layout",
+	}	
+
+	includeosd()
+
+	files{
+		MAME_DIR .. "src/emu/drivers/emudummy.c",
+	}
+end
+
+function linkProjects(_target, _subtarget)
+	links {
+		"drvldplayer",
+	}
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/build/verinfo.py b/src/build/verinfo.py
index 9841625858a..d501a45c436 100644
--- a/src/build/verinfo.py
+++ b/src/build/verinfo.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import sys
 
 def parse_args():
     def usage():
-        sys.stderr.write('Usage: verinfo.py [-b mame|mess|ume] [-r|-p] [-o <outfile>] <srcfile>\n')
+        sys.stderr.write('Usage: verinfo.py [-b mame|mess|ume|ldplayer] [-r|-p] [-o <outfile>] <srcfile>\n')
         sys.exit(1)
 
     flags = True
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def parse_args():
             format = 'plist'
         elif flags and (sys.argv[i] == '-b'):
             i += 1
-            if (i >= len(sys.argv)) or (sys.argv[i] not in ('mame', 'mess', 'ume')):
+            if (i >= len(sys.argv)) or (sys.argv[i] not in ('mame', 'mess', 'ume', 'ldplayer')):
                 usage()
             else:
                 target = sys.argv[i]