diff --git a/spk/homeassistant/Makefile b/spk/homeassistant/Makefile
index af55b02a0bb9..89b4e2298b75 100644
--- a/spk/homeassistant/Makefile
+++ b/spk/homeassistant/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ UNSUPPORTED_ARCHS = $(ARMv5_ARCHS) $(OLD_PPC_ARCHS) $(ARMv7L_ARCHS)
 MAINTAINER = hgy59
 DESCRIPTION = "Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform running on Python 3. Track and control all devices at home and automate control."
 DISPLAY_NAME = Home Assistant Core
-CHANGELOG = "1. Update homeassistant to 2022.10.5.<br/>2. Update Python to 3.10.<br/><br/>REMARKS: Only arch specific python modules are included in the package. Other modules are downloaded at installation time."
+CHANGELOG = "1. Update homeassistant to 2022.10.5.<br/>2. Update Python to 3.10.<br/>3. Add requirements-custom.txt where a user can add manually installed python modules, that will be reinstalled on package updates.<br/><br/>REMARKS: Only arch specific python modules are included in the package. Other modules are downloaded at installation time."
 STARTABLE = yes
 
 HOMEPAGE = https://www.home-assistant.io/
@@ -106,14 +106,17 @@ endif
 
 # [pycryptodomex]
 ifeq ($(call version_ge, ${TC_GCC}, 4.9),1)
+WHEELS_CFLAGS += [pycryptodome] -std=c11
 WHEELS_CFLAGS += [pycryptodomex] -std=c11
 else
+WHEELS_CFLAGS += [pycryptodome] -std=c99
 WHEELS_CFLAGS += [pycryptodomex] -std=c99
 endif
 
 
 .PHONY: homeassistant_extra_install
 homeassistant_extra_install:
-	@install -m 755 -d $(STAGING_DIR)/share
+	@install -m 755 -d $(STAGING_DIR)/share $(STAGING_DIR)/var
 	@install -m 644 src/postinst_components_requirements.txt $(STAGING_DIR)/share/
 	@install -m 644 src/hacs.tar.gz $(STAGING_DIR)/share/
+	@install -m 644 src/requirements-custom.txt $(STAGING_DIR)/var/
diff --git a/spk/homeassistant/src/requirements-abi3.txt b/spk/homeassistant/src/requirements-abi3.txt
index df45027b0f95..1e80500f6ad7 100644
--- a/spk/homeassistant/src/requirements-abi3.txt
+++ b/spk/homeassistant/src/requirements-abi3.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+pycryptodome==3.15.0
 pycryptodomex==3.15.0
diff --git a/spk/homeassistant/src/requirements-crossenv.txt b/spk/homeassistant/src/requirements-crossenv.txt
index f60b66990dda..47bd540e8ce5 100644
--- a/spk/homeassistant/src/requirements-crossenv.txt
+++ b/spk/homeassistant/src/requirements-crossenv.txt
@@ -122,5 +122,6 @@ guppy3==3.1.2
 psutil==5.9.4
 Pillow==9.2.0
 pyitachip2ir==0.0.7
+websockets==10.4
 
 # DTLSSocket==0.1.12                ==> cross/dtlssocket
diff --git a/spk/homeassistant/src/requirements-custom.txt b/spk/homeassistant/src/requirements-custom.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0e5c8334fdbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spk/homeassistant/src/requirements-custom.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Home Assistant core
+# requirements-custom.txt
+# 
+# This file is for additional python modules that will be installed on a package update.
+# 
+# For example:
+# When you manually installed a python module with pip, you can add here a line for each module 
+# like "module==version" (or "module>=version", or ...)
+# and it will be installed by the installer on the next package update.
+#
+# This is experimental and has limitations:
+# - probably your custom modules will need updated versions, so you can try to omit the version
+# - you can get unresolvable conflicts with other python modules
+# 
diff --git a/spk/homeassistant/src/service-setup.sh b/spk/homeassistant/src/service-setup.sh
index 05519e876d33..4a09a46fc2b8 100644
--- a/spk/homeassistant/src/service-setup.sh
+++ b/spk/homeassistant/src/service-setup.sh
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ service_postinst ()
     echo "Install packages for homeassistant.components from index"
     pip install --disable-pip-version-check --no-input --cache-dir ${PIP_CACHE_DIR} --requirement ${SYNOPKG_PKGDEST}/share/postinst_components_requirements.txt
 
+    if [ -e ${SYNOPKG_PKGVAR}/requirements-custom.txt ]; then
+        echo ${separator}
+        echo "Install custom packages from index"
+        pip install --disable-pip-version-check --no-input --cache-dir ${PIP_CACHE_DIR} --requirement ${SYNOPKG_PKGVAR}/requirements-custom.txt
+    fi
 
     if [ ${SYNOPKG_DSM_VERSION_MAJOR} -lt 7 ]; then
         # ensure package user has access to the virtual env packages, installed as root