diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index bb3d7039..cc6ad282 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -9348,7 +9348,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   Senzel).
 - Official release.
 
-2019-05-13: Version 2.4.1
+2019-05-20: Version 2.4.1
 
 - Fixed handling the tfRecording flag in the SVDRP commands MODT and UPDT (reported
   by Johann Friedrichs).
@@ -9405,3 +9405,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Fixed a compiler warning in cIndexFile::ConvertToPes() and added __attribute__((packed))
   to tIndexPes and tIndexTs (suggested by Helmut Binder).
 - Fixed handling repeat function for keyboards.
+- Added a workaround for broadcasters who set an event to status "not running" where
+  this is inappropriate; implicitly setting events to "not running" is now also logged.
diff --git a/eit.c b/eit.c
index e4a3ec6e..72a45e5c 100644
--- a/eit.c
+++ b/eit.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * Robert Schneider <Robert.Schneider@web.de> and Rolf Hakenes <hakenes@hippomi.de>.
  * Adapted to 'libsi' for VDR 1.3.0 by Marcel Wiesweg <marcel.wiesweg@gmx.de>.
  *
- * $Id: eit.c 4.6 2018/11/15 16:33:58 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: eit.c 4.7 2019/05/20 09:55:22 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "eit.h"
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 #define VALID_TIME (31536000 * 2) // two years
 
+#define DBGEIT 0
+
 // --- cEIT ------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class cEIT : public SI::EIT {
@@ -130,8 +132,34 @@ cEIT::cEIT(cSectionSyncerHash &SectionSyncerHash, int Source, u_char Tid, const
       if (pEvent->TableID() > 0x4E) // for backwards compatibility, table ids less than 0x4E are never overwritten
          pEvent->SetTableID(Tid);
       if (Tid == 0x4E) { // we trust only the present/following info on the actual TS
-         if (SiEitEvent.getRunningStatus() >= SI::RunningStatusNotRunning)
-            pSchedule->SetRunningStatus(pEvent, SiEitEvent.getRunningStatus(), Channel);
+         int RunningStatus = SiEitEvent.getRunningStatus();
+#if DBGEIT
+         if (Process)
+            dsyslog("channel %d (%s) event %s status %d (raw data from '%s' section)", Channel->Number(), Channel->Name(), *pEvent->ToDescr(), RunningStatus, getSectionNumber() ? "following" : "present");
+#endif
+         if (RunningStatus >= SI::RunningStatusNotRunning) {
+            // Workaround for broadcasters who set an event to status "not running" where
+            // this is inappropriate:
+            if (RunningStatus != pEvent->RunningStatus()) { // if the running status of the event has changed...
+               if (RunningStatus == SI::RunningStatusNotRunning) { // ...and the new status is "not running"...
+                  int OverrideStatus = -1;
+                  if (getSectionNumber() == 0) { // ...and if this the "present" event...
+                     if (pEvent->RunningStatus() == SI::RunningStatusPausing) // ...and if the event has already been set to "pausing"...
+                        OverrideStatus = SI::RunningStatusPausing; // ...then we ignore the faulty new status and stay with "pausing"
+                     }
+                  else // ...and if this is the "following" event...
+                     OverrideStatus = SI::RunningStatusUndefined; // ...then we ignore the faulty new status and fall back to "undefined"
+                  if (OverrideStatus >= 0) {
+#if DBGEIT
+                     if (Process)
+                        dsyslog("channel %d (%s) event %s status %d (ignored status %d from '%s' section)", Channel->Number(), Channel->Name(), *pEvent->ToDescr(), OverrideStatus, RunningStatus, getSectionNumber() ? "following" : "present");
+#endif
+                     RunningStatus = OverrideStatus;
+                     }
+                  }
+               }
+            pSchedule->SetRunningStatus(pEvent, RunningStatus, Channel);
+            }
          if (!Process)
             continue;
          }
diff --git a/epg.c b/epg.c
index 486844e5..5d2980c9 100644
--- a/epg.c
+++ b/epg.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Original version (as used in VDR before 1.3.0) written by
  * Robert Schneider <Robert.Schneider@web.de> and Rolf Hakenes <hakenes@hippomi.de>.
  *
- * $Id: epg.c 4.8 2017/05/28 13:08:09 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: epg.c 4.9 2019/05/20 09:55:22 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "epg.h"
@@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ void cSchedule::SetRunningStatus(cEvent *Event, int RunningStatus, const cChanne
             }
          }
       else if (RunningStatus >= SI::RunningStatusPausing && p->StartTime() < Event->StartTime())
-         p->SetRunningStatus(SI::RunningStatusNotRunning);
+         p->SetRunningStatus(SI::RunningStatusNotRunning, Channel);
       if (p->RunningStatus() >= SI::RunningStatusPausing)
          hasRunning = true;
       }