diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index e7370d5a..01932e13 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CONFUSE, [ libconfuse ])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(AVAHI, [ avahi-client >= 0.6.24 ])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SQLITE3, [ sqlite3 ],
 	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_SQLITE3, 1, [define if sqlite3 is available]))
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(FFMPEG, [ libavcodec libavformat ])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(FFMPEG, [ libavcodec libavformat libavutil ])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(MINIXML, [ mxml ])
 
 AC_CHECK_HEADER(event.h, , AC_MSG_ERROR([event.h not found]))