diff --git a/packages/multimedia/ffmpeg/package.mk b/packages/multimedia/ffmpeg/package.mk
index 5263af4d1f..2f2a31676a 100644
--- a/packages/multimedia/ffmpeg/package.mk
+++ b/packages/multimedia/ffmpeg/package.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PKG_SHA256="f25559d4b803321483b28ac9b513671200bdc8e3531c02f0affdd622846a9c5e"
 PKG_LICENSE="LGPLv2.1+"
 PKG_SITE="https://ffmpeg.org"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/xbmc/FFmpeg/archive/${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain yasm:host zlib bzip2 openssl speex dav1d"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain yasm:host zlib bzip2 openssl speex"
 PKG_LONGDESC="FFmpeg is a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video."
 PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="-gold"
 
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ else
   PKG_FFMPEG_X86ASM="--disable-x86asm"
 fi
 
+if target_has_feature "(neon|sse)"; then
+  PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET+=" dav1d"
+  PKG_FFMPEG_AV1="--enable-libdav1d"
+fi
+
 pre_configure_target() {
   cd $PKG_BUILD
   rm -rf .$TARGET_NAME
@@ -171,7 +176,7 @@ configure_target() {
               --disable-libmp3lame \
               --disable-libopenjpeg \
               --disable-librtmp \
-              --enable-libdav1d \
+              $PKG_FFMPEG_AV1 \
               --enable-libspeex \
               --disable-libtheora \
               --disable-libvo-amrwbenc \