diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/package.mk b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/package.mk
index cc5077c48d..1a94578445 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/package.mk
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/package.mk
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="gl_cv_func_gettimeofday_clobber=no \
                            $XBMC_OPTICAL \
                            $XBMC_BLURAY \
                            --enable-texturepacker \
+                           --with-ffmpeg=shared \
                            $XBMC_CODEC \
                            $XBMC_PLAYER"