diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 6c31ed823..89ff6643a 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([MS_CHECK_VIDEO],[
 			if test x$avcodec_found = xno ; then
 			   AC_MSG_WARN([Could not find libavcodec (from ffmpeg) headers and library.])
 			else
-			   FFMPEG_LIBS="$FFMPEG_LIBS -lavutil"
+			   FFMPEG_LIBS="-lavutil $FFMPEG_LIBS"
 			fi