diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/ffmpeg/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/ffmpeg/__init__.py
index 3bc824834..f7134b338 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/ffmpeg/__init__.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/ffmpeg/__init__.py
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ def build_arch(self, arch):
             cflags = []
             ldflags = []
 
+            # enable hardware acceleration codecs
+            flags = [
+                '--enable-jni',
+                '--enable-mediacodec'
+            ]
+
             if 'openssl' in self.ctx.recipe_build_order:
                 flags += [
                     '--enable-openssl',