diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3a3f51d86f..44aa369827 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ endif()
 
 plugin_option(FFMPEG_DECODER "FFMPEG HEVC decoder (HW accelerated)" OFF OFF)
 if (WITH_FFMPEG_DECODER)
-    find_package(FFMPEG COMPONENTS avcodec)
+    find_package(FFMPEG COMPONENTS avcodec avutil)
 endif ()
 
 # uncompressed