diff --git a/cmdutils.c b/cmdutils.c
index c7e8acf391..ebb747a1a7 100644
--- a/cmdutils.c
+++ b/cmdutils.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ struct SwsContext *sws_opts;
 AVDictionary *swr_opts;
 AVDictionary *format_opts, *codec_opts, *resample_opts;
 
-const int this_year = 2013;
+const int this_year = CONFIG_THIS_YEAR;
 
 static FILE *report_file;
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4aeeb8075c..aaf5c8f7bd 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4919,6 +4919,7 @@ cat > $TMPH <<EOF
 #define FFMPEG_CONFIG_H
 #define FFMPEG_CONFIGURATION "$(c_escape $FFMPEG_CONFIGURATION)"
 #define FFMPEG_LICENSE "$(c_escape $license)"
+#define CONFIG_THIS_YEAR 2013
 #define FFMPEG_DATADIR "$(eval c_escape $datadir)"
 #define AVCONV_DATADIR "$(eval c_escape $datadir)"
 #define CC_IDENT "$(c_escape ${cc_ident:-Unknown compiler})"