diff --git a/libavcore/Makefile b/libavcore/Makefile
index f719a72e03..4c1f9fcc5f 100644
--- a/libavcore/Makefile
+++ b/libavcore/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 include $(SUBDIR)../config.mak
 
 NAME = avcore
+FFLIBS = avutil
 
 HEADERS = avcore.h                                                      \
           parseutils.h                                                  \