diff --git a/configure b/configure
index cfdf458243..c2b76b3ed7 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1889,7 +1889,7 @@ blackframe_filter_deps="gpl"
 boxblur_filter_deps="gpl"
 colormatrix_filter_deps="gpl"
 cropdetect_filter_deps="gpl"
-decimate_filter_deps="gpl"
+decimate_filter_deps="gpl avcodec"
 delogo_filter_deps="gpl"
 deshake_filter_deps="avcodec"
 drawtext_filter_deps="libfreetype"