diff --git a/libavcodec/h264.h b/libavcodec/h264.h
index 7f738d58ca..7262239747 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264.h
+++ b/libavcodec/h264.h
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ typedef struct MMCO {
 
 typedef struct H264Picture {
     struct AVFrame f;
+    uint8_t avframe_padding[1024]; // hack to allow linking to a avutil with larger AVFrame
     ThreadFrame tf;
 
     AVBufferRef *qscale_table_buf;
diff --git a/libavcodec/mpegvideo.h b/libavcodec/mpegvideo.h
index ec1ec7d31e..cfbbb0653c 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpegvideo.h
+++ b/libavcodec/mpegvideo.h
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ struct MpegEncContext;
  */
 typedef struct Picture{
     struct AVFrame f;
+    uint8_t avframe_padding[1024]; // hack to allow linking to a avutil with larger AVFrame
     ThreadFrame tf;
 
     AVBufferRef *qscale_table_buf;
diff --git a/libavcodec/utils.c b/libavcodec/utils.c
index cd04ca2aaf..19df3cc748 100644
--- a/libavcodec/utils.c
+++ b/libavcodec/utils.c
@@ -807,6 +807,7 @@ int avcodec_default_get_buffer(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVFrame *frame)
 typedef struct CompatReleaseBufPriv {
     AVCodecContext avctx;
     AVFrame frame;
+    uint8_t avframe_padding[1024]; // hack to allow linking to a avutil with larger AVFrame
 } CompatReleaseBufPriv;
 
 static void compat_free_buffer(void *opaque, uint8_t *data)