diff --git a/daemon/configure.ac b/daemon/configure.ac
index 48deb8f8bbc3e994165b9a93f3049bfb9d6014f3..da21df212135a8149c822ada8bcd6213521b3826 100644
--- a/daemon/configure.ac
+++ b/daemon/configure.ac
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBSWSCALE, libswscale >= 1.1.0,, AC_MSG_ERROR([Missing libsws
 dnl Check for libavdevice development package - name: libavdevice-dev
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBAVDEVICE, libavdevice >= 53.0.0,, AC_MSG_ERROR([Missing libavdevice package: libavdevice-dev]))
 
+dnl Check for libavutil development package - name: libavutil-dev
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBAVUTIL, libavutil >= 51.7.0,, AC_MSG_ERROR([Missing libavutil package: libavutil-dev]))
+
 LIBCCGNU2_MIN_VERSION=1.3.1
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CCGNU2, libccgnu2 >= ${LIBCCGNU2_MIN_VERSION},, AC_MSG_ERROR([Missing common cpp development package: libcommoncpp2-dev]))