diff --git a/package/base/xine-lib/xine-lib.conf b/package/base/xine-lib/xine-lib.conf
index fa6d3f290..40a9acf4a 100644
--- a/package/base/xine-lib/xine-lib.conf
+++ b/package/base/xine-lib/xine-lib.conf
@@ -26,3 +26,5 @@
 # running with -O3 as passed by xine.
 var_remove_regex GCC_WRAPPER_REMOVE " " "-O.*"
 
+var_append configprefix ' ' 'FFMPEG_CFLAGS="-I$root/usr/include/ffmpeg"'
+var_append configprefix ' ' 'FFMPEG_POSTPROC_CFLAGS="-I$root/usr/include/ffmpeg"'