We need to pass the location sdl-config so that ffmpeg picks it up. So just pass the whole string to make things simpler. Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias diff -Nura ffmpeg-0.8.7.orig/configure ffmpeg-0.8.7/configure --- ffmpeg-0.8.7.orig/configure 2011-11-21 16:49:30.000000000 -0300 +++ ffmpeg-0.8.7/configure 2011-12-02 08:13:36.746619395 -0300 @@ -2957,7 +2957,7 @@ enabled libxvid && require libxvid xvid.h xvid_global -lxvidcore enabled mlib && require mediaLib mlib_types.h mlib_VectorSub_S16_U8_Mod -lmlib -SDL_CONFIG="${cross_prefix}sdl-config" +SDL_CONFIG="${SDL_CONFIG}" if check_pkg_config sdl SDL_version.h SDL_Linked_Version; then check_cpp_condition SDL.h "(SDL_MAJOR_VERSION<<16 | SDL_MINOR_VERSION<<8 | SDL_PATCHLEVEL) >= 0x010201" $sdl_cflags && enable sdl &&