diff --git a/qb/config.libs.sh b/qb/config.libs.sh
index e675fd1348..23e191d0f8 100644
--- a/qb/config.libs.sh
+++ b/qb/config.libs.sh
@@ -183,6 +183,9 @@ if [ "$HAVE_THREADS" != 'no' ]; then
       check_pkgconf AVCODEC libavcodec 54
       check_pkgconf AVFORMAT libavformat 54
       check_pkgconf AVUTIL libavutil 51
+      if [ "$HAVE_AVUTIL" = 'yes' ]; then
+	  check_header AVUTIL_CHANNEL_LAYOUT libavutil/channel_layout.h
+      fi
       check_pkgconf SWSCALE libswscale 2.1
       ( [ "$HAVE_FFMPEG" = 'auto' ] && ( [ "$HAVE_AVCODEC" = 'no' ] || [ "$HAVE_AVFORMAT" = 'no' ] || [ "$HAVE_AVUTIL" = 'no' ] || [ "$HAVE_SWSCALE" = 'no' ] ) && HAVE_FFMPEG='no' ) || HAVE_FFMPEG='yes'
    fi
diff --git a/record/ffemu.c b/record/ffemu.c
index 7c51b919ec..1e60e33d15 100644
--- a/record/ffemu.c
+++ b/record/ffemu.c
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <libavformat/avformat.h>
 #include <libavutil/avconfig.h>
 #include <libavutil/pixdesc.h>
+#ifdef AVUTIL_CHANNEL_LAYOUT
 #include <libavutil/channel_layout.h>
+#endif
 #include <libswscale/swscale.h>
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }