diff --git a/src/zm_ffmpeg.cpp b/src/zm_ffmpeg.cpp
index 029492f90..139ab5838 100644
--- a/src/zm_ffmpeg.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_ffmpeg.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 #include "zm_ffmpeg.h"
 #include "zm_image.h"
 #include "zm_rgb.h"
+extern "C" {
+#include "libavutil/pixdesc.h"
+}
 
 #if HAVE_LIBAVCODEC || HAVE_LIBAVUTIL || HAVE_LIBSWSCALE
 
diff --git a/src/zm_ffmpeg_camera.cpp b/src/zm_ffmpeg_camera.cpp
index 3399e4e80..0eac0e49d 100644
--- a/src/zm_ffmpeg_camera.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_ffmpeg_camera.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #if HAVE_LIBAVUTIL_HWCONTEXT_H
   #include "libavutil/hwcontext.h"
 #endif
+#include "libavutil/pixdesc.h"
 }
 #ifndef AV_ERROR_MAX_STRING_SIZE
 #define AV_ERROR_MAX_STRING_SIZE 64