diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6580859ef2..799b5b69ca 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2660,7 +2660,7 @@ cbs_vp9_select="cbs"
 dct_select="rdft"
 dirac_parse_select="golomb"
 dnn_suggest="libtensorflow libopenvino"
-dnn_deps="swscale"
+dnn_deps="avformat swscale"
 error_resilience_select="me_cmp"
 faandct_deps="faan"
 faandct_select="fdctdsp"