diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1870b4d189..330e55049f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6082,7 +6082,7 @@ enabled libcelt           && require libcelt celt/celt.h celt_decode -lcelt0 &&
 enabled libcaca           && require_pkg_config libcaca caca caca.h caca_create_canvas
 enabled libcodec2         && require libcodec2 codec2/codec2.h codec2_create -lcodec2
 enabled libdav1d          && require_pkg_config libdav1d "dav1d >= 0.0.1" "dav1d/dav1d.h" dav1d_version
-enabled libdavs2          && require_pkg_config libdavs2 "davs2 >= 1.5.115" davs2.h davs2_decoder_open
+enabled libdavs2          && require_pkg_config libdavs2 "davs2 >= 1.6.0" davs2.h davs2_decoder_open
 enabled libdc1394         && require_pkg_config libdc1394 libdc1394-2 dc1394/dc1394.h dc1394_new
 enabled libdrm            && require_pkg_config libdrm libdrm xf86drm.h drmGetVersion
 enabled libfdk_aac        && { check_pkg_config libfdk_aac fdk-aac "fdk-aac/aacenc_lib.h" aacEncOpen ||
diff --git a/libavcodec/libdavs2.c b/libavcodec/libdavs2.c
index 3da1498208..7fdafdab81 100644
--- a/libavcodec/libdavs2.c
+++ b/libavcodec/libdavs2.c
@@ -40,11 +40,14 @@ typedef struct DAVS2Context {
 static av_cold int davs2_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 {
     DAVS2Context *cad = avctx->priv_data;
+    int cpu_flags = av_get_cpu_flags();
 
     /* init the decoder */
     cad->param.threads      = avctx->thread_count;
     cad->param.info_level   = 0;
     cad->decoder            = davs2_decoder_open(&cad->param);
+    cad->param.disable_avx  = !(cpu_flags & AV_CPU_FLAG_AVX &&
+                                cpu_flags & AV_CPU_FLAG_AVX2);
 
     if (!cad->decoder) {
         av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "decoder created error.");