diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 16fc2bd074..f0c114e9e3 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3273,6 +3273,7 @@ avcodec_select="null_bsf"
 avdevice_deps="avformat avcodec avutil"
 avfilter_deps="avutil"
 avformat_deps="avcodec avutil"
+avformat_suggest="network"
 avresample_deps="avutil"
 postproc_deps="avutil gpl"
 swresample_deps="avutil"