diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d56a93db45..658efb29dd 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2530,7 +2530,8 @@ ladspa_filter_extralibs='$ldl'
 mcdeint_filter_deps="avcodec gpl"
 movie_filter_deps="avcodec avformat"
 mp_filter_deps="gpl avcodec swscale inline_asm"
-mpdecimate_filter_deps="gpl avcodec dsputil pixblockdsp"
+mpdecimate_filter_deps="gpl avcodec"
+mpdecimate_filter_select="dsputil pixblockdsp"
 mptestsrc_filter_deps="gpl"
 negate_filter_deps="lut_filter"
 perspective_filter_deps="gpl"