diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b0bae1c54d..686aef434b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ FFMPEGPARTS = libavcodec \
               libswscale \
 
 FFMPEGLIBS  = $(foreach part, $(FFMPEGPARTS), $(part)/$(part).a)
-FFMPEGFILES = $(foreach part, $(FFMPEGPARTS), $(part)/*.[chS] $(part)/*/*.[chS])
+FFMPEGFILES = $(foreach part, $(FFMPEGPARTS), $(wildcard $(part)/*.[chS] $(part)/*/*.[chS]))