diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3904b41e36..a2223022cb 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2484,6 +2484,7 @@ avcodec_select="null_bsf"
 avdevice_deps="avformat avcodec avutil"
 avfilter_deps="avutil"
 avformat_deps="avcodec avutil"
+avformat_suggest="network"
 avresample_deps="avutil"
 swscale_deps="avutil"