diff --git a/tests/fate/api.mak b/tests/fate/api.mak
index 688fc0f9b3..d2868e57ac 100644
--- a/tests/fate/api.mak
+++ b/tests/fate/api.mak
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ FATE_API_SAMPLES_LIBAVFORMAT-$(call DEMDEC, H264, H264) += fate-api-h264-slice
 fate-api-h264-slice: $(APITESTSDIR)/api-h264-slice-test$(EXESUF)
 fate-api-h264-slice: CMD = run $(APITESTSDIR)/api-h264-slice-test$(EXESUF) 2 $(TARGET_SAMPLES)/h264/crew_cif.nal
 
-FATE_API_LIBAVFORMAT-$(call DEMDEC, FLV, FLV) += fate-api-seek
+FATE_API_LIBAVFORMAT-yes += $(if $(findstring fate-lavf-flv,$(FATE_LAVF_CONTAINER)),fate-api-seek)
 fate-api-seek: $(APITESTSDIR)/api-seek-test$(EXESUF) fate-lavf-flv
 fate-lavf-flv: KEEP_FILES ?= 1
 fate-api-seek: CMD = run $(APITESTSDIR)/api-seek-test$(EXESUF) $(TARGET_PATH)/tests/data/lavf/lavf.flv 0 720