diff --git a/libvo/vo_svga.c b/libvo/vo_svga.c
index 24b44d85b5..d5093bfe61 100644
--- a/libvo/vo_svga.c
+++ b/libvo/vo_svga.c
@@ -491,7 +491,9 @@ static uint32_t draw_slice(uint8_t *image[], int stride[],
   uint8_t *src = yuvbuf;
   uint32_t sw, sh;
   
+#ifdef HAVE_MMX
   emms();
+#endif
   sw = (uint32_t) (w * scaling);
   sh = (uint32_t) (h * scaling);
   yuv2rgb(yuvbuf, image[0], image[1], image[2], w, h, orig_w * BYTESPERPIXEL, stride[0], stride[1]);