diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c5b4279c6d..ed2db509f2 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7766,6 +7766,8 @@ CONFIG_ZLIB=$_zlib
 CONFIG_GPL=yes
 CONFIG_ENCODERS=$_mencoder
 CONFIG_MUXERS=$_mencoder
+# Prevent building libavcodec/imgresample.c with conflicting symbols
+CONFIG_SWSCALER=yes
 RADIO=$_radio
 RADIO_CAPTURE=$_radio_capture
 VIDIX_CYBERBLADE=$_vidix_drv_cyberblade