diff --git a/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avcodec/libavcodec/config.h b/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avcodec/libavcodec/config.h
index f03f18a69a..87cda3940e 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avcodec/libavcodec/config.h
+++ b/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avcodec/libavcodec/config.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 #define HAVE_PTHREADS 0
 #define HAVE_W32THREADS 0
 #define HAVE_ALSA_ASOUNDLIB_H 0
-#define HAVE_ALTIVEC_H 0
+// #define HAVE_ALTIVEC_H 0
 #define HAVE_ARPA_INET_H 0
 #define HAVE_BSWAP 1
 #define HAVE_CLOSESOCKET 0
diff --git a/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avcodec/libavcodec/ppc/Jamfile b/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avcodec/libavcodec/ppc/Jamfile
index d3dede6b10..abaa9a8d3c 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avcodec/libavcodec/ppc/Jamfile
+++ b/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avcodec/libavcodec/ppc/Jamfile
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ if $(HAIKU_GCC_VERSION[1]) >= 3 {
 }
 
 # Enable altivec support
-SubDirCcFlags -faltivec -maltivec -mabi=altivec ;
+SubDirCcFlags -maltivec -mabi=altivec ;
 
 local defines ;
 defines = HAVE_AV_CONFIG_H=1 ;
 defines += ARCH_X86=0 ARCH_X86_32=0 ARCH_PPC=1 ARCH_SPARC=0 ;
 defines += HAVE_AMD3DNOW=0 HAVE_AMD3DNOWEXT=0 ;
 defines += HAVE_MMX=0 HAVE_MMX2=0 HAVE_SSE=0 HAVE_SSE3=0 ; 
-defines += HAVE_ALTIVEC=1 HAVE_ALTIVEC_H=0 ;
+defines += HAVE_ALTIVEC=1 HAVE_ALTIVEC_H=1 ;
 defines += HAVE_VIS=0 ;
 
 defines = [ FDefines $(defines) ] ;
diff --git a/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avcodec/libswscale/Jamfile b/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avcodec/libswscale/Jamfile
index 2480ec6961..83139ea67d 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avcodec/libswscale/Jamfile
+++ b/src/add-ons/media/plugins/avcodec/libswscale/Jamfile
@@ -19,20 +19,21 @@ if $(TARGET_ARCH) = x86 {
     defines += ARCH_X86=1 ARCH_X86_32=1 ARCH_PPC=0 ARCH_SPARC=0 ;
     defines += HAVE_AMD3DNOW=0 HAVE_AMD3DNOWEXT=0 ;
     defines += HAVE_MMX=1 HAVE_MMX2=1 HAVE_SSE=0 HAVE_SSE3=1 ; 
-    defines += HAVE_ALTIVEC=0 ;
+    defines += HAVE_ALTIVEC=0 HAVE_ALTIVEC_H=0 ;
     defines += HAVE_VIS=0 ;
 } else if $(TARGET_ARCH) = ppc {
     defines += ARCH_X86=0 ARCH_X86_32=0 ARCH_PPC=1 ARCH_SPARC=0 ;
     defines += HAVE_AMD3DNOW=0 HAVE_AMD3DNOWEXT=0 ;
     defines += HAVE_MMX=0 HAVE_MMX2=0 HAVE_SSE=0 HAVE_SSE3=0 ; 
-    defines += HAVE_ALTIVEC=1 ;
+    defines += HAVE_ALTIVEC=1 HAVE_ALTIVEC_H=1 ;
     defines += HAVE_VIS=0 ;
     arch_sources = yuv2rgb_altivec.c ;
+    SubDirCcFlags -maltivec -mabi=altivec ;
 } else if $(TARGET_ARCH) = sparc {
     defines += ARCH_X86=0 ARCH_X86_32=0 ARCH_PPC=0 ARCH_SPARC=1 ;
     defines += HAVE_AMD3DNOW=0 HAVE_AMD3DNOWEXT=0 ;
     defines += HAVE_MMX=0 HAVE_MMX2=0 HAVE_SSE=0 HAVE_SSE3=0 ; 
-    defines += HAVE_ALTIVEC=0 ;
+    defines += HAVE_ALTIVEC=0 HAVE_ALTIVEC_H=0 ;
     defines += HAVE_VIS=1 ;
     arch_sources = yuv2rgb_vis.c ;
 }