diff --git a/src/add-ons/media/media-add-ons/dvb/MediaFormat.cpp b/src/add-ons/media/media-add-ons/dvb/MediaFormat.cpp
index 024af500e8..9b7566213c 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/media/media-add-ons/dvb/MediaFormat.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/media/media-add-ons/dvb/MediaFormat.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,14 @@
 #define UINT64_C(c) (c ## ULL)
 extern "C" {
   #include "avcodec.h"
-}
+
+#ifdef DEBUG
+  // Needed to fix debug build, otherwise the linker complains about
+  // "undefined reference to `ff_log2_tab'"
+  const uint8_t ff_log2_tab[256] = {0};
+#endif
+
+}  // extern "C"
 
 void
 PrintFormat(const media_format &format)