diff --git a/acconfig.h b/acconfig.h
index b79e6091b6..e6bfe8c852 100644
--- a/acconfig.h
+++ b/acconfig.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #undef HAVE_VORBIS
 #undef HAVE_LIBJPEG
 #undef HAVE_NASM
+#undef HAVE_MPEG2DEC
 
 #undef HAVE_ATOMIC_H
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 262f3a877b..0344b85838 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -360,6 +360,11 @@ AC_MSG_CHECKING(Shout library)
 AC_CHECK_LIB(shout, shout_init_connection, HAVE_LIBSHOUT=yes, HAVE_LIBSHOUT=no, )
 AC_CHECK_HEADER(shout/shout.h, :, HAVE_LIBSHOUT=no)
 
+dnl Check for mpeg2dec
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(mpeg2dec library)
+AC_CHECK_LIB(mpeg2, mpeg2_init, HAVE_MPEG2DEC=yes, HAVE_MPEG2DEC=no, )
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(mpeg2dec/mpeg2.h, :, HAVE_MPEG2DEC=no)
+
 
 dnl check if css-auth.c exists (FIXME)
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(DVD CSS code)
@@ -591,6 +596,7 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_LIBLAME,        test "x$HAVE_LIBLAME" = "xyes")
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_LIBSHOUT,       test "x$HAVE_LIBSHOUT" = "xyes")
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_LIBESD,         test "x$HAVE_LIBESD" = "xyes")
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_LIBASOUND,      test "x$HAVE_LIBASOUND" = "xyes")
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_MPEG2DEC,       test "x$HAVE_MPEG2DEC" = "xyes")
 
 
 
diff --git a/test/.gitignore b/test/.gitignore
index 40244b01f8..537f355523 100644
--- a/test/.gitignore
+++ b/test/.gitignore
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ teardown
 buffer
 mp3parse
 mpeg2parse
+mpeg2parse2
 mp3play
 ac3parse
 ac3play