diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e79dae896c..a70c5f9e9e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2812,6 +2812,7 @@ d3d11va_deps="dxva_h ID3D11VideoDecoder ID3D11VideoContext"
 dxva2_deps="dxva2api_h DXVA2_ConfigPictureDecode ole32 user32"
 ffnvcodec_deps_any="libdl LoadLibrary"
 nvdec_deps="ffnvcodec"
+vaapi_x11_deps="xlib"
 videotoolbox_hwaccel_deps="videotoolbox pthreads"
 videotoolbox_hwaccel_extralibs="-framework QuartzCore"
 xvmc_deps="X11_extensions_XvMClib_h"