diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 01d3323227..dabb999c80 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3982,7 +3982,8 @@ enabled libmp3lame        && require "libmp3lame >= 3.98.3" lame/lame.h lame_set
 enabled libopencore_amrnb && require libopencore_amrnb opencore-amrnb/interf_dec.h Decoder_Interface_init -lopencore-amrnb
 enabled libopencore_amrwb && require libopencore_amrwb opencore-amrwb/dec_if.h D_IF_init -lopencore-amrwb
 enabled libopencv         && require_pkg_config opencv opencv/cv.h cvCreateImageHeader
-enabled libopenjpeg       && require_pkg_config libopenjpeg1 openjpeg.h opj_version
+enabled libopenjpeg       && { { check_header openjpeg.h && check_lib2 openjpeg.h opj_version -lopenjpeg; } ||
+                               { require_pkg_config libopenjpeg1 openjpeg.h opj_version; } }
 enabled libopus           && require_pkg_config opus opus_multistream.h opus_multistream_decoder_create
 enabled libpulse          && require_pkg_config libpulse-simple pulse/simple.h pa_simple_new
 enabled librtmp           && require_pkg_config librtmp librtmp/rtmp.h RTMP_Socket