diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1f36d37d16..67078010ef 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5485,10 +5485,11 @@ enabled libopencv         && { check_header opencv2/core/core_c.h &&
                                require_pkg_config opencv opencv2/core/core_c.h cvCreateImageHeader ||
                                require_pkg_config opencv opencv/cxcore.h cvCreateImageHeader; }
 enabled libopenh264       && require_pkg_config openh264 wels/codec_api.h WelsGetCodecVersion
-enabled libopenjpeg       && { check_lib openjpeg-2.1/openjpeg.h opj_version -lopenjp2 -DOPJ_STATIC ||
-                               check_lib openjpeg-2.0/openjpeg.h opj_version -lopenjp2 -DOPJ_STATIC ||
-                               check_lib openjpeg-1.5/openjpeg.h opj_version -lopenjpeg -DOPJ_STATIC ||
-                               check_lib openjpeg.h opj_version -lopenjpeg -DOPJ_STATIC ||
+enabled libopenjpeg       && { { check_lib2 openjpeg-2.1/openjpeg.h opj_version -lopenjp2 -DOPJ_STATIC && add_cppflags -DOPJ_STATIC; } ||
+                               check_lib2 openjpeg-2.1/openjpeg.h opj_version -lopenjp2 ||
+                               { check_lib2 openjpeg-2.0/openjpeg.h opj_version -lopenjp2 -DOPJ_STATIC && add_cppflags -DOPJ_STATIC; } ||
+                               { check_lib2 openjpeg-1.5/openjpeg.h opj_version -lopenjpeg -DOPJ_STATIC && add_cppflags -DOPJ_STATIC; } ||
+                               { check_lib2 openjpeg.h opj_version -lopenjpeg -DOPJ_STATIC && add_cppflags -DOPJ_STATIC; } ||
                                die "ERROR: libopenjpeg not found"; }
 enabled libopus           && require_pkg_config opus opus_multistream.h opus_multistream_decoder_create
 enabled libpulse          && require_pkg_config libpulse pulse/pulseaudio.h pa_context_new
diff --git a/libavcodec/libopenjpegdec.c b/libavcodec/libopenjpegdec.c
index cae3d20986..3f24a9c6cd 100644
--- a/libavcodec/libopenjpegdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/libopenjpegdec.c
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
  * JPEG 2000 decoder using libopenjpeg
  */
 
-#define  OPJ_STATIC
-
 #include "libavutil/common.h"
 #include "libavutil/imgutils.h"
 #include "libavutil/intreadwrite.h"
diff --git a/libavcodec/libopenjpegenc.c b/libavcodec/libopenjpegenc.c
index 058ca363c8..c2aa257547 100644
--- a/libavcodec/libopenjpegenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/libopenjpegenc.c
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
  * JPEG 2000 encoder using libopenjpeg
  */
 
-#define  OPJ_STATIC
-
 #include "libavutil/avassert.h"
 #include "libavutil/common.h"
 #include "libavutil/imgutils.h"