diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2dc71efed3..5e8e70e962 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1253,7 +1253,6 @@ HAVE_LIST="
     cdio_paranoia_h
     cdio_paranoia_paranoia_h
     closesocket
-    cmov
     CommandLineToArgvW
     cpunop
     CryptGenRandom
@@ -1287,6 +1286,7 @@ HAVE_LIST="
     gettimeofday
     gnu_as
     gsm_h
+    i686
     ibm_asm
     inet_aton
     io_h
@@ -1470,7 +1470,7 @@ ppc4xx_deps="ppc"
 
 vis_deps="sparc"
 
-x86_64_suggest="cmov fast_cmov"
+x86_64_suggest="fast_cmov i686"
 
 amd3dnow_deps="mmx"
 amd3dnowext_deps="amd3dnow"
@@ -2870,21 +2870,21 @@ elif enabled x86; then
             cpuflags="-march=$cpu"
             disable mmx
         ;;
-        # targets that do NOT support conditional mov (cmov)
+        # targets that do NOT support nopl and conditional mov (cmov)
         pentium-mmx|k6|k6-[23]|winchip-c6|winchip2|c3)
             cpuflags="-march=$cpu"
-            disable cmov
+            disable i686
         ;;
-        # targets that do support conditional mov (cmov)
+        # targets that do support nopl and conditional mov (cmov)
         i686|pentiumpro|pentium[23]|pentium-m|athlon|athlon-tbird|athlon-4|athlon-[mx]p|athlon64*|k8*|opteron*|athlon-fx|core2|corei7*|amdfam10|barcelona|atom|bdver*)
             cpuflags="-march=$cpu"
-            enable cmov
+            enable i686
             enable fast_cmov
         ;;
         # targets that do support conditional mov but on which it's slow
         pentium4|pentium4m|prescott|nocona)
             cpuflags="-march=$cpu"
-            enable cmov
+            enable i686
             disable fast_cmov
         ;;
     esac
@@ -3895,7 +3895,7 @@ if enabled x86; then
     echo "SSSE3 enabled             ${ssse3-no}"
     echo "AVX enabled               ${avx-no}"
     echo "FMA4 enabled              ${fma4-no}"
-    echo "CMOV enabled              ${cmov-no}"
+    echo "i686 features enabled     ${i686-no}"
     echo "CMOV is fast              ${fast_cmov-no}"
     echo "EBX available             ${ebx_available-no}"
     echo "EBP available             ${ebp_available-no}"
diff --git a/libavcodec/x86/mathops.h b/libavcodec/x86/mathops.h
index cd408ac5a6..32c88705e5 100644
--- a/libavcodec/x86/mathops.h
+++ b/libavcodec/x86/mathops.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static av_always_inline av_const int64_t MUL64(int a, int b)
 
 #endif /* ARCH_X86_32 */
 
-#if HAVE_CMOV
+#if HAVE_I686
 /* median of 3 */
 #define mid_pred mid_pred
 static inline av_const int mid_pred(int a, int b, int c)
@@ -87,9 +87,7 @@ static inline av_const int mid_pred(int a, int b, int c)
     );
     return i;
 }
-#endif
 
-#if HAVE_CMOV
 #define COPY3_IF_LT(x, y, a, b, c, d)\
 __asm__ volatile(\
     "cmpl  %0, %3       \n\t"\
@@ -99,7 +97,7 @@ __asm__ volatile(\
     : "+&r" (x), "+&r" (a), "+r" (c)\
     : "r" (y), "r" (b), "r" (d)\
 );
-#endif
+#endif /* HAVE_I686 */
 
 #define MASK_ABS(mask, level)                   \
     __asm__ ("cltd                   \n\t"      \