diff --git a/lib/libdvbsub/dvbsubtitle.cpp b/lib/libdvbsub/dvbsubtitle.cpp
index 26134b02d..d480f6299 100644
--- a/lib/libdvbsub/dvbsubtitle.cpp
+++ b/lib/libdvbsub/dvbsubtitle.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <driver/framebuffer.h>
 #include "Debug.hpp"
 
+#if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_INT <= AV_VERSION_INT(57, 1, 99)
+	#define CODEC_DVB_SUB CODEC_ID_DVB_SUBTITLE
+#else
+	#define CODEC_DVB_SUB AV_CODEC_ID_DVB_SUBTITLE
+#endif
+
 // Set these to 'true' for debug output:
 static bool DebugConverter = true;
 
@@ -178,7 +184,7 @@ cDvbSubtitleConverter::cDvbSubtitleConverter(void)
 	avcodec = NULL;
 
 	avcodec_register_all();
-	avcodec = avcodec_find_decoder(CODEC_ID_DVB_SUBTITLE);
+	avcodec = avcodec_find_decoder(CODEC_DVB_SUB);//CODEC_ID_DVB_SUBTITLE or AV_CODEC_ID_DVB_SUBTITLE from 57.1.100
 	if (!avcodec) {
 		dbgconverter("cDvbSubtitleConverter: unable to get dvb subtitle codec!\n");
 		return;