diff --git a/linphone/mediastreamer2/acinclude.m4 b/linphone/mediastreamer2/acinclude.m4
index 4a06ddc9b..a1338ea99 100644
--- a/linphone/mediastreamer2/acinclude.m4
+++ b/linphone/mediastreamer2/acinclude.m4
@@ -110,10 +110,21 @@ AC_DEFUN([MS_CHECK_VIDEO],[
 		AC_CHECK_HEADERS(libswscale/swscale.h)
 		CPPFLAGS=$CPPFLAGS_save
 
-		PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SDL, [sdl >= 1.2.0 ],sdl_found=yes,sdl_found=no)
+		AC_ARG_ENABLE(sdl,
+		  [  --disable-sdl    Disable SDL support],
+		  [case "${enableval}" in
+			yes) enable_sdl=true ;;
+			no)  enable_sdl=false ;;
+			*) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for --disable-sdl) ;;
+		  esac],[enable_sdl=true])
 
-		if test "$sdl_found" = "no" && test "$mingw_found" != "yes"; then
+		sdl_found=no
+		if test "$enable_sdl" = "true"; then
+		   PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SDL, [sdl >= 1.2.0 ],sdl_found=yes,sdl_found=no)
+
+		   if test "$sdl_found" = "no" && test "$mingw_found" != "yes"; then
 			AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find libsdl headers and library. This is mandatory for video support])
+		   fi
 		fi
 
 		AC_ARG_ENABLE(theora,