diff --git a/audacity.changes b/audacity.changes
index 1232fb4..3814c0a 100644
--- a/audacity.changes
+++ b/audacity.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Sep 22 08:47:31 UTC 2015 - olaf@aepfle.de
+
+- Use pkgconfig for ffmpeg BuildRequires
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jul 20 14:06:38 CEST 2015 - tiwai@suse.de
 
diff --git a/audacity.spec b/audacity.spec
index 785b333..e7bdb82 100644
--- a/audacity.spec
+++ b/audacity.spec
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ Recommends:     libavformat
 Recommends:     libavutil
 Recommends:     libmp3lame0
 %if %{with ffmpeg}
-BuildRequires:  libffmpeg-devel
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libavcodec) >= 51.53
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libavformat) >= 52.12
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libavutil)
 %endif
 %if %{with mad}
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(mad)