diff --git a/cores/libretro-ffmpeg/ffmpeg_core.c b/cores/libretro-ffmpeg/ffmpeg_core.c
index de3266d681..c1c85cddf1 100644
--- a/cores/libretro-ffmpeg/ffmpeg_core.c
+++ b/cores/libretro-ffmpeg/ffmpeg_core.c
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 
+#ifdef RARCH_INTERNAL
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #include "config.h"
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {