diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 84b00b9b..11808a3f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ matrix:
           script:
               - mkdir build
               - cd build
-# ffmpeg currently broken on xenial
-              - cmake .. -DENABLE_SDL=ON -DENABLE_FFMPEG=OFF
+              - cmake .. -DENABLE_SDL=ON
               - make -j2
 # xvfb fails on xenial too
 #              - xvfb-run ./visualboyadvance-m --help
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 259a79b9..faa24978 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -120,13 +120,17 @@ set(FFMPEG_DEFAULT OFF)
 
 find_package(PkgConfig)
 
+set(FFMPEG_LIBS_LIST libavcodec>=58.18.100 libavformat>=58.12.100 libswscale>=5.1.100 libavutil>=56.14.100 libswresample>=3.1.100)
+
 if(PKGCONFIG_FOUND)
     set(FFMPEG_DEFAULT ON)
 
-    foreach(ffmpeg_lib libavcodec libavformat libswscale libavutil libswresample)
-        pkg_check_modules(FFMPEG_LIB_${ffmpeg_lib} ${ffmpeg_lib} QUIET)
+    foreach(ffmpeg_lib ${FFMPEG_LIBS_LIST})
+        string(REGEX REPLACE ">=.*" "" ffmpeg_lib_name ${ffmpeg_lib})
 
-        if(NOT FFMPEG_LIB_${ffmpeg_lib}_FOUND)
+        pkg_check_modules(FFMPEG_LIB_${ffmpeg_lib_name} ${ffmpeg_lib} QUIET)
+
+        if(NOT FFMPEG_LIB_${ffmpeg_lib_name}_FOUND)
             set(FFMPEG_DEFAULT OFF)
             break()
         endif()
@@ -290,7 +294,7 @@ set(
 if(ENABLE_FFMPEG)
     find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
 
-    pkg_check_modules(FFMPEG REQUIRED libavcodec libavformat libswscale libavutil libswresample)
+    pkg_check_modules(FFMPEG REQUIRED ${FFMPEG_LIBS_LIST})
 
     if(FFMPEG_STATIC)
         set(FFMPEG_LIBRARIES ${FFMPEG_STATIC_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ec3e69c4..1cfadd6b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ And the following development libraries:
 
 - [zlib](https://zlib.net/) (required)
 - [mesa](https://mesa3d.org/) (if using X11 or any OpenGL otherwise)
-- [ffmpeg](https://ffmpeg.org/) (optional, for game recording)
+- [ffmpeg](https://ffmpeg.org/) (optional, at least version `4.0.4`, for game recording)
 - [gettext](https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/) and gettext-tools (optional, with ENABLE_NLS)
 - [libpng](http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html) (required)
 - [SDL2](https://www.libsdl.org/) (required)