diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index afa613c1d1250bfa92e4616065272e95e42a81ca..a954e0e7b4d1b559e61e448e6aa8a1f69d6fc55e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ EXE=.exe
 PROG=ffmpeg$(EXE)
 else
 EXT=
-PROG=ffmpeg ffplay ffserver
+PROG=ffmpeg ffplay
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_FFSERVER),yes)
+PROG+=ffserver
+endif
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_AUDIO_BEOS),yes)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e009579577c5ba0f267116cb0ad4fc00c9d459a3..6fb9f7b78a4bffacc24c9755aae52fda47a49485 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ mpegaudio_hp="yes"
 SHFLAGS=-shared
 netserver="no"
 need_inet_aton="no"
+ffserver="yes"
 LDFLAGS=-Wl,--warn-common
 FFSLDFLAGS=-Wl,-E
 
@@ -275,6 +276,8 @@ for opt do
   ;;
   --disable-mpegaudio-hp) mpegaudio_hp="no"
   ;;
+  --disable-ffserver) ffserver="no"
+  ;;
   esac
 done
 
@@ -487,6 +490,7 @@ echo "  --disable-vhook          disable video hooking support"
 echo "  --enable-gprof           enable profiling with gprof [$gprof]"
 echo "  --disable-mpegaudio-hp   faster (but less accurate)"
 echo "                           mpegaudio decoding [default=no]"
+echo "  --disable-ffserver       disable ffserver build"
 echo ""
 echo "NOTE: The object files are build at the place where configure is launched"
 exit 1
@@ -704,6 +708,11 @@ if test "$simpleidct" = "yes" ; then
   echo "#define SIMPLE_IDCT 1" >> $TMPH
 fi
 
+if test "$ffserver" = "yes" ; then
+  echo "#define CONFIG_FFSERVER 1" >> $TMPH
+  echo "CONFIG_FFSERVER=yes" >> config.mak
+fi
+
 echo "#define restrict $_restrict" >> $TMPH
 
 # build tree in object directory if source path is different from current one