diff --git a/libavcodec/allcodecs.c b/libavcodec/allcodecs.c
index 0cb0e6d23979c083fe30fe4283c761a538d4ebb4..b024e01dd6152cdb91c27cbfb1d2f9b9ed21c2e0 100644
--- a/libavcodec/allcodecs.c
+++ b/libavcodec/allcodecs.c
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
 
 #include "avcodec.h"
 
+#define REGISTER_HWACCEL(X,x) { \
+          extern AVHWAccel x##_hwaccel; \
+          if(CONFIG_##X##_HWACCEL) av_register_hwaccel(&x##_hwaccel); }
+
 #define REGISTER_ENCODER(X,x) { \
           extern AVCodec x##_encoder; \
           if(CONFIG_##X##_ENCODER)  avcodec_register(&x##_encoder); }
@@ -49,6 +53,8 @@ void avcodec_register_all(void)
         return;
     initialized = 1;
 
+    /* hardware accelerators */
+
     /* video codecs */
     REGISTER_DECODER (AASC, aasc);
     REGISTER_DECODER (AMV, amv);