diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b4c74d7f7..0b21fefe7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ver 0.20.6 (not yet released)
 * decoder
+  - ffmpeg: re-enable as fallback
   - mpcdec: fix crash (division by zero) after seeking
 * workaround for GCC 4.9.4 / libstdc++ bug (build failure)
 
diff --git a/src/decoder/DecoderThread.cxx b/src/decoder/DecoderThread.cxx
index 3dbc11179..551b1c641 100644
--- a/src/decoder/DecoderThread.cxx
+++ b/src/decoder/DecoderThread.cxx
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ decoder_run_stream_fallback(DecoderBridge &bridge, InputStream &is)
 {
 	const struct DecoderPlugin *plugin;
 
-#ifdef HAVE_FFMPEG
+#ifdef ENABLE_FFMPEG
 	plugin = decoder_plugin_from_name("ffmpeg");
 #else
 	plugin = decoder_plugin_from_name("mad");