diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 74c195275..bd9c46968 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ver 0.19.15 (not yet released)
 * decoder
+  - ffmpeg: support FFmpeg 3.0
   - ffmpeg: use as fallback instead of "mad" if no plugin matches
 * fix more build failures on non-glibc builds due to constexpr Mutex
 
diff --git a/src/decoder/plugins/FfmpegDecoderPlugin.cxx b/src/decoder/plugins/FfmpegDecoderPlugin.cxx
index 95525b626..fabc3327a 100644
--- a/src/decoder/plugins/FfmpegDecoderPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/decoder/plugins/FfmpegDecoderPlugin.cxx
@@ -640,7 +640,11 @@ ffmpeg_decode(Decoder &decoder, InputStream &input)
 		} else
 			cmd = decoder_get_command(decoder);
 
+#if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_INT >= AV_VERSION_INT(56, 25, 100)
+		av_packet_unref(&packet);
+#else
 		av_free_packet(&packet);
+#endif
 
 		if (cmd == DecoderCommand::SEEK) {
 			int64_t where =