diff --git a/package/mplayer/mplayer.mk b/package/mplayer/mplayer.mk
index 2f588643d5..99fc469f6a 100644
--- a/package/mplayer/mplayer.mk
+++ b/package/mplayer/mplayer.mk
@@ -259,6 +259,13 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_i386),y)
 MPLAYER_CFLAGS += -fomit-frame-pointer
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_X86_CPU_HAS_MMX),y)
+MPLAYER_CONF_OPTS += --yasm=$(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/yasm
+MPLAYER_DEPENDENCIES += host-yasm
+else
+MPLAYER_CONF_OPTS += --yasm=''
+endif
+
 define MPLAYER_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 	(cd $(@D); rm -rf config.cache; \
 		$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
@@ -273,7 +280,6 @@ define MPLAYER_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 		--charset=UTF-8 \
 		--extra-cflags="$(MPLAYER_CFLAGS)" \
 		--extra-ldflags="$(MPLAYER_LDFLAGS)" \
-		--yasm='' \
 		--enable-fbdev \
 		$(MPLAYER_CONF_OPTS) \
 		--enable-cross-compile \