diff --git a/package/multimedia/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-sdlconfig.patch b/package/multimedia/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-sdlconfig.patch
index de2c004c66..64371b29f3 100644
--- a/package/multimedia/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-sdlconfig.patch
+++ b/package/multimedia/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-sdlconfig.patch
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ So just pass the whole string to make things simpler.
 
 Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
 
-diff -Nura ffmpeg-0.6.1/configure ffmpeg-0.6.1.sdl/configure
---- ffmpeg-0.6.1/configure	2010-06-15 16:44:30.000000000 -0300
-+++ ffmpeg-0.6.1.sdl/configure	2011-02-25 17:13:12.979168176 -0300
-@@ -2640,7 +2640,7 @@
-     die "ERROR: No version of libdc1394 found "
- fi
+diff -Nura ffmpeg-0.8.7.orig/configure ffmpeg-0.8.7/configure
+--- ffmpeg-0.8.7.orig/configure	2011-11-21 16:49:30.000000000 -0300
++++ ffmpeg-0.8.7/configure	2011-12-02 08:13:36.746619395 -0300
+@@ -2957,7 +2957,7 @@
+ enabled libxvid    && require  libxvid xvid.h xvid_global -lxvidcore
+ enabled mlib       && require  mediaLib mlib_types.h mlib_VectorSub_S16_U8_Mod -lmlib
  
 -SDL_CONFIG="${cross_prefix}sdl-config"
 +SDL_CONFIG="${SDL_CONFIG}"
- if "${SDL_CONFIG}" --version > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-     sdl_cflags=$("${SDL_CONFIG}" --cflags)
-     sdl_libs=$("${SDL_CONFIG}" --libs)
+ if check_pkg_config sdl SDL_version.h SDL_Linked_Version; then
+     check_cpp_condition SDL.h "(SDL_MAJOR_VERSION<<16 | SDL_MINOR_VERSION<<8 | SDL_PATCHLEVEL) >= 0x010201" $sdl_cflags &&
+     enable sdl &&
diff --git a/package/multimedia/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.mk b/package/multimedia/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.mk
index ca41892fc7..ef97674c1a 100644
--- a/package/multimedia/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.mk
+++ b/package/multimedia/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 #############################################################
 
-FFMPEG_VERSION = 0.6.3
+FFMPEG_VERSION = 0.8.7
 FFMPEG_SOURCE = ffmpeg-$(FFMPEG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 FFMPEG_SITE = http://ffmpeg.org/releases
 FFMPEG_INSTALL_STAGING = YES