diff --git a/makepanda/makepanda.py b/makepanda/makepanda.py
index f4857af1a0..57e77b1589 100755
--- a/makepanda/makepanda.py
+++ b/makepanda/makepanda.py
@@ -412,8 +412,9 @@ if (COMPILER=="LINUX"):
         IncDirectory("GTK2", "/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include")
         IncDirectory("GTK2", "/usr/lib64/gtk-2.0/include")
 
-    ffmpeg_libs = ("libavutil", "libavcodec", "libavformat")
     fcollada_libs = ("FColladaD", "FColladaSD")
+    # WARNING! The order of the ffmpeg libraries matters!
+    ffmpeg_libs = ("libavformat", "libavcodec", "libavutil")
 
     #         Name         pkg-config   libs, include(dir)s
     if (not RUNTIME):