diff --git a/panda/src/movies/movieAudio.cxx b/panda/src/movies/movieAudio.cxx
index 89f61c8d3e..6ad8b62db2 100644
--- a/panda/src/movies/movieAudio.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/movies/movieAudio.cxx
@@ -112,7 +112,11 @@ make_copy() const {
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 PT(MovieAudio) MovieAudio::
 load(const Filename &name) {
+#ifdef HAVE_FFMPEG
   // Someday, I'll probably put a dispatcher here.
   // But for now, just hardwire it to go to FFMPEG.
   return new FfmpegAudio(name);
+#else
+  return NULL;
+#endif
 }
diff --git a/panda/src/movies/movieVideo.cxx b/panda/src/movies/movieVideo.cxx
index 6c980b613a..fa913f280a 100644
--- a/panda/src/movies/movieVideo.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/movies/movieVideo.cxx
@@ -294,8 +294,12 @@ make_copy() const {
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 PT(MovieVideo) MovieVideo::
 load(const Filename &name) {
+#ifdef HAVE_FFMPEG
   // Someday, I'll probably put a dispatcher here.
   // But for now, just hardwire it to go to FFMPEG.
   return new FfmpegVideo(name);
+#else
+  return NULL;
+#endif
 }