diff --git a/libavdevice/Makefile b/libavdevice/Makefile
index c055d6718d..1d4e9e69fe 100644
--- a/libavdevice/Makefile
+++ b/libavdevice/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ OBJS    = alldevices.o                                                  \
           utils.o                                                       \
 
 OBJS-$(HAVE_LIBC_MSVCRT)                 += file_open.o
+OBJS-$(CONFIG_SHARED)                    += reverse.o
 
 # input/output devices
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_ALSA_INDEV)                += alsa_dec.o alsa.o timefilter.o
diff --git a/libavdevice/reverse.c b/libavdevice/reverse.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..440badaf34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libavdevice/reverse.c
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#include "libavutil/reverse.c"