diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 7b85fa8b1a..319b7d7410 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1105,6 +1105,7 @@ flashsv_decoder_select="zlib"
 flashsv_encoder_select="zlib"
 flv_encoder_select="h263_encoder"
 h261_encoder_select="aandct"
+h263_decoder_select="h263_parser"
 h263_encoder_select="aandct"
 h263_vaapi_hwaccel_deps="va_va_h"
 h263_vaapi_hwaccel_select="vaapi h263_decoder"
diff --git a/libavcodec/Makefile b/libavcodec/Makefile
index 35a4ce5768..bc5fc67da1 100644
--- a/libavcodec/Makefile
+++ b/libavcodec/Makefile
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ OBJS-$(CONFIG_H261_ENCODER)            += h261enc.o h261.o             \
                                           mpegvideo_enc.o motion_est.o \
                                           ratecontrol.o mpeg12data.o   \
                                           mpegvideo.o
-OBJS-$(CONFIG_H263_DECODER)            += h263dec.o h263.o h263_parser.o \
+OBJS-$(CONFIG_H263_DECODER)            += h263dec.o h263.o \
                                           mpegvideo.o error_resilience.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_H263_VAAPI_HWACCEL)      += vaapi_mpeg4.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_H263I_DECODER)           += h263dec.o h263.o \