diff --git a/lib/native/linux/libffmpeg.so b/lib/native/linux/libffmpeg.so
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..b2da54d4b
Binary files /dev/null and b/lib/native/linux/libffmpeg.so differ
diff --git a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/media/codec/EncodingConfiguration.java b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/media/codec/EncodingConfiguration.java
index 49192a5bc..9463198a9 100644
--- a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/media/codec/EncodingConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/media/codec/EncodingConfiguration.java
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ public class EncodingConfiguration
      */
     private static final boolean H264_JNI =
         System.getProperty("os.name").contains("Windows")
-            || System.getProperty("os.name").contains("Mac OS X");
+            || System.getProperty("os.name").contains("Mac OS X")
+            || System.getProperty("os.name").contains("Linux");
 
     private static final String[] customCodecs =
         new String[]