diff --git a/libavutil/log.c b/libavutil/log.c
index 5948e50467..2d358b7ab9 100644
--- a/libavutil/log.c
+++ b/libavutil/log.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static AVMutex mutex = AV_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 
 #define LINE_SZ 1024
 
-#if HAVE_VALGRIND_VALGRIND_H
+#if HAVE_VALGRIND_VALGRIND_H && CONFIG_VALGRIND_BACKTRACE
 #include <valgrind/valgrind.h>
 /* this is the log level at which valgrind will output a full backtrace */
 #define BACKTRACE_LOGLEVEL AV_LOG_ERROR