diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 930e48c787..641594b00c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -255,8 +255,8 @@ OCV_OPTION(WITH_EIGEN "Include Eigen2/Eigen3 support" (NOT CV_DISABLE_OPTIMIZATI
 OCV_OPTION(WITH_VFW "Include Video for Windows support (deprecated, consider using MSMF)" OFF
   VISIBLE_IF WIN32
   VERIFY HAVE_VFW)
-OCV_OPTION(WITH_FFMPEG "Include FFMPEG support" ON
-  VISIBLE_IF NOT ANDROID AND NOT IOS AND NOT WINRT
+OCV_OPTION(WITH_FFMPEG "Include FFMPEG support" (NOT ANDROID)
+  VISIBLE_IF NOT IOS AND NOT WINRT
   VERIFY HAVE_FFMPEG)
 OCV_OPTION(WITH_GSTREAMER "Include Gstreamer support" ON
   VISIBLE_IF NOT ANDROID AND NOT IOS AND NOT WINRT