diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 783e59d62d..fba5a5312e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1086,6 +1086,7 @@ HAVE_LIST="
     struct_sockaddr_in6
     struct_sockaddr_sa_len
     struct_sockaddr_storage
+    gnu_symbol_versioning
     sys_mman_h
     sys_resource_h
     sys_select_h
@@ -2733,7 +2734,12 @@ check_ldflags -Wl,-Bsymbolic
 
 echo "X{};" > $TMPV
 test_ldflags -Wl,--version-script,$TMPV &&
-    append SHFLAGS '-Wl,--version-script,\$(SUBDIR)lib\$(NAME).ver'
+    append SHFLAGS '-Wl,--version-script,\$(SUBDIR)lib\$(NAME).ver' &&
+    check_cc <<EOF && enable gnu_symbol_versioning
+int ff_foo();
+int ff_foo() {}
+__asm__(".symver foo,av_foo@SOME_TAG");
+EOF
 
 if enabled small; then
     add_cflags $size_cflags
diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
index e975f5de24..f8b098156d 100644
--- a/libavformat/utils.c
+++ b/libavformat/utils.c
@@ -282,8 +282,54 @@ AVInputFormat *av_find_input_format(const char *short_name)
     return NULL;
 }
 
-/* memory handling */
+#if HAVE_GNU_SYMBOL_VERSIONING && LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR < 53
+/* compatibility trampolines for packet functions */
 
+void ff_av_destruct_packet_nofree(AVPacket *pkt);
+void ff_av_destruct_packet(AVPacket *pkt);
+int ff_av_new_packet(AVPacket *pkt, int size);
+int ff_av_dup_packet(AVPacket *pkt);
+void ff_av_free_packet(AVPacket *pkt);
+void ff_av_init_packet(AVPacket *pkt);
+
+__asm__(".symver ff_av_destruct_packet_nofree,av_destruct_packet_nofree@LIBAVFORMAT_52");
+__asm__(".symver ff_av_destruct_packet,av_destruct_packet@LIBAVFORMAT_52");
+__asm__(".symver ff_av_new_packet,av_new_packet@LIBAVFORMAT_52");
+__asm__(".symver ff_av_dup_packet,av_dup_packet@LIBAVFORMAT_52");
+__asm__(".symver ff_av_free_packet,av_free_packet@LIBAVFORMAT_52");
+__asm__(".symver ff_av_init_packet,av_init_packet@LIBAVFORMAT_52");
+
+void ff_av_destruct_packet_nofree(AVPacket *pkt)
+{
+    av_destruct_packet_nofree(pkt);
+}
+
+void ff_av_destruct_packet(AVPacket *pkt)
+{
+    av_destruct_packet(pkt);
+}
+
+int ff_av_new_packet(AVPacket *pkt, int size)
+{
+    return av_new_packet(pkt, size);
+}
+
+int ff_av_dup_packet(AVPacket *pkt)
+{
+    return av_dup_packet(pkt);
+}
+
+void ff_av_free_packet(AVPacket *pkt)
+{
+    av_free_packet(pkt);
+}
+
+void ff_av_init_packet(AVPacket *pkt)
+{
+    av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_WARNING, "diverting av_*_packet function calls to libavcodec. Recompile to improve performance\n");
+    av_init_packet(pkt);
+}
+#endif
 
 int av_get_packet(ByteIOContext *s, AVPacket *pkt, int size)
 {