diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index ee800185..043bdbd6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Summary of Changes
+   * Swap sequence of user ffmpeg path and PKG_CONFIG_PATH
    * Allow : in non standard locations of netcam_url path.
    * Eliminated the use of coded_frame (Was a redundant assignment)
    * Revise HEVC to use H264 for older ffmpeg
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7b69aa3c..155c12cc 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([ffmpeg],
 
 AS_IF([test "x$with_ffmpeg" != "xno"], [
        AS_IF([test "x$with_ffmpeg" != "xyes"], [
-	      PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:${with_ffmpeg}/lib/pkgconfig
+	      PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${with_ffmpeg}/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
 	      export PKG_CONFIG_PATH
 	])
 	PKG_CHECK_MODULES([FFMPEG], libavutil libavformat libavcodec libswscale, HAVE_FFMPEG=yes)