diff --git a/libs/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.py b/libs/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.py
index 48627dd0..4261ef58 100644
--- a/libs/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.py
+++ b/libs/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.py
@@ -1,79 +1,81 @@
 import info
 
 
 class subinfo(info.infoclass):
     def setTargets( self ):
         for ver in ["3.4.1", "4.1"]:
             self.targets[ ver ] = f"https://ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-{ver}.tar.bz2"
             self.targetInstSrc[ ver ] = f"ffmpeg-{ver}"
         self.svnTargets['master'] = "https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git"
         self.targetDigests["3.4.1"] = (['f3443e20154a590ab8a9eef7bc951e8731425efc75b44ff4bee31d8a7a574a2c'], CraftHash.HashAlgorithm.SHA256)
         self.targetDigests["4.1"] = (['b684fb43244a5c4caae652af9022ed5d85ce15210835bce054a33fb26033a1a5'], CraftHash.HashAlgorithm.SHA256)
 
         if CraftCore.compiler.isMSVC():
             self.patchToApply["4.1"] = [("ffmpeg-4.1-20190507.diff", 1)]
 
         self.description = "A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video."
         self.webpage = "https://ffmpeg.org/"
         self.defaultTarget = "4.1"
 
     def setDependencies( self ):
         self.buildDependencies["dev-utils/msys"] = None
         self.buildDependencies["dev-utils/nasm"] = None
         self.runtimeDependencies["virtual/base"] = None
         self.runtimeDependencies["libs/liblame"] = None
         self.runtimeDependencies["libs/libopus"] = None
         if CraftCore.compiler.isGCCLike():
             self.runtimeDependencies["libs/libsdl2"] = None
             self.runtimeDependencies["libs/libvorbis"] = None
             self.runtimeDependencies["libs/libvpx"] = None
             self.runtimeDependencies["libs/x264"] = None
             self.runtimeDependencies["libs/x265"] = None
 
 from Package.AutoToolsPackageBase import *
 
 class Package(AutoToolsPackageBase):
     def __init__( self, **args ):
         AutoToolsPackageBase.__init__( self )
         self.platform = ""
         self.subinfo.options.configure.noDataRootDir = True
         self.subinfo.options.configure.autoreconf = False
+        # with msvc it does not support shadowbuilds
+        self.subinfo.options.useShadowBuild = not CraftCore.compiler.isMSVC()
 
         self.subinfo.options.configure.args = "--enable-shared --disable-debug --disable-doc --enable-gpl " \
                                               "--enable-version3 --enable-avresample --enable-libmp3lame "
         if CraftCore.compiler.isMSVC():
             self.subinfo.options.configure.cflags += " -FS"
             self.subinfo.options.configure.cxxflags += " -FS"
             self.subinfo.options.configure.args += " --toolchain=msvc "
         else:
             # vorbis.pc & ogg.pc currently not generated by patch to use CMake
             self.subinfo.options.configure.args += " --enable-libopus --enable-libvorbis " \
                                                    "--enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 "
 
     def configure(self):
         with utils.ScopedEnv(self._ffmpegEnv()):
             return super().configure()
 
     def make(self, dummyBuildType=None):
         with utils.ScopedEnv(self._ffmpegEnv()):
             return super().make()
 
     def install(self):
         if not super().install():
             return False
 
         if OsUtils.isWin():
             for file in ['avcodec', 'avdevice', 'avfilter', 'avformat', 'avresample', 'avutil', 'postproc', 'swresample', 'swscale']:
                 file += ".lib"
                 src = os.path.join(self.installDir(), 'bin', file)
                 if os.path.isfile(src):
                     os.rename(src, os.path.join(self.installDir(), 'lib', file))
 
         return True
 
     def _ffmpegEnv(self):
         if not CraftCore.compiler.isMSVC():
             return {}
         return { "LIB" : f"{os.environ['LIB']};{os.path.join(CraftStandardDirs.craftRoot() , 'lib')}",
                  "INCLUDE" : f"{os.environ['INCLUDE']};{os.path.join(CraftStandardDirs.craftRoot() , 'include')}"}