diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1ed8fbfe28..fd5c994097 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -36854,7 +36854,11 @@ fi
         fi
 
     elif test "$wxUSE_MAC" = 1; then
+        if test "$wxUSE_OSX_IPHONE" = 1; then
+                           GST_LIBS="-framework AVFoundation -framework CoreMedia"
+        else
                            GST_LIBS="-framework QTKit"
+        fi
     fi
 
     if test $USE_MEDIA = 1; then
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index c6581c3613..f1ac242ef5 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -7311,9 +7311,14 @@ if test "$wxUSE_MEDIACTRL" = "yes" -o "$wxUSE_MEDIACTRL" = "auto"; then
         fi
 
     elif test "$wxUSE_MAC" = 1; then 
-         dnl We always have the necessary libraries under Mac 
-         dnl but we need to link with it explicitly.
-         GST_LIBS="-framework QTKit"
+        if test "$wxUSE_OSX_IPHONE" = 1; then
+            dnl this will also be used for cocoa in the future
+            GST_LIBS="-framework AVFoundation -framework CoreMedia"
+        else
+            dnl We always have the necessary libraries under Mac 
+            dnl but we need to link with it explicitly.
+            GST_LIBS="-framework QTKit"
+        fi
     fi
 
     if test $USE_MEDIA = 1; then