diff --git a/plugins/linux-v4l2/v4l2-helpers.c b/plugins/linux-v4l2/v4l2-helpers.c
index 5bed14c7c..d468b9011 100644
--- a/plugins/linux-v4l2/v4l2-helpers.c
+++ b/plugins/linux-v4l2/v4l2-helpers.c
@@ -240,6 +240,12 @@ int_fast32_t v4l2_set_standard(int_fast32_t dev, int *standard)
 int_fast32_t v4l2_enum_dv_timing(int_fast32_t dev, struct v4l2_dv_timings *dvt,
 		int index)
 {
+#ifndef VIDIOC_ENUM_DV_TIMINGS
+	UNUSED_PARAMETER(dev);
+	UNUSED_PARAMETER(dvt);
+	UNUSED_PARAMETER(index);
+	return -1;
+#else
 	if (!dev || !dvt)
 		return -1;
 
@@ -253,6 +259,7 @@ int_fast32_t v4l2_enum_dv_timing(int_fast32_t dev, struct v4l2_dv_timings *dvt,
 	memcpy(dvt, &iter.timings, sizeof(struct v4l2_dv_timings));
 
 	return 0;
+#endif
 }
 
 int_fast32_t v4l2_set_dv_timing(int_fast32_t dev, int *timing)
diff --git a/plugins/linux-v4l2/v4l2-input.c b/plugins/linux-v4l2/v4l2-input.c
index 962ea3882..f9e3d8d06 100644
--- a/plugins/linux-v4l2/v4l2-input.c
+++ b/plugins/linux-v4l2/v4l2-input.c
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #include "v4l2-udev.h"
 #endif
 
+/* The new dv timing api was introduced in Linux 3.4
+ * Currently we simply disable dv timings when this is not defined */
+#ifndef VIDIOC_ENUM_DV_TIMINGS
+#define V4L2_IN_CAP_DV_TIMINGS 0
+#endif
+
 #define V4L2_DATA(voidptr) struct v4l2_data *data = voidptr;
 
 #define timeval2ns(tv) \
@@ -933,6 +939,9 @@ static void *v4l2_create(obs_data_t *settings, obs_source_t *source)
 #ifndef V4L2_CAP_DEVICE_CAPS
 	blog(LOG_WARNING, "Plugin built without device caps support!");
 #endif
+#ifndef VIDIOC_ENUM_DV_TIMINGS
+	blog(LOG_WARNING, "Plugin built without dv-timing support!");
+#endif
 
 	v4l2_update(data, settings);