diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bc72d4fb5c..98cd129316 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ ifeq ($(GUI),yes)
 	@echo "*** for GUI, and extract to $(DATADIR)/Skin/"
 endif
 	@if test ! -d $(CONFDIR) ; then mkdir -p $(CONFDIR) ; fi
+	@if test -f $(CONFDIR)/codecs.conf ; then mv -f $(CONFDIR)/codecs.conf $(CONFDIR)/codecs.conf.old ; fi
 ifeq ($(DVDKIT_SHARED),yes)
 ifeq ($(DVDKIT2),yes)
 	if test ! -d $(LIBDIR) ; then mkdir -p $(LIBDIR) ; fi