diff --git a/libavfilter/avfilter.c b/libavfilter/avfilter.c
index 88e39bf720cc16a7be79b5710183cba6637152f9..68e0f2c215674f9988752ba673ee11c25f1dfac8 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avfilter.c
+++ b/libavfilter/avfilter.c
@@ -272,6 +272,9 @@ int ff_poll_frame(AVFilterLink *link)
 
 static AVFilter *first_filter;
 
+#if !FF_API_NOCONST_GET_NAME
+const
+#endif
 AVFilter *avfilter_get_by_name(const char *name)
 {
     AVFilter *f = NULL;
diff --git a/libavfilter/avfilter.h b/libavfilter/avfilter.h
index ca11be9bc6a459f14b714f0028d34d185a6f2d83..9f14afdbc57cd07f5b6bc5cc721cd96cf407e361 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avfilter.h
+++ b/libavfilter/avfilter.h
@@ -764,6 +764,9 @@ int avfilter_register(AVFilter *filter);
  * @return     the filter definition, if any matching one is registered.
  *             NULL if none found.
  */
+#if !FF_API_NOCONST_GET_NAME
+const
+#endif
 AVFilter *avfilter_get_by_name(const char *name);
 
 /**
diff --git a/libavfilter/version.h b/libavfilter/version.h
index 9c84e0f85ac67f512a42b06b20566f525e432f9b..02f348ebb78f3e1100817cdf5c5eee2a11136d9c 100644
--- a/libavfilter/version.h
+++ b/libavfilter/version.h
@@ -68,5 +68,8 @@
 #ifndef FF_API_OLD_FILTER_REGISTER
 #define FF_API_OLD_FILTER_REGISTER          (LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MAJOR < 4)
 #endif
+#ifndef FF_API_NOCONST_GET_NAME
+#define FF_API_NOCONST_GET_NAME             (LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MAJOR < 4)
+#endif
 
 #endif /* AVFILTER_VERSION_H */