diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/ffmpeg/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/ffmpeg/__init__.py
index 38c4ff4660..2a58add7c1 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/ffmpeg/__init__.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/ffmpeg/__init__.py
@@ -32,20 +32,28 @@ def get_recipe_env(self, arch):
         env['NDK'] = self.ctx.ndk_dir
         return env
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_base_configure_flags():
+        """Flags that are always passed before optional codecs.
+
+        Enable Android hardware acceleration (JNI + MediaCodec) on top of
+        FFmpeg's default component set. ``--disable-everything`` is
+        intentionally not used: existing apps rely on default components
+        such as the MediaCodec decoders and the HLS demuxer (issue #3382).
+        """
+        return [
+            '--enable-jni',
+            '--enable-mediacodec',
+        ]
+
     def build_arch(self, arch):
         with current_directory(self.get_build_dir(arch.arch)):
             env = arch.get_env()
 
-            flags = ['--disable-everything']
+            flags = self.get_base_configure_flags()
             cflags = []
             ldflags = []
 
-            # enable hardware acceleration codecs
-            flags = [
-                '--enable-jni',
-                '--enable-mediacodec'
-            ]
-
             if 'openssl' in self.ctx.recipe_build_order:
                 flags += [
                     '--enable-version3',
@@ -96,7 +104,8 @@ def build_arch(self, arch):
                     '--enable-demuxers',
                 ]
             else:
-                # Enable codecs only for .mp4:
+                # Make sure the .mp4 codecs are enabled (in addition to
+                # FFmpeg's default components):
                 flags += [
                     '--enable-parser=aac,ac3,h261,h264,mpegaudio,mpeg4video,mpegvideo,vc1',
                     '--enable-decoder=aac,h264,mpeg4,mpegvideo',
diff --git a/tests/recipes/test_ffmpeg.py b/tests/recipes/test_ffmpeg.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e709350080
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/recipes/test_ffmpeg.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import unittest
+
+from pythonforandroid.recipes.ffmpeg import FFMpegRecipe
+
+
+class TestFFMpegRecipe(unittest.TestCase):
+    """TestCase for recipe :mod:`~pythonforandroid.recipes.ffmpeg`."""
+
+    def test_base_configure_flags(self):
+        """
+        Hardware acceleration flags are enabled and ``--disable-everything``
+        is not passed, so FFmpeg's default components (e.g. MediaCodec
+        decoders, HLS demuxer) stay available (issue #3382).
+        """
+        flags = FFMpegRecipe.get_base_configure_flags()
+        self.assertNotIn("--disable-everything", flags)
+        self.assertIn("--enable-jni", flags)
+        self.assertIn("--enable-mediacodec", flags)