diff --git a/doc/users/whats_new/fix_avconv.rst b/doc/users/whats_new/fix_avconv.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..afa033e37515
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/users/whats_new/fix_avconv.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+AVConv writer is back
+---------------------
+Correct a bug that prevented detection of AVconv for matplotlib.animation.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/animation.py b/lib/matplotlib/animation.py
index 074ec98e1f76..ad3db64b5280 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/animation.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/animation.py
@@ -616,6 +616,7 @@ def output_args(self):
def _handle_subprocess(cls, process):
_, err = process.communicate()
# Ubuntu 12.04 ships a broken ffmpeg binary which we shouldn't use
+ # NOTE : when removed, remove the same method in AVConvBase.
if 'Libav' in err.decode():
return False
return True
@@ -674,6 +675,11 @@ class AVConvBase(FFMpegBase):
exec_key = 'animation.avconv_path'
args_key = 'animation.avconv_args'
+ # NOTE : should be removed when the same method is removed in FFMpegBase.
+ @classmethod
+ def _handle_subprocess(cls, process):
+ return MovieWriter._handle_subprocess(process)
+
# Combine AVConv options with pipe-based writing
@writers.register('avconv')
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