diff --git a/packages/multimedia/libva/meta b/packages/multimedia/libva/meta
index 2834f38239..f3ee74b113 100644
--- a/packages/multimedia/libva/meta
+++ b/packages/multimedia/libva/meta
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ PKG_ARCH="i386 x86_64"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/vaapi"
 PKG_URL="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libva/snapshot/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS="libX11 libXext libXfixes libdrm Mesa"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain libX11 libXext libXfixes libdrm Mesa"
+PKG_DEPENDS="libX11 libXext libXfixes libdrm $MESA"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain libX11 libXext libXfixes libdrm $MESA"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="multimedia"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="libva: The main motivation for VAAPI (Video Acceleration API) is to enable hardware accelerated video decode/encode at various entry-points (VLD, IDCT, Motion Compensation etc.) for the prevailing coding standards today (MPEG-2, MPEG-4 ASP/H.263, MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, and VC-1/VMW3)."