diff --git a/packages/multimedia/ffmpeg/meta b/packages/multimedia/ffmpeg/meta
index 1efcea4571..af8149e71e 100644
--- a/packages/multimedia/ffmpeg/meta
+++ b/packages/multimedia/ffmpeg/meta
@@ -34,3 +34,8 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="FFmpeg is a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert a
 
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
+
+if [ "$VAAPI" = yes ]; then
+  PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="$PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS libva"
+  PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS libva"
+fi