diff --git a/packages/multimedia/ffmpeg/meta b/packages/multimedia/ffmpeg/meta
index aaa80fe86b..9d34dcf649 100644
--- a/packages/multimedia/ffmpeg/meta
+++ b/packages/multimedia/ffmpeg/meta
@@ -39,3 +39,8 @@ if [ "$VAAPI" = yes ]; then
   PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="$PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS libva"
   PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS libva"
 fi
+
+if [ "$VDPAU" = yes ]; then
+  PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="$PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS libvdpau"
+  PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS libvdpau"
+fi