diff --git a/package/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.mk b/package/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.mk
index ae3d4c3695..5818db1397 100644
--- a/package/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.mk
+++ b/package/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.mk
@@ -215,6 +215,13 @@ else
 FFMPEG_CONF_OPT += --disable-vaapi
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBVPX),y)
+FFMPEG_CONF_OPT += --enable-libvpx
+FFMPEG_DEPENDENCIES += libvpx
+else
+FFMPEG_CONF_OPT += --disable-libvpx
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_X86_CPU_HAS_MMX),y)
 FFMPEG_CONF_OPT += --enable-yasm
 FFMPEG_DEPENDENCIES += host-yasm