diff --git a/package/mpv/Config.in b/package/mpv/Config.in
index 69810038f1..32910f2245 100644
--- a/package/mpv/Config.in
+++ b/package/mpv/Config.in
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MPV
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG_SWSCALE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS if BR2_PACKAGE_WAYLAND
 	# Select xkbcommon for wayland to avoid being mysterious
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXKBCOMMON if BR2_PACKAGE_WAYLAND
 	# Select all necessary X11 dependencies if X.org is enabled
diff --git a/package/mpv/mpv.mk b/package/mpv/mpv.mk
index dfc33ea986..f92b604c28 100644
--- a/package/mpv/mpv.mk
+++ b/package/mpv/mpv.mk
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ endif
 # wayland support
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_WAYLAND),y)
 MPV_CONF_OPTS += --enable-wayland
-MPV_DEPENDENCIES += libxkbcommon wayland
+MPV_DEPENDENCIES += libxkbcommon wayland wayland-protocols
 else
 MPV_CONF_OPTS += --disable-wayland
 endif