diff --git a/gnu/packages/kde.scm b/gnu/packages/kde.scm
index 9bc753001e..a9ac23e049 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/kde.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/kde.scm
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ (define-public kdenlive
       (inputs
        `(("shared-mime-info" ,shared-mime-info)
          ("frei0r-plugins" ,frei0r-plugins)
+         ("ffmpeg" ,ffmpeg)
          ("rttr" ,rttr)
          ("mlt" ,mlt)
          ("qtbase" ,qtbase)
@@ -190,8 +191,11 @@ (define-public kdenlive
                       (qtbase (assoc-ref inputs "qtbase"))
                       (qtdeclarative (assoc-ref inputs "qtdeclarative"))
                       (frei0r (assoc-ref inputs "frei0r-plugins"))
+                      (ffmpeg (assoc-ref inputs "ffmpeg"))
                       (qml "/lib/qt5/qml"))
                  (wrap-program (string-append out "/bin/kdenlive")
+                   `("PATH" ":" prefix
+                     ,(list (string-append ffmpeg "/bin")))
                    `("QT_PLUGIN_PATH" ":" prefix
                      ,(map (lambda (label)
                              (string-append (assoc-ref inputs label)