diff --git a/gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm b/gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm
index e5078233a9..ba162c6601 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ (define-public gst-plugins-base
      `(("gstreamer" ,gstreamer))) ; required by gstreamer-plugins-base-1.0.pc
     (inputs
      `(("cdparanoia" ,cdparanoia)
+       ("opus" ,opus)
        ("orc" ,orc)
        ("pango" ,pango)
        ("libogg" ,libogg)