diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index 4f5466d386..e659d78900 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -1749,6 +1749,7 @@ (define-public mlt
             #t)))))
     (inputs
      `(("alsa-lib" ,alsa-lib)
+       ("ffmpeg" ,ffmpeg)
        ("fftw" ,fftw)
        ("libxml2" ,libxml2)
        ("jack" ,jack-1)