diff --git a/media-video/mpv/mpv-0.38.0-r1.ebuild b/media-video/mpv/mpv-0.38.0-r1.ebuild
index 3ff3174b4d0d9..0c4db60177371 100644
--- a/media-video/mpv/mpv-0.38.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/mpv/mpv-0.38.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	X? ( x11-base/xorg-proto )
 	dvb? ( sys-kernel/linux-headers )
 	nvenc? ( media-libs/nv-codec-headers )
+	vulkan? ( dev-util/vulkan-headers )
 	wayland? ( dev-libs/wayland-protocols )
 "
 BDEPEND="
diff --git a/media-video/mpv/mpv-9999.ebuild b/media-video/mpv/mpv-9999.ebuild
index e644f84d0ead8..31b23432e18ed 100644
--- a/media-video/mpv/mpv-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/mpv/mpv-9999.ebuild
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	X? ( x11-base/xorg-proto )
 	dvb? ( sys-kernel/linux-headers )
 	nvenc? ( media-libs/nv-codec-headers )
+	vulkan? ( dev-util/vulkan-headers )
 	wayland? ( dev-libs/wayland-protocols )
 "
 BDEPEND="