diff --git a/media-video/mplayer/mplayer-1.2_pre20150214-r1.ebuild b/media-video/mplayer/mplayer-1.2_pre20150214-r1.ebuild
index a7dfffea41df6..27022625ea3be 100644
--- a/media-video/mplayer/mplayer-1.2_pre20150214-r1.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/mplayer/mplayer-1.2_pre20150214-r1.ebuild
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ RDEPEND+="
 	sys-libs/ncurses:5=
 	app-arch/bzip2
 	sys-libs/zlib
-	>=media-video/ffmpeg-2.0:0=
+	>=media-video/ffmpeg-2.0:0=[vdpau?]
 	a52? ( media-libs/a52dec )
 	aalib? ( media-libs/aalib )
 	alsa? ( media-libs/alsa-lib )
diff --git a/media-video/mplayer/mplayer-1.2_pre20150730.ebuild b/media-video/mplayer/mplayer-1.2_pre20150730.ebuild
index 4f35b85ae54b2..62a8514bf63c3 100644
--- a/media-video/mplayer/mplayer-1.2_pre20150730.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/mplayer/mplayer-1.2_pre20150730.ebuild
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ RDEPEND+="
 	sys-libs/ncurses:5=
 	app-arch/bzip2
 	sys-libs/zlib
-	>=media-video/ffmpeg-2.6:0=
+	>=media-video/ffmpeg-2.6:0=[vdpau?]
 	a52? ( media-libs/a52dec )
 	aalib? ( media-libs/aalib )
 	alsa? ( media-libs/alsa-lib )
diff --git a/media-video/mplayer/mplayer-9999.ebuild b/media-video/mplayer/mplayer-9999.ebuild
index 58d6ddc7ef136..df13a08514bb0 100644
--- a/media-video/mplayer/mplayer-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/mplayer/mplayer-9999.ebuild
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ RDEPEND+="
 	sys-libs/ncurses:5=
 	app-arch/bzip2
 	sys-libs/zlib
-	>=media-video/ffmpeg-2.6:0=
+	>=media-video/ffmpeg-2.6:0=[vdpau?]
 	a52? ( media-libs/a52dec )
 	aalib? ( media-libs/aalib )
 	alsa? ( media-libs/alsa-lib )