diff --git a/media-video/mpv/mpv-0.37.0-r1.ebuild b/media-video/mpv/mpv-0.37.0-r1.ebuild
index 8af7096f32055..731cc45c21061 100644
--- a/media-video/mpv/mpv-0.37.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/mpv/mpv-0.37.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -242,6 +242,12 @@ src_configure() {
 	meson_src_configure
 }
 
+src_test() {
+	# ffmpeg tests are picky and easily break without necessarily
+	# meaning that there are runtime issues (bug #921091,#924276)
+	meson_src_test --no-suite ffmpeg
+}
+
 src_install() {
 	meson_src_install
 
diff --git a/media-video/mpv/mpv-9999.ebuild b/media-video/mpv/mpv-9999.ebuild
index 6e1221693cb7e..6c05026b003d6 100644
--- a/media-video/mpv/mpv-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/mpv/mpv-9999.ebuild
@@ -234,6 +234,12 @@ src_configure() {
 	meson_src_configure
 }
 
+src_test() {
+	# ffmpeg tests are picky and easily break without necessarily
+	# meaning that there are runtime issues (bug #921091,#924276)
+	meson_src_test --no-suite ffmpeg
+}
+
 src_install() {
 	meson_src_install