diff --git a/media-video/mpv/mpv-0.35.0-r1.ebuild b/media-video/mpv/mpv-0.35.0-r1.ebuild
index befbfdd2ade08..5919ad1bb1247 100644
--- a/media-video/mpv/mpv-0.35.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/mpv/mpv-0.35.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ REQUIRED_USE="
 	test? ( cli )
 	tools? ( cli )
 	uchardet? ( iconv )
-	vaapi? ( || ( X egl libplacebo wayland ) )
+	vaapi? (
+		|| ( X egl libplacebo wayland )
+		wayland? ( drm )
+	)
 	vdpau? ( X )
 	vulkan? ( || ( X wayland ) libplacebo )
 	xv? ( X )"
diff --git a/media-video/mpv/mpv-0.35.0.ebuild b/media-video/mpv/mpv-0.35.0.ebuild
index 6551a1953b768..1b855c04fbb5c 100644
--- a/media-video/mpv/mpv-0.35.0.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/mpv/mpv-0.35.0.ebuild
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ REQUIRED_USE="
 	test? ( cli )
 	tools? ( cli )
 	uchardet? ( iconv )
-	vaapi? ( || ( X egl libplacebo wayland ) )
+	vaapi? (
+		|| ( X egl libplacebo wayland )
+		wayland? ( drm )
+	)
 	vdpau? ( X )
 	vulkan? ( || ( X wayland ) libplacebo )
 	xv? ( X )"
diff --git a/media-video/mpv/mpv-9999.ebuild b/media-video/mpv/mpv-9999.ebuild
index 3138e56d9b663..a7b00cd2fc59b 100644
--- a/media-video/mpv/mpv-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/mpv/mpv-9999.ebuild
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ REQUIRED_USE="
 	test? ( cli )
 	tools? ( cli )
 	uchardet? ( iconv )
-	vaapi? ( || ( X egl libplacebo wayland ) )
+	vaapi? (
+		|| ( X egl libplacebo wayland )
+		wayland? ( drm )
+	)
 	vdpau? ( X )
 	vulkan? ( || ( X wayland ) libplacebo )
 	xv? ( X )"