diff --git a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-17.5.ebuild b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-17.5-r1.ebuild
similarity index 98%
rename from media-tv/kodi/kodi-17.5.ebuild
rename to media-tv/kodi/kodi-17.5-r1.ebuild
index 63fb63ef095e6..b92c08d6fe3ad 100644
--- a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-17.5.ebuild
+++ b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-17.5-r1.ebuild
@@ -74,7 +74,10 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	>=media-libs/libass-0.13.4
 	media-libs/mesa[egl]
 	>=media-libs/taglib-1.11.1
-	system-ffmpeg? ( >=media-video/ffmpeg-${FFMPEG_VERSION}:=[encode,openssl,postproc] )
+	system-ffmpeg? (
+		>=media-video/ffmpeg-${FFMPEG_VERSION}:=[encode,openssl,postproc]
+		<media-video/ffmpeg-3.4
+	)
 	mysql? ( virtual/mysql )
 	>=net-misc/curl-7.51.0
 	nfs? ( net-fs/libnfs:= )