diff --git a/media-libs/mesa/mesa-10.6.5.ebuild b/media-libs/mesa/mesa-10.6.5.ebuild
index b5ac47a6a4e31..4386f87e25779 100644
--- a/media-libs/mesa/mesa-10.6.5.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/mesa/mesa-10.6.5.ebuild
@@ -234,6 +234,8 @@ multilib_src_configure() {
 			$(use_enable xa)
 			$(use_enable xvmc)
 		"
+		use vaapi && myconf+="--with-va-libdir=/usr/$(get_libdir)/va/drivers"
+
 		gallium_enable swrast
 		gallium_enable video_cards_vmware svga
 		gallium_enable video_cards_nouveau nouveau
diff --git a/media-libs/mesa/mesa-11.0.0_rc1.ebuild b/media-libs/mesa/mesa-11.0.0_rc1.ebuild
index c4010308be83c..73f53c5336113 100644
--- a/media-libs/mesa/mesa-11.0.0_rc1.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/mesa/mesa-11.0.0_rc1.ebuild
@@ -234,6 +234,8 @@ multilib_src_configure() {
 			$(use_enable xa)
 			$(use_enable xvmc)
 		"
+		use vaapi && myconf+="--with-va-libdir=/usr/$(get_libdir)/va/drivers"
+
 		gallium_enable swrast
 		gallium_enable video_cards_vmware svga
 		gallium_enable video_cards_nouveau nouveau
diff --git a/media-libs/mesa/mesa-9999.ebuild b/media-libs/mesa/mesa-9999.ebuild
index 1e80c54a2a811..ceb2c93bae53b 100644
--- a/media-libs/mesa/mesa-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/mesa/mesa-9999.ebuild
@@ -235,6 +235,8 @@ multilib_src_configure() {
 			$(use_enable xa)
 			$(use_enable xvmc)
 		"
+		use vaapi && myconf+="--with-va-libdir=/usr/$(get_libdir)/va/drivers"
+
 		gallium_enable swrast
 		gallium_enable video_cards_vmware svga
 		gallium_enable video_cards_nouveau nouveau