diff --git a/meta/recipes-multimedia/libav/libav.inc b/meta/recipes-multimedia/libav/libav.inc
index a2f0b815e2..cac836fc3f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-multimedia/libav/libav.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-multimedia/libav/libav.inc
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ PROVIDES = "ffmpeg"
 
 ARM_INSTRUCTION_SET = "arm"
 
-DEPENDS = "zlib libogg yasm-native"
+DEPENDS = "alsa-lib zlib libogg yasm-native"
 
 INC_PR = "r8"