diff --git a/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-8.0.ebuild b/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-8.0.ebuild
index f24167b64dac..974c497eedcd 100644
--- a/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-8.0.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-8.0.ebuild
@@ -558,6 +558,7 @@ multilib_src_configure() {
 }
 
 multilib_src_compile() {
+	mkdir -p fftools/resources/ || die #965687
 	emake V=1
 	in_iuse chromium && use chromium && multilib_is_native_abi &&
 		emake V=1 libffmpeg
diff --git a/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-9999.ebuild b/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-9999.ebuild
index 2e669a8b9f0c..9d88f584adca 100644
--- a/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-9999.ebuild
@@ -563,6 +563,7 @@ multilib_src_configure() {
 }
 
 multilib_src_compile() {
+	mkdir -p fftools/resources/ || die #965687
 	emake V=1
 	in_iuse chromium && use chromium && multilib_is_native_abi &&
 		emake V=1 libffmpeg