diff --git a/media-plugins/kodi-inputstream-ffmpegdirect/kodi-inputstream-ffmpegdirect-9999.ebuild b/media-plugins/kodi-inputstream-ffmpegdirect/kodi-inputstream-ffmpegdirect-9999.ebuild
index cd932215b4d6..d04c2be8de19 100644
--- a/media-plugins/kodi-inputstream-ffmpegdirect/kodi-inputstream-ffmpegdirect-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-plugins/kodi-inputstream-ffmpegdirect/kodi-inputstream-ffmpegdirect-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ BDEPEND="
 	"
 
 COMMON_DEPEND="
-	media-video/ffmpeg[encode,libxml2,zlib]
+	media-video/ffmpeg:=[encode(+),zlib]
+	|| ( media-video/ffmpeg[xml(-)] media-video/ffmpeg[libxml2(-)] )
 	virtual/libiconv
 	app-arch/bzip2
 	=media-tv/kodi-19*