diff --git a/DOCS/man/mpv.rst b/DOCS/man/mpv.rst
index d02a3fbb29..6078bf9731 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/mpv.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/mpv.rst
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ PROTOCOLS
 
 ``smb://PATH``
 
-    Play a path from  Samba share.
+    Play a path from  Samba share. (Requires FFmpeg support.)
 
 ``bd://[title][/device]`` ``--bluray-device=PATH``
 
diff --git a/stream/stream_lavf.c b/stream/stream_lavf.c
index 8180a8e69f..925f79b518 100644
--- a/stream/stream_lavf.c
+++ b/stream/stream_lavf.c
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ const stream_info_t stream_info_ffmpeg_unsafe = {
   .open = open_f,
   .protocols = (const char *const[]){
      "lavf", "ffmpeg", "udp", "ftp", "tcp", "tls", "unix", "sftp", "md5",
-     "concat",
+     "concat", "smb",
      NULL },
   .stream_origin = STREAM_ORIGIN_UNSAFE,
   .can_write = true,