diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
index 7562af1cf7..82e89aec52 100644
--- a/test/meson.build
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ test('chmap', chmap)
 gl_video_objects = libmpv.extract_objects('video/out/gpu/ra.c',
                                           'video/out/gpu/utils.c')
 gl_video = executable('gl-video', 'gl_video.c', objects: gl_video_objects,
-                      include_directories: incdir, link_with: [img_utils, test_utils])
+                      dependencies: [libavutil], include_directories: incdir,
+                      link_with: [img_utils, test_utils])
 test('gl-video', gl_video)
 
 json = executable('json', 'json.c', include_directories: incdir, link_with: test_utils)