diff --git a/gvsbuild/patches/ffmpeg/build/build.sh b/gvsbuild/patches/ffmpeg/build/build.sh
index adf649d22..7498d2666 100644
--- a/gvsbuild/patches/ffmpeg/build/build.sh
+++ b/gvsbuild/patches/ffmpeg/build/build.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ configure_cmd[idx++]="--enable-hwaccel=h264_d3d11va"
 configure_cmd[idx++]="--enable-hwaccel=h264_d3d11va2"
 configure_cmd[idx++]="--enable-hwaccel=hevc_d3d11va"
 configure_cmd[idx++]="--enable-hwaccel=hevc_d3d11va2"
+configure_cmd[idx++]="--enable-libdav1d"
 configure_cmd[idx++]="--enable-d3d11va"
 configure_cmd[idx++]="--enable-nvdec"
 configure_cmd[idx++]="--enable-hwaccel=h264_nvdec"
diff --git a/gvsbuild/projects/ffmpeg.py b/gvsbuild/projects/ffmpeg.py
index 6a3b8ad4d..93d56e38d 100644
--- a/gvsbuild/projects/ffmpeg.py
+++ b/gvsbuild/projects/ffmpeg.py
@@ -29,7 +29,13 @@ def __init__(self):
             version="7.0.1",
             archive_url="https://ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-{version}.tar.xz",
             hash="bce9eeb0f17ef8982390b1f37711a61b4290dc8c2a0c1a37b5857e85bfb0e4ff",
-            dependencies=["nasm", "msys2", "pkgconf", "nv-codec-headers"],
+            dependencies=[
+                "dav1d",
+                "nasm",
+                "msys2",
+                "pkgconf",
+                "nv-codec-headers",
+            ],
             patches=[],
         )
         if self.opts.ffmpeg_enable_gpl: