diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
index 665cda6978b9..d30d107470de 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     (enableFeature withFdkAac "libfdk-aac")
     (enableFeature withFlite "libflite")
     (enableFeature withFontconfig "fontconfig")
+    (enableFeature withFontconfig "libfontconfig")
     (enableFeature withFreetype "libfreetype")
     (enableFeature withFrei0r "frei0r")
     (enableFeature withFribidi "libfribidi")