diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt b/src/osgPlugins/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt
index 39a5b33bf..cb51f7f5e 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/ffmpeg/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ SET(TARGET_H
     MessageQueue.hpp
 )
 
+LINK_DIRECTORIES(${FFMPEG_LIBRARY_DIRS})
+
 SET(TARGET_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES ${FFMPEG_LIBRARIES} )