diff --git a/pkgs/applications/kde/kdenlive/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/kde/kdenlive/default.nix
index bcd8ba360a82..00330b76b3a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/kde/kdenlive/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/kde/kdenlive/default.nix
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@
 , wrapGAppsHook
 }:
 
+let
+  mlt-full = mlt.override {
+    ffmpeg = ffmpeg-full;
+  };
+in
 mkDerivation {
   pname = "kdenlive";
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -60,7 +65,7 @@ mkDerivation {
     kplotting
     ktextwidgets
     mediainfo
-    mlt
+    mlt-full
     phonon-backend-gstreamer
     qtdeclarative
     qtmultimedia
@@ -81,8 +86,9 @@ mkDerivation {
   # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/83885
   patches = [ ./dependency-paths.patch ];
 
-  inherit mlt mediainfo;
+  inherit mediainfo;
   ffmpeg = ffmpeg-full;
+  mlt = mlt-full;
 
   postPatch =
     # Module Qt5::Concurrent must be included in `find_package` before it is used.