diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index c0f439ea93..8d45f1c50e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ videoformats depend on the configuration flags of ffmpeg.")
        ("libva" ,libva)
        ("libvdpau" ,libvdpau)
        ("libvorbis" ,libvorbis)
-       ("libvpx" ,libvpx)
+       ("libvpx" ,libvpx-1.7)
        ("libtheora" ,libtheora)
        ("libx264" ,libx264)
        ("libxext" ,libxext)