diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/default.nix
index 057e4327ebe..64bdbd21686 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/default.nix
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   postInstall = ''
       wrapProgram $out/bin/obs \
-        --prefix "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" : "${xorg.libX11.out}/lib"
+        --prefix "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" : "${xorg.libX11.out}/lib:${vlc}/lib"
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {