diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/obs-backgroundremoval/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/obs-backgroundremoval/default.nix
index 408e2bb709cc..08526e81b8ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/obs-backgroundremoval/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/obs-studio/plugins/obs-backgroundremoval/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [
     obs-studio
     onnxruntime
-    opencv
+    opencv.cxxdev
     qt6.qtbase
     curl
   ];