diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
index b1f682050f21..26b365ad17de 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (
     ++ optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86 [ nasm ]
     # Texinfo version 7.1 introduced breaking changes, which older versions of ffmpeg do not handle.
     ++ optionals (lib.versionAtLeast version "6") [ texinfo ]
-    ++ optionals withCudaLLVM [ clang ]
+    ++ optionals withCudaLLVM [ clang.cc ]
     ++ optionals withCudaNVCC [ cuda_nvcc ];
 
     buildInputs =