diff --git a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
index ef80b10e3a88daf2fd6b29c4fa688573d992bc9e..900f6c925da632d06e64776124380ea55ea54e05 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
@@ -6313,6 +6313,9 @@ (define-public xpra
               ("xf86-input-keyboard" ,xf86-input-keyboard)
               ("python-pillow" ,python-pillow)
               ;; Optional dependencies.
+              ("libx264" ,libx264)
+              ("x265" ,x265)
+              ("libvpx" ,libvpx)
               ("python-rencode" ,python-rencode) ; For speed.
               ("python-numpy" ,python-numpy)
               ("python-pyopengl" ,python-pyopengl) ; Drawing acceleration.