diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index ad92d28..fea3566 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -583,7 +583,8 @@
   endif
 endif
 
-cocoa = dependency('appleframeworks', modules: 'Cocoa', required: get_option('cocoa'))
+cocoa = dependency('appleframeworks', modules: ['Cocoa', 'CoreVideo'],
+                   required: get_option('cocoa'))
 if cocoa.found() and get_option('sdl').enabled()
   error('Cocoa and SDL cannot be enabled at the same time')
 endif