diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index de676c57..0aeb0d4a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -48,5 +48,6 @@ jobs:
           JULIA_DEBUG: "Documenter"
           DOCUMENTER_KEY: ${{ secrets.DOCUMENTER_KEY }}
         run: |
-          xvfb-run julia --color=yes --project=docs/ -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.develop(PackageSpec(path=pwd())); Pkg.add(PackageSpec(name="Plots", rev=split(ENV["GITHUB_REF"], "/", limit=3)[3])); Pkg.instantiate()' 
+          xvfb-run julia --color=yes --project=docs/ -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.develop(PackageSpec(path=pwd())); Pkg.add(PackageSpec(name="Plots", rev=split(ENV["GITHUB_REF"], "/", limit=3)[3])); Pkg.instantiate()'
+          LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$(julia -e 'using FFMPEG; println(FFMPEG.FFMPEG_jll.LIBPATH[])')" \
           xvfb-run julia --color=yes --project=docs/ -e 'withenv("GITHUB_REPOSITORY" => "JuliaPlots/PlotDocs.jl") do; include("docs/make.jl"); end'