diff --git a/multimedia/kino/kino.conf b/multimedia/kino/kino.conf
index 4d9e1c4c6..98622abe6 100644
--- a/multimedia/kino/kino.conf
+++ b/multimedia/kino/kino.conf
@@ -14,4 +14,9 @@
 # GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
 # --- T2-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
-export LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/gnome/lib"
+# Kino contains a local copy of ffmpeg. Only use the local copy
+# if the separate ffmpeg pkg is not available. In other words
+# disable the local copy if the ffmpeg package is available.
+if pkginstalled ffmpeg; then
+	var_append confopt ' ' '--disable-local-ffmpeg'
+fi