diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index d540d1e..c8a6a87 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build vulkan
         run: ./scripts/build-vulkan
 
+      - name: Build libva
+        run: ./scripts/build-libva $PWD/3rdparty/libva -s $PWD/libva
+
       - name: Install project dependencies
         run: |
            sudo apt-get install -y libboost-all-dev libspdlog-dev
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f2c53f1..e55460f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ more information.
 - [ ] Cross compile for raspberry pi
 - [ ] Segmentation fault when running --record without a camera being
       available.
+- [ ] Fix release workflow such that it links libva correctly to static ffmpeg.
 - [ ] Fix issue with ffmpeg + hw acceleration on my arch machine:
 
   ```
diff --git a/cmake/Find.cmake b/cmake/Find.cmake
index b1cd6d7..e032ce4 100644
--- a/cmake/Find.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Find.cmake
@@ -86,14 +86,25 @@ function(find_libva)
   set(libva_shorts va va-drm va-wayland va-x11)
   set(libva_longs LIBVA_LIBRARY LIBVA_DRM_LIBRARY LIBVA_WAYLAND_LIBRARY
                   LIBVA_X11_LIBRARY)
+  if(LIBVA_DIR)
+    message(STATUS "LIBVA_DIR: ${LIBVA_DIR}")
+    set(find_args PATHS ${LIBVA_DIR} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+  endif()
 
   find_libdrm()
-  find_path(LIBVA_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES va/va.h)
+  find_path(
+    LIBVA_INCLUDE_DIR
+    NAMES va/va.h
+    PATH_SUFFIXES include ${find_args})
+  message(STATUS "LIBVA_INCLUDE_DIR: ${LIBVA_INCLUDE_DIR}")
 
   foreach(libva_short ${libva_shorts})
     _short2long(${libva_short}) # creates libva_long
 
-    find_library(${libva_long} NAMES ${libva_short})
+    find_library(
+      ${libva_long}
+      NAMES ${libva_short}
+      PATH_SUFFIXES lib ${find_args})
     add_library(Libva::${libva_short} UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
     set_target_properties(
       Libva::${libva_short}
diff --git a/scripts/build-ffmpeg b/scripts/build-ffmpeg
index fe05648..0a6b2eb 100755
--- a/scripts/build-ffmpeg
+++ b/scripts/build-ffmpeg
@@ -64,10 +64,12 @@ install_dependencies_apt() {
 
 install_dependencies_pacman() {
     echo "Installing build tools and dependencies"
-    sudo pacman -S --noconfirm --needed autoconf automake cmake git libass freetype2 sdl2 libtool libva libvdpau libvorbis libxcb meson ninja pkgconf texinfo wget yasm zlib gnutls libunistring aom dav1d tar
+    sudo pacman -S --noconfirm autoconf automake cmake git libass freetype2 sdl2 libtool libva libvdpau libvorbis libxcb meson ninja pkgconf texinfo wget yasm gnutls libunistring aom dav1d tar
+    sudo pacman -S --noconfirm zlib || true
 
     echo "Installing ffmpeg dependencies"
-    sudo pacman -S --noconfirm --needed nasm x264 x265 libvpx fdkaac opus numactl
+    sudo pacman -S --noconfirm nasm x264 x265 fdkaac opus numactl
+    sudo pacman -S --noconfirm libvpx || true
 }
 
 compile_libaom() {
diff --git a/scripts/build-libva b/scripts/build-libva
index e7b706a..43e1707 100755
--- a/scripts/build-libva
+++ b/scripts/build-libva
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ install_deps() {
 }
 
 install_deps_apt() {
-    sudo apt-get -y install git cmake pkg-config meson libdrm-dev automake libtool autogen
+    sudo apt-get -y install autogen automake cmake git libdrm-dev libtool libwayland-dev libx11-dev libx11-xcb-dev libx11-xcb-perl libx11-xcb1 libxcb-dri3-dev libxcb1-dev libxext-dev libxfixes-dev meson pkg-config xorg-dev
 }
 
 install_deps_pacman() {
-    sudo pacman -S --noconfirm git cmake pkg-config meson libdrm automake libtool autogen
+    sudo pacman -S --noconfirm git cmake pkg-config meson libdrm automake libtool autogen xorg wayland libx11-xcb libxext libxfixes
 }
 
 build_libva() {
diff --git a/scripts/configure b/scripts/configure
index f9a229d..2a5cd0e 100755
--- a/scripts/configure
+++ b/scripts/configure
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ root="$this_dir/.."
 patch=true
 qt_dir="$root/3rdparty/Qt"
 ffmpeg_dir="$root/3rdparty/ffmpeg"
+libva_dir="$root/3rdparty/libva"
 build_type="Release"
 
 clean() {
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ configure() {
         -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="$build_type" \
         -DFFMPEG_DIR="$ffmpeg_dir" \
+        -DLIBVA_DIR="$libva_dir" \
         -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$qt_dir/lib/cmake" \
         "$@"
 }