diff --git a/dev-games/godot-dotnet/godot-dotnet-4.7.2.ebuild b/dev-games/godot-dotnet/godot-dotnet-4.7.2.ebuild
index 854ccf72ec..f2c8525e78 100644
--- a/dev-games/godot-dotnet/godot-dotnet-4.7.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-games/godot-dotnet/godot-dotnet-4.7.2.ebuild
@@ -426,10 +426,15 @@ src_compile() {
 
 	escons "${esconsargs[@]}"
 
-	# godot requires access to input devices?
+	# godot requires access to input devices and video (despite headless)
 	addwrite /dev/input
 	addwrite /dev/bus/usb
 
+	addwrite /dev/video0
+	addwrite /dev/video1
+	addwrite /dev/video2
+	addwrite /dev/video3
+
 	# generate mono glue
 	bin/godot* --headless --generate-mono-glue modules/mono/glue || die "Failed to generate mono glue"