diff --git a/hosts/common/programs/mpv.nix b/hosts/common/programs/mpv.nix
index ca711ca7..f7fa460d 100644
--- a/hosts/common/programs/mpv.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/programs/mpv.nix
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ in
     sandbox.autodetectCliPaths = true;
     sandbox.net = "all";
     sandbox.whitelistDri = true;  #< mpv has excellent fallbacks to non-DRI, but DRI offers a good 30%-50% reduced CPU
+    sandbox.extraHomePaths = [
+      ".config/mpv"  #< else mpris plugin crashes on launch
+    ];
 
     persist.byStore.plaintext = [ ".local/state/mpv/watch_later" ];
     fs.".config/mpv/input.conf".symlink.text = let