diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/deadbeef/plugins/vgmstream.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/deadbeef/plugins/vgmstream.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a1f12f970a93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/deadbeef/plugins/vgmstream.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  pkg-config,
+  deadbeef,
+  vgmstream,
+  mpg123,
+  libvorbis,
+  ffmpeg,
+  nix-update-script,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "deadbeef-vgmstream-plugin";
+  version = "2026-05-09.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jchv";
+    repo = "deadbeef-vgmstream";
+    rev = finalAttrs.version;
+    hash = "sha256-dR1TEx61jnprEQokHRX/mi3WvbS+CVp4VIMlutX6uS8=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    deadbeef
+    mpg123
+    libvorbis
+    ffmpeg.dev
+  ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  makeFlags = [ "DEADBEEF_ROOT=${deadbeef}" ];
+  installFlags = [ "DEADBEEF_ROOT=$(out)" ];
+
+  postUnpack = ''
+    rm -rf $sourceRoot/vgmstream
+    cp --no-preserve=mode,ownership -LR ${vgmstream.src} $sourceRoot/vgmstream
+  '';
+
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Streaming video game music decoder plugin for the DeaDBeeF music player";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jchv/deadbeef-vgmstream";
+    license = lib.licenses.isc;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.jchw ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6aebc6eae849..5a12ff91803a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9124,6 +9124,7 @@ with pkgs;
     musical-spectrum = callPackage ../applications/audio/deadbeef/plugins/musical-spectrum.nix { };
     statusnotifier = callPackage ../applications/audio/deadbeef/plugins/statusnotifier.nix { };
     playlist-manager = callPackage ../applications/audio/deadbeef/plugins/playlist-manager.nix { };
+    vgmstream = callPackage ../applications/audio/deadbeef/plugins/vgmstream.nix { };
     waveform-seekbar = callPackage ../applications/audio/deadbeef/plugins/waveform-seekbar.nix { };
   };