diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/jellyfin-ffmpeg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/jellyfin-ffmpeg/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..925e58d6a327
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/jellyfin-ffmpeg/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ ffmpeg_4, ffmpeg-full, fetchFromGitHub, lib }:
+
+(ffmpeg-full.override { ffmpeg = ffmpeg_4; }).overrideAttrs (old: rec {
+  name = "jellyfin-ffmpeg";
+  version = "4.4.1-4";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jellyfin";
+    repo = "jellyfin-ffmpeg";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0y7iskamlx30f0zknbscpi308y685nbnbf5gr9cj1znr5dlfb0bn";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    for file in $(cat debian/patches/series); do
+      patch -p1 < debian/patches/$file
+    done
+
+    ${old.postPatch or ""}
+  '';
+
+  doCheck = false; # https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-ffmpeg/issues/79
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "${old.meta.description} (Jellyfin fork)";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-ffmpeg";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ justinas ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index dc93b0a3be4d..283c0fc798fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3424,7 +3424,11 @@ with pkgs;
 
   jellycli = callPackage ../applications/audio/jellycli { };
 
-  jellyfin = callPackage ../servers/jellyfin { };
+  jellyfin = callPackage ../servers/jellyfin {
+    ffmpeg = jellyfin-ffmpeg;
+  };
+
+  jellyfin-ffmpeg = callPackage ../development/libraries/jellyfin-ffmpeg { };
 
   jellyfin-media-player = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/video/jellyfin-media-player {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreFoundation Cocoa CoreAudio MediaPlayer;