diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/2.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/2.x.nix
index 4e975ea3d822..dd29e1e9e6bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/2.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/2.x.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   speexSupport = config.ffmpeg.speex or true;
   theoraSupport = config.ffmpeg.theora or true;
   vorbisSupport = config.ffmpeg.vorbis or true;
-  vpxSupport = config.ffmpeg.vpx or false;
+  vpxSupport = config.ffmpeg.vpx or true;
   x264Support = config.ffmpeg.x264 or true;
   xvidSupport = config.ffmpeg.xvid or true;
   opusSupport = config.ffmpeg.opus or true;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvpx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvpx/default.nix
index 46e73a121fe3..677289c5158c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvpx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvpx/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, bash, yasm, which, perl}:
 
-let version = "1.2.0";
+let version = "1.3.0";
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "libvpx-" + version;
 
   src = fetchurl { # sadly, there's no official tarball for this release
-    url = "ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/other/libvpx/libvpx-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "02k9ylswgr2hvjqmg422fa9ggym0g94gzwb14nnckly698rvjc50";
+    url = "http://webm.googlecode.com/files/libvpx-v1.3.0.tar.bz2";
+    sha1 = "191b95817aede8c136cc3f3745fb1b8c50e6d5dc";
   };
 
   patchPhase = ''