diff --git a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/video/default.nix b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/video/default.nix
index 94a4553b598d..590aeea1d705 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/video/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/video/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   pkg-config,
-  ffmpeg,
+  autoconf,
+  automake,
+  ffmpeg_7,
 }:
 
 buildOctavePackage rec {
@@ -14,16 +16,28 @@ buildOctavePackage rec {
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "Andy1978";
     repo = "octave-video";
-    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    tag = version;
     hash = "sha256-fn9LNfuS9dSStBfzBjRRkvP50JJ5K+Em02J9+cHqt6w=";
   };
 
+  preBuild = ''
+    pushd src
+    patchShebangs bootstrap configure
+    ./bootstrap
+    ./configure
+    popd
+
+    tar --transform 's,^,video-${version}/,' -cz * -f video-${version}.tar.gz
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config
+    autoconf
+    automake
   ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    ffmpeg
+    ffmpeg_7
   ];
 
   meta = {