diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/default.nix
index b11bccf732b1..0ea229fa5f45 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/default.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   config,
   docutils,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch,
   ffmpeg,
   freefont_ttf,
   freetype,
@@ -112,6 +113,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-x8cDczKIX4+KrvRxZ+72TGlEQHd4Kx7naq0CSoOZGHA=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # ffmpeg-8 compat:
+    #   https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/pull/16145
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "ffmpeg-8.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/commit/26b29fba02a2782f68e2906f837d21201fc6f1b9.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-ANNoTtIJBARHbm5IgrE0eEZyzmNhOnbVgve7iqCBzQg=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   postPatch = lib.concatStringsSep "\n" [
     # Don't reference compile time dependencies or create a build outputs cycle
     # between out and dev