diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
index 512ec3a4bf16..9d4369003e47 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 , withVaapi ? withHeadlessDeps && (with stdenv; isLinux || isFreeBSD) # Vaapi hardware acceleration
 , withVdpau ? withSmallDeps # Vdpau hardware acceleration
 , withVidStab ? withFullDeps # Video stabilization
-, withVmaf ? withFullDeps && withGPLv3 && !stdenv.isAarch64 # Netflix's VMAF (Video Multi-Method Assessment Fusion)
+, withVmaf ? withFullDeps && withGPLv3 && !stdenv.isAarch64 && lib.versionAtLeast version "5" # Netflix's VMAF (Video Multi-Method Assessment Fusion)
 , withVoAmrwbenc ? withFullDeps # AMR-WB encoder
 , withVorbis ? withHeadlessDeps # Vorbis de/encoding, native encoder exists
 , withVpx ? withHeadlessDeps && stdenv.buildPlatform == stdenv.hostPlatform # VP8 & VP9 de/encoding