diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/default.nix
index a29940b4f2f9..bb89eb4ebd29 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/default.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 , xvidSupport ? true, xvidcore ? null
 , vdpauSupport ? true, libvdpau ? null
 , faacSupport ? false, faac ? null
+, dc1394Support ? false, libdc1394 ? null
 }:
 
 assert speexSupport -> speex != null;
@@ -47,7 +48,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional x264Support "--enable-libx264"
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional xvidSupport "--enable-libxvid"
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional vdpauSupport "--enable-vdpau"
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optional faacSupport "--enable-libfaac --enable-nonfree";
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional faacSupport "--enable-libfaac --enable-nonfree"
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional dc1394Support "--enable-libdc1394";
 
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig lame yasm zlib bzip2 ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional mp3Support lame
@@ -58,7 +60,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional x264Support x264
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional xvidSupport xvidcore
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional vdpauSupport libvdpau
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optional faacSupport faac;
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional faacSupport faac
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional dc1394Support libdc1394;
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;