diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix
index 85fc6f6b6ba7..adf5aed3f553 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 , libvdpau
 , onlyLibVLC ? false
 , qt4 ? null, qt5 ? null, withQt5 ? false
+, jackSupport ? false
 }:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
@@ -29,11 +30,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     [ xz bzip2 perl zlib a52dec libmad faad2 ffmpeg alsaLib libdvdnav libdvdnav.libdvdread
       libbluray dbus fribidi libvorbis libtheora speex lua5 libgcrypt
       libupnp libcaca libpulseaudio flac schroedinger libxml2 librsvg mpeg2dec
-      udev gnutls avahi libcddb jack2 SDL SDL_image libmtp unzip taglib
+      udev gnutls avahi libcddb SDL SDL_image libmtp unzip taglib
       libkate libtiger libv4l samba liboggz libass libdvbpsi libva
       xlibs.xlibs xlibs.libXv xlibs.libXvMC xlibs.libXpm xlibs.xcbutilkeysyms
       libdc1394 libraw1394 libopus libebml libmatroska libvdpau
-    ] ++ (if withQt5 then with qt5; [ base ] else [qt4]);
+    ]
+    ++ (if withQt5 then with qt5; [ base ] else [qt4])
+    ++ optional jackSupport jack2;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];