diff --git a/gnu/packages/julia-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/julia-xyz.scm
index bb22615a87..37f359f56f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/julia-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/julia-xyz.scm
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
   #:use-module (guix packages)
   #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
   #:use-module (gnu packages graphics)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages video)
   #:use-module (gnu packages xml)
   #:use-module (gnu packages tls))
 
@@ -1438,4 +1439,73 @@ visualization framework.")
     (description "Custom plotting themes for @code{Plots.jl}, including both
 light and dark themes.")
     (license license:expat)))
+
+(define-public julia-ffmpeg
+  (package
+    (name "julia-ffmpeg")
+    (version "0.2.3")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method git-fetch)
+       (uri (git-reference
+             (url "https://github.com/JuliaIO/FFMPEG.jl")
+             (commit (string-append "v" version))))
+       (file-name "FFMPEG")
+       (sha256
+        (base32 "1rnb7n5gzn7bsiz09fqapw4fcqc1p5bjcjw4ha3kxcs70w4by52x"))))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (add-before 'precompile 'build-deps
+           (lambda* (#:key outputs source inputs #:allow-other-keys)
+             (let ((f (open-file
+                       (string-append
+                        (assoc-ref outputs "out")
+                        "/share/julia/packages/"
+                        (string-append
+                         (strip-store-file-name source) "/deps/deps.jl"))
+                       "w")))
+               (display (string-append "const libavcodec = \""
+                                       (assoc-ref inputs "ffmpeg")
+                                       "/lib/libavcodec.so\"\n") f)
+               (display (string-append "const libavformat = \""
+                                       (assoc-ref inputs "ffmpeg")
+                                       "/lib/libavformat.so\"\n") f)
+               (display (string-append "const libavcodec = \""
+                                       (assoc-ref inputs "ffmpeg")
+                                       "/lib/libavcodec.so\"\n") f)
+               (display (string-append "const libavutil = \""
+                                       (assoc-ref inputs "ffmpeg")
+                                       "/lib/libavutil.so\"\n") f)
+               (display (string-append "const libswscale = \""
+                                       (assoc-ref inputs "ffmpeg")
+                                       "/lib/libswscale.so\"\n") f)
+               (display (string-append "const libavdevice = \""
+                                       (assoc-ref inputs "ffmpeg")
+                                       "/lib/libavdevice.so\"\n") f)
+               (display (string-append "const libavfilter = \""
+                                       (assoc-ref inputs "ffmpeg")
+                                       "/lib/libavfilter.so\"\n") f)
+               (display (string-append "const ffmpeg = \""
+                                       (assoc-ref inputs "ffmpeg")
+                                       "/bin/ffmpeg\"\n") f)
+               (close-port f))
+             (substitute*
+                 (string-append (assoc-ref
+                                 outputs "out") "/share/julia/packages/"
+                                 (string-append (strip-store-file-name
+                                                 source) "/src/FFMPEG.jl"))
+               (("const libpath = joinpath(@__DIR__, \"..\", \"deps\", \"usr\", \"lib\")")
+                (string-append "const libpath = \""
+                               (assoc-ref inputs "ffmpeg")
+                               "/lib")))
+             #t)))))
+    (propagated-inputs `(("julia-binaryprovider" ,julia-binaryprovider)
+                         ("ffmpeg" ,ffmpeg)))
+    (build-system julia-build-system)
+    (home-page "https://github.com/JuliaIO/FFMPEG.jl")
+    (synopsis "Wrapper for the ffmpeg executable in Julia")
+    (description "Low level ffmpeg API used to get ffmpeg binaries and
+executables.")
+    (license license:expat)))
     (license license:expat)))