diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
index 7c3b3447d613..d11ef732a01f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, perl, texinfo, yasm
 , alsaLib, bzip2, fontconfig, freetype, gnutls, libiconv, lame, libass, libogg
-, libssh, libtheora, libva, libvorbis, libvpx, lzma, libpulseaudio, soxr
+, libssh, libtheora, libva, libdrm, libvorbis, libvpx, lzma, libpulseaudio, soxr
 , x264, x265, xvidcore, zlib, libopus, speex
 , openglSupport ? false, libGLU_combined ? null
 # Build options
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       "--enable-libtheora"
       (ifMinVer "2.1" "--enable-libssh")
       (ifMinVer "0.6" (enableFeature vaapiSupport "vaapi"))
+      (ifMinVer "3.4" (enableFeature vaapiSupport "libdrm"))
       "--enable-vdpau"
       "--enable-libvorbis"
       (ifMinVer "0.6" (enableFeature vpxSupport "libvpx"))
@@ -165,6 +166,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ optional vpxSupport libvpx
     ++ optionals (!isDarwin && !isAarch32) [ libpulseaudio ] # Need to be fixed on Darwin and ARM
     ++ optional ((isLinux || isFreeBSD) && !isAarch32) libva
+    ++ optional ((isLinux || isFreeBSD) && !isAarch32) libdrm
     ++ optional isLinux alsaLib
     ++ optionals isDarwin darwinFrameworks
     ++ optional vdpauSupport libvdpau