diff --git a/common/options.description b/common/options.description
index 264634b82b..f7f206c5bb 100644
--- a/common/options.description
+++ b/common/options.description
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ desc_option_lzo="Enable support for LZO compression format"
 desc_option_microhttpd="Enable support for microhttpd"
 desc_option_mpcdec="Enable support for the Musepack decoder"
 desc_option_notify="Enable support for desktop notifications (libnotify)"
+desc_option_nvenc="Enable support for NVENC codecs"
 desc_option_opengl="Enable support for OpenGL"
 desc_option_openssl="Enable support for SSL with OpenSSL"
 desc_option_pam="Enable support for PAM"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ffmpeg/template b/srcpkgs/ffmpeg/template
index e46195a2af..c6600c1eaa 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ffmpeg/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ffmpeg/template
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ makedepends="zlib-devel bzip2-devel freetype-devel alsa-lib-devel libXfixes-deve
  ocl-icd-devel $(vopt_if x265 x265-devel) $(vopt_if vaapi libva-devel)
  $(vopt_if vdpau libvdpau-devel) $(vopt_if v4l2 v4l-utils-devel) libbs2b-devel
  libvidstab-devel $(vopt_if faac faac-devel) $(vopt_if fdk_aac fdk-aac-devel)
- $(vopt_if vpx libvpx-devel) $(vopt_if aom libaom-devel)"
+ $(vopt_if vpx libvpx-devel) $(vopt_if aom libaom-devel)
+ $(vopt_if nvenc nv-codec-headers)"
 
-build_options="x265 v4l2 vaapi vdpau vpx faac fdk_aac aom"
+build_options="x265 v4l2 vaapi vdpau vpx faac fdk_aac aom nvenc"
 build_options_default="x265 v4l2 vpx"
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ do_configure() {
 		--enable-shared --enable-static --enable-libxcb \
 		--enable-libpulse --enable-libfreetype --enable-libmodplug \
 		--enable-libspeex --enable-libcelt --enable-libass \
-		--enable-libopus --enable-librtmp \
+		--enable-libopus --enable-librtmp  $(vopt_enable nvenc) \
 		$(vopt_if faac '--enable-nonfree --enable-libfaac') \
 		$(vopt_if fdk_aac '--enable-nonfree --enable-libfdk-aac') \
 		--disable-libopencore_amrnb --disable-libopencore_amrwb \