diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/plugins.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/plugins.nix
index 589c0144647..022f4382a49 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/plugins.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/plugins.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, fetchgit, vdr, alsaLib, fetchFromGitHub
 , libvdpau, libxcb, xcbutilwm, graphicsmagick, libav, pcre, xorgserver, ffmpeg
-, libiconv, boost, libgcrypt, perl, utillinux, groff, libva, xorg, ncurses }:
-let
+, libiconv, boost, libgcrypt, perl, utillinux, groff, libva, xorg, ncurses
+, callPackage
+}: let
   mkPlugin = name: stdenv.mkDerivation {
     name = "vdr-${vdr.version}-${name}";
     inherit (vdr) src;
@@ -11,6 +12,8 @@ let
   };
 in {
 
+  xineliboutput = callPackage ./xineliboutput {};
+
   skincurses = (mkPlugin "skincurses").overrideAttrs(oldAttr: {
     buildInputs = oldAttr.buildInputs ++ [ ncurses ];
   });
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/wrapper.nix
index 2272d1605fd..497ad7c77a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/wrapper.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
-{ symlinkJoin, lib, makeWrapper, vdr, plugins ? [] }:
-symlinkJoin {
+{ symlinkJoin, lib, makeWrapper, vdr
+, plugins ? []
+}: let
+
+  makeXinePluginPath = l: lib.concatStringsSep ":" (map (p: "${p}/lib/xine/plugins") l);
+
+  requiredXinePlugins = lib.flatten (map (p: p.passthru.requiredXinePlugins or []) plugins);
+
+in symlinkJoin {
 
   name = "vdr-with-plugins-${(builtins.parseDrvName vdr.name).version}";
 
@@ -8,7 +15,9 @@ symlinkJoin {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
 
   postBuild = ''
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/vdr --add-flags "-L $out/lib/vdr --localedir=$out/share/locale"
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/vdr \
+      --add-flags "-L $out/lib/vdr --localedir=$out/share/locale" \
+      --prefix XINE_PLUGIN_PATH ":" ${makeXinePluginPath requiredXinePlugins}
   '';
 
   meta = with vdr.meta; {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/xineliboutput/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/xineliboutput/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d2215b7e486
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/xineliboutput/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, lib, vdr
+, libav, libcap, libvdpau
+, xineLib, libjpeg, libextractor, mesa_noglu, libGLU
+, libX11, libXext, libXrender, libXrandr
+, makeWrapper
+}: let
+  name = "vdr-xineliboutput-2.1.0";
+
+  makeXinePluginPath = l: lib.concatStringsSep ":" (map (p: "${p}/lib/xine/plugins") l);
+
+  self =  stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    inherit name;
+
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://sourceforge/project/xineliboutput/xineliboutput/${name}/${name}.tgz";
+      sha256 = "1phrxpaz8li7z0qy241spawalhcmwkv5hh3gdijbv4h7mm899yba";
+    };
+
+    # configure don't accept argument --prefix
+    dontAddPrefix = true;
+
+    postConfigure = ''
+      sed -i config.mak \
+        -e 's,XINEPLUGINDIR=/[^/]*/[^/]*/[^/]*/,XINEPLUGINDIR=/,'
+    '';
+
+    makeFlags = [ "DESTDIR=$(out)" ];
+
+    postFixup = ''
+      for f in $out/bin/*; do
+        wrapProgram $f \
+          --prefix XINE_PLUGIN_PATH ":" "${makeXinePluginPath [ "$out" xineLib ]}"
+      done
+    '';
+
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+
+    buildInputs = [
+      libav
+      libcap
+      libextractor
+      libjpeg
+      libGLU
+      libvdpau
+      libXext
+      libXrandr
+      libXrender
+      libX11
+      mesa_noglu
+      vdr
+      xineLib
+    ];
+
+    passthru.requiredXinePlugins = [ xineLib self ];
+
+    meta = with lib;{
+      homepage = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/xineliboutput/";
+      description = "Xine-lib based software output device for VDR";
+      maintainers = [ maintainers.ck3d ];
+      license = licenses.gpl2;
+      inherit (vdr.meta) platforms;
+    };
+  };
+in self
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/xine-lib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/xine-lib/default.nix
index d86dac05073..fd772a1ff9d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/xine-lib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/xine-lib/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, xorg, alsaLib, libGLU_combined, aalib
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, pkgconfig, xorg, alsaLib, libGLU_combined, aalib
 , libvorbis, libtheora, speex, zlib, perl, ffmpeg
 , flac, libcaca, libpulseaudio, libmng, libcdio, libv4l, vcdimager
 , libmpcdec
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libcaca libpulseaudio libmng libcdio libv4l vcdimager libmpcdec
   ];
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "0001-fix-XINE_PLUGIN_PATH-splitting.patch";
+      url = "https://sourceforge.net/p/xine/mailman/attachment/32394053-5e27-6558-f0c9-49e0da0bc3cc%40gmx.de/1/";
+      sha256 = "0nrsdn7myvjs8fl9rj6k4g1bnv0a84prsscg1q9n49gwn339v5rc";
+    })
+  ];
+
   NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lxcb-shm";
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [zlib];