diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/3.0.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/3.0.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e7d28bfc438
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/3.0.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{ callPackage, ... } @ args:
+
+callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
+  version = "${branch}";
+  branch = "3.0";
+  sha256 = "1h0k05cj6j0nd2i16z7hc5scpwsbg3sfx68lvm0nlwvz5xxgg7zi";
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9eaaab0b0e8..d7d70795530 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6716,11 +6716,15 @@ let
   ffmpeg_2_8 = callPackage ../development/libraries/ffmpeg/2.8.nix {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Cocoa;
   };
+  ffmpeg_3_0 = callPackage ../development/libraries/ffmpeg/3.0.nix {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Cocoa;
+  };
   # Aliases
   ffmpeg_0 = ffmpeg_0_10;
   ffmpeg_1 = ffmpeg_1_2;
   ffmpeg_2 = ffmpeg_2_8;
-  ffmpeg = ffmpeg_2;
+  ffmpeg_3 = ffmpeg_3_0;
+  ffmpeg = ffmpeg_3;
 
   ffmpeg-full = callPackage ../development/libraries/ffmpeg-full {
     # The following need to be fixed on Darwin