diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix
index 7e51cf94f1c..0e0b4ece07a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/vlc/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, perl, xlibs, libdvdnav
-, zlib, mpeg2dec, a52dec, libmad, ffmpeg, alsa
-, pkgconfig, dbus, hal, fribidi, qt4
+, zlib, a52dec, libmad, ffmpeg, alsa
+, pkgconfig, dbus, hal, fribidi, qt4, freefont_ttf
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -17,7 +17,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     pkgconfig dbus hal fribidi qt4
   ];
 
-  configureFlags = "--enable-alsa --disable-glx --disable-remoteosd";
+  configureFlags = "--enable-alsa --disable-glx --disable-remoteosd --enable-faad";
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    substituteInPlace modules/misc/freetype.c --replace \
+      /usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSerifBold.ttf \
+      ${freefont_ttf}/share/fonts/truetype/FreeSerifBold.ttf
+  '';
 
   meta = {
     description = "Cross-platform media player and streaming server";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/faad2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/faad2/default.nix
index 23566428529..733724f2a42 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/faad2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/faad2/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
-args:
-args.stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "faad2-2.6.1";
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
 
-  src = args.fetchurl {
-    url = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/faac/faad2-2.6.1.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "0p1870qfpaadphdfphbcfalf6d25r30k3y1f7sa7ly4vq3hc5lla";
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "faad2-2.7";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/faac/faad2-2.7.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "1db37ydb6mxhshbayvirm5vz6j361bjim4nkpwjyhmy4ddfinmhl";
   };
 
-  preConfigure = "./bootstrap";
-
-  buildInputs =(with args; [autoconf automake libtool]);
+  configureFlags = "--disable-static";
 
   meta = {
-      description="AAC audio decoding library";
-      homepage = http://www.audiocoding.com/faad2.html;
-      license = "GPLv2";
+    description = "An open source MPEG-4 and MPEG-2 AAC decoder";
+    homepage = http://www.audiocoding.com/faad2.html;
+    license = "GPLv2";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/default.nix
index 375bf8c26f6..33f003095a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, faad2}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "ffmpeg-0.5";
@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     --enable-swscale
     --disable-ffserver
     --disable-ffplay
+    --enable-libfaad
   '';
 
+  buildInputs = [faad2];
+
   meta = {
     homepage = http://www.ffmpeg.org/;
     description = "A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f100a36f787..2582d326ffc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2861,7 +2861,7 @@ let
   };
 
   faad2 = import ../development/libraries/faad2 {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv autoconf automake libtool;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
   fcgi = import ../development/libraries/fcgi {
@@ -2869,7 +2869,7 @@ let
   };
 
   ffmpeg = import ../development/libraries/ffmpeg {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv faad2;
   };
 
   fftw = import ../development/libraries/fftw {
@@ -8750,8 +8750,8 @@ let
   virtualbox = virtualboxFun null;*/
 
   vlc = import ../applications/video/vlc {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv perl xlibs zlib mpeg2dec a52dec libmad
-      ffmpeg libdvdnav pkgconfig hal fribidi qt4;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv perl xlibs zlib a52dec libmad
+      ffmpeg libdvdnav pkgconfig hal fribidi qt4 freefont_ttf;
     dbus = dbus.libs;
     alsa = alsaLib;
   };