diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/default.nix
index 7d349f31e04..07ce30d6319 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ callPackage }:
+{ callPackage, libva-full }:
 
 rec {
   gstreamer = callPackage ./core { };
@@ -17,5 +17,8 @@ rec {
 
   gst-editing-services = callPackage ./ges { inherit gnonlin; };
 
-  gst-vaapi = callPackage ./vaapi { inherit gst-plugins-base gstreamer gst-plugins-bad; };
+  gst-vaapi = callPackage ./vaapi {
+    inherit gst-plugins-base gstreamer gst-plugins-bad;
+    libva = libva-full; # looks also for libva-{x11,wayland}
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/vaapi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/vaapi/default.nix
index 349b5093a3b..93c9b9a59b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/vaapi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gstreamer/vaapi/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gst-plugins-base, bzip2, libva
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gst-plugins-base, bzip2, libva, wayland
 , libdrm, udev, xorg, mesa, yasm, gstreamer, gst-plugins-bad, nasm
 , libvpx
 }:
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = with stdenv.lib; [ pkgconfig bzip2 ];
 
-  buildInputs = with stdenv.lib; [ gstreamer gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-bad libva libdrm udev
-    xorg.libX11 xorg.libXext xorg.libXv xorg.libXrandr xorg.libSM xorg.libICE mesa nasm libvpx ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    gstreamer gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-bad libva wayland libdrm udev
+    xorg.libX11 xorg.libXext xorg.libXv xorg.libXrandr xorg.libSM xorg.libICE mesa nasm libvpx
+  ];
 
   preConfigure = "
     export GST_PLUGIN_PATH_1_0=$out/lib/gstreamer-1.0
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libav/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libav/default.nix
index 5b1aa2f4284..a3d2d3fde30 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libav/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libav/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 , x264Support   ? false,  x264      ? null
 , xvidSupport   ? true,   xvidcore  ? null
 , faacSupport   ? false,  faac      ? null
-, vaapiSupport  ? false,  libva     ? null # ToDo: it has huge closure
+, vaapiSupport  ? true,   libva     ? null
 , vdpauSupport  ? true,   libvdpau  ? null
 , freetypeSupport ? true, freetype  ? null # it's small and almost everywhere
 , SDL # only for avplay in $bin, adds nontrivial closure to it
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libva/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libva/default.nix
index 12de07ced32..ff44b157eaf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libva/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libva/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, libX11, pkgconfig, libXext, libdrm, libXfixes, wayland, libffi
-, mesa ? null
+, mesa_noglu
+, minimal ? true, libva
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -10,9 +11,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0bjfb5s8dk3lql843l91ffxzlq47isqks5sj19cxh7j3nhzw58kz";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ libX11 libXext pkgconfig libdrm libXfixes wayland libffi mesa ];
+  outputs = [ "dev" "out" "bin" ];
 
-  configureFlags = stdenv.lib.optional (mesa != null) "--enable-glx";
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ libdrm ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (!minimal) [ libva libX11 libXext libXfixes wayland libffi mesa_noglu ];
+  # TODO: share libs between minimal and !minimal - perhaps just symlink them
+
+  #configureFlags = stdenv.lib.optional (mesa != null) "--enable-glx";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/vaapi;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f5936c47889..76de3c30264 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6365,9 +6365,7 @@ let
 
   gperftools = callPackage ../development/libraries/gperftools { };
 
-  gst_all_1 = recurseIntoAttrs(callPackage ../development/libraries/gstreamer {
-    callPackage = pkgs.newScope (pkgs // { inherit (pkgs) libav; });
-  });
+  gst_all_1 = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../development/libraries/gstreamer { });
 
   gst_all = {
     inherit (pkgs) gstreamer gnonlin gst_python qt_gstreamer;
@@ -7430,6 +7428,7 @@ let
   });
 
   libva = callPackage ../development/libraries/libva { };
+  libva-full = libva.override { minimal = false; };
 
   libvdpau = callPackage ../development/libraries/libvdpau { };
 
@@ -8350,9 +8349,13 @@ let
     inherit (pythonPackages) gyp;
   };
 
-  vaapiIntel = callPackage ../development/libraries/vaapi-intel { };
+  vaapiIntel = callPackage ../development/libraries/vaapi-intel {
+    libva = libva-full; # also wants libva-{x11,drm,wayland}
+  };
 
-  vaapiVdpau = callPackage ../development/libraries/vaapi-vdpau { };
+  vaapiVdpau = callPackage ../development/libraries/vaapi-vdpau {
+    libva = libva-full; # needs libva-{x11,glx}
+  };
 
   vamp = callPackage ../development/libraries/audio/vamp { };
 
@@ -13092,6 +13095,7 @@ let
 
   vlc = callPackage ../applications/video/vlc {
     ffmpeg = ffmpeg_2;
+    libva = libva-full; # also wants libva-x11
   };
 
   vlc_qt5 = qt5Libs.vlc;