diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/default.nix
index 61e3a7d895d..cefd5b66aed 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/default.nix
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@
 , vapoursynthSupport ? false, vapoursynth   ? null
 , archiveSupport     ? false, libarchive    ? null
 , jackaudioSupport   ? false, libjack2      ? null
-
-# scripts you want to be loaded by default
-, scripts ? []
 }:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
@@ -180,7 +177,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ln -s ${freefont_ttf}/share/fonts/truetype/FreeSans.ttf $out/share/mpv/subfont.ttf
     # Ensure youtube-dl is available in $PATH for MPV
     wrapProgram $out/bin/mpv \
-      --add-flags "--scripts=${concatStringsSep "," scripts}" \
       --prefix LUA_PATH : "${luaPath}" \
       --prefix LUA_CPATH : "${luaCPath}" \
   '' + optionalString youtubeSupport ''
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/mpris.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/mpris.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e98ba9bdc3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/mpris.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig, gobjectIntrospection, mpv }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "mpv-mpris-${version}.so";
+  version = "0.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "hoyon";
+    repo = "mpv-mpris";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0rsbrbv5q7vki59wdlx4cdkd0vvd79qgbjvdb3fn3li7aznvjwiy";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ gobjectIntrospection mpv ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    cp mpris.so $out
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "MPRIS plugin for mpv";
+    homepage = https://github.com/hoyon/mpv-mpris;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jfrankenau ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/wrapper.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..624c06414fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/wrapper.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{ stdenv, symlinkJoin, makeWrapper, mpv, scripts ? [] }:
+
+symlinkJoin {
+  name = "mpv-with-scripts-${mpv.version}";
+
+  paths = [ mpv ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+
+  postBuild = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/mpv \
+      --add-flags "${stdenv.lib.concatMapStringsSep " " (x: "--script=" + x) scripts}"
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index aabe94fef4c..3afb13b28fb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17374,8 +17374,11 @@ with pkgs;
     xvSupport          = !stdenv.isDarwin;
   };
 
+  mpv-with-scripts = callPackage ../applications/video/mpv/wrapper.nix { };
+
   mpvScripts = {
     convert = callPackage ../applications/video/mpv/scripts/convert.nix {};
+    mpris = callPackage ../applications/video/mpv/scripts/mpris.nix {};
   };
 
   mrpeach = callPackage ../applications/audio/pd-plugins/mrpeach { };