diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bb91ca5beb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchgit, freetype, pkgconfig, freefont_ttf, ffmpeg, libass
+, lua5, perl, libpthreadstubs
+, python3, docutils, which
+, x11Support ? true, libX11 ? null, libXext ? null, mesa ? null, libXxf86vm ? null
+, xineramaSupport ? true, libXinerama ? null
+, xvSupport ? true, libXv ? null
+, sdl2Support? true, SDL2 ? null
+, alsaSupport ? true, alsaLib ? null
+, screenSaverSupport ? true, libXScrnSaver ? null
+, vdpauSupport ? true, libvdpau ? null
+, dvdreadSupport? true, libdvdread ? null
+, dvdnavSupport ? true, libdvdnav ? null
+, bluraySupport ? true, libbluray ? null
+, speexSupport ? true, speex ? null
+, theoraSupport ? true, libtheora ? null
+, jackaudioSupport ? true, jackaudio ? null
+, pulseSupport ? true, pulseaudio ? null
+, bs2bSupport ? false, libbs2b ? null
+# For screenshots
+, libpngSupport ? true, libpng ? null
+# for Youtube support
+, quviSupport? false, libquvi ? null
+, cacaSupport? false, libcaca ? null
+}:
+
+assert x11Support -> (libX11 != null && libXext != null && mesa != null && libXxf86vm != null);
+assert xineramaSupport -> (libXinerama != null && x11Support);
+assert xvSupport -> (libXv != null && x11Support);
+assert sdl2Support -> SDL2 != null;
+assert alsaSupport -> alsaLib != null;
+assert screenSaverSupport -> libXScrnSaver != null;
+assert vdpauSupport -> libvdpau != null;
+assert dvdreadSupport -> libdvdread != null;
+assert dvdnavSupport -> libdvdnav != null;
+assert bluraySupport -> libbluray != null;
+assert speexSupport -> speex != null;
+assert theoraSupport -> libtheora != null;
+assert jackaudioSupport -> jackaudio != null;
+assert pulseSupport -> pulseaudio != null;
+assert bs2bSupport -> libbs2b != null;
+assert libpngSupport -> libpng != null;
+assert quviSupport -> libquvi != null;
+assert cacaSupport -> libcaca != null;
+
+# Purity problem: Waf needed to be is downloaded by bootstrap.py
+# but by purity reasons it should be avoided; thanks the-kenny to point it out!
+# Now, it will just download and package Waf, mimetizing bootstrap.py behaviour
+
+let 
+  waf = fetchurl {
+    url = https://waf.googlecode.com/files/waf-1.7.13;
+    sha256 = "03cc750049350ee01cdbc584b70924e333fcc17ba4a2d04648dab1535538a873";
+};
+
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "mpv-20130812";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv.git";
+    rev = "62925a5c15a76568c155259bafa1361ec139c66b";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = with stdenv.lib;
+    [ waf freetype pkgconfig ffmpeg libass docutils which libpthreadstubs ]
+    ++ optionals x11Support [ libX11 libXext mesa libXxf86vm ]
+    ++ optional alsaSupport alsaLib
+    ++ optional xvSupport libXv
+    ++ optional theoraSupport libtheora
+    ++ optional xineramaSupport libXinerama
+    ++ optional dvdreadSupport libdvdread
+    ++ optionals dvdnavSupport [ libdvdnav libdvdnav.libdvdread ]
+    ++ optional bluraySupport libbluray
+    ++ optional jackaudioSupport jackaudio
+    ++ optional pulseSupport pulseaudio
+    ++ optional screenSaverSupport libXScrnSaver
+    ++ optional vdpauSupport libvdpau
+    ++ optional speexSupport speex
+    ++ optional bs2bSupport libbs2b
+    ++ optional libpngSupport libpng
+    ++ optional quviSupport libquvi
+    ++ optional sdl2Support SDL2
+    ++ optional cacaSupport libcaca
+    ;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ python3 lua5 perl ];
+
+
+# There are almost no need of "configure flags", but some libraries
+# weren't detected; see the TODO comments below
+
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optionalString x11Support "-lX11 -lXext";
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  configurePhase = ''
+    python3 ${waf} configure --prefix=$out
+    patchShebangs TOOLS
+  '';
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    python3 ${waf} build
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    python3 ${waf} install
+    # Maybe not needed, but it doesn't hurt anyway: a standard font
+    mkdir -p $out/share/mpv
+    ln -s ${freefont_ttf}/share/fonts/truetype/FreeSans.ttf  $out/share/mpv/subfont.ttf 
+    '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A movie player that supports many video formats (MPlayer and mplayer2 fork)";
+    longDescription = ''
+    mpv is a free and open-source general-purpose video player, based on the MPlayer and mplayer2 projects, with great improvements above both.
+    '';
+    homepage = "http://mpv.io";
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
+
+# Heavily based on mplayer2 expression
+
+# TODO: Wayland support
+# TODO: investigate libquvi support: it isn't detected by Waf script!
+# TODO: investigate caca support: it isn't detected by Waf script!
+# TODO: a more systematic way to test this package
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4f5c7edd509..a649f269eec 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8508,6 +8508,13 @@ let
       # !!! should depend on MPlayer
     };
 
+  mpv = callPackage ../applications/video/mpv {
+    ffmpeg = ffmpeg_1;
+    bs2bSupport = true;
+    quviSupport = true;
+    cacaSupport = true;
+  };
+
   mrxvt = callPackage ../applications/misc/mrxvt { };
 
   multisync = callPackage ../applications/misc/multisync {