diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg-full/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg-full/default.nix
index 0f6ffe51d85..26bc727dfde 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg-full/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg-full/default.nix
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 , libxcbshapeExtlib ? true # X11 grabbing shape rendering
 , libXv ? null # Xlib support
 , lzma ? null # xz-utils
-#, nvenc ? null # NVIDIA NVENC support
+, nvenc ? false, nvidia-video-sdk ? null # NVIDIA NVENC support
 , openal ? null # OpenAL 1.1 capture support
 #, opencl ? null # OpenCL code
 #, opencore-amr ? null # AMR-NB de/encoder & AMR-WB decoder
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ assert libxcbshapeExtlib -> libxcb != null;
 assert openglExtlib -> mesa != null;
 assert opensslExtlib -> gnutls == null && openssl != null && nonfreeLicensing;
 assert x11grabExtlib -> libX11 != null && libXv != null;
+assert nvenc -> nvidia-video-sdk != null && nonfreeLicensing;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "ffmpeg-full-${version}";
@@ -356,7 +357,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     (enableFeature libxcbxfixesExtlib "libxcb-xfixes")
     (enableFeature libxcbshapeExtlib "libxcb-shape")
     (enableFeature (lzma != null) "lzma")
-    #(enableFeature nvenc "nvenc")
+    (enableFeature nvenc "nvenc")
     (enableFeature (openal != null) "openal")
     #(enableFeature opencl "opencl")
     #(enableFeature (opencore-amr != null && version3Licensing) "libopencore-amrnb")
@@ -410,6 +411,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ optionals nonfreeLicensing [ faac fdk_aac openssl ]
     ++ optional ((isLinux || isFreeBSD) && libva != null) libva
     ++ optionals isLinux [ alsaLib libraw1394 libv4l ]
+    ++ optionals nvenc [ nvidia-video-sdk ]
     ++ optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ Cocoa CoreServices AVFoundation MediaToolbox
                                    VideoDecodeAcceleration ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/nvidia-video-sdk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/nvidia-video-sdk/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..798f9d3a396
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/nvidia-video-sdk/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, unzip }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "nvidia-video-sdk-6.0.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://developer.nvidia.com/video-sdk-601";
+    name = "nvidia_video_sdk_6.0.1.zip";
+    sha256 = "08h1vnqsv22js9v3pyim5yb80z87baxb7s2g5gsvvjax07j7w8h5";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ unzip ];
+
+  # We only need the header files. The library files are
+  # in the nvidia_x11 driver.
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/include
+    cp -R Samples/common/inc/* $out/include
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "The NVIDIA Video Codec SDK";
+    homepage = https://developer.nvidia.com/nvidia-video-codec-sdk;
+    license = licenses.unfree;
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1402c4b7b9c..6007aa1afb0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8586,6 +8586,8 @@ in
 
   nvidia-texture-tools = callPackage ../development/libraries/nvidia-texture-tools { };
 
+  nvidia-video-sdk = callPackage ../development/libraries/nvidia-video-sdk { };
+
   ocl-icd = callPackage ../development/libraries/ocl-icd { };
 
   ode = callPackage ../development/libraries/ode { };