diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/3.0.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/3.0.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..14c29f36bed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/3.0.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{ callPackage, ... } @ args:
+
+callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
+  version = "${branch}.2";
+  branch = "3.0";
+  sha256 = "0dpx15001ha9p8h8vfg1lm9pggbc96kmb546hz88wdac5xycgqrh";
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bc8c8d3b362..4ef7f5dca14 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6947,10 +6947,14 @@ in
   ffmpeg_2_8 = callPackage ../development/libraries/ffmpeg/2.8.nix {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Cocoa;
   };
+  ffmpeg_3_0 = callPackage ../development/libraries/ffmpeg/3.0.nix {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Cocoa;
+  };
   # Aliases
   ffmpeg_0 = self.ffmpeg_0_10;
   ffmpeg_1 = self.ffmpeg_1_2;
   ffmpeg_2 = self.ffmpeg_2_8;
+  ffmpeg_3 = self.ffmpeg_3_0;
   ffmpeg = self.ffmpeg_2;
 
   ffmpeg-full = callPackage ../development/libraries/ffmpeg-full {