diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/xe/xevd/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/xe/xevd/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8cf6d20fbfe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/xe/xevd/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch2,
+  stdenv,
+  gitUpdater,
+  cmake,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "xevd";
+  version = "0.4.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mpeg5";
+    repo = "xevd";
+    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-+qC/BnP8o/kfl5ax+g1PohvXIJBL2gin/QZ9Gkvi0WU=";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      name = "fix dangling pointer error";
+      url = "https://github.com/mpeg5/xevd/commit/13b86a74e26df979dd1cc3a1cb19bf1ac828e197.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-CeSfhN78ldooyZ9H4F2ex9wTBFXuNZdBcnLdk7GqDXI=";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      name = "fix invalid comparison of c_buf in write_y4m_header ";
+      url = "https://github.com/mpeg5/xevd/commit/e4ae0c567a6ec5e10c9f5ed44c61e4e3b6816c16.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-9bG6hyIV/AZ0mRbd3Fc/c137Xm1i6NJ1IfuGadG0vUU=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    echo v$version > version.txt
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    ln $dev/include/xevd/* $dev/include/
+  '';
+
+  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString [ "-lm" ];
+
+  outputs = [
+    "out"
+    "lib"
+    "dev"
+  ];
+
+  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater { rev-prefix = "v"; };
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/mpeg5/xevd";
+    description = "eXtra-fast Essential Video Decoder, MPEG-5 EVC";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    mainProgram = "xevd_app";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ jopejoe1 ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+    broken = !stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/xe/xeve/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/xe/xeve/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5132656e58c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/xe/xeve/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  gitUpdater,
+  stdenv,
+  cmake,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "xeve";
+  version = "0.4.3";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mpeg5";
+    repo = "xeve";
+    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-8YueEx2oIh24jV38bzpDlCVHNZB7HDOXeP5MANM8zBc=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    echo v$version > version.txt
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    ln $dev/include/xeve/* $dev/include/
+  '';
+
+  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString [ "-lm" ];
+
+  outputs = [
+    "out"
+    "lib"
+    "dev"
+  ];
+
+  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater { rev-prefix = "v"; };
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/mpeg5/xeve";
+    description = "eXtra-fast Essential Video Encoder, MPEG-5 EVC";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    mainProgram = "xeve_app";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ jopejoe1 ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+    broken = !stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
index 977bee80fa09..85214a79e2d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@
 , withXcbShape ? withFullDeps # X11 grabbing shape rendering
 , withXcbShm ? withFullDeps # X11 grabbing shm communication
 , withXcbxfixes ? withFullDeps # X11 grabbing mouse rendering
+, withXevd ? withFullDeps && lib.versionAtLeast version "7" && stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86 # MPEG-5 EVC decoding
+, withXeve ? withFullDeps && lib.versionAtLeast version "7" && stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86 # MPEG-5 EVC encoding
 , withXlib ? withFullDeps # Xlib support
 , withXml2 ? withFullDeps # libxml2 support, for IMF and DASH demuxers
 , withXvid ? withHeadlessDeps && withGPL # Xvid encoder, native encoder exists
@@ -283,6 +285,8 @@
 , x264
 , x265
 , xavs
+, xevd
+, xeve
 , xvidcore
 , xz
 , zeromq4
@@ -595,6 +599,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     (enableFeature withXcbShape "libxcb-shape")
     (enableFeature withXcbShm "libxcb-shm")
     (enableFeature withXcbxfixes "libxcb-xfixes")
+  ] ++ optionals (versionAtLeast version "7")  [
+    (enableFeature withXevd "libxevd")
+    (enableFeature withXeve "libxeve")
+  ] ++ [
     (enableFeature withXlib "xlib")
     (enableFeature withXml2 "libxml2")
     (enableFeature withXvid "libxvid")
@@ -706,6 +714,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ++ optionals withX265 [ x265 ]
   ++ optionals withXavs [ xavs ]
   ++ optionals withXcb [ libxcb ]
+  ++ optionals withXevd [ xevd ]
+  ++ optionals withXeve [ xeve ]
   ++ optionals withXlib [ libX11 libXv libXext ]
   ++ optionals withXml2 [ libxml2 ]
   ++ optionals withXvid [ xvidcore ]