diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/4.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/4.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a6e67052cd03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/4.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{ stdenv, callPackage, fetchpatch
+# Darwin frameworks
+, Cocoa, CoreMedia
+, ...
+}@args:
+
+callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
+  version = "${branch}";
+  branch = "4.0";
+  sha256 = "1f3k8nz5ag6szsfhlrz66qm8s1yxk1vphqvcfr4ps4690vckk2ii";
+  darwinFrameworks = [ Cocoa CoreMedia ];
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
index 4a05eab87bd7..b27db14528ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       "--enable-ffmpeg"
       "--disable-ffplay"
       (ifMinVer "0.6" "--enable-ffprobe")
-      "--disable-ffserver"
+      (if reqMin "4" then null else "--disable-ffserver")
     # Libraries
       (ifMinVer "0.6" "--enable-avcodec")
       (ifMinVer "0.6" "--enable-avdevice")
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d4d1ed8d89a1..7856fe4b387e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8818,6 +8818,10 @@ with pkgs;
   ffmpeg_3_4 = callPackage ../development/libraries/ffmpeg/3.4.nix {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Cocoa CoreMedia;
   };
+  ffmpeg_4 = callPackage ../development/libraries/ffmpeg/4.nix {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Cocoa CoreMedia;
+  };
+
   # Aliases
   ffmpeg_0 = ffmpeg_0_10;
   ffmpeg_1 = ffmpeg_1_2;