diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/celluloid/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/celluloid/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d1a9b64d711b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/celluloid/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, meson
+, ninja
+, python3
+, gettext
+, pkgconfig
+, desktop-file-utils
+, wrapGAppsHook
+, appstream-glib
+, epoxy
+, glib
+, gtk3
+, mpv
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "celluloid";
+  version = "0.17";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "celluloid-player";
+    repo = "celluloid";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0pnxjv6n2q6igxdr8wzbahcj7vccw4nfjdk8fjdnaivf2lyrpv2d";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson
+    ninja
+    python3
+    appstream-glib
+    gettext
+    pkgconfig
+    desktop-file-utils
+    wrapGAppsHook
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    epoxy
+    glib
+    gtk3
+    mpv
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    patchShebangs meson-post-install.py src/generate-authors.py
+    sed -i '/gtk-update-icon-cache/s/^/#/' meson-post-install.py
+  '';
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Simple GTK+ frontend for the mpv video player";
+    longDescription = ''
+      GNOME MPV interacts with mpv via the client API exported by libmpv,
+      allowing access to mpv's powerful playback capabilities through an
+      easy-to-use user interface.
+    '';
+    homepage = "https://github.com/celluloid-player/celluloid";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/gnome-mpv/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/gnome-mpv/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a04eebfcc407..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/gnome-mpv/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, meson, ninja, python3
-, gettext, pkgconfig, desktop-file-utils, wrapGAppsHook
-, appstream-glib, epoxy, glib, gtk3, mpv
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "gnome-mpv";
-  version = "0.16";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "celluloid-player";
-    repo = "celluloid";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1fj5mr1dwd07jpnigk7z85xdm6yaf7spbvf60aj3mz12m05b1b2w";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja python3 appstream-glib gettext pkgconfig desktop-file-utils wrapGAppsHook ];
-  buildInputs = [ epoxy glib gtk3 mpv ];
-
-  patches = [
-    # fix appstream validation in sandbox
-    # https://github.com/celluloid-player/celluloid/pull/437
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = https://github.com/celluloid-player/celluloid/commit/5a0b2e892bb715278d309c859a7e521d64433d85.patch;
-      sha256 = "0naci8lr6128yilal39h46yvq9x3la7g7fhvr5xlwyh30iqrbm3i";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    patchShebangs meson_post_install.py
-    patchShebangs src/generate_authors.py
-    sed -i '/gtk-update-icon-cache/s/^/#/' meson_post_install.py
-  '';
-
-  doCheck = true;
-
-  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Simple GTK+ frontend for the mpv video player";
-    longDescription = ''
-      GNOME MPV interacts with mpv via the client API exported by libmpv,
-      allowing access to mpv's powerful playback capabilities through an
-      easy-to-use user interface.
-    '';
-    homepage = "https://github.com/celluloid-player/celluloid";
-    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index f3dbd2efd55b..a7bf2722341b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   gettextWithExpat = gettext; # 2016-02-19
   git-hub = gitAndTools.git-hub; # added 2016-04-29
   glib_networking = glib-networking; # added 2018-02-25
+  gnome-mpv = celluloid; # added 2019-08-22
   gnome-themes-standard = gnome-themes-extra; # added 2018-03-14
   gnome_doc_utils = gnome-doc-utils; # added 2018-02-25
   gnome_themes_standard = gnome-themes-standard; # added 2018-02-25
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 29ac576926a2..cab9cca8bc10 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18602,7 +18602,7 @@ in
 
   gnomecast = callPackage ../applications/video/gnomecast { };
 
-  gnome-mpv = callPackage ../applications/video/gnome-mpv { };
+  celluloid = callPackage ../applications/video/celluloid { };
 
   gnome-recipes = callPackage ../applications/misc/gnome-recipes {
     inherit (gnome3) gnome-online-accounts gnome-autoar;