diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg-sixel/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg-sixel/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dced5582cf63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg-sixel/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig, perl, libsixel, yasm
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+
+  name = "ffmpeg-sixel-${version}";
+  version = "nightly-2.3.x";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "saitoha";
+    repo = "FFmpeg-SIXEL";
+    rev = "8566fdb8b7516b54aed58f329dc216e06fc10052";
+    sha256 = "00s2lggfdj2ibpngpyqqg7360p7yb69ys1ppg59yvv0m0mxk5x3k";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    pkgconfig
+    libsixel
+    yasm
+  ];
+
+  configurePhase = ''
+    ./configure --enable-libsixel --prefix=$out
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mv $out/bin/ffmpeg $out/bin/ffmpeg-sixel
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video, extended to support console graphics";
+    homepage = http://www.ffmpeg.org/;
+    license = licenses.lgpl3;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ vrthra ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 94f1ac9d3c29..530ccb5d1598 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6961,6 +6961,8 @@ in
 
   ffmpegthumbnailer = callPackage ../development/libraries/ffmpegthumbnailer { };
 
+  ffmpeg-sixel = callPackage ../development/libraries/ffmpeg-sixel { };
+
   ffms = callPackage ../development/libraries/ffms { };
 
   fftw = callPackage ../development/libraries/fftw { };