diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg-full/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg-full/default.nix
index 6f6db3e86cfe..8d2144f10395 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg-full/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg-full/default.nix
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
 , opencore-amr ? null # AMR-NB de/encoder & AMR-WB decoder
 #, opencv ? null # Video filtering
 , openglExtlib ? false, libGL ? null, libGLU ? null # OpenGL rendering
-#, openh264 ? null # H.264/AVC encoder
+, openh264 ? null # H.264/AVC encoder
 , openjpeg ? null # JPEG 2000 de/encoder
 , opensslExtlib ? false, openssl ? null
 , libpulseaudio ? null # Pulseaudio input support
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
  *
  * Not packaged:
  *   aacplus avisynth cdio-paranoia crystalhd libavc1394 libiec61883
- *   libnut libquvi nvenc opencl openh264 oss shine twolame
+ *   libnut libquvi nvenc opencl oss shine twolame
  *   utvideo vo-aacenc vo-amrwbenc xvmc zvbi blackmagic-design-desktop-video
  *
  * Need fixes to support Darwin:
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     (enableFeature (opencore-amr != null && version3Licensing) "libopencore-amrnb")
     #(enableFeature (opencv != null) "libopencv")
     (enableFeature openglExtlib "opengl")
-    #(enableFeature (openh264 != null) "openh264")
+    (enableFeature (openh264 != null) "libopenh264")
     (enableFeature (openjpeg != null) "libopenjpeg")
     (enableFeature (opensslExtlib && gplLicensing) "openssl")
     (enableFeature (libpulseaudio != null) "libpulse")
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libogg libopus librsvg libssh libtheora libvdpau libvorbis libvpx libwebp libX11
     libxcb libXv libXext xz openal openjpeg libpulseaudio rav1e svt-av1 rtmpdump opencore-amr
     samba SDL2 soxr speex srt vid-stab vo-amrwbenc x264 x265 xavs xvidcore
-    zeromq4 zimg zlib
+    zeromq4 zimg zlib openh264
   ] ++ optionals openglExtlib [ libGL libGLU ]
     ++ optionals nonfreeLicensing [ fdk_aac openssl ]
     ++ optional ((isLinux || isFreeBSD) && libva != null) libva