diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/default.nix
index aa17cf183e34..58628aa1f8e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, makeWrapper
-, docutils, perl, pkgconfig, python3, which, ffmpeg
+, docutils, perl, pkgconfig, python3, which, ffmpeg_4
 , freefont_ttf, freetype, libass, libpthreadstubs
 , lua, luasocket, libuchardet, libiconv ? null, darwin
 
@@ -83,22 +83,15 @@ let
   };
 in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "mpv-${version}";
-  version = "0.27.2";
+  version = "0.28.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "mpv-player";
     repo  = "mpv";
     rev    = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1ivyyqajkxq5c1zxp0dm7pljvianhgvwl3dbghgpzyrch59k5wnr";
+    sha256 = "0bldxhqjz7z9fgvx4k40l49awpay17fscp8ypswb459yicy8npmg";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/commit/2ecf240b1cd20875991a5b18efafbe799864ff7f.patch";
-      sha256 = "1sr0770rvhsgz8d7ysr9qqp4g9gwdhgj8g3rgnz90wl49lgrykhb";
-    })
-  ];
-
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs ./TOOLS/
   '';
@@ -131,7 +124,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    ffmpeg freetype libass libpthreadstubs
+    ffmpeg_4 freetype libass libpthreadstubs
     lua luasocket libuchardet
   ] ++ optional alsaSupport        alsaLib
     ++ optional xvSupport          libXv
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 530639d757de..c5de220eaad4 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 c4421b997e43..eb37b8a1744f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8870,6 +8870,10 @@ 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;