diff --git a/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-3.4.1.ebuild b/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-3.4.1.ebuild
index 5fc93de56d55f..4e76b854556ce 100644
--- a/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-3.4.1.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-3.4.1.ebuild
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ FFMPEG_FLAG_MAP=(
 		speex:libspeex svg:librsvg vorbis:libvorbis
 		vpx:libvpx zvbi:libzvbi
 		# libavfilter options
+		appkit
 		bs2b:libbs2b chromaprint flite:libflite frei0r
 		fribidi:libfribidi fontconfig ladspa libass truetype:libfreetype
 		rubberband:librubberband zeromq:libzmq zimg:libzimg
diff --git a/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-9999.ebuild b/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-9999.ebuild
index 90e95767dd7fe..8c98ce138b09c 100644
--- a/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-9999.ebuild
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ FFMPEG_FLAG_MAP=(
 		speex:libspeex svg:librsvg vorbis:libvorbis
 		vpx:libvpx zvbi:libzvbi
 		# libavfilter options
+		appkit
 		bs2b:libbs2b chromaprint flite:libflite frei0r
 		fribidi:libfribidi fontconfig ladspa libass truetype:libfreetype
 		rubberband:librubberband zeromq:libzmq zimg:libzimg
diff --git a/media-video/ffmpeg/metadata.xml b/media-video/ffmpeg/metadata.xml
index a23d63c7c238e..e55fc74c41559 100644
--- a/media-video/ffmpeg/metadata.xml
+++ b/media-video/ffmpeg/metadata.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 <use>
 	<flag name="amr">Enables Adaptive Multi-Rate Audio support</flag>
 	<flag name="amrenc">Enables Adaptive Multi-Rate Audio encoding support with <pkg>media-libs/vo-amrwbenc</pkg>.</flag>
+	<flag name="appkit">Enables Apple AppKit framework</flag>
 	<flag name="armv5te">Enables optimizations for armv5te processors.</flag>
 	<flag name="armv6">Enables optimizations for armv6 processors.</flag>
 	<flag name="armv6t2">Enables optimizations for armv6t2 processors.</flag>