diff --git a/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-4.0.ebuild b/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-4.0.ebuild
index 0475b16e0c589..848b43d089f65 100644
--- a/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-4.0.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-4.0.ebuild
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ FFMPEG_FLAG_MAP=(
 		# indevs
 		libv4l:libv4l2 pulseaudio:libpulse libdrm
 		# decoders
-		amr:libopencore-amrwb amr:libopencore-amrnb fdk:libfdk-aac
+		amr:libopencore-amrwb amr:libopencore-amrnb fdk:libfdk-aac video_cards_nvidia:ffnvcodec
 		jpeg2k:libopenjpeg bluray:libbluray celt:libcelt gme:libgme gsm:libgsm
 		mmal modplug:libmodplug opus:libopus libilbc librtmp ssh:libssh
 		speex:libspeex svg:librsvg vorbis:libvorbis
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ FFMPEG_FLAG_MAP=(
 # Same as above but for encoders, i.e. they do something only with USE=encode.
 FFMPEG_ENCODER_FLAG_MAP=(
 	amrenc:libvo-amrwbenc mp3:libmp3lame
-	kvazaar:libkvazaar libaom nvenc:nvenc
+	kvazaar:libkvazaar libaom
 	openh264:libopenh264 snappy:libsnappy theora:libtheora twolame:libtwolame
 	wavpack:libwavpack webp:libwebp x264:libx264 x265:libx265 xvid:libxvid
 )
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 		amrenc? ( >=media-libs/vo-amrwbenc-0.1.2-r1[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 		kvazaar? ( media-libs/kvazaar[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 		mp3? ( >=media-sound/lame-3.99.5-r1[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
-		nvenc? ( media-video/nvidia_video_sdk )
 		openh264? ( >=media-libs/openh264-1.4.0-r1[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 		snappy? ( >=app-arch/snappy-1.1.2-r1:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 		theora? (
@@ -235,6 +234,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	svg? ( gnome-base/librsvg:2=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	truetype? ( >=media-libs/freetype-2.5.0.1:2[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	vaapi? ( >=x11-libs/libva-1.2.1-r1[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	video_cards_nvidia? ( media-libs/nv-codec-headers[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	vdpau? ( >=x11-libs/libvdpau-0.7[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	vorbis? (
 		>=media-libs/libvorbis-1.3.3-r1[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
diff --git a/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-9999.ebuild b/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-9999.ebuild
index 398296eb18739..53a1b9bfb06f7 100644
--- a/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-9999.ebuild
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ FFMPEG_FLAG_MAP=(
 		# indevs
 		libv4l:libv4l2 pulseaudio:libpulse libdrm
 		# decoders
-		amr:libopencore-amrwb amr:libopencore-amrnb fdk:libfdk-aac
+		amr:libopencore-amrwb amr:libopencore-amrnb fdk:libfdk-aac video_cards_nvidia:ffnvcodec
 		jpeg2k:libopenjpeg bluray:libbluray celt:libcelt gme:libgme gsm:libgsm
 		mmal modplug:libmodplug opus:libopus libilbc librtmp ssh:libssh
 		speex:libspeex svg:librsvg vorbis:libvorbis
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ FFMPEG_FLAG_MAP=(
 # Same as above but for encoders, i.e. they do something only with USE=encode.
 FFMPEG_ENCODER_FLAG_MAP=(
 	amrenc:libvo-amrwbenc mp3:libmp3lame
-	kvazaar:libkvazaar libaom nvenc:nvenc
+	kvazaar:libkvazaar libaom
 	openh264:libopenh264 snappy:libsnappy theora:libtheora twolame:libtwolame
 	wavpack:libwavpack webp:libwebp x264:libx264 x265:libx265 xvid:libxvid
 )
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 		amrenc? ( >=media-libs/vo-amrwbenc-0.1.2-r1[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 		kvazaar? ( media-libs/kvazaar[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 		mp3? ( >=media-sound/lame-3.99.5-r1[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
-		nvenc? ( media-video/nvidia_video_sdk )
 		openh264? ( >=media-libs/openh264-1.4.0-r1[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 		snappy? ( >=app-arch/snappy-1.1.2-r1:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 		theora? (
@@ -235,6 +234,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	svg? ( gnome-base/librsvg:2=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	truetype? ( >=media-libs/freetype-2.5.0.1:2[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	vaapi? ( >=x11-libs/libva-1.2.1-r1[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	video_cards_nvidia? ( media-libs/nv-codec-headers[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	vdpau? ( >=x11-libs/libvdpau-0.7[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	vorbis? (
 		>=media-libs/libvorbis-1.3.3-r1[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]