diff --git a/media-video/vlc/metadata.xml b/media-video/vlc/metadata.xml
index 2c87fbf15408d..f9ee39a780e32 100644
--- a/media-video/vlc/metadata.xml
+++ b/media-video/vlc/metadata.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 		<flag name="gstreamer">Enable GStreamer based decoding support (currently supports only video decoding)</flag>
 		<flag name="kate">Adds support for Ogg Kate subtitles via libkate</flag>
 		<flag name="kms">Enable kernel mode setting video output plugin via <pkg>x11-libs/libdrm</pkg></flag>
+		<flag name="libplacebo">Enable support for GPU accelerated video rendering with <pkg>media-libs/libplacebo</pkg></flag>
 		<flag name="libtar">Uses libtar instead of the built-in tar reader for reading custom skins</flag>
 		<flag name="libtiger">Enable Ogg Kate subtitles rendering using libtiger</flag>
 		<flag name="linsys">Enable support for Linux Linear Systems Ltd. SDI and HD-SDI input cards</flag>
diff --git a/media-video/vlc/vlc-3.0.9999.ebuild b/media-video/vlc/vlc-3.0.9999.ebuild
index fdde9d6a3eaf8..e5550b36b1a2e 100644
--- a/media-video/vlc/vlc-3.0.9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/vlc/vlc-3.0.9999.ebuild
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ SLOT="0/5-9" # vlc - vlccore
 IUSE="a52 alsa altivec aom archive aribsub bidi bluray cddb chromaprint chromecast
 	dav1d dbus dc1394 debug directx dts +dvbpsi dvd +encode faad fdk +ffmpeg flac
 	fluidsynth fontconfig +gcrypt gme gnome-keyring gstreamer ieee1394 jack jpeg kate
-	libass libav libcaca libnotify +libsamplerate libtar libtiger linsys lirc live lua
-	macosx-notifications macosx-qtkit mad matroska modplug mp3 mpeg mtp musepack ncurses
-	neon nfs ogg omxil opencv optimisememory opus png postproc projectm pulseaudio +qt5
-	rdp run-as-root samba sdl-image sftp shout sid skins soxr speex srt ssl
+	libass libav libcaca libnotify libplacebo +libsamplerate libtar libtiger linsys lirc
+	live lua macosx-notifications macosx-qtkit mad matroska modplug mp3 mpeg mtp musepack
+	ncurses neon nfs ogg omxil opencv optimisememory opus png postproc projectm pulseaudio
+	+qt5 rdp run-as-root samba sdl-image sftp shout sid skins soxr speex srt ssl
 	svg taglib theora tremor truetype twolame udev upnp vaapi v4l vdpau vnc vorbis vpx
 	wayland +X x264 x265 xml zeroconf zvbi cpu_flags_x86_mmx cpu_flags_x86_sse
 "
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		$(use_enable libass)
 		$(use_enable libcaca caca)
 		$(use_enable libnotify notify)
+		$(use_enable libplacebo)
 		$(use_enable libsamplerate samplerate)
 		$(use_enable libtar)
 		$(use_enable libtiger tiger)
@@ -405,7 +406,6 @@ src_configure() {
 		--disable-goom
 		--disable-kai
 		--disable-kva
-		--disable-libplacebo
 		--disable-maintainer-mode
 		--disable-merge-ffmpeg
 		--disable-mfx
diff --git a/media-video/vlc/vlc-9999.ebuild b/media-video/vlc/vlc-9999.ebuild
index 9354de3beaf1d..b37552b3a988b 100644
--- a/media-video/vlc/vlc-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/vlc/vlc-9999.ebuild
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ SLOT="0/12-9" # vlc - vlccore
 IUSE="a52 alsa altivec aom archive aribsub bidi bluray cddb chromaprint chromecast
 	dav1d dbus dc1394 debug directx dts +dvbpsi dvd +encode faad fdk +ffmpeg flac
 	fluidsynth fontconfig +gcrypt gme gnome-keyring gstreamer ieee1394 jack jpeg kate kms
-	libass libav libcaca libnotify +libsamplerate libtar libtiger linsys lirc live lua
-	macosx-notifications mad matroska modplug mp3 mpeg mtp musepack ncurses
-	neon nfs ogg omxil opencv optimisememory opus png postproc projectm pulseaudio +qt5
-	rdp run-as-root samba sdl-image sftp shout sid skins soxr speex srt ssl
+	libass libav libcaca libnotify libplacebo +libsamplerate libtar libtiger linsys lirc
+	live lua macosx-notifications mad matroska modplug mp3 mpeg mtp musepack ncurses
+	neon nfs ogg omxil opencv optimisememory opus png postproc projectm pulseaudio
+	+qt5 rdp run-as-root samba sdl-image sftp shout sid skins soxr speex srt ssl
 	svg taglib theora tremor truetype twolame udev upnp vaapi v4l vdpau vnc vorbis vpx
 	wayland +X x264 x265 xml zeroconf zvbi cpu_flags_x86_mmx cpu_flags_x86_sse
 "
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		$(use_enable libass)
 		$(use_enable libcaca caca)
 		$(use_enable libnotify notify)
+		$(use_enable libplacebo)
 		$(use_enable libsamplerate samplerate)
 		$(use_enable libtar)
 		$(use_enable libtiger tiger)
@@ -404,7 +405,6 @@ src_configure() {
 		--disable-goom
 		--disable-kai
 		--disable-kva
-		--disable-libplacebo
 		--disable-maintainer-mode
 		--disable-merge-ffmpeg
 		--disable-mfx