diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/nv-codec-headers/12_x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/nv-codec-headers/12_x.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1ad0076eeb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/nv-codec-headers/12_x.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv
+, lib
+, fetchgit
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "nv-codec-headers";
+  version = "12.0.16.0";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://git.videolan.org/git/ffmpeg/nv-codec-headers.git";
+    rev = "n${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-8YZU9pb0kzat0JBVEotaZUkNicQvLNIrIyPU9KTTjwg=";
+  };
+
+  makeFlags = [
+    "PREFIX=$(out)"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "FFmpeg version of headers for NVENC";
+    homepage = "https://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg/nv-codec-headers.git";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ MP2E ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b87dde10d79..2c789eebb68 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -23465,6 +23465,7 @@ with pkgs;
   nv-codec-headers = callPackage ../development/libraries/nv-codec-headers { };
   nv-codec-headers-10 = callPackage ../development/libraries/nv-codec-headers/10_x.nix { };
   nv-codec-headers-11 = callPackage ../development/libraries/nv-codec-headers/11_x.nix { };
+  nv-codec-headers-12 = callPackage ../development/libraries/nv-codec-headers/12_x.nix { };
 
   mkNvidiaContainerPkg = { name, containerRuntimePath, configTemplate, additionalPaths ? [] }:
     let