diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index 894543d3cc..efb016298b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages video)
   #:use-module (gnu packages man)
   #:use-module (gnu packages markup)
   #:use-module (gnu packages maths)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages messaging)
   #:use-module (gnu packages music)
   #:use-module (gnu packages mp3)
   #:use-module (gnu packages multiprecision)
@@ -2751,6 +2752,80 @@ (define-public smplayer
 the last played position, etc.")
     (license license:gpl2+)))
 
+(define-public jellyfin-mpv-shim
+  (package
+    (name "jellyfin-mpv-shim")
+    (version "2.6.0")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (pypi-uri "jellyfin-mpv-shim" version))
+       (sha256
+        (base32 "1cy2sfv84k5nw8bqy4aa7v0hdawp7gk5s7wq850xizqk0sz7cipp"))))
+    (build-system python-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     (list
+      ;; There's no test suite, but the code is ill-behaved and tries to open
+      ;; network connections at module import time, which makes `python
+      ;; setup.py test' fail.
+      #:tests? #f
+      #:phases #~(modify-phases %standard-phases
+                   ;; sanity-check loads console_scripts endpoints, which
+                   ;; launches the program, which makes the build hang.
+                   ;; disable it.
+                   (delete 'sanity-check)
+                   (add-after 'unpack 'disable-updates
+                     (lambda _
+                       (substitute* "jellyfin_mpv_shim/conf.py"
+                         (("check_updates: bool = True")
+                          "check_updates: bool = False")
+                         (("notify_updates: bool = True")
+                          "notify_updates: bool = False"))))
+                   (add-after 'install 'install-desktop-file
+                     (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+                       (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
+                              (apps (string-append out "/share/applications"))
+                              (desktop-base "jellyfin_mpv_shim/integration/")
+                              (package-id
+                               "com.github.iwalton3.jellyfin-mpv-shim"))
+                         (for-each (lambda (size)
+                                     (install-file (format #f
+                                                           "~ajellyfin-~a.png"
+                                                           desktop-base size) apps))
+                                   '(256 128 64 48 32 16))
+                         (install-file (string-append desktop-base package-id
+                                                      ".appdata.xml") apps)
+                         (install-file (string-append desktop-base package-id
+                                                      ".desktop") apps) #t))))))
+    (inputs (list `(,python "tk")
+                  python-jellyfin-apiclient
+                  python-jinja2
+                  python-mpv
+                  python-mpv-jsonipc
+                  python-pypresence
+                  python-pystray
+                  python-requests))
+    (home-page "https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-mpv-shim")
+    (synopsis "Cast media from Jellyfin Mobile and Web apps to MPV")
+    (description "Jellyfin MPV Shim is a cross-platform cast client for
+Jellyfin.  It has support for all your advanced media files without
+transcoding, as well as tons of features which set it apart from other
+multimedia clients.")
+    (license (list
+              ;; jellyfin-mpv-shim
+              license:gpl3
+
+              ;; jellyfin-mpv-shim, and Anime4K, FSRCNNX, NVIDIA Image
+              ;; Scaling, AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution, AMD
+              ;; FidelityFX Contrast Adaptive Sharpening shaders.
+              license:expat
+
+              ;; Static Grain shader.
+              license:public-domain
+
+              ;; KrigBilatera, SSimDownscaler, and NNEDI3 shaders.
+              license:lgpl3+))))
+
 (define-public gallery-dl
   (package
     (name "gallery-dl")
