diff --git a/package/ffmpeg/Config.in b/package/ffmpeg/Config.in
index 33baff262e..2efef7dd86 100644
--- a/package/ffmpeg/Config.in
+++ b/package/ffmpeg/Config.in
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG_FFPROBE
 	  FFprobe is a utility to determine the audio and video
 	  characteristics of a container file.
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG_XCBGRAB
+	bool "Build X11 screen grabbing"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_XORG7
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCB
+	help
+	  X11 screen grabbing using libxcb.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG_AVRESAMPLE
 	bool "Build libavresample"
 	help
diff --git a/package/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.mk b/package/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.mk
index b7148bbba2..96455cb978 100644
--- a/package/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.mk
+++ b/package/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.mk
@@ -96,6 +96,17 @@ else
 FFMPEG_CONF_OPTS += --disable-ffprobe
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG_XCBGRAB),y)
+FFMPEG_CONF_OPTS += \
+	--enable-libxcb \
+	--enable-libxcb-shape \
+	--enable-libxcb-shm \
+	--enable-libxcb-xfixes
+FFMPEG_DEPENDENCIES += libxcb
+else
+FFMPEG_CONF_OPTS += --disable-libxcb
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG_POSTPROC),y)
 FFMPEG_CONF_OPTS += --enable-postproc
 else