diff --git a/Mk/bsd.options.desc.mk b/Mk/bsd.options.desc.mk
index 1bfe31e2e6e0..5757e8382e98 100644
--- a/Mk/bsd.options.desc.mk
+++ b/Mk/bsd.options.desc.mk
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ WMF_DESC?=		Windows Metafile image format support
 WXGTK_DESC?=		wxGTK GUI toolkit support
 X11_DESC?=		X11 (graphics) support
 X264_DESC?=		H.264 video codec support via x264
+X265_DESC?=		H.265 video codec support via x265
 XALAN_DESC?=		Xalan XSLT processor support
 XCURSOR_DESC?=		Cursor themes support
 XERCES_DESC?=		XML parser support via Xerces
diff --git a/multimedia/ffmpeg/Makefile b/multimedia/ffmpeg/Makefile
index b7ff992ba779..6fa23f80e3ac 100644
--- a/multimedia/ffmpeg/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/ffmpeg/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ OPTIONS_DEFINE=	AACPLUS ALSA AMR_NB AMR_WB ASS CDIO CELT DEBUG DOCS FAAC \
 		JACK LAME LIBBLURAY LIBV4L MODPLUG OPENAL OPENCV OPENJPEG OPENSSL \
 		OPTIMIZED_CFLAGS OPUS PULSEAUDIO RTMP SCHROEDINGER SDL SPEEX \
 		THEORA VAAPI VDPAU VO_AACENC VO_AMRWBENC VORBIS VPX \
-		X11GRAB X264 XVID
+		X11GRAB X264 X265 XVID
 
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	FFSERVER FONTCONFIG FREETYPE FREI0R GNUTLS ICONV \
 			OPENCV SCHROEDINGER THEORA VORBIS VPX X264 XVID
@@ -196,6 +196,10 @@ VPX_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	libvpx
 X264_LIB_DEPENDS=	libx264.so:${PORTSDIR}/multimedia/x264
 X264_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	libx264
 
+# x265
+X265_LIB_DEPENDS=	libx265.so:${PORTSDIR}/multimedia/x265
+X265_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	libx265
+
 # xvid
 XVID_LIB_DEPENDS=	libxvidcore.so:${PORTSDIR}/multimedia/xvid
 XVID_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	libxvid