diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 0a842086115..edaf2959458 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ DelaunayTriangulation = "927a84f5-c5f4-47a5-9785-b46e178433df"
 Distributions = "31c24e10-a181-5473-b8eb-7969acd0382f"
 DocStringExtensions = "ffbed154-4ef7-542d-bbb7-c09d3a79fcae"
 Downloads = "f43a241f-c20a-4ad4-852c-f6b1247861c6"
-FFMPEG = "c87230d0-a227-11e9-1b43-d7ebe4e7570a"
+FFMPEG_jll = "b22a6f82-2f65-5046-a5b2-351ab43fb4e5"
 FileIO = "5789e2e9-d7fb-5bc7-8068-2c6fae9b9549"
 FixedPointNumbers = "53c48c17-4a7d-5ca2-90c5-79b7896eea93"
 Formatting = "59287772-0a20-5a39-b81b-1366585eb4c0"
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ Contour = "0.5, 0.6"
 DelaunayTriangulation = "0.6.2, 0.7"
 Distributions = "0.17, 0.18, 0.19, 0.20, 0.21, 0.22, 0.23, 0.24, 0.25"
 DocStringExtensions = "0.8, 0.9"
-FFMPEG = "0.2, 0.3, 0.4"
 FileIO = "1.6"
 FixedPointNumbers = "0.6, 0.7, 0.8"
 Formatting = "0.4"
diff --git a/ReferenceTests/src/ReferenceTests.jl b/ReferenceTests/src/ReferenceTests.jl
index fe844401fa1..28d62aff621 100644
--- a/ReferenceTests/src/ReferenceTests.jl
+++ b/ReferenceTests/src/ReferenceTests.jl
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ using FileIO
 using MacroTools
 using Makie
 using Makie: Record, Stepper, Axis
-using Makie.FFMPEG
 using Printf
 using Tar
 using Downloads
diff --git a/docs/documentation/animation.md b/docs/documentation/animation.md
index 4b251dd1281..9c0faf351d1 100644
--- a/docs/documentation/animation.md
+++ b/docs/documentation/animation.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ record(change_function, fig, "color_animation.mp4", hue_iterator; framerate = fr
 
 ## File formats
 
-Video files are created with [`FFMPEG.jl`](https://github.com/JuliaIO/FFMPEG.jl).
+Video files are created with [`FFMPEG_jll.jl`](https://github.com/JuliaBinaryWrappers/FFMPEG_jll.jl).
 You can choose from the following file formats:
 
 - `.mkv` (the default, doesn't need to convert)
diff --git a/src/Makie.jl b/src/Makie.jl
index ddbb4929c05..2263a1d8569 100644
--- a/src/Makie.jl
+++ b/src/Makie.jl
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ using Base64
 using LaTeXStrings
 using MathTeXEngine
 using Random
-using FFMPEG # get FFMPEG on any system!
+using FFMPEG_jll # get FFMPEG on any system!
 using Observables
 using GeometryBasics
 using PlotUtils
diff --git a/src/ffmpeg-util.jl b/src/ffmpeg-util.jl
index 32ea56ae096..2ae838e6d6d 100644
--- a/src/ffmpeg-util.jl
+++ b/src/ffmpeg-util.jl
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ you have issues playing a video, try `profile = "high"` or `profile = "main"`.
 - `pixel_format = "yuv420p"`: A ffmpeg compatible pixel format (`-pix_fmt`). Currently only
 applies to `mp4`. Defaults to `yuv444p` for `profile = high444`.
 - `loop = 0`: Number of times the video is repeated, for a `gif`. Defaults to `0`, which
-means infinite looping. A value of `-1` turns off looping, and a value of `n > 0` and above 
+means infinite looping. A value of `-1` turns off looping, and a value of `n > 0` and above
 means `n` repetitions (i.e. the video is played `n+1` times).
 
     !!! warning
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ struct VideoStreamOptions
     function VideoStreamOptions(
             format::AbstractString, framerate::Real, compression, profile,
             pixel_format, loop, loglevel::String, input::String, rawvideo::Bool=true)
-        
+
         if !isa(framerate, Integer)
             @warn "The given framefrate is not a subtype of `Integer`, and will be rounded to the nearest integer. To supress this warning, provide an integer as the framerate."
             framerate = round(Int, framerate)
         end
-        
+
         if format == "mp4"
             (profile === nothing) && (profile = "high422")
             (pixel_format === nothing) && (pixel_format = (profile == "high444" ? "yuv444p" : "yuv420p"))
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ struct VideoStreamOptions
         if format in ("mp4", "webm")
             (compression === nothing) && (compression = 20)
         end
-        
+
         if format == "gif"
             (loop === nothing) && (loop = 0)
         end
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ function to_ffmpeg_cmd(vso::VideoStreamOptions, xdim::Integer=0, ydim::Integer=0
 
     cpu_cores = length(Sys.cpu_info())
     ffmpeg_prefix = `
-        $(FFMPEG.ffmpeg)
         -y
         -loglevel $(vso.loglevel)
         -threads $(cpu_cores)`
@@ -229,7 +228,7 @@ function VideoStream(fig::FigureLike;
     buffer = Matrix{RGB{N0f8}}(undef, xdim, ydim)
     vso = VideoStreamOptions(format, framerate, compression, profile, pixel_format, loop, loglevel, "pipe:0", true)
     cmd = to_ffmpeg_cmd(vso, xdim, ydim)
-    process = @ffmpeg_env open(`$cmd $path`, "w")
+    process = open(`$(FFMPEG_jll.ffmpeg()) $cmd $path`, "w")
     return VideoStream(process.in, process, screen, buffer, abspath(path), vso)
 end
 
@@ -277,10 +276,10 @@ function convert_video(input_path, output_path; video_options...)
     format = lstrip(typ, '.')
     vso = VideoStreamOptions(; format=format, input=input_path, rawvideo=false, video_options...)
     cmd = to_ffmpeg_cmd(vso)
-    @ffmpeg_env run(`$cmd $output_path`)
+    return run(`$(FFMPEG_jll.ffmpeg()) $cmd $output_path`)
 end
 
 function extract_frames(video, frame_folder; loglevel="quiet")
     path = joinpath(frame_folder, "frame%04d.png")
-    FFMPEG.ffmpeg_exe(`-loglevel $(loglevel) -i $video -y $path`)
+    run(`$(FFMPEG_jll.ffmpeg()) -loglevel $(loglevel) -i $video -y $path`)
 end