diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-toolchain.yml b/.github/workflows/build-toolchain.yml
index de225c4813a..ed668ab67d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-toolchain.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-toolchain.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ on:
         default: false
         type: boolean
         description: "Build extras"
+      ffmpeg:
+        required: false
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
+        description: "Build with FFmpeg support"
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -133,7 +138,7 @@ jobs:
             -Source "https://nuget.pkg.github.com/${{ github.repository_owner }}/index.json"
           "VCPKG_INSTALL_OPTIONS=--x-abi-tools-use-exact-versions" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
 
-      - name: Configure ${{ inputs.game }} with CMake Using ${{ inputs.preset }}${{ inputs.tools && '+t' || '' }}${{ inputs.extras && '+e' || '' }} Preset
+      - name: Configure ${{ inputs.game }} with CMake Using ${{ inputs.preset }}${{ inputs.tools && '+t' || '' }}${{ inputs.extras && '+e' || '' }}${{ inputs.ffmpeg && '+ffmpeg' || '' }} Preset
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
           $buildFlags = @(
@@ -146,6 +151,7 @@ jobs:
           $buildFlags += "-DRTS_BUILD_${gamePrefix}_TOOLS=${{ inputs.tools && 'ON' || 'OFF' }}"
           $buildFlags += "-DRTS_BUILD_CORE_EXTRAS=${{ inputs.extras && 'ON' || 'OFF' }}"
           $buildFlags += "-DRTS_BUILD_${gamePrefix}_EXTRAS=${{ inputs.extras && 'ON' || 'OFF' }}"
+          $buildFlags += "-DRTS_BUILD_OPTION_FFMPEG=${{ inputs.ffmpeg && 'ON' || 'OFF' }}"
 
           Write-Host "Build flags: $($buildFlags -join ' | ')"
           cmake --preset ${{ inputs.preset }} $buildFlags
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 90966e065ba..7c2e4bf42ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ jobs:
           - preset: "win32-vcpkg"
             tools: true
             extras: true
+            ffmpeg: true
           - preset: "win32-vcpkg-profile"
             tools: true
             extras: true
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@ jobs:
       preset: ${{ matrix.preset }}
       tools: ${{ matrix.tools }}
       extras: ${{ matrix.extras }}
+      ffmpeg: ${{ matrix.ffmpeg || false}}
     secrets: inherit
 
   replaycheck-generalsmd:
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 39062e3fbe6..9ee9c7de0c3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ if (CMAKE_BINARY_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Building in-source is not supported! Create a build dir and remove ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeCache.txt")
 endif()
 
+# Define VCPKG feature before the project block
+# since they need to be initialized before the toolchain is
+include(cmake/config-vcpkg.cmake)
+
 # Top level project, doesn't really affect anything.
 project(genzh LANGUAGES C CXX)
 
diff --git a/cmake/config-build.cmake b/cmake/config-build.cmake
index 7973f5a1f03..d0201bed604 100644
--- a/cmake/config-build.cmake
+++ b/cmake/config-build.cmake
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ option(RTS_BUILD_OPTION_PROFILE_TRACY "Build code with Tracy profiling enabled."
 option(RTS_BUILD_OPTION_DEBUG "Build code with the \"Debug\" configuration." OFF)
 option(RTS_BUILD_OPTION_ASAN "Build code with Address Sanitizer." OFF)
 option(RTS_BUILD_OPTION_VC6_FULL_DEBUG "Build VC6 with full debug info." OFF)
-option(RTS_BUILD_OPTION_FFMPEG "Enable FFmpeg support" OFF)
 
 if(NOT RTS_BUILD_ZEROHOUR AND NOT RTS_BUILD_GENERALS)
     set(RTS_BUILD_ZEROHOUR TRUE)
diff --git a/cmake/config-vcpkg.cmake b/cmake/config-vcpkg.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..81fa8f0b4ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/config-vcpkg.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Contains options for VCPKG features
+
+option(RTS_BUILD_OPTION_FFMPEG "Enable FFmpeg support" OFF)
+if(RTS_BUILD_OPTION_FFMPEG)
+    list(APPEND VCPKG_MANIFEST_FEATURES "ffmpeg")
+endif()
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
index 6242036392f..22db4fd2b7a 100644
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 {
-    "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/vcpkg-tool/main/docs/vcpkg.schema.json",
-    "builtin-baseline": "9e593bb18ea69cc5095e012465dcd675a822ed0d",
-    "dependencies": [
-      "zlib",
-      "ffmpeg",
-      "stb"
-    ]
-  }
\ No newline at end of file
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/vcpkg-tool/main/docs/vcpkg.schema.json",
+  "builtin-baseline": "9e593bb18ea69cc5095e012465dcd675a822ed0d",
+  "dependencies": [
+    "zlib",
+    "stb"
+  ],
+  "features": {
+    "ffmpeg": {
+      "description": "Use FFmpeg instead of Bink for video rendering",
+      "dependencies": [ "ffmpeg" ]
+    }
+  }
+}