--- a/ffmpeg-0.7.1.ebuild	
+++ a/ffmpeg-0.7.1.ebuild	
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ fi
 IUSE="
 	+3dnow +3dnowext aac alsa altivec amr avx bindist +bzip2 celt cpudetection
 	custom-cflags debug dirac doc +encode faac frei0r gsm +hardcoded-tables
-	ieee1394 jack jpeg2k +mmx +mmxext mp3 network oss pic qt-faststart rtmp
+	ieee1394 jack jpeg2k +mmx +mmxext mp3 neon network oss pic qt-faststart rtmp
 	schroedinger sdl speex +ssse3 static-libs test theora threads truetype v4l
 	v4l2 vaapi vdpau vorbis vpx X x264 xvid +zlib
 	"
@@ -163,6 +163,10 @@ src_configure() {
 	use jpeg2k && myconf="${myconf} --enable-libopenjpeg"
 
 	# CPU features
+
+	if [[ $(tc-arch) == "arm" ]] ; then
+		use neon && myconf="${myconf} --enable-neon --disable-armvfp"
+	fi
 	for i in mmx ssse3 altivec avx ; do
 		use ${i} || myconf="${myconf} --disable-${i}"
 	done
--- a/ffmpeg-0.8.ebuild	
+++ a/ffmpeg-0.8.ebuild	
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ fi
 IUSE="
 	+3dnow +3dnowext aac alsa altivec amr avx bindist +bzip2 celt cpudetection
 	custom-cflags debug dirac doc +encode faac frei0r gsm +hardcoded-tables
-	ieee1394 jack jpeg2k +mmx +mmxext mp3 network oss pic qt-faststart rtmp
+	ieee1394 jack jpeg2k +mmx +mmxext mp3 neon network oss pic qt-faststart rtmp
 	schroedinger sdl speex +ssse3 static-libs test theora threads truetype v4l
 	v4l2 vaapi vdpau vorbis vpx X x264 xvid +zlib
 	"
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ src_configure() {
 	use jpeg2k && myconf="${myconf} --enable-libopenjpeg"
 
 	# CPU features
+	if [[ $(tc-arch) == "arm" ]] ; then
+		use neon && myconf="${myconf} --enable-neon --disable-armvfp"
+	fi
 	for i in mmx ssse3 altivec avx ; do
 		use ${i} || myconf="${myconf} --disable-${i}"
 	done
--- a/ffmpeg-9999.ebuild	
+++ a/ffmpeg-9999.ebuild	
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ fi
 IUSE="
 	+3dnow +3dnowext aac alsa altivec amr avx bindist +bzip2 celt cpudetection
 	debug dirac doc +encode faac frei0r gsm +hardcoded-tables ieee1394 jack
-	jpeg2k +mmx +mmxext mp3 network openal oss pic qt-faststart rtmp
+	jpeg2k +mmx +mmxext mp3 neon network openal oss pic qt-faststart rtmp
 	schroedinger sdl speex +ssse3 static-libs test theora threads truetype
 	v4l v4l2 vaapi vdpau vorbis vpx X x264 xvid +zlib
 	"
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ src_configure() {
 	use jpeg2k && myconf="${myconf} --enable-libopenjpeg"
 
 	# CPU features
+	if [[ $(tc-arch) == "arm" ]] ; then
+		use neon && myconf="${myconf} --enable-neon --disable-armvfp"
+	fi
 	for i in mmx ssse3 altivec avx ; do
 		use ${i} || myconf="${myconf} --disable-${i}"
 	done