diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index f67b235596..d5dc3d29e1 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer <taylanbayirli@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Andy Patterson <ajpatter@uwaterloo.ca>
-;;; Copyright © 2015, 2018 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
+;;; Copyright © 2015, 2018, 2019 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Alex Vong <alexvong1995@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017 Alex Griffin <a@ajgrf.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Kei Kebreau <kkebreau@posteo.net>
@@ -2398,7 +2398,7 @@ Other features include a live preview and live streaming.")
 (define-public libsmpeg
   (package
     (name "libsmpeg")
-    (version "0.4.5")
+    (version "0.4.5-401")
     (source (origin
               (method svn-fetch)
               (uri (svn-reference
@@ -2433,6 +2433,23 @@ and MPEG system streams.")
                    license:lgpl2.1+
                    license:gpl2))))
 
+;; for btanks
+(define-public libsmpeg-with-sdl1
+  (package (inherit libsmpeg)
+    (name "libsmpeg")
+    (version "0.4.5-399")
+    (source (origin
+              (method svn-fetch)
+              (uri (svn-reference
+                    (url "svn://svn.icculus.org/smpeg/trunk/")
+                    (revision 399))) ; tagged release 0.4.5
+              (file-name (string-append name "-" version "-checkout"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "0jfi085rf3fa5xsn0vd3nqf32my8ph9c6a9445y7a8lrlz4dms64"))))
+    (inputs
+     `(("sdl" ,sdl)))))
+
 (define-public libbdplus
   (package
     (name "libbdplus")