diff --git a/services/jellyfin.nix b/services/jellyfin.nix
index f2e90d5..1432e3d 100644
--- a/services/jellyfin.nix
+++ b/services/jellyfin.nix
@@ -4,4 +4,7 @@
   services.jellyfin.enable = true;
   services.jellyfin.user = "felschr";
   networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 8920 8096 1900 7359 ];
+
+  # for hardware acceleration
+  users.users.jellyfin.extraGroups = [ "video" ];
 }