diff --git a/_multibuild b/_multibuild
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index 0000000..c71e6a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_multibuild
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<multibuild>
+	<package>ffmpeg-5-mini-devel</package>
+</multibuild>
diff --git a/ffmpeg-5-mini-devel-rpmlintrc b/ffmpeg-5-mini-devel-rpmlintrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d5d67c
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+++ b/ffmpeg-5-mini-devel-rpmlintrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+addFilter("non-devel-file-in-devel-package")
diff --git a/ffmpeg-5-mini-devel.spec b/ffmpeg-5-mini-devel.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2c6634
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ffmpeg-5-mini-devel.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+#
+# spec file for package ffmpeg-5-mini-devel
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
+#
+# All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
+# remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
+# upon. The license for this file, and modifications and additions to the
+# file, is the same license as for the pristine package itself (unless the
+# license for the pristine package is not an Open Source License, in which
+# case the license is the MIT License). An "Open Source License" is a
+# license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
+# published by the Open Source Initiative.
+
+# Please submit bugfixes or comments via https://bugs.opensuse.org/
+#
+
+
+%define _name ffmpeg
+%define _major_version 5
+%define _major_expected 6
+
+Name:           ffmpeg-5-mini-devel
+Version:        5.1.2
+Release:        0
+Summary:        Set of libraries for working with various multimedia formats
+License:        GPL-3.0-or-later
+Group:          Productivity/Multimedia/Video/Editors and Convertors
+URL:            https://ffmpeg.org/
+#Git-Clone:     git://source.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg
+Source:         https://www.ffmpeg.org/releases/%_name-%version.tar.xz
+Source2:        https://www.ffmpeg.org/releases/%_name-%version.tar.xz.asc
+Source3:        %name-rpmlintrc
+Source98:       http://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-devel.asc#/ffmpeg-5.keyring
+BuildRequires:  c_compiler
+
+%description
+FFmpeg is a multimedia framework. This package merely builds
+the API for the sake of other packages.
+
+%prep
+%autosetup -p1 -n %_name-%version
+
+%build
+%define _lto_cflags %nil
+CFLAGS="%optflags" \
+./configure \
+	--prefix="%_prefix" \
+	--libdir="%_libdir" \
+	--shlibdir="%_libdir" \
+	--incdir="%_includedir/ffmpeg" \
+	--extra-cflags="%optflags" \
+	--optflags="%optflags" \
+	--disable-htmlpages --disable-stripping --disable-x86asm \
+	--disable-static --enable-shared --enable-pic \
+	--enable-gpl --enable-version3 \
+	--disable-muxers --disable-demuxers \
+	--disable-encoders --disable-decoders \
+	--disable-programs --disable-doc
+
+for i in MPEG4 H263 H264 HEVC VC1; do
+	grep -q "#define CONFIG_${i}_DECODER 0" config_components.h
+done
+
+cat config.h
+%make_build
+
+%install
+b="%buildroot"
+%make_install
+rm -Rf "$b/%_datadir/ffmpeg/examples"
+
+%post   -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%files
+%license COPYING.GPLv2 LICENSE.md
+%_libdir/lib*
+%_libdir/pkgconfig/*.pc
+%_includedir/ffmpeg/
+
+%changelog
diff --git a/ffmpeg-5.changes b/ffmpeg-5.changes
index 67c08a6..fb701c3 100644
--- a/ffmpeg-5.changes
+++ b/ffmpeg-5.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec 21 10:46:16 UTC 2022 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Provide a ffmpeg-5-mini-devel build recipe to help split
+  anticipated build cycles.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Dec 12 21:18:30 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>