diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0d3d7d5f7dd0..00df9316ff12 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -152,6 +152,11 @@ bbb-playback-presentation-build:
   script:
     - build/setup-inside-docker.sh bbb-playback-presentation
 
+bbb-playback-presentation-legacy-build:
+  extends: .build_job
+  script:
+    - build/setup-inside-docker.sh bbb-playback-presentation-legacy
+
 bbb-playback-screenshare-build:
   extends: .build_job
   script:
diff --git a/build/package-names.inc.sh b/build/package-names.inc.sh
index 009c01745b25..5cfdf56cb66f 100644
--- a/build/package-names.inc.sh
+++ b/build/package-names.inc.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ DEBNAME_TO_SOURCEDIR[bbb-playback]="bbb-playback"
 DEBNAME_TO_SOURCEDIR[bbb-playback-notes]="record-and-playback/notes"
 DEBNAME_TO_SOURCEDIR[bbb-playback-podcast]="record-and-playback/podcast"
 DEBNAME_TO_SOURCEDIR[bbb-playback-presentation]="record-and-playback/presentation"
+DEBNAME_TO_SOURCEDIR[bbb-playback-presentation-legacy]="record-and-playback/presentation"
 DEBNAME_TO_SOURCEDIR[bbb-playback-screenshare]="record-and-playback/screenshare"
 DEBNAME_TO_SOURCEDIR[bbb-playback-video]="record-and-playback/video"
 DEBNAME_TO_SOURCEDIR[bbb-record-core]="record-and-playback/core"
diff --git a/build/packages-template/bbb-playback-presentation-legacy/after-install.sh b/build/packages-template/bbb-playback-presentation-legacy/after-install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..198fa96ed3d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/packages-template/bbb-playback-presentation-legacy/after-install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+BIGBLUEBUTTON_USER=bigbluebutton
+
+case "$1" in
+  configure|upgrade|1|2)
+
+    for dir in 0.81 0.9.0; do
+      target=/var/bigbluebutton/playback/presentation/$dir
+      if [ -d "$target" ]; then
+        chown -R $BIGBLUEBUTTON_USER:$BIGBLUEBUTTON_USER "$target"
+      fi
+    done
+
+    reloadService nginx
+
+  ;;
+
+  failed-upgrade)
+    echo "## bbb-playback-presentation-legacy failed to upgrade." >&2
+    echo "## The legacy players (0.81, 0.9.0) moved here from bbb-playback-presentation." >&2
+    echo "## Upgrade bbb-playback-presentation to the matching version first, then run:" >&2
+    echo "##   apt-get install --reinstall bbb-playback-presentation-legacy" >&2
+  ;;
+
+  *)
+    echo "## postinst called with unknown argument \`$1'" >&2
+  ;;
+esac
diff --git a/build/packages-template/bbb-playback-presentation-legacy/build.sh b/build/packages-template/bbb-playback-presentation-legacy/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..9c17a88c8202
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/packages-template/bbb-playback-presentation-legacy/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#!/bin/bash -ex
+
+TARGET=`basename $(pwd)`
+
+
+PACKAGE=$(echo $TARGET | cut -d'_' -f1)
+VERSION=$(echo $TARGET | cut -d'_' -f2)
+DISTRO=$(echo $TARGET | cut -d'_' -f3)
+
+#
+# Clear staging directory for build
+rm -rf staging
+
+#
+# Stage only the standalone legacy players (0.81/0.9.0). These used to be part
+# of bbb-playback-presentation; they now ship here so they are not installed by
+# default. The source dir is record-and-playback/presentation, so the players
+# are available under ./playback/presentation/.
+mkdir -p staging/var/bigbluebutton/playback/presentation
+cp -r playback/presentation/0.81 \
+      playback/presentation/0.9.0 \
+      staging/var/bigbluebutton/playback/presentation/
+
+mkdir -p staging/usr/share/bigbluebutton/nginx
+cp playback-legacy.nginx staging/usr/share/bigbluebutton/nginx
+
+##
+
+. ./opts-$DISTRO.sh
+
+#
+# Build package
+#
+# --replaces declares the file hand-off from bbb-playback-presentation, which
+# previously owned these dirs, so dpkg does not report a file conflict when this
+# package takes them over. (Debian's Breaks field would also force an old
+# bbb-playback-presentation to be upgraded first, closing the transition window,
+# but fpm has no --breaks flag; --replaces is sufficient for this opt-in package,
+# and after-install.sh guides the admin if a transition conflict ever occurs.)
+# The value contains spaces, so it is passed here directly rather than through
+# $OPTS (which is expanded unquoted and would word-split it).
+fpm -s dir -C ./staging -n $PACKAGE \
+    --version $VERSION --epoch $EPOCH \
+    --after-install after-install.sh \
+    --replaces "bbb-playback-presentation (<< ${EPOCH}:${VERSION})" \
+    --description "Standalone legacy BigBlueButton recording players (0.81/0.9.0)" \
+    $OPTS
diff --git a/build/packages-template/bbb-playback-presentation-legacy/opts-jammy.sh b/build/packages-template/bbb-playback-presentation-legacy/opts-jammy.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..9dd1ea65f17b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/packages-template/bbb-playback-presentation-legacy/opts-jammy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+. ./opts-global.sh
+
+OPTS="$OPTS -t deb -d bbb-record-core"
diff --git a/build/packages-template/bbb-playback-presentation-legacy/playback-legacy.nginx b/build/packages-template/bbb-playback-presentation-legacy/playback-legacy.nginx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4e8ac94bb3a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/packages-template/bbb-playback-presentation-legacy/playback-legacy.nginx
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Routing for the standalone legacy players (0.81/0.9.0), shipped by the
+# optional bbb-playback-presentation-legacy deb. The players themselves are served as static
+# files by the generic "location /playback/presentation" block in
+# presentation.nginx (bbb-playback-presentation); this file only carries the
+# legacy-specific redirect, so it exists only when the legacy deb is installed.
+
+        location /playback/presentation/playback.html {
+                return 301 /playback/presentation/0.81/playback.html?$query_string;
+                # If you have recordings from 0.9.0 beta versions and are sure
+                # that you will never want to play recordings made with
+                # BigBlueButton 0.81, comment the line above and uncomment the
+                # following line:
+                #return 301 /playback/presentation/0.9.0/playback.html?$query_string;
+        }
diff --git a/build/packages-template/bbb-playback-presentation/build.sh b/build/packages-template/bbb-playback-presentation/build.sh
index cf034f2439e3..f19d098c9c9e 100755
--- a/build/packages-template/bbb-playback-presentation/build.sh
+++ b/build/packages-template/bbb-playback-presentation/build.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ chmod 755 staging/usr/local/bigbluebutton/core/scripts/*/*.rb
 mkdir -p staging/var/bigbluebutton
 cp -r playback staging/var/bigbluebutton
 
+# The standalone legacy players (0.81/0.9.0) are shipped separately by the
+# optional bbb-playback-presentation-legacy deb, so they are not installed by default.
+rm -rf staging/var/bigbluebutton/playback/presentation/0.81 \
+       staging/var/bigbluebutton/playback/presentation/0.9.0
+
 mkdir -p staging/usr/share/bigbluebutton/nginx
 mv staging/usr/local/bigbluebutton/core/scripts/presentation.nginx staging/usr/share/bigbluebutton/nginx
 
diff --git a/record-and-playback/presentation/scripts/presentation.nginx b/record-and-playback/presentation/scripts/presentation.nginx
index a2d0e1a92651..e32e1c0bec48 100644
--- a/record-and-playback/presentation/scripts/presentation.nginx
+++ b/record-and-playback/presentation/scripts/presentation.nginx
@@ -16,15 +16,6 @@
 # with BigBlueButton; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
 
-        location /playback/presentation/playback.html {
-                return 301 /playback/presentation/0.81/playback.html?$query_string;
-                # If you have recordings from 0.9.0 beta versions and are sure
-                # that you will never want to play recordings made with
-                # BigBlueButton 0.81, comment the line above and uncomment the
-                # following line:
-                #return 301 /playback/presentation/0.9.0/playback.html?$query_string;
-        }
-
         location /playback/presentation/2.0/playback.html {
                 return 301 /playback/presentation/2.3/$arg_meetingId?$query_string;
         }