diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d1ad6ac5de0..bfdcfc4a261 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -512,8 +512,11 @@ endif()
 if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
   option(WITH_PULSEAUDIO "Enable PulseAudio for audio support on Linux" ON)
   option(WITH_PULSEAUDIO_DYNLOAD "Enable runtime dynamic PulseAudio libraries loading" OFF)
+  option(WITH_PIPEWIRE "Enable Pipewire for audio support on Linux" ON)
+  option(WITH_PIPEWIRE_DYNLOAD "Enable runtime dynamic Pipewire libraries loading" OFF)
 else()
   set(WITH_PULSEAUDIO OFF)
+  set(WITH_PIPEWIRE OFF)
 endif()
 if(WIN32)
   option(WITH_WASAPI "Enable Windows Audio Sessions API for audio support on Windows" ON)
diff --git a/build_files/cmake/config/blender_release.cmake b/build_files/cmake/config/blender_release.cmake
index 1cc483ffc51..864320be8ef 100644
--- a/build_files/cmake/config/blender_release.cmake
+++ b/build_files/cmake/config/blender_release.cmake
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
   set(WITH_X11_XF86VMODE       ON  CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
   set(WITH_JACK_DYNLOAD        ON  CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
   set(WITH_PULSEAUDIO_DYNLOAD  ON  CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+  # TODO don't disable pipewire on release builds once it has gotten more testing
+  set(WITH_PIPEWIRE            OFF  CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+  set(WITH_PIPEWIRE_DYNLOAD    ON  CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 endif()
 if(NOT APPLE)
   set(WITH_XR_OPENXR              ON  CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
diff --git a/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_unix.cmake b/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_unix.cmake
index c33b46d6d8e..8d7c1d10b7a 100644
--- a/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_unix.cmake
+++ b/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_unix.cmake
@@ -719,6 +719,13 @@ if(WITH_PULSEAUDIO)
   set_and_warn_library_found("PulseAudio" PULSE_FOUND WITH_PULSEAUDIO)
 endif()
 
+# PipeWire is intended to use the system library.
+if(WITH_PIPEWIRE)
+  find_package(PkgConfig)
+  pkg_check_modules(PIPEWIRE libpipewire-0.3)
+  set_and_warn_library_found("PipeWire" PIPEWIRE_FOUND WITH_PIPEWIRE)
+endif()
+
 # Audio IO
 if(WITH_SYSTEM_AUDASPACE)
   find_package_wrapper(Audaspace)
diff --git a/extern/audaspace/blender_config.cmake b/extern/audaspace/blender_config.cmake
index dd8072c1f85..e3634ce6c37 100644
--- a/extern/audaspace/blender_config.cmake
+++ b/extern/audaspace/blender_config.cmake
@@ -20,12 +20,14 @@ set(PLUGIN_FFMPEG FALSE)  # "Build FFMPEG Plugin"
 set(PLUGIN_JACK FALSE)  # "Build JACK Plugin"
 set(PLUGIN_LIBSNDFILE FALSE)  # "Build LibSndFile Plugin"
 set(PLUGIN_OPENAL FALSE)  # "Build OpenAL Plugin"
+set(PLUGIN_PIPEWIRE FALSE)  # "Build PipeWire Plugin"
 set(PLUGIN_PULSEAUDIO FALSE)  # "Build PulseAudio Plugin"
 set(PLUGIN_SDL FALSE)  # "Build SDL Plugin"
 set(PLUGIN_WASAPI FALSE)  # "Build WASAPI Plugin"
 set(WITH_PYTHON_MODULE FALSE)  # "Build Python Module"
 set(DYNLOAD_JACK ${WITH_JACK_DYNLOAD})  # "Dynamically load JACK"
 set(DYNLOAD_PULSEAUDIO ${WITH_PULSEAUDIO_DYNLOAD})  # "Dynamically load PulseAudio"
+set(DYNLOAD_PIPEWIRE ${WITH_PIPEWIRE_DYNLOAD})  # "Dynamically load PipeWire"
 set(WITH_BINDING_DOCS FALSE)  # "Build C/Python HTML Documentation with Sphinx"
 set(DEFAULT_PLUGIN_PATH "plugins")  # "Default plugin installation and loading path."
 set(FFMPEG_FOUND ${WITH_CODEC_FFMPEG})