diff --git a/source/blender/imbuf/intern/colormanagement.cc b/source/blender/imbuf/intern/colormanagement.cc
index cf039ac46d5..d1b1a5cf964 100644
--- a/source/blender/imbuf/intern/colormanagement.cc
+++ b/source/blender/imbuf/intern/colormanagement.cc
@@ -3140,6 +3140,12 @@ const ColorSpace *colormanage_colorspace_get_roled(const int role)
 
 int IMB_colormanagement_colorspace_get_named_index(const char *name)
 {
+  /* Roles. */
+  if (STREQ(name, OCIO_ROLE_SCENE_LINEAR)) {
+    return g_config->get_num_color_spaces();
+  }
+
+  /* Regular color spaces. */
   const ColorSpace *colorspace = colormanage_colorspace_get_named(name);
   if (colorspace) {
     return colorspace->index;
@@ -3149,6 +3155,12 @@ int IMB_colormanagement_colorspace_get_named_index(const char *name)
 
 const char *IMB_colormanagement_colorspace_get_indexed_name(const int index)
 {
+  /* Roles. */
+  if (index == g_config->get_num_color_spaces()) {
+    return OCIO_ROLE_SCENE_LINEAR;
+  }
+
+  /* Regular color spaces. */
   const ColorSpace *colorspace = g_config->get_color_space_by_index(index);
   if (colorspace) {
     return colorspace->name().c_str();
@@ -3747,6 +3759,7 @@ void IMB_colormanagement_look_items_add(EnumPropertyItem **items,
 
 void IMB_colormanagement_colorspace_items_add(EnumPropertyItem **items, int *totitem)
 {
+  /* Regular color spaces. */
   for (const int colorspace_index : blender::IndexRange(g_config->get_num_color_spaces())) {
     const ColorSpace *colorspace = g_config->get_sorted_color_space_by_index(colorspace_index);
     if (!colorspace->is_invertible()) {
@@ -3763,6 +3776,18 @@ void IMB_colormanagement_colorspace_items_add(EnumPropertyItem **items, int *tot
 
     RNA_enum_item_add(items, totitem, &item);
   }
+
+  /* Scene linear role. This is useful for example to create compositing convert colorspace
+   * nodes that work the same regardless of working space. */
+  EnumPropertyItem item;
+
+  item.value = g_config->get_num_color_spaces();
+  item.name = "Working Space";
+  item.identifier = OCIO_ROLE_SCENE_LINEAR;
+  item.icon = 0;
+  item.description = "Working color space of the current file";
+
+  RNA_enum_item_add(items, totitem, &item);
 }
 
 /** \} */
diff --git a/source/blender/nodes/composite/nodes/node_composite_convert_color_space.cc b/source/blender/nodes/composite/nodes/node_composite_convert_color_space.cc
index ce788afb438..9912b2e8804 100644
--- a/source/blender/nodes/composite/nodes/node_composite_convert_color_space.cc
+++ b/source/blender/nodes/composite/nodes/node_composite_convert_color_space.cc
@@ -37,16 +37,8 @@ static void CMP_NODE_CONVERT_COLOR_SPACE_declare(NodeDeclarationBuilder &b)
 static void node_composit_init_convert_colorspace(bNodeTree * /*ntree*/, bNode *node)
 {
   NodeConvertColorSpace *ncs = MEM_callocN<NodeConvertColorSpace>("node colorspace");
-  const char *first_colorspace = IMB_colormanagement_role_colorspace_name_get(
-      COLOR_ROLE_SCENE_LINEAR);
-  if (first_colorspace && first_colorspace[0]) {
-    STRNCPY_UTF8(ncs->from_color_space, first_colorspace);
-    STRNCPY_UTF8(ncs->to_color_space, first_colorspace);
-  }
-  else {
-    ncs->from_color_space[0] = 0;
-    ncs->to_color_space[0] = 0;
-  }
+  STRNCPY_UTF8(ncs->from_color_space, "scene_linear");
+  STRNCPY_UTF8(ncs->to_color_space, "scene_linear");
   node->storage = ncs;
 }