diff --git a/src/firejail/main.c b/src/firejail/main.c
index b0d5dac172a..e3dab561c00 100644
--- a/src/firejail/main.c
+++ b/src/firejail/main.c
@@ -3217,13 +3217,18 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp) {
 
 		gid_t g;
 		if (!arg_nogroups || !check_can_drop_all_groups()) {
-			// add audio group
+			// add audio groups
 			if (!arg_nosound) {
 				g = get_group_id("audio");
 				if (g) {
 					sprintf(ptr, "%d %d 1\n", g, g);
 					ptr += strlen(ptr);
 				}
+				g = get_group_id("pipewire");
+				if (g) {
+					sprintf(ptr, "%d %d 1\n", g, g);
+					ptr += strlen(ptr);
+				}
 			}
 
 			// add video group
diff --git a/src/firejail/util.c b/src/firejail/util.c
index 970832b38dc..bd32181b5e7 100644
--- a/src/firejail/util.c
+++ b/src/firejail/util.c
@@ -207,6 +207,8 @@ static void clean_supplementary_groups(gid_t gid) {
 	if (!arg_nosound) {
 		copy_group_ifcont("audio", groups, ngroups,
 		                  new_groups, &new_ngroups, MAX_GROUPS);
+		copy_group_ifcont("pipewire", groups, ngroups,
+		                  new_groups, &new_ngroups, MAX_GROUPS);
 	}
 
 	if (!arg_novideo) {