diff --git a/patches/296865.patch b/patches/296865.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2f846e83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/296865.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/waybar/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/waybar/default.nix
+index 823cf7fa75ecb8..47071c60f29424 100644
+--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/waybar/default.nix
++++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/waybar/default.nix
+@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
+ , mpdSupport ? true
+ , mprisSupport ? stdenv.isLinux
+ , nlSupport ? true
++, pipewireSupport ? true
+ , pulseSupport ? true
+ , rfkillSupport ? true
+ , runTests ? true
+@@ -122,7 +123,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+     fftw
+     iniparser
+     ncurses
+-    pipewire
+     portaudio
+   ]
+   ++ lib.optional evdevSupport libevdev
+@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+   ++ lib.optional udevSupport udev
+   ++ lib.optional upowerSupport upower
+   ++ lib.optional wireplumberSupport wireplumber
++  ++ lib.optional (cavaSupport || pipewireSupport) pipewire
+   ++ lib.optional (!stdenv.isLinux) libinotify-kqueue;
+ 
+   nativeCheckInputs = [ catch2_3 ];
+@@ -154,6 +155,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+     "man-pages" = true;
+     "mpd" = mpdSupport;
+     "mpris" = mprisSupport;
++    "pipewire" = pipewireSupport;
+     "pulseaudio" = pulseSupport;
+     "rfkill" = rfkillSupport;
+     "sndio" = sndioSupport;