diff --git a/ops/nixos/porcorosso/default.nix b/ops/nixos/porcorosso/default.nix
index 5fa4d7eeee..78b1fdb5f2 100644
--- a/ops/nixos/porcorosso/default.nix
+++ b/ops/nixos/porcorosso/default.nix
@@ -169,9 +169,20 @@ in {
     intel-media-driver vaapiVdpau libvdpau-va-gl libva
   ];
   hardware.opengl.extraPackages32 = with pkgs.pkgsi686Linux; [ libva ];
-  hardware.pulseaudio.support32Bit = true;
   hardware.acpilight.enable = true;
 
+  # TODO(lukegb): finish evaluating pipewire
+  hardware.pulseaudio.enable = lib.mkForce false;
+  services.pipewire = {
+    enable = true;
+    alsa.enable = true;
+    alsa.support32Bit = true;
+    jack.enable = true;
+    pulse.enable = true;
+
+    media-session.enable = true;
+  };
+
   # Define a user account.
   users.users.lukegb = {
     extraGroups = [ "wheel" "networkmanager" "libvirtd" "lxd" "video" ];