diff --git a/graphics/spectacle/Makefile b/graphics/spectacle/Makefile
--- a/graphics/spectacle/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/spectacle/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 		xorg
 USE_KDE=	attica auth codecs completion config configwidgets coreaddons \
 		dbusaddons globalaccel guiaddons i18n jobwidgets kdeclarative \
-		kio kpipewire libkipi newstuff notifications package purpose \
+		kio libkipi newstuff notifications package purpose \
 		service solid wayland widgetsaddons windowsystem xmlgui \
 		doctools:build ecm:build
 USE_QT=		concurrent core dbus declarative gui network printsupport \
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@
 		buildtools:build qmake:build testlib:build
 USE_XORG=	x11 xcb xext xfixes
 
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=			DOCS PIPEWIRE
+OPTIONS_DEFAULT=		PIPEWIRE
+PIPEWIRE_DESC=			Screen capture via PipeWire
+PIPEWIRE_USE=			KDE=kpipewire
+PIPEWIRE_CMAKE_BOOL_OFF=	DISABLE_PIPEWIRE
+PIPEWIRE_EXTRA_PATCHES_OFF=	${FILESDIR}/extra-patch-pipewire-off
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/graphics/spectacle/files/extra-patch-pipewire-off b/graphics/spectacle/files/extra-patch-pipewire-off
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/graphics/spectacle/files/extra-patch-pipewire-off
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+diff -ur CMakeLists.txt.orig CMakeLists.txt
+--- CMakeLists.txt.orig
++++ CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -74,10 +74,16 @@
+ if (QT_MAJOR_VERSION EQUAL "5")
+     find_package(QtWaylandScanner REQUIRED)
+ endif()
+-find_package(KPipeWire)
++option(DISABLE_PIPEWIRE "Disable PipeWire support." OFF)
++if(NOT DISABLE_PIPEWIRE)
++    find_package(KPipeWire REQUIRED)
++    if(KPipeWire_FOUND)
++        set(PIPEWIRE_FOUND 1)
++    endif()
++endif()
+ set_package_properties(KPipeWire PROPERTIES DESCRIPTION
+     "Used to record pipewire streams into a file"
+-    TYPE REQUIRED
++    TYPE OPTIONAL
+ )
+
+ # optional components
+diff -ur src/CMakeLists.txt.orig src/CMakeLists.txt
+--- src/CMakeLists.txt.orig
++++ src/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
+ ecm_qt_declare_logging_category(SPECTACLE_SRCS HEADER spectacle_core_debug.h IDENTIFIER SPECTACLE_CORE_LOG CATEGORY_NAME org.kde.spectacle.core DESCRIPTION "spectacle (core)" EXPORT SPECTACLE)
+ ecm_qt_declare_logging_category(SPECTACLE_SRCS HEADER spectacle_gui_debug.h IDENTIFIER SPECTACLE_GUI_LOG CATEGORY_NAME org.kde.spectacle.gui DESCRIPTION "spectacle (gui)" EXPORT SPECTACLE)
+ 
++if(PIPEWIRE_FOUND)
++    list(APPEND SPECTACLE_SRCS Platforms/VideoPlatformWayland.cpp)
++endif()
++
+ add_executable(spectacle
+     ${SPECTACLE_SRCS}
+     Main.cpp
+@@ -44,7 +48,6 @@
+     Platforms/PlatformKWinWayland.cpp
+     Platforms/PlatformKWinWayland2.cpp
+     Platforms/VideoPlatform.cpp
+-    Platforms/VideoPlatformWayland.cpp
+     Platforms/screencasting.cpp
+ 
+     ../resources.qrc
+@@ -83,6 +86,10 @@
+ 
+ ki18n_wrap_ui(spectacle Gui/SettingsDialog/GeneralOptions.ui Gui/SettingsDialog/SaveOptions.ui)
+ 
++if(PIPEWIRE_FOUND)
++    target_link_libraries(spectacle K::KPipeWireRecord)
++endif()
++
+ target_link_libraries(
+     spectacle
+         Qt::Concurrent
+@@ -106,7 +113,6 @@
+         KF${QT_MAJOR_VERSION}::XmlGui
+         KF${QT_MAJOR_VERSION}::GuiAddons
+         KF${QT_MAJOR_VERSION}::Kirigami2
+-        K::KPipeWireRecord
+         Wayland::Client
+ )
+ 
+diff -ur src/Platforms/PlatformLoader.cpp src/Platforms/PlatformLoader.cpp
+--- src/Platforms/PlatformLoader.cpp
++++ src/Platforms/PlatformLoader.cpp
+@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
+ #include "PlatformKWinWayland.h"
+ #include "PlatformKWinWayland2.h"
+ #include "PlatformNull.h"
++#ifdef PIPEWIRE_FOUND
+ #include "VideoPlatformWayland.h"
++#endif
+ 
+ #ifdef XCB_FOUND
+ #include "PlatformXcb.h"
+@@ -44,8 +46,10 @@
+ 
+ VideoPlatformPtr loadVideoPlatform()
+ {
++#ifdef PIPEWIRE_FOUND
+     if (KWindowSystem::isPlatformWayland()) {
+         return std::make_unique<VideoPlatformWayland>();
+     }
++#endif
+     return std::make_unique<VideoPlatformNull>();
+ }