diff --git a/x11-wm/plasma5-kwin/Makefile b/x11-wm/plasma5-kwin/Makefile
--- a/x11-wm/plasma5-kwin/Makefile
+++ b/x11-wm/plasma5-kwin/Makefile
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 		libxcb-image.so:x11/xcb-util-image \
 		libxcb-keysyms.so:x11/xcb-util-keysyms \
 		libxkbcommon.so:x11/libxkbcommon \
-		libxcvt.so:x11/libxcvt \
-		libpipewire-0.3.so:multimedia/pipewire
+		libxcvt.so:x11/libxcvt
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/include/linux/input.h:devel/evdev-proto \
 		xwayland-devel>0:x11-servers/xwayland-devel \
 		wayland-protocols>0:graphics/wayland-protocols \
@@ -55,6 +54,12 @@
 		kconf_update/*.pl \
 		src/effects/strip-effect-metadata.py
 
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=		PIPEWIRE
+OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	PIPEWIRE
+PIPEWIRE_DESC=		Required for Wayland screencasting
+PIPEWIRE_LIB_DEPENDS=	libpipewire-0.3.so:multimedia/pipewire
+PIPEWIRE_CMAKE_BOOL=	KWIN_BUILD_PIPEWIRE
+
 # A (hopefully) temporary workaround for
 # https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/issues/2026
 post-patch:
diff --git a/x11-wm/plasma5-kwin/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt b/x11-wm/plasma5-kwin/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11-wm/plasma5-kwin/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+--- CMakeLists.txt.orig
++++ CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -394,9 +394,12 @@
+                  HAVE_SCHED_RESET_ON_FORK
+                  "Required for running kwin_wayland with real-time scheduling")
+ 
+ 
+-pkg_check_modules(PipeWire IMPORTED_TARGET libpipewire-0.3>=0.3.29)
+-add_feature_info(PipeWire PipeWire_FOUND "Required for Wayland screencasting")
++option(KWIN_BUILD_PIPEWIRE "Required for Wayland screencasting" ON)
++if (KWIN_BUILD_PIPEWIRE)
++    pkg_check_modules(PipeWire IMPORTED_TARGET libpipewire-0.3>=0.3.29 REQUIRED)
++    add_feature_info(PipeWire PipeWire_FOUND "Required for Wayland screencasting")
++endif()
+ 
+ if (KWIN_BUILD_NOTIFICATIONS)
+     find_package(KF5 ${KF5_MIN_VERSION} REQUIRED COMPONENTS Notifications)