diff --git a/package/pipewire/Config.in b/package/pipewire/Config.in
index f038291e87..4929e5d3d1 100644
--- a/package/pipewire/Config.in
+++ b/package/pipewire/Config.in
@@ -15,6 +15,18 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PIPEWIRE
 
 if BR2_PACKAGE_PIPEWIRE
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PIPEWIRE_COMPRESS_OFFLOAD
+	bool "pipewire Compress-Offload"
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # tinycompress
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_5_7
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_TINYCOMPRESS
+	help
+	  Enable ALSA Compress-Offload support
+
+comment "pipewire Compress-Offload needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library, headers >= 5.7"
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_5_7
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PIPEWIRE_EXAMPLES
 	bool "pipewire examples"
 	help
diff --git a/package/pipewire/pipewire.mk b/package/pipewire/pipewire.mk
index 976d7783b9..ecf4a035ec 100644
--- a/package/pipewire/pipewire.mk
+++ b/package/pipewire/pipewire.mk
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ else
 PIPEWIRE_CONF_OPTS += -Dsdl2=disabled
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_TINYCOMPRESS),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PIPEWIRE_COMPRESS_OFFLOAD),y)
 PIPEWIRE_CONF_OPTS += -Dcompress-offload=enabled
 PIPEWIRE_DEPENDENCIES += tinycompress
 else