diff --git a/pkgs/tools/wayland/swayrbar/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/wayland/swayrbar/default.nix
index 72f2d8b93be3..79cc1635a9cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/wayland/swayrbar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/wayland/swayrbar/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, fetchFromSourcehut, rustPlatform }:
+{ lib, fetchFromSourcehut, rustPlatform, makeWrapper, withPulseaudio ? false, pulseaudio }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "swayrbar";
@@ -16,10 +16,17 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   # don't build swayr
   buildAndTestSubdir = pname;
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+
   preCheck = ''
     export HOME=$TMPDIR
   '';
 
+  postInstall = lib.optionals withPulseaudio ''
+    wrapProgram "$out/bin/swayrbar" \
+      --prefix PATH : "$out/bin:${lib.makeBinPath [ pulseaudio ]}"
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Status command for sway's swaybar implementing the swaybar-protocol";
     homepage = "https://git.sr.ht/~tsdh/swayr#a-idswayrbarswayrbara";