diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/home-automation/wyoming/piper.nix b/nixos/modules/services/home-automation/wyoming/piper.nix
index bf14d4ce85c6..e97f99b89ce1 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/home-automation/wyoming/piper.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/home-automation/wyoming/piper.nix
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ in
                 apply = toString;
               };
 
+              streaming = mkEnableOption "audio streaming on sentence boundaries" // {
+                default = true;
+              };
+
               extraArgs = mkOption {
                 type = listOf str;
                 default = [ ];
@@ -158,6 +162,9 @@ in
                 "--noise-w"
                 options.noiseWidth
               ]
+              ++ lib.optionals options.streaming [
+                "--streaming"
+              ]
               ++ options.extraArgs
             );
             CapabilityBoundingSet = "";