diff --git a/buildscripts/ci/linux/setup.sh b/buildscripts/ci/linux/setup.sh
index a2c0a25320efd..fdc82c491ec7c 100644
--- a/buildscripts/ci/linux/setup.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/ci/linux/setup.sh
@@ -116,12 +116,18 @@ apt_packages_ffmpeg=(
   libswscale-dev
   )
 
+apt_packages_pw_deps=(
+  libdbus-1-dev
+  libudev-dev
+)
+
 sudo apt-get update 
 sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
   "${apt_packages_basic[@]}" \
   "${apt_packages_standard[@]}" \
   "${apt_packages_runtime[@]}" \
-  "${apt_packages_ffmpeg[@]}"
+  "${apt_packages_ffmpeg[@]}" \
+  "${apt_packages_pw_deps[@]}"
 
 ##########################################################################
 # GET QT
@@ -198,9 +204,49 @@ if [[ ! -d "$ninja_dir" ]]; then
   chmod +x $ninja_dir/ninja
 fi
 echo export PATH="${ninja_dir}:\${PATH}" >> ${ENV_FILE}
+export PATH="${ninja_dir}:${PATH}" # needed to compile pipewire
+echo '$PATH with Ninja:'
+echo $PATH
 echo "ninja version"
 $ninja_dir/ninja --version
 
+# MESON
+# Get recent version of Meson (to build pipewire)
+meson_version="0.63.1"
+sudo python3 -m pip install meson==${meson_version}
+
+##########################################################################
+# BUILD PIPWIRE
+##########################################################################
+
+pw_version="1.0.4"
+pw_dir="$BUILD_TOOLS/pipewire-${pw_version}"
+pw_url="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/archive/${pw_version}/pipewire-${pw_version}.tar.gz"
+if [[ ! -d "${pw_dir}" ]]; then
+  mkdir -p "${pw_dir}"
+  wget -q --show-progress -O pw.tar.gz "${pw_url}"
+  tar -xzf pw.tar.gz -C "${pw_dir}" --strip-components=1
+  rm pw.tar.gz
+  pushd "${pw_dir}"
+  meson setup builddir \
+    --buildtype=release \
+    -Dsession-managers=[] \
+    -Dgstreamer=disabled \
+    -Dexamples=disabled \
+    -Dsystemd=disabled \
+    -Dselinux=disabled \
+    -Dpipewire-jack=disabled \
+    -Dpipewire-v4l2=disabled \
+    -Djack-devel=false \
+    -Dpw-cat=disabled \
+    -Dpw-cat-ffmpeg=disabled
+  meson compile -C builddir
+  popd
+fi
+pushd ${pw_dir}
+sudo meson install -C builddir
+popd
+
 ##########################################################################
 # OTHER
 ##########################################################################