diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index dd64f8029..3d58e8e6e 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ run: all
 	PIPEWIRE_CONFIG_DIR=@BUILD_ROOT@/src/daemon/ \
 	ACP_PATHS_DIR=@SOURCE_ROOT@/spa/plugins/alsa/mixer/paths \
 	ACP_PROFILES_DIR=@SOURCE_ROOT@/spa/plugins/alsa/mixer/profile-sets \
-	$(DBG) @BUILD_ROOT@/src/daemon/pipewire -c pipewire-uninstalled.conf
+	$(DBG) @BUILD_ROOT@/src/daemon/pipewire-uninstalled
 
 run-pulse: all
 	SPA_PLUGIN_DIR=@BUILD_ROOT@/spa/plugins \
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ run-pulse: all
 	PIPEWIRE_CONFIG_DIR=@BUILD_ROOT@/src/daemon/ \
 	ACP_PATHS_DIR=@SOURCE_ROOT@/spa/plugins/alsa/mixer/paths \
 	ACP_PROFILES_DIR=@SOURCE_ROOT@/spa/plugins/alsa/mixer/profile-sets \
-	$(DBG) @BUILD_ROOT@/src/daemon/pipewire-pulse -c pipewire-pulse.conf
+	$(DBG) @BUILD_ROOT@/src/daemon/pipewire-pulse
 
 gdb:
 	$(MAKE) run DBG=gdb
diff --git a/src/daemon/meson.build b/src/daemon/meson.build
index 098eb1360..3c5f05b08 100644
--- a/src/daemon/meson.build
+++ b/src/daemon/meson.build
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ configure_file(input : 'pipewire.conf.in',
                output : 'pipewire-uninstalled.conf',
                configuration : conf_config_uninstalled)
 
-executable('pipewire',
+pipewire_exec = executable('pipewire',
   pipewire_daemon_sources,
   install: true,
   c_args : pipewire_c_args,
@@ -61,6 +61,16 @@ executable('pipewire-pulse',
   dependencies : [pipewire_dep, ],
 )
 
+ln = find_program('ln')
+
+custom_target('pipewire-uninstalled',
+  build_by_default: true,
+  install: false,
+  input: pipewire_exec,
+  output: 'pipewire-uninstalled',
+  command: [ln, '-fsr', '@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@'],
+)
+
 #desktop_file = i18n.merge_file(
 #  input : 'pipewire.desktop.in',
 #  output : 'pipewire.desktop',