diff --git a/src/daemon/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.service.in b/src/daemon/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.service.in
index 742abdeb5..252716170 100644
--- a/src/daemon/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.service.in
+++ b/src/daemon/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.service.in
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Description=PipeWire PulseAudio
 # After=pipewire-pulse.socket is not needed, as it is already implicit in the
 # socket-service relationship, see systemd.socket(5).
 Requires=pipewire-pulse.socket
+ConditionUser=!root
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
diff --git a/src/daemon/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.socket b/src/daemon/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.socket
index fd04895fa..16ed715ea 100644
--- a/src/daemon/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.socket
+++ b/src/daemon/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.socket
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=PipeWire PulseAudio
+ConditionUser=!root
 
 [Socket]
 Priority=6