diff --git a/src/daemon/minimal.conf.in b/src/daemon/minimal.conf.in
index 370888033..78f857a57 100644
--- a/src/daemon/minimal.conf.in
+++ b/src/daemon/minimal.conf.in
@@ -185,20 +185,21 @@ context.objects = [
 	    #latency.internal.rate  = 0
 	    #latency.internal.ns    = 0
 	    #clock.name             = api.alsa.0
+            node.suspend-on-idle     = true
             #audio.format           = "S32"
             #audio.rate             = 48000
-	    #audio.allowed-rates    = [ ]
+            #audio.allowed-rates    = [ ]
             #audio.channels         = 4
             #audio.position         = [ FL FR RL RR ]
             #resample.quality      = 4
             resample.disable      = true
-	    #monitor.channel-volumes = false
+            #monitor.channel-volumes = false
             #channelmix.normalize  = true
             #channelmix.mix-lfe    = false
             #channelmix.upmix      = false
             #channelmix.lfe-cutoff = 0
             #node.param.Props    = {
-	    #    params = [
+            #    params = [
             #        audio.channels 6
             #    ]
             #}
@@ -229,14 +230,15 @@ context.objects = [
             #api.alsa.start-delay   = 0
             #api.alsa.disable-mmap  = false
             #api.alsa.disable-batch = false
-	    #api.alsa.use-chmap     = false
-	    #api.alsa.multirate     = true
-	    #latency.internal.rate  = 0
-	    #latency.internal.ns    = 0
-	    #clock.name             = api.alsa.0
+            #api.alsa.use-chmap     = false
+            #api.alsa.multirate     = true
+            #latency.internal.rate  = 0
+            #latency.internal.ns    = 0
+            #clock.name             = api.alsa.0
+            node.suspend-on-idle     = true
             #audio.format           = "S32"
             #audio.rate             = 48000
-	    #audio.allowed-rates    = [ ]
+            #audio.allowed-rates    = [ ]
             #audio.channels         = 2
             #audio.position         = "FL,FR"
             #resample.quality      = 4
diff --git a/src/pipewire/impl-node.c b/src/pipewire/impl-node.c
index c4fca8a12..54d346465 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/impl-node.c
+++ b/src/pipewire/impl-node.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ struct impl {
 	struct spa_list pending_list;
 
 	unsigned int pause_on_idle:1;
+	unsigned int suspend_on_idle:1;
 	unsigned int cache_params:1;
 	unsigned int pending_play:1;
 };
@@ -387,6 +388,10 @@ static void node_update_state(struct pw_impl_node *node, enum pw_node_state stat
 		spa_list_for_each(resource, &node->global->resource_list, link)
 			pw_resource_error(resource, res, error);
 	}
+	if (old == PW_NODE_STATE_RUNNING &&
+	    state == PW_NODE_STATE_IDLE &&
+	    impl->suspend_on_idle)
+		 pw_impl_node_set_state(node, PW_NODE_STATE_SUSPENDED);
 }
 
 static int suspend_node(struct pw_impl_node *this)
@@ -867,6 +872,7 @@ static void check_properties(struct pw_impl_node *node)
 	}
 
 	impl->pause_on_idle = pw_properties_get_bool(node->properties, PW_KEY_NODE_PAUSE_ON_IDLE, true);
+	impl->suspend_on_idle = pw_properties_get_bool(node->properties, PW_KEY_NODE_SUSPEND_ON_IDLE, false);
 	impl->cache_params =  pw_properties_get_bool(node->properties, PW_KEY_NODE_CACHE_PARAMS, true);
 	node->transport_sync = pw_properties_get_bool(node->properties, PW_KEY_NODE_TRANSPORT_SYNC, false);
 	driver = pw_properties_get_bool(node->properties, PW_KEY_NODE_DRIVER, false);
diff --git a/src/pipewire/keys.h b/src/pipewire/keys.h
index 3ec3c04fb..58253dc06 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/keys.h
+++ b/src/pipewire/keys.h
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define PW_KEY_NODE_WANT_DRIVER		"node.want-driver"	/**< the node wants to be grouped with a driver
 								  *  node in order to schedule the graph. */
 #define PW_KEY_NODE_PAUSE_ON_IDLE	"node.pause-on-idle"	/**< pause the node when idle */
+#define PW_KEY_NODE_SUSPEND_ON_IDLE	"node.suspend-on-idle"	/**< suspend the node when idle */
 #define PW_KEY_NODE_CACHE_PARAMS	"node.cache-params"	/**< cache the node params */
 #define PW_KEY_NODE_TRANSPORT_SYNC	"node.transport.sync"	/**< the node handles transport sync */
 #define PW_KEY_NODE_DRIVER		"node.driver"		/**< node can drive the graph */