diff --git a/src/daemon/main.c b/src/daemon/main.c
index a9c1bff6d..f79fc5bcb 100644
--- a/src/daemon/main.c
+++ b/src/daemon/main.c
@@ -122,10 +122,13 @@ static int load_module(struct data *d, const char *key, const char *args, const
 		if (errno == ENOENT && flags && strstr(flags, "ifexists") != NULL) {
 			pw_log_debug(NAME" %p: skipping unavailable module %s",
 					d, key);
-		} else {
+		} else if (flags == NULL || strstr(flags, "nofail") == NULL) {
 			pw_log_error(NAME" %p: could not load module \"%s\": %m",
 					d, key);
 			return -errno;
+		} else {
+			pw_log_info(NAME" %p: could not load module \"%s\": %m",
+					d, key);
 		}
 	}
 	return 0;
diff --git a/src/daemon/pipewire.conf.in b/src/daemon/pipewire.conf.in
index e052fa374..5f00d0793 100644
--- a/src/daemon/pipewire.conf.in
+++ b/src/daemon/pipewire.conf.in
@@ -40,12 +40,16 @@ spa-libs = {
 
 modules = {
     ##  <module-name> = { [args = "<key>=<value> ..."] 
-    #                     [flags = ifexists] }
+    #                     [flags = [ifexists]|[nofail]}
     #
-    # Loads a module with the given parameters. Normally failure is
-    # fatal if the module is not found, unless -ifexists is given.
+    # Loads a module with the given parameters.
+    # If ifexists is given, the module is ignoed when it is not found.
+    # If nofail is given, module initialization failures are ignored.
     #
-    libpipewire-module-rtkit  = { "#args" = "rt.prio=20 rt.time.soft=200000 rt.time.hard=200000" flags=ifexists }
+    libpipewire-module-rtkit  = {
+                                  "#args" = "rt.prio=20 rt.time.soft=200000 rt.time.hard=200000"
+				  flags = ifexists|nofail
+				}
     libpipewire-module-protocol-native = null
     libpipewire-module-profiler = null
     libpipewire-module-metadata = null