diff --git a/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-acp-device.c b/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-acp-device.c
index f432dbedc..5237d3388 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-acp-device.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-acp-device.c
@@ -910,6 +910,10 @@ impl_init(const struct spa_handle_factory *factory,
 	if (info) {
 		if ((str = spa_dict_lookup(info, SPA_KEY_API_ALSA_PATH)) != NULL)
 			snprintf(this->props.device, sizeof(this->props.device)-1, "%s", str);
+		if ((str = spa_dict_lookup(info, "api.acp.auto-port")) != NULL)
+			this->props.auto_port = strcmp(str, "true") == 0 || atoi(str) != 0;
+		if ((str = spa_dict_lookup(info, "api.acp.auto-profile")) != NULL)
+			this->props.auto_profile = strcmp(str, "true") == 0 || atoi(str) != 0;
 
 		items = alloca((info->n_items) * sizeof(*items));
 		spa_dict_for_each(it, info)
diff --git a/src/examples/media-session/alsa-monitor.c b/src/examples/media-session/alsa-monitor.c
index 3d5352117..67de02438 100644
--- a/src/examples/media-session/alsa-monitor.c
+++ b/src/examples/media-session/alsa-monitor.c
@@ -826,12 +826,23 @@ static struct device *alsa_create_device(struct impl *impl, uint32_t id,
 	device->pending_profile = 1;
 	spa_list_append(&impl->device_list, &device->link);
 
+	name = pw_properties_get(device->props, "device.name");
+
 	if ((str = pw_properties_get(impl->session->props, "alsa.soft-mixer")) != NULL &&
 	    (strcmp(str, "*") == 0 ||
-	    ((name = pw_properties_get(device->props, "device.name")) != NULL &&
-	     strstr(str, name) != NULL))) {
+	    (name != NULL && strstr(str, name) != NULL))) {
 		pw_properties_set(device->props, "api.alsa.soft-mixer", "true");
 	}
+	if ((str = pw_properties_get(impl->session->props, "alsa.auto-port")) != NULL &&
+	    (strcmp(str, "*") == 0 ||
+	    (name != NULL && strstr(str, name) != NULL))) {
+		pw_properties_set(device->props, "api.acp.auto-port", "true");
+	}
+	if ((str = pw_properties_get(impl->session->props, "alsa.auto-profile")) != NULL &&
+	    (strcmp(str, "*") == 0 ||
+	    (name != NULL && strstr(str, name) != NULL))) {
+		pw_properties_set(device->props, "api.acp.auto-profile", "true");
+	}
 
 	if (impl->conn &&
 	    (card = spa_dict_lookup(info->props, SPA_KEY_API_ALSA_CARD)) != NULL) {