diff --git a/man/meson.build b/man/meson.build
index 65644442d..1d7045bf4 100644
--- a/man/meson.build
+++ b/man/meson.build
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ manpage_conf.set('PACKAGE_NAME', meson.project_name())
 manpage_conf.set('PACKAGE_VERSION', meson.project_version())
 manpage_conf.set('PACKAGE_URL', 'http://pipewire.org')
 manpage_conf.set('PACKAGE_BUGREPORT', 'https://github.com/PipeWire/pipewire/issues')
+manpage_conf.set('PIPEWIRE_CONFIG_DIR', pipewire_configdir)
 manpage_conf.set('top_srcdir', meson.source_root())
 manpage_conf.set('top_builddir', meson.build_root())
 
 manpages = ['pipewire.1',
+	    'pipewire.conf.5',
 	    'pipewire-cli.1',
 	    'pipewire-monitor.1' ]
 
diff --git a/man/pipewire.conf.5.xml.in b/man/pipewire.conf.5.xml.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03fa6467f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/pipewire.conf.5.xml.in
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?><!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE manpage SYSTEM "xmltoman.dtd">
+<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="xmltoman.xsl" ?>
+
+<!--
+This file is part of PipeWire.
+
+PipeWire is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
+License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+PipeWire is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General
+Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+License along with PipeWire; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+-->
+
+<manpage name="pipewire.conf" section="5" desc="The PipeWire server configuration file">
+
+  <synopsis>
+    <p><file>@PIPEWIRE_CONFIG_DIR@/pipewire.conf</file></p>
+  </synopsis>
+
+  <description>
+    <p>PipeWire is a service that allows access to multimedia devices
+    and allows media sharing between applications. </p>
+
+    <p>On startup, the daemon reads a configuration file to configure
+    itself. It executes a series of commands listed in the config
+    file.</p>
+
+    <p>The config file in the default location is used but the
+    environment variable PIPEWIRE_CONFIG_FILE can be used to specify
+    an alternative config file.</p>
+  </description>
+
+  <section name="General Commands">
+
+    <option>
+      <p><opt>help</opt></p>
+      <optdesc><p>Show a quick help on the commands available.</p></optdesc>
+    </option>
+  </section>
+
+  <section name="Module Management">
+    <option>
+      <p><opt>load-module</opt> <arg>name</arg> [<arg>arguments...</arg>]</p>
+      <optdesc><p>Load a module specified by its name and arguments. For most
+      modules it is OK to be loaded more than once.</p></optdesc>
+    </option>
+  </section>
+
+  <section name="Authors">
+    <p>The PipeWire Developers &lt;@PACKAGE_BUGREPORT@&gt;; PipeWire is available from <url href="@PACKAGE_URL@"/></p>
+  </section>
+
+  <section name="See also">
+    <p>
+      <manref name="pipewire" section="1"/>,
+      <manref name="pipewire-monitor" section="1"/>,
+    </p>
+  </section>
+
+</manpage>
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4a8714572..b3c477fe3 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ pipewire_libdir = join_paths(prefix, get_option('libdir'))
 pipewire_localedir = join_paths(prefix, get_option('localedir'))
 pipewire_sysconfdir = join_paths(prefix, get_option('sysconfdir'))
 
-modules_install_dir = join_paths(get_option('libdir'), 'pipewire-@0@'.format(apiversion))
+pipewire_configdir = join_paths(pipewire_sysconfdir, 'pipewire')
+modules_install_dir = join_paths(pipewire_libdir, 'pipewire-@0@'.format(apiversion))
+spa_plugindir = join_paths(pipewire_libdir, 'spa')
 
 gnome = import('gnome')
 
@@ -55,10 +57,10 @@ cdata.set('PACKAGE_STRING', '"PipeWire @0@"'.format(pipewire_version))
 cdata.set('PACKAGE_TARNAME', '"pipewire"')
 cdata.set('PACKAGE_URL', '"http://pipewire.org"')
 cdata.set('PACKAGE_VERSION', '"@0@"'.format(pipewire_version))
-cdata.set('MODULEDIR', '"@0@/pipewire-@1@"'.format(pipewire_libdir,apiversion))
-cdata.set('PIPEWIRE_CONFIG_DIR', '"@0@/pipewire"'.format(pipewire_sysconfdir))
+cdata.set('MODULEDIR', '"@0@"'.format(modules_install_dir))
+cdata.set('PIPEWIRE_CONFIG_DIR', '"@0@"'.format(pipewire_configdir))
 cdata.set('VERSION', '"@0@"'.format(pipewire_version))
-cdata.set('PLUGINDIR', '"@0@/spa"'.format(pipewire_libdir))
+cdata.set('PLUGINDIR', '"@0@"'.format(spa_plugindir))
 # FIXME: --with-memory-alignment],[8,N,malloc,pagesize (default is 32)]) option
 cdata.set('MEMORY_ALIGNMENT_MALLOC', 1)