diff --git a/doc/dox/config/pipewire.conf.5.md b/doc/dox/config/pipewire.conf.5.md
index e58909cce..4a143cc6c 100644
--- a/doc/dox/config/pipewire.conf.5.md
+++ b/doc/dox/config/pipewire.conf.5.md
@@ -253,6 +253,11 @@ Any property in the vm.overrides property object will override the property
 in the context.properties when PipeWire detects it is running in a VM. This
 is deprected, use the context.properties.rules instead.
 
+@PAR@ pipewire.conf  context.modules.allow-empty = false
+By default, a warning is logged when there are no context.modules loaded because this
+likely indicates there is a problem. Some applications might load the modules themselves
+and when they set this property to true, no warning will be logged.
+
 The context properties may also contain custom values. For example,
 the `context.modules` and `context.objects` sections can declare
 additional conditions that control whether a module or object is loaded
diff --git a/src/pipewire/context.c b/src/pipewire/context.c
index a94119af9..e2e8d2fc9 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/context.c
+++ b/src/pipewire/context.c
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ struct pw_context *pw_context_new(struct pw_loop *main_loop,
 	pw_log_info("%p: parsed %d context.spa-libs items", this, res);
 	if ((res = pw_context_parse_conf_section(this, conf, "context.modules")) < 0)
 		goto error_free;
-	if (res > 0)
+	if (res > 0 || pw_properties_get_bool(properties, "context.modules.allow-empty", false))
 		pw_log_info("%p: parsed %d context.modules items", this, res);
 	else
 		pw_log_warn("%p: no modules loaded from context.modules", this);