diff --git a/device/community/soc-qcom-msm8916/APKBUILD b/device/community/soc-qcom-msm8916/APKBUILD
index 441324a58..38093c956 100644
--- a/device/community/soc-qcom-msm8916/APKBUILD
+++ b/device/community/soc-qcom-msm8916/APKBUILD
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Co-Maintainer: Nikita Travkin <nikita@trvn.ru>
 pkgname=soc-qcom-msm8916
 pkgdesc="Common package for Qualcomm MSM8916 devices"
-pkgver=23
+pkgver=24
 pkgrel=0
 url="https://postmarketos.org"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
@@ -24,10 +24,12 @@ source="$pkgname-$_ucm_commit.tar.gz::https://github.com/msm8916-mainline/alsa-u
 	q6voiced.conf
 	77-modem-samsung-msm8916.rules
 	adreno-a306-quirks.sh
+	wireplumber-msm8916-s16le.conf
 	"
 
 package() {
 	mkdir -p "$pkgdir"
+	install -Dm644 "$srcdir"/wireplumber-msm8916-s16le.conf "$pkgdir"/usr/share/wireplumber/wireplumber.conf.d/msm8916-s16le.conf
 }
 
 # Upstream keeps making breaking changes to UCM in patch releases.
@@ -103,4 +105,5 @@ eee73ae7895fb6772b35a190956d17642d08af47a0fa5dfd022052c5b30c99cf9649215aef161ddc
 3a4a9322839d4b3ef9d79668a37840a9f444954759ae3c512e694051d2f9a2573db42ad6c4c1a5c75eeb861232a27ba1a8cef9b503decd54ead25a96e3dd6f98  q6voiced.conf
 bcebc36ec62140f4620d462be2b95858adae380e5d74f6b9c9b956fb76a6541f39749f4dcec6ac3c39b868dbfed6fac7a34ba357510532a3df2d39f7ea818d55  77-modem-samsung-msm8916.rules
 de35a32f697247e4a8419647b9c9fece9bc7f41c0e2377d01659ad0dc1ba21b08d3227193053d7cd1ec5006370db574472516f0d0061fb9d2d9509f27f6212d3  adreno-a306-quirks.sh
+56c348696a36111c35999bf52871c7dd7829d482ae006893b99c36cc54c8ef6d7b184bb526b8361ae9b93dc4e195c6efe643fc94e77d9f4c078ae9368812c98f  wireplumber-msm8916-s16le.conf
 "
diff --git a/device/community/soc-qcom-msm8916/wireplumber-msm8916-s16le.conf b/device/community/soc-qcom-msm8916/wireplumber-msm8916-s16le.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46c7e3c9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/device/community/soc-qcom-msm8916/wireplumber-msm8916-s16le.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# This ensures PipeWire will open the MSM8916 sound card in S16_LE format.
+# Other formats such as S24_LE can otherwise be preferred, which can give
+# absent or weak and distorted audio.
+# For more information, see https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Qualcomm_Snapdragon_410/412_(MSM8916)#PipeWire
+# and https://pipewire.pages.freedesktop.org/wireplumber/daemon/configuration/alsa.html#rules
+monitor.alsa.rules = [
+	{
+		matches = [
+			{
+				node.name = "~alsa_output.platform-7702000.*"
+			}
+		]
+		actions = {
+			update-props = {
+				audio.format = S16LE
+			}
+		}
+	}
+]