diff --git a/extra/pipewire/PKGBUILD b/extra/pipewire/PKGBUILD
index 93a62faef..49ba69b3e 100644
--- a/extra/pipewire/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/pipewire/PKGBUILD
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ pkgbase=pipewire
 pkgname=(pipewire alsa-card-profiles pipewire-docs pipewire-media-session
          pipewire-alsa pipewire-jack pipewire-pulse gst-plugin-pipewire
          pipewire-zeroconf)
-pkgver=0.3.37
+pkgver=0.3.38
 pkgrel=1
 epoch=1
 pkgdesc="Low-latency audio/video router and processor"
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ makedepends=(git meson doxygen graphviz python-docutils libpulse
              bluez-libs sbc libldac libfreeaptx libfdk-aac avahi
              webrtc-audio-processing)
 checkdepends=(desktop-file-utils)
-_commit=c41e3553bf0a6b76d8949c081ba633f7a6343d19  # tags/0.3.37
+_commit=47a294c5bf52656998a7f43b13068c02001add77  # tags/0.3.38
 source=("git+https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire.git#commit=$_commit")
 sha256sums=('SKIP')
 
diff --git a/extra/pipewire/pipewire-media-session.install b/extra/pipewire/pipewire-media-session.install
index fd721ee40..af304d181 100644
--- a/extra/pipewire/pipewire-media-session.install
+++ b/extra/pipewire/pipewire-media-session.install
@@ -5,9 +5,19 @@ post_install() {
 }
 
 post_upgrade() {
-  if (( $(vercmp $2 0.3.23-1) < 0)); then
+  if (( $(vercmp "$2" '0.3.23-1') < 0)); then
     systemctl --global enable pipewire-media-session.service
   fi
+
+  if (( $(vercmp "$2" '1:0.3.38-1') < 0)); then
+    printf "\tReenable any per-user enabled pipewire-media-session.service\n \
+      \tmanually to establish a new service alias for\n \
+      \tpipewire-session-manager.service added with 0.3.38.\n"
+    # reenable already enabled global pipewire-media-session.service, as an alias is introduced with 0.3.38
+    if systemctl --global is-enabled -q pipewire-media-session.service; then
+      systemctl --global reenable pipewire-media-session.service
+    fi
+  fi
 }
 
 pre_remove() {