diff --git a/pipewire-alsa/alsa-plugins/ctl_pipewire.c b/pipewire-alsa/alsa-plugins/ctl_pipewire.c
index 538c95345..5284933a9 100644
--- a/pipewire-alsa/alsa-plugins/ctl_pipewire.c
+++ b/pipewire-alsa/alsa-plugins/ctl_pipewire.c
@@ -1209,6 +1209,10 @@ SND_CTL_PLUGIN_DEFINE_FUNC(pipewire)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	str = getenv("PIPEWIRE_REMOTE");
+	if (str != NULL)
+		server = str;
+
 	if (fallback_name && name && !strcmp(name, fallback_name))
 		fallback_name = NULL; /* no fallback for the same name */
 
@@ -1270,6 +1274,9 @@ SND_CTL_PLUGIN_DEFINE_FUNC(pipewire)
 	else
 		pw_properties_set(props, PW_KEY_APP_NAME, "ALSA plug-in");
 
+	if (server)
+		pw_properties_set(props, PW_KEY_REMOTE_NAME, server);
+
 	if ((err = pw_thread_loop_start(ctl->mainloop)) < 0)
 		goto error;
 
diff --git a/pipewire-alsa/alsa-plugins/pcm_pipewire.c b/pipewire-alsa/alsa-plugins/pcm_pipewire.c
index bc79869fe..a04291afb 100644
--- a/pipewire-alsa/alsa-plugins/pcm_pipewire.c
+++ b/pipewire-alsa/alsa-plugins/pcm_pipewire.c
@@ -899,6 +899,10 @@ static int snd_pcm_pipewire_open(snd_pcm_t **pcmp, const char *name,
 	if (!pw)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	str = getenv("PIPEWIRE_REMOTE");
+	if (str != NULL)
+		server_name = str;
+
 	str = getenv("PIPEWIRE_NODE");
 
 	pw_log_debug(NAME" %p: open %s %d %d %08x %d %s %d %d '%s'", pw, name,