diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 71c2e35e9..f10a92fd4 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@ option('libusb',
        type: 'feature',
        value: 'auto')
 option('session-managers',
-       description : 'Session managers to build (can be [] for none)',
+       description : 'Session managers to build (can be [] for none or an absolute path)',
        type : 'array',
-       choices : ['media-session', 'wireplumber'],
        value : ['media-session'])
diff --git a/src/daemon/meson.build b/src/daemon/meson.build
index 7f16d1efb..104a6dbf3 100644
--- a/src/daemon/meson.build
+++ b/src/daemon/meson.build
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ elif default_sm == 'wireplumber'
   conf_config_uninstalled.set('session_manager_path', wp_uninstalled.full_path())
   conf_config_uninstalled.set('session_manager_args', 'wireplumber')
   conf_config_uninstalled.set('sm_comment', '')
+else
+  conf_config_uninstalled.set('session_manager_path', default_sm)
+  conf_config_uninstalled.set('sm_comment', '')
 endif
 
 conf_files = [