diff --git a/spa/include/spa/param/buffers-types.h b/spa/include/spa/param/buffers-types.h
index 90983a905..4ca45cb02 100644
--- a/spa/include/spa/param/buffers-types.h
+++ b/spa/include/spa/param/buffers-types.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ static const struct spa_type_info spa_type_param_buffers[] = {
 	{ SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_stride,   SPA_TYPE_Int, SPA_TYPE_INFO_PARAM_BLOCK_INFO_BASE "stride", NULL },
 	{ SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_align,    SPA_TYPE_Int, SPA_TYPE_INFO_PARAM_BLOCK_INFO_BASE "align", NULL },
 	{ SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_dataType, SPA_TYPE_Int, SPA_TYPE_INFO_PARAM_BLOCK_INFO_BASE "dataType", NULL },
+	{ SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_metaType, SPA_TYPE_Int, SPA_TYPE_INFO_PARAM_BLOCK_INFO_BASE "metaType", NULL },
 	{ 0, 0, NULL, NULL },
 };
 
diff --git a/spa/include/spa/param/buffers.h b/spa/include/spa/param/buffers.h
index 399d3a5f0..87b531dd8 100644
--- a/spa/include/spa/param/buffers.h
+++ b/spa/include/spa/param/buffers.h
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ enum spa_param_buffers {
 	SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_size,		/**< size of a data block memory (Int)*/
 	SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_stride,	/**< stride of data block memory (Int) */
 	SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_align,	/**< alignment of data block memory (Int) */
-	SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_dataType,	/**< possible memory types (Int, mask of enum spa_data_type) */
+	SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_dataType,	/**< possible memory types (flags choice Int, mask of enum spa_data_type) */
+	SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_metaType,	/**< required meta data types (Int, mask of enum spa_meta_type) */
 };
 
 /** properties for SPA_TYPE_OBJECT_ParamMeta */
diff --git a/src/pipewire/buffers.c b/src/pipewire/buffers.c
index c2f06bb4a..96531b9b9 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/buffers.c
+++ b/src/pipewire/buffers.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ int pw_buffers_negotiate(struct pw_context *context, uint32_t flags,
 	struct spa_pod **params;
 	uint8_t buffer[4096];
 	struct spa_pod_builder b = SPA_POD_BUILDER_INIT(buffer, sizeof(buffer));
-	uint32_t i, offset, n_params, n_metas;
+	uint32_t i, j, offset, n_params, n_metas;
 	struct spa_meta *metas;
 	uint32_t max_buffers, blocks;
 	size_t minsize, stride, align;
@@ -264,10 +264,11 @@ int pw_buffers_negotiate(struct pw_context *context, uint32_t flags,
 	for (i = 0; i < n_params; i++) {
 		uint32_t qmax_buffers = max_buffers,
 		    qminsize = minsize, qstride = stride, qalign = align;
-		uint32_t qtypes = types, qblocks = blocks;
+		uint32_t qtypes = types, qblocks = blocks, qmetas = 0;
 
 		if (!spa_pod_is_object_type (params[i], SPA_TYPE_OBJECT_ParamBuffers))
 			continue;
+
 		if (spa_pod_parse_object(params[i],
 				SPA_TYPE_OBJECT_ParamBuffers, NULL,
 				SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_buffers,  SPA_POD_OPT_Int(&qmax_buffers),
@@ -275,10 +276,15 @@ int pw_buffers_negotiate(struct pw_context *context, uint32_t flags,
 				SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_size,     SPA_POD_OPT_Int(&qminsize),
 				SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_stride,   SPA_POD_OPT_Int(&qstride),
 				SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_align,    SPA_POD_OPT_Int(&qalign),
-				SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_dataType, SPA_POD_OPT_Int(&qtypes)) < 0) {
+				SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_dataType, SPA_POD_OPT_Int(&qtypes),
+				SPA_PARAM_BUFFERS_metaType, SPA_POD_OPT_Int(&qmetas)) < 0) {
 			pw_log_warn("%p: invalid Buffers param", result);
 			continue;
 		}
+		for (j = 0; qmetas != 0 && j < n_metas; j++)
+			SPA_FLAG_CLEAR(qmetas, 1<<metas[j].type);
+		if (qmetas != 0)
+			continue;
 
 		max_buffers =
 		    qmax_buffers == 0 ? max_buffers : SPA_MIN(qmax_buffers,