diff --git a/src/daemon/pipewire.conf.in b/src/daemon/pipewire.conf.in
--- a/src/daemon/pipewire.conf.in
+++ b/src/daemon/pipewire.conf.in
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ context.properties = {
     #support.dbus                          = true
     #link.max-buffers                      = 64
     link.max-buffers                       = 16                       # version < 3 clients can't handle more
-    #mem.warn-mlock                        = false
+    mem.warn-mlock                         = true                     # Gentoo should have good RLIMITs now
     #mem.allow-mlock                       = true
     #mem.mlock-all                         = false
     #clock.power-of-two-quantum            = true