diff --git a/0001-record-Use-vp8-instead-of-x264.patch b/0001-record-Use-vp8-instead-of-x264.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0f9eac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-record-Use-vp8-instead-of-x264.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+From bfeb50c28c5282a451ca9e48ca6736e66de108a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Aleix Pol <aleixpol@kde.org>
+Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 03:00:07 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] record: Use vp8 instead of x264
+
+Initially tried using vp9 but it's much slower in comparison and the videos
+I get with this are acceptable.
+It's better than x264 because it's easier to distribute by the different
+distributions that ship our software.
+---
+ src/pipewirerecord.cpp | 16 +++++++++++-----
+ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/pipewirerecord.cpp b/src/pipewirerecord.cpp
+index 385b59c..8098d33 100644
+--- a/src/pipewirerecord.cpp
++++ b/src/pipewirerecord.cpp
+@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ PipeWireRecord::PipeWireRecord(QObject *parent)
+     : QObject(parent)
+     , d(new PipeWireRecordPrivate)
+ {
+-    d->m_encoder = "libx264rgb";
++    d->m_encoder = "libvpx";
+     av_log_set_level(AV_LOG_DEBUG);
+ }
+ 
+@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ void PipeWireRecordProduce::finish()
+ 
+ QString PipeWireRecord::extension()
+ {
+-    return QStringLiteral("mp4");
++    return QStringLiteral("webm");
+ }
+ 
+ void PipeWireRecordProduce::setupStream()
+@@ -229,8 +229,8 @@ void PipeWireRecordProduce::setupStream()
+     disconnect(m_stream.get(), &PipeWireSourceStream::streamParametersChanged, this, &PipeWireRecordProduce::setupStream);
+     avformat_alloc_output_context2(&m_avFormatContext, nullptr, nullptr, m_output.toUtf8().constData());
+     if (!m_avFormatContext) {
+-        qCWarning(PIPEWIRERECORD_LOGGING) << "Could not deduce output format from file: using MPEG." << m_output;
+-        avformat_alloc_output_context2(&m_avFormatContext, nullptr, "mpeg", m_output.toUtf8().constData());
++        qCWarning(PIPEWIRERECORD_LOGGING) << "Could not deduce output format from file: using WebM." << m_output;
++        avformat_alloc_output_context2(&m_avFormatContext, nullptr, "webm", m_output.toUtf8().constData());
+     }
+     if (!m_avFormatContext) {
+         qCDebug(PIPEWIRERECORD_LOGGING) << "could not set stream up";
+@@ -265,7 +265,13 @@ void PipeWireRecordProduce::setupStream()
+     }
+     m_avCodecContext->time_base = AVRational{1, 1000};
+ 
+-    if (avcodec_open2(m_avCodecContext, m_codec, nullptr) < 0) {
++    AVDictionary *options = nullptr;
++    av_dict_set_int(&options, "threads", 4, 0);
++    av_dict_set(&options, "preset", "ultrafast", 0);
++    av_dict_set(&options, "tune-content", "screen", 0);
++    av_dict_set(&options, "quality", "realtime", 0);
++
++    if (avcodec_open2(m_avCodecContext, m_codec, &options) < 0) {
+         qCWarning(PIPEWIRERECORD_LOGGING) << "Could not open codec";
+         return;
+     }
+-- 
+2.39.1
+
diff --git a/kpipewire.spec b/kpipewire.spec
index a45a4da..11da4d1 100644
--- a/kpipewire.spec
+++ b/kpipewire.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Name:    kpipewire
 Summary: Set of convenient classes to use PipeWire in Qt projects
 Version: 5.26.90
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 
 License: LGPLv2+
 URL:     https://invent.kde.org/plasma/%{name}
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ URL:     https://invent.kde.org/plasma/%{name}
 %endif
 Source0: http://download.kde.org/%{stable}/plasma/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 
+# Use VP8 on WebM instead of x264 on MP4 for screen recording by default
+# Adapted from: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kpipewire/-/merge_requests/20
+Patch0:         0001-record-Use-vp8-instead-of-x264.patch
+
 BuildRequires:  cmake
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  extra-cmake-modules
@@ -99,6 +103,9 @@ developing applications that use %{name}.
 %{_libdir}/cmake/KPipeWire/*.cmake
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jan 30 2023 Neal Gompa <ngompa@fedoraproject.org> - 5.26.90-3
+- Add patch to use VP8 on WebM for screen recording by default
+
 * Thu Jan 26 2023 Neal Gompa <ngompa@fedoraproject.org> - 5.26.90-2
 - Add dependency on pipewire-devel for devel subpackage