diff --git a/audio/jack/Makefile b/audio/jack/Makefile
index b0f34b0f5572..ce432acbef53 100644
--- a/audio/jack/Makefile
+++ b/audio/jack/Makefile
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ SHEBANG_LANG=	python3
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--celt=no --samplerate=yes
 
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=		ALSA DBUS OPUS PROFILING
-OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	DBUS OPUS
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=		ALSA DBUS OPUS PROFILING SOSSO
+OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	DBUS OPUS  SOSSO
 OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
 
 ALSA_LIB_DEPENDS=	libasound.so:audio/alsa-lib
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ OPUS_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--opus=no
 PROFILING_DESC=		Build with profiling information
 PROFILING_CONFIGURE_ON=	--profile
 
+# Let users test the new OSS driver backend coming in 1.9.23, see
+# https://github.com/jackaudio/jack2/pull/943
+SOSSO_DESC=		Build new OSS driver backend (sosso library)
+SOSSO_GH_TAGNAME=	0762eac06a8c327757acfa7c770e16d827610873
+
 TESTING_UNSAFE=	No function 'test' defined in ${WRKSRC}/wscript
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
diff --git a/audio/jack/distinfo b/audio/jack/distinfo
index 4d372a443879..3b177ebf1c1e 100644
--- a/audio/jack/distinfo
+++ b/audio/jack/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1675342810
+TIMESTAMP = 1722598892
 SHA256 (jackaudio-jack2-v1.9.22_GH0.tar.gz) = 1e42b9fc4ad7db7befd414d45ab2f8a159c0b30fcd6eee452be662298766a849
 SIZE (jackaudio-jack2-v1.9.22_GH0.tar.gz) = 933448
+SHA256 (jackaudio-jack2-v1.9.22-0762eac06a8c327757acfa7c770e16d827610873_GH0.tar.gz) = d6207cfb28f5d8e3531d5a283a80631b94b3e633b9f51edecdf5d112e979a3e3
+SIZE (jackaudio-jack2-v1.9.22-0762eac06a8c327757acfa7c770e16d827610873_GH0.tar.gz) = 967723
diff --git a/audio/jack/files/jackd.in b/audio/jack/files/jackd.in
index e78285044ea7..8f8d617fe377 100644
--- a/audio/jack/files/jackd.in
+++ b/audio/jack/files/jackd.in
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
 #
 
 : ${jackd_enable="NO"}
-: ${jackd_user="root"}
-: ${jackd_rtprio="NO"}
+: ${jackd_user=""}
 : ${jackd_args="--no-realtime -doss -r48000 -p1024 -w32"}
 
 . /etc/rc.subr
@@ -32,8 +31,7 @@ check_config() {
   fi
 
   # detect intent to use realtime priority
-  if [ "$jackd_rtprio" = "YES" ] || \
-     { echo "$jackd_args" | grep -q -- "oss" && \
+  if { echo "$jackd_args" | grep -q -- "oss" && \
        { echo "$jackd_args" | grep -qw -- "--realtime"  || \
          echo "$jackd_args" | grep -qw -- "-[A-Za-mo-z]*R[A-Za-z]*"; }; }; then
     # check that mac_priority(4) is enabled