diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index 2665bef9..662da39b 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ Requires libvips v8.14.2
 * Ensure profile-less CMYK to CMYK roundtrip skips colourspace conversion.
   [#3620](https://github.com/lovell/sharp/issues/3620)
 
+* Add support for `modulate` operation when using non-sRGB pipeline colourspace.
+  [#3620](https://github.com/lovell/sharp/issues/3620)
+
 ### v0.32.0 - 24th March 2023
 
 * Default to using sequential rather than random access read where possible.
diff --git a/src/operations.cc b/src/operations.cc
index 5f421940..a3b480a5 100644
--- a/src/operations.cc
+++ b/src/operations.cc
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ namespace sharp {
 
   VImage Modulate(VImage image, double const brightness, double const saturation,
                   int const hue, double const lightness) {
+    VipsInterpretation colourspaceBeforeModulate = image.interpretation();
     if (HasAlpha(image)) {
       // Separate alpha channel
       VImage alpha = image[image.bands() - 1];
@@ -195,7 +196,7 @@ namespace sharp {
           { brightness, saturation, 1},
           { lightness, 0.0, static_cast<double>(hue) }
         )
-        .colourspace(VIPS_INTERPRETATION_sRGB)
+        .colourspace(colourspaceBeforeModulate)
         .bandjoin(alpha);
     } else {
       return image
@@ -204,7 +205,7 @@ namespace sharp {
           { brightness, saturation, 1 },
           { lightness, 0.0, static_cast<double>(hue) }
         )
-        .colourspace(VIPS_INTERPRETATION_sRGB);
+        .colourspace(colourspaceBeforeModulate);
     }
   }