diff --git a/packages/audio/pulseaudio/system.d/pulseaudio.service b/packages/audio/pulseaudio/system.d/pulseaudio.service
index 099e013c94..f052e019d3 100644
--- a/packages/audio/pulseaudio/system.d/pulseaudio.service
+++ b/packages/audio/pulseaudio/system.d/pulseaudio.service
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ After=syslog.target local-fs.target
 [Service]
 Type=dbus
 BusName=org.pulseaudio.Server
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/pulseaudio --system
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/pulseaudio --system --disallow-exit --exit-idle-time=-1 --disable-shm
 Restart=on-failure
 
 [Install]