diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/package.mk b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/package.mk
index 009660652c..2ce04ab3b0 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/package.mk
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/package.mk
@@ -97,6 +97,15 @@ else
   XBMC_ALSA="--disable-alsa"
 fi
 
+if [ "$PULSEAUDIO_SUPPORT" = yes ]; then
+# for PulseAudio support
+  PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_TARGET="$PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_TARGET pulseaudio"
+  PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS pulseaudio"
+  XBMC_PULSEAUDIO="--enable-pulse"
+else
+  XBMC_PULSEAUDIO="--disable-pulse"
+fi
+
 if [ "$CEC_SUPPORT" = yes ]; then
 # for CEC support
   PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_TARGET="$PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_TARGET libcec"
@@ -364,7 +373,7 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="gl_cv_func_gettimeofday_clobber=no \
                            $XBMC_XORG \
                            --disable-ccache \
                            $XBMC_ALSA \
-                           --disable-pulse \
+                           $XBMC_PULSEAUDIO \
                            --enable-rtmp \
                            $XBMC_SAMBA \
                            $XBMC_NFS \
diff --git a/packages/multimedia/SDL/build b/packages/multimedia/SDL/build
index 644b6eb16b..e4694e42d4 100755
--- a/packages/multimedia/SDL/build
+++ b/packages/multimedia/SDL/build
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ else
   SDL_OPENGL="--disable-video-opengl"
 fi
 
+if [ "$PULSEAUDIO_SUPPORT" = yes ]; then
+  SDL_PULSEAUDIO="--enable-pulseaudio --enable-pulseaudio-shared"
+else
+  SDL_PULSEAUDIO="--disable-pulseaudio --disable-pulseaudio-shared"
+fi
+
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 
 rm -f acinclude/alsa.m4
@@ -74,8 +80,7 @@ mkdir -p .build-target && cd .build-target
              --disable-esd \
              --disable-esdtest \
              --disable-esd-shared \
-             --disable-pulseaudio \
-             --disable-pulseaudio-shared \
+             $SDL_PULSEAUDIO \
              --disable-arts \
              --disable-arts-shared \
              --disable-nas \
diff --git a/packages/multimedia/SDL/meta b/packages/multimedia/SDL/meta
index f45e8cf34b..ff52beee38 100644
--- a/packages/multimedia/SDL/meta
+++ b/packages/multimedia/SDL/meta
@@ -43,3 +43,7 @@ if [ "$OPENGL" = "Mesa" ]; then
   PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="$PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS Mesa glu"
 fi
 
+if [ "$PULSEAUDIO_SUPPORT" = yes ]; then
+  PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS pulseaudio"
+  PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="$PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS pulseaudio"
+fi
diff --git a/projects/ARCTIC_MC/options b/projects/ARCTIC_MC/options
index cb6b4cebea..a414b81f9b 100755
--- a/projects/ARCTIC_MC/options
+++ b/projects/ARCTIC_MC/options
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@
 # build and install ALSA Audio support (yes / no)
   ALSA_SUPPORT="yes"
 
+# build and install PulseAudio support (yes / no)
+  PULSEAUDIO_SUPPORT="no"
+
 # build and install with non-free support
 # (RAR compression support in XBMC) (yes / no)
   NONFREE_SUPPORT="yes"
diff --git a/projects/ATV/options b/projects/ATV/options
index 0800bd00c7..c7ea45ca81 100755
--- a/projects/ATV/options
+++ b/projects/ATV/options
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@
 # build and install ALSA Audio support (yes / no)
   ALSA_SUPPORT="yes"
 
+# build and install PulseAudio support (yes / no)
+  PULSEAUDIO_SUPPORT="no"
+
 # build and install with non-free support
 # (RAR compression support in XBMC) (yes / no)
   NONFREE_SUPPORT="yes"
diff --git a/projects/Generic/options b/projects/Generic/options
index d31991fffc..6b62735ff3 100755
--- a/projects/Generic/options
+++ b/projects/Generic/options
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@
 # build and install ALSA Audio support (yes / no)
   ALSA_SUPPORT="yes"
 
+# build and install PulseAudio support (yes / no)
+  PULSEAUDIO_SUPPORT="no"
+
 # build and install with non-free support
 # (RAR compression support in XBMC) (yes / no)
   NONFREE_SUPPORT="yes"
diff --git a/projects/RPi/options b/projects/RPi/options
index 44e840d984..2c84597c2b 100755
--- a/projects/RPi/options
+++ b/projects/RPi/options
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@
 # build and install ALSA Audio support (yes / no)
   ALSA_SUPPORT="no"
 
+# build and install PulseAudio support (yes / no)
+  PULSEAUDIO_SUPPORT="no"
+
 # build and install with non-free support
 # (RAR compression support in XBMC) (yes / no)
   NONFREE_SUPPORT="yes"
diff --git a/projects/Virtual/options b/projects/Virtual/options
index 78ca83041b..a8bcb691a9 100755
--- a/projects/Virtual/options
+++ b/projects/Virtual/options
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@
 # build and install ALSA Audio support (yes / no)
   ALSA_SUPPORT="yes"
 
+# build and install PulseAudio support (yes / no)
+  PULSEAUDIO_SUPPORT="no"
+
 # build and install with non-free support
 # (RAR compression support in XBMC) (yes / no)
   NONFREE_SUPPORT="yes"