diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
index 9761acc18e..cd141408f5 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ else
   KODI_ALSA="--disable-alsa"
 fi
 
+if [ "$PULSEAUDIO_SUPPORT" = yes ]; then
+# for PulseAudio support
+  PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="$PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET pulseaudio"
+  KODI_PULSEAUDIO="--enable-pulse"
+else
+  KODI_PULSEAUDIO="--disable-pulse"
+fi
+
 if [ "$ESPEAK_SUPPORT" = yes ]; then
 # for espeak support
   PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="$PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET espeak"
@@ -246,7 +254,7 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="gl_cv_func_gettimeofday_clobber=no \
                            $KODI_XORG \
                            --disable-ccache \
                            $KODI_ALSA \
-                           --disable-pulse \
+                           $KODI_PULSEAUDIO \
                            --enable-rtmp \
                            $KODI_SAMBA \
                            $KODI_NFS \