diff --git a/rpcs3/CMakeLists.txt b/rpcs3/CMakeLists.txt
index aaf10a7cf9..c07f7181f1 100644
--- a/rpcs3/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/rpcs3/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ elseif(WIN32)
 else()
 	set(PLATFORM_ARCH "linux/x86_64")
 	option(USE_ALSA "ALSA audio backend" ON)
+  option(USE_PULSE "PulseAudio audio backend" ON)
 	option(USE_LIBEVDEV "libevdev-based joystick support" ON)
 endif()
 
@@ -180,6 +181,15 @@ if(USE_ALSA)
 		list(APPEND ADDITIONAL_LIBS ${ALSA_LDFLAGS})
 	endif()
 endif()
+if(USE_PULSE)
+	find_package(PkgConfig)
+	pkg_check_modules(PULSE libpulse-simple)
+	if(PULSE_FOUND)
+		add_definitions(-DHAVE_PULSE)
+		include_directories(SYSTEM ${PULSE_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+		list(APPEND ADDITIONAL_LIBS ${PULSE_LDFLAGS})
+	endif()
+endif()
 if(USE_LIBEVDEV)
 	find_package(PkgConfig)
 	pkg_check_modules(LIBEVDEV libevdev)
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Audio/Pulse/PulseThread.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Audio/Pulse/PulseThread.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83109a0ccb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Audio/Pulse/PulseThread.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#include "Emu/System.h"
+#include "PulseThread.h"
+
+#ifdef HAVE_PULSE
+
+#include <pulse/simple.h>
+#include <pulse/error.h>
+
+PulseThread::PulseThread()
+{
+}
+
+PulseThread::~PulseThread()
+{
+	this->Close();
+}
+
+void PulseThread::Play()
+{
+}
+
+void PulseThread::Close()
+{
+	if(this->connection) {
+		pa_simple_free(this->connection);
+		this->connection = nullptr;
+	}
+}
+
+void PulseThread::Stop()
+{
+}
+
+void PulseThread::Open(const void* src, int size)
+{
+	pa_sample_spec ss;
+	ss.format = g_cfg.audio.convert_to_u16 ? PA_SAMPLE_S16LE : PA_SAMPLE_FLOAT32LE;
+	ss.channels = g_cfg.audio.downmix_to_2ch ? 2 : 8;
+	ss.rate = 48000;
+
+	int err;
+	this->connection = pa_simple_new(NULL, "RPCS3", PA_STREAM_PLAYBACK, NULL, "Game", &ss, NULL, NULL, &err);
+	if(!this->connection) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "PulseAudio: Failed to initialize audio: %s\n", pa_strerror(err));
+	}
+
+	this->AddData(src, size);
+}
+
+void PulseThread::AddData(const void* src, int size)
+{
+	if(this->connection) {
+		int err;
+		if(pa_simple_write(this->connection, src, size, &err) < 0) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "PulseAusio: Failed to write audio stream: %s\n", pa_strerror(err));
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Audio/Pulse/PulseThread.h b/rpcs3/Emu/Audio/Pulse/PulseThread.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..657722f622
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Audio/Pulse/PulseThread.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#ifdef HAVE_PULSE
+#include <pulse/simple.h>
+#include "Emu/Audio/AudioThread.h"
+
+class PulseThread : public AudioThread
+{
+public:
+	PulseThread();
+	virtual ~PulseThread() override;
+
+	virtual void Play() override;
+	virtual void Open(const void* src, int size) override;
+	virtual void Close() override;
+	virtual void Stop() override;
+	virtual void AddData(const void* src, int size) override;
+
+private:
+	pa_simple *connection = nullptr;
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
index 08e35854f8..8b66a661ad 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
@@ -166,8 +166,12 @@ void fmt_class_string<audio_renderer>::format(std::string& out, u64 arg)
 		case audio_renderer::null: return "Null";
 #ifdef _WIN32
 		case audio_renderer::xaudio: return "XAudio2";
-#elif defined(HAVE_ALSA)
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_ALSA
 		case audio_renderer::alsa: return "ALSA";
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_PULSE
+		case audio_renderer::pulse: return "PulseAudio";
 #endif
 		case audio_renderer::openal: return "OpenAL";
 		}
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/System.h b/rpcs3/Emu/System.h
index 1f35dd6d6b..c6bb1ee76d 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/System.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/System.h
@@ -88,8 +88,12 @@ enum class audio_renderer
 	null,
 #ifdef _WIN32
 	xaudio,
-#elif defined(HAVE_ALSA)
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_ALSA
 	alsa,
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_PULSE
+	pulse,
 #endif
 	openal,
 };
diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3_app.cpp b/rpcs3/rpcs3_app.cpp
index ac200a3758..2c62e7b08d 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3_app.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3_app.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_ALSA
 #include "Emu/Audio/ALSA/ALSAThread.h"
 #endif
+#ifdef HAVE_PULSE
+#include "Emu/Audio/Pulse/PulseThread.h"
+#endif
 
 // For now, a trivial constructor/destructor.  May add command line usage later.
 rpcs3_app::rpcs3_app(int& argc, char** argv) : QApplication(argc, argv)
@@ -234,9 +237,14 @@ void rpcs3_app::InitializeCallbacks()
 		case audio_renderer::null: return std::make_shared<NullAudioThread>();
 #ifdef _WIN32
 		case audio_renderer::xaudio: return std::make_shared<XAudio2Thread>();
-#elif defined(HAVE_ALSA)
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_ALSA
 		case audio_renderer::alsa: return std::make_shared<ALSAThread>();
 #endif
+#ifdef HAVE_PULSE
+		case audio_renderer::pulse: return std::make_shared<PulseThread>();
+#endif
+
 		case audio_renderer::openal: return std::make_shared<OpenALThread>();
 		default: fmt::throw_exception("Invalid audio renderer: %s" HERE, type);
 		}