diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e54658932..cff25548d 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -126,3 +126,6 @@
 	path = externals/sdl3
 	url = https://github.com/shadexternals/sdl3.git
 
+[submodule "externals/openal-soft"]
+	path = externals/openal-soft
+	url = https://github.com/shadexternals/openal-soft.git
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8cef2df24..1de4416ee 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ find_package(glslang 15 CONFIG)
 find_package(half 1.12.0 MODULE)
 find_package(magic_enum 0.9.7 CONFIG)
 find_package(PNG 1.6 MODULE)
+find_package(OpenAL CONFIG)
 find_package(RenderDoc 1.6.0 MODULE)
 find_package(SDL3_mixer 2.8.1 CONFIG)
 if (SDL3_mixer_FOUND)
@@ -1112,7 +1113,7 @@ create_target_directory_groups(shadps4)
 
 target_link_libraries(shadps4 PRIVATE magic_enum::magic_enum fmt::fmt toml11::toml11 tsl::robin_map xbyak::xbyak Tracy::TracyClient RenderDoc::API FFmpeg::ffmpeg Dear_ImGui gcn half::half ZLIB::ZLIB PNG::PNG)
 target_link_libraries(shadps4 PRIVATE Boost::headers GPUOpen::VulkanMemoryAllocator LibAtrac9 sirit Vulkan::Headers xxHash::xxhash Zydis::Zydis glslang::glslang SDL3::SDL3 SDL3_mixer::SDL3_mixer pugixml::pugixml)
-target_link_libraries(shadps4 PRIVATE stb::headers libusb::usb lfreist-hwinfo::hwinfo nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json miniz fdk-aac CLI11::CLI11)
+target_link_libraries(shadps4 PRIVATE stb::headers libusb::usb lfreist-hwinfo::hwinfo nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json miniz fdk-aac CLI11::CLI11 OpenAL::OpenAL)
 
 target_compile_definitions(shadps4 PRIVATE IMGUI_USER_CONFIG="imgui/imgui_config.h")
 target_compile_definitions(Dear_ImGui PRIVATE IMGUI_USER_CONFIG="${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/imgui/imgui_config.h")
diff --git a/externals/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
index 80a6ff7e2..0a079cac3 100644
--- a/externals/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -276,3 +276,35 @@ if (NOT TARGET CLI11::CLI11)
     set(CLI11_BUILD_EXAMPLES OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
     add_subdirectory(CLI11)
 endif()
+
+#openal
+if (NOT TARGET OpenAL::OpenAL)
+set(ALSOFT_ENABLE_MODULES OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+set(LIBTYPE "STATIC" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+# Disable everything we don't need
+set(ALSOFT_UTILS OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+set(ALSOFT_EXAMPLES OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+set(ALSOFT_TESTS OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+set(ALSOFT_INSTALL OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+set(ALSOFT_CONFIG OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+
+# Backends (platform-specific)
+if (WIN32)
+    set(ALSOFT_BACKEND_WASAPI ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+    set(ALSOFT_BACKEND_DSOUND OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+    set(ALSOFT_BACKEND_WINMM OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+elseif (APPLE)
+    set(ALSOFT_BACKEND_COREAUDIO ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+else()
+    set(ALSOFT_BACKEND_ALSA ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+    set(ALSOFT_BACKEND_PULSEAUDIO ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+    set(ALSOFT_BACKEND_PIPEWIRE OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+endif()
+# Headless-safe
+set(ALSOFT_BACKEND_NULL ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+
+# Static build
+set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+
+add_subdirectory(openal-soft EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+endif()
diff --git a/externals/openal-soft b/externals/openal-soft
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..f120be6e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/externals/openal-soft
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit f120be6e2e7d2eb37a70f8adb5a98e5a645c5349