diff --git a/pulseaudio/files/pulseaudio.init b/pulseaudio/files/pulseaudio.init
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2648279
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pulseaudio/files/pulseaudio.init
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# pulseaudio:   Starts the pulseaudio system wide daemon.
+#
+# chkconfig: - 95 05
+# description:  This is a daemon which handles passwd and group lookups \
+#               for running programs and cache the results for the next \
+#               query.  You should start this daemon if you use \
+#               slow naming services like NIS, NIS+, LDAP, or hesiod.
+# processname: /usr/bin/pulseaudio
+#
+
+# Source function library.
+. /etc/init.d/functions
+
+if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/pulseaudio ] ; then
+        . /etc/sysconfig/pulseaudio
+fi
+
+RETVAL=0
+prog=pulseaudio
+
+start() {
+    echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
+    daemon pulseaudio --system --use-pid-file -n -F /etc/pulse/system.pa -D ${PULSEAUDIO_OPTIONS}
+    RETVAL=$?
+    echo
+    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/pulseaudio
+    return $RETVAL
+}
+
+stop() {
+    echo -n $"Stopping $prog: "
+    killproc pulseaudio
+    RETVAL=$?
+    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/pulseaudio
+    echo
+    return $RETVAL
+}
+
+restart() {
+    stop
+    start
+}
+
+# See how we were called.
+case "$1" in
+    start)
+        start
+        RETVAL=$?
+        ;;
+    stop)
+        stop
+        RETVAL=$?
+        ;;
+    status)
+        status pulseaudio
+        RETVAL=$?
+        ;;
+    restart)
+        restart
+        RETVAL=$?
+        ;;
+    try-restart | condrestart)
+        [ -e /var/lock/subsys/pulseaudio ] && restart
+        RETVAL=$?
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|condrestart}"
+        RETVAL=1
+        ;;
+esac
+exit $RETVAL
diff --git a/pulseaudio/files/pulseaudio.sysconfig.CentOS b/pulseaudio/files/pulseaudio.sysconfig.CentOS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..deea200
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pulseaudio/files/pulseaudio.sysconfig.CentOS
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+PULSEAUDIO_OPTIONS="--disable-shm"
diff --git a/pulseaudio/files/pulseaudio.sysconfig.Fedora b/pulseaudio/files/pulseaudio.sysconfig.Fedora
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96e8cc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pulseaudio/files/pulseaudio.sysconfig.Fedora
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+PULSEAUDIO_OPTIONS="--disable-shm --disallow-module-loading --disallow-exit --exit-idle-time=-1"
diff --git a/pulseaudio/files/system.pa b/pulseaudio/files/system.pa
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e316c14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pulseaudio/files/system.pa
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+.include /etc/pulse/default.pa
+
+load-module module-native-protocol-tcp
+load-module module-zeroconf-publish
+
+load-module module-cli
diff --git a/pulseaudio/manifests/init.pp b/pulseaudio/manifests/init.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99e1de8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pulseaudio/manifests/init.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+
+# Install common pulseaudio components
+#
+class pulseaudio::common {
+
+    package { [ "pulseaudio", "pulseaudio-module-zeroconf" ]:
+        ensure => installed,
+    }
+
+}
+
+
+# Install system wide pulseaudio daemon.
+#
+# Before using, please see some warnings in:
+#
+#   http://pulseaudio.org/wiki/WhatIsWrongWithSystemMode
+#
+class pulseaudio::server inherits pulseaudio::common {
+
+    file { "/etc/init.d/pulseaudio":
+        ensure => present,
+        source => "puppet:///pulseaudio/pulseaudio.init",
+        mode   => 0755,
+        owner  => root,
+        group  => root,
+    }
+    file { "/etc/sysconfig/pulseaudio":
+        ensure => present,
+        source => "puppet:///pulseaudio/pulseaudio.sysconfig.${operatingsystem}",
+        mode   => 0644,
+        owner  => root,
+        group  => root,
+        before => File["/etc/init.d/pulseaudio"],
+        notify => Service["pulseaudio"],
+    }
+
+    file { "/etc/pulse/system.pa":
+        ensure  => present,
+        source  => [ "puppet:///files/pulseaudio/system.pa.${fqdn}",
+                     "puppet:///files/pulseaudio/system.pa", ],
+        mode    => 0644,
+        owner   => root,
+        group   => root,
+        require => Package["pulseaudio"],
+        notify  => Service["pulseaudio"],
+    }
+
+    service { "pulseaudio":
+        ensure  => running,
+        enable  => true,
+        require => [ Package["pulseaudio"],
+                     File["/etc/init.d/pulseaudio"], ],
+    }
+
+    user { "pulse":
+        groups  => [ "audio", ],
+        home    => "/var/run/pulse",
+        require => Package["pulseaudio"],
+        before  => Service["pulseaudio"],
+    }
+
+}