diff --git a/alsa-lib-pulse-default.patch b/alsa-lib-pulse-default.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7882b93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alsa-lib-pulse-default.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- alsa-lib-1.0.15rc3.lennart/src/conf/alsa.conf	2007-10-17 18:28:03.000000000 -0400
++++ alsa-lib-1.0.15rc3/src/conf/alsa.conf	2007-10-17 18:33:10.000000000 -0400
+@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
+ 	{
+ 		func load
+ 		files [
++			"/etc/alsa/pulse-default.conf"
+ 			"/etc/asound.conf"
+ 			"~/.asoundrc"
+ 		]
diff --git a/alsa-lib.spec b/alsa-lib.spec
index 68b284b..ccdf3eb 100644
--- a/alsa-lib.spec
+++ b/alsa-lib.spec
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@
 Summary: The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) library
 Name:    alsa-lib
 Version: 1.0.15
-Release: 0.3%{?prever_dot}%{?dist}
+Release: 0.4%{?prever_dot}%{?dist}
 License: LGPLv2+
 Group:   System Environment/Libraries
 Source:  ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/lib/%{name}-%{version}%{?prever}%{?postver}.tar.bz2
 Patch0:  alsa-lib-1.0.14rc1-config.patch
 Patch2:  alsa-lib-1.0.14-glibc-open.patch
+Patch3:	 alsa-lib-pulse-default.patch
 URL:     http://www.alsa-project.org/
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
 BuildRequires: doxygen
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ against the ALSA libraries and interfaces.
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}%{?prever}
 %patch0 -p1 -b .config
 %patch2 -p1 -b .glibc-open
+%patch3 -p1 -b .pulse-default
 
 %build
 %configure --with-configdir=%{_sysconfdir}/alsa
@@ -87,6 +89,11 @@ ln -snf ../../etc/alsa %{_datadir}/alsa
 %{_datadir}/aclocal/alsa.m4
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Oct 17 2007 Lennart Poettering <lpoetter@redhat.com> 1.0.15-0.3.rc3
+- Add hook to /etc/alsa/alsa.conf so that /etc/alsa/default-pulse.conf
+  is loaded when it exists. This allows us to enable the pulse plugin by
+  default depending on whether it is installed or not.
+
 * Mon Oct 15 2007 Martin Stransky <stransky@redhat.com> 1.0.15-0.3.rc3
 - updated to 1.0.15rc3