diff -up qt-x11-opensource-src-4.5.2/src/3rdparty/phonon/gstreamer/audiooutput.cpp.than qt-x11-opensource-src-4.5.2/src/3rdparty/phonon/gstreamer/audiooutput.cpp
--- qt-x11-opensource-src-4.5.2/src/3rdparty/phonon/gstreamer/audiooutput.cpp.than	2009-08-16 14:20:43.000000000 +0200
+++ qt-x11-opensource-src-4.5.2/src/3rdparty/phonon/gstreamer/audiooutput.cpp	2009-08-16 14:45:56.000000000 +0200
@@ -141,7 +141,9 @@ bool AudioOutput::setOutputDevice(int ne
         // Save previous state
         GstState oldState = GST_STATE(m_audioSink);
         const QByteArray oldDeviceValue = GstHelper::property(m_audioSink, "device");
-        const QByteArray deviceId = deviceList.at(newDevice).gstId;
+        const QByteArray deviceId = (deviceList.at(newDevice).gstId == "PulseAudio"
+                                     ? "default"
+                                     : deviceList.at(newDevice).gstId);
         m_device = newDevice;
 
         // We test if the device can be opened by checking if it can go from NULL to READY state
diff -up qt-x11-opensource-src-4.5.2/src/3rdparty/phonon/gstreamer/devicemanager.cpp.than qt-x11-opensource-src-4.5.2/src/3rdparty/phonon/gstreamer/devicemanager.cpp
--- qt-x11-opensource-src-4.5.2/src/3rdparty/phonon/gstreamer/devicemanager.cpp.than	2009-08-15 12:39:08.000000000 +0200
+++ qt-x11-opensource-src-4.5.2/src/3rdparty/phonon/gstreamer/devicemanager.cpp	2009-08-16 14:45:13.000000000 +0200
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ AudioDevice::AudioDevice(DeviceManager *
     //get name from device
     if (gstId == "default") {
         description = "Default audio device";
+    } else if (gstId == "PulseAudio") {
+        description = QObject::tr("Pass all audio through the PulseAudio Sound Server.\n").toUtf8();
     } else {
         GstElement *aSink= manager->createAudioSink();
 
@@ -175,6 +177,18 @@ GstElement *DeviceManager::createAudioSi
                 }
             }
 
+            if (!sink) {
+                sink = gst_element_factory_make ("pulsesink", NULL);
+                if (canOpenDevice(sink)) {
+                    m_backend->logMessage("AudioOutput using pulse audio sink");
+                    m_audioSink = "pulsesink";
+                }
+                else if (sink) {
+                    gst_object_unref(sink);
+                    sink = 0;
+                }
+            }
+
 #ifdef USE_ALSASINK2
             if (!sink) {
                 sink = gst_element_factory_make ("_k_alsasink", NULL);
@@ -306,8 +320,12 @@ void DeviceManager::updateDeviceList()
     QList<QByteArray> list;
 
     if (audioSink) {
-        list = GstHelper::extractProperties(audioSink, "device");
-        list.prepend("default");
+        if (m_audioSink == "pulsesink") {
+            list.append("PulseAudio");
+        } else {
+            list = GstHelper::extractProperties(audioSink, "device");
+            list.prepend("default");
+        }
 
         for (int i = 0 ; i < list.size() ; ++i) {
             QByteArray gstId = list.at(i);