diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c8b88d770..6da867b25 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ gtk-sys = "0.4.0"
 lazy_static = "0.2.8"
 libc = "0.2.31"
 libnotify = { version = "^1.0.2", optional = true }
+libpulse-sys = "0.0.0"
 log = "0.3.8"
 png = "0.10.0"
 serde = "1.0.15"
diff --git a/src/audio/mod.rs b/src/audio/mod.rs
index 230129e32..167ba4bb6 100644
--- a/src/audio/mod.rs
+++ b/src/audio/mod.rs
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 
 pub mod alsa;
 pub mod frontend;
+pub mod pulseaudio;
diff --git a/src/audio/pulseaudio.rs b/src/audio/pulseaudio.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/src/bin.rs b/src/bin.rs
index 6d9cf671c..16622cfae 100644
--- a/src/bin.rs
+++ b/src/bin.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #![feature(alloc_system)]
 extern crate alloc_system;
 extern crate getopts;
+extern crate libpulse_sys;
+extern crate libc;
 
 extern crate pnmixerlib;
 
@@ -10,9 +12,79 @@ use app_state::*;
 use getopts::Options;
 use std::rc::Rc;
 use std::env;
+use audio::pulseaudio;
+use libpulse_sys::*;
+use std::ffi::{CString, CStr};
+use std::os::raw::c_char;
+use std::ptr;
 
 
+static mut CONTEXT_READY: bool = false;
+
+
+unsafe extern "C" fn context_state_cb(
+        ctx: *mut pa_context, data: *mut libc::c_void) {
+
+    let mainloop: *mut pa_threaded_mainloop = data as *mut pa_threaded_mainloop;
+    let state = pa_context_get_state(ctx);
+
+    match state {
+        PA_CONTEXT_READY => {
+            CONTEXT_READY = true;
+            pa_threaded_mainloop_signal(mainloop, 1);
+        },
+        _ => ()
+    }
+
+}
+
 fn main() {
+    unsafe {
+        let mainloop: *mut pa_threaded_mainloop = pa_threaded_mainloop_new();
+
+        if mainloop.is_null() {
+            panic!("Oh no");
+        }
+
+        let api: *mut pa_mainloop_api = pa_threaded_mainloop_get_api(mainloop);
+
+        let context_name = CString::new("pnmixer-rs").unwrap();
+        let context: *mut pa_context = pa_context_new(api,
+                                                      context_name.as_ptr());
+
+        if context.is_null() {
+            panic!("Oh no");
+        }
+
+        pa_context_set_state_callback(context,
+                                      Some(context_state_cb),
+                                      mainloop as *mut libc::c_void);
+        let ret = pa_context_connect(context,
+                                     std::ptr::null_mut(),
+                                     0,
+                                     std::ptr::null_mut());
+
+        if ret < 0 {
+            panic!("Oh no");
+        }
+
+        let ret = pa_threaded_mainloop_start(mainloop);
+
+        if ret < 0 {
+            panic!("Oh no");
+        }
+
+        pa_threaded_mainloop_lock(mainloop);
+        while !CONTEXT_READY {
+            pa_threaded_mainloop_wait(mainloop);
+        }
+        pa_threaded_mainloop_accept(mainloop);
+        pa_threaded_mainloop_unlock(mainloop);
+        CONTEXT_READY = false;
+
+    }
+
+
     let args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
 
     let mut opts = Options::new();