diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 88df66969..54d478519 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -15,8 +15,29 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
   config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |v|
     # to run without OOMing we need at least 1GB of RAM
     v.memory = 1024
+
+    # enable audio drivers on VM settings
+    # pinched from https://github.com/GeoffreyPlitt/vagrant-audio
+    config.vm.provider :virtualbox do |vb|
+      if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /darwin/
+        vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, '--audio', 'coreaudio', '--audiocontroller', 'hda'] # choices: hda sb16 ac97
+      elsif RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /mingw|mswin|bccwin|cygwin|emx/
+        vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, '--audio', 'dsound', '--audiocontroller', 'ac97']
+      end
+    end
   end
 
+  # ubuntu/trusty64 alsa setup
+  # slightly modernized from  https://github.com/naomiaro/vagrant-alsa-audio
+  # https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/UpgradingAlsa/DKMS
+  config.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
+     alsa_deb="oem-audio-hda-daily-dkms_0.201703070301~ubuntu14.04.1_all.deb"
+     wget -nv https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-audio-dev/+archive/ubuntu/alsa-daily/+files/${alsa_deb}
+     sudo dpkg -i ${alsa_deb}
+     rm ${alsa_deb}
+     sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -y -m --force-yes install  alsa
+     sudo usermod -a -G audio vagrant
+  SHELL
   config.vm.provision "shell", inline: "cd /vagrant; ./install -fIapv --web-port=9080"
   config.vm.provision "shell", path: "docs/scripts/install.sh"
   config.vm.provision "shell", path: "docs/scripts/serve.sh"