diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d6e410d..10384da 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ cpp = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
 
 gtkmm_dep = dependency('gtkmm-4.0', version : '>= 4.0', required : true)
 sigcpp_dep = dependency('sigc++-2.0', required : true)
-canberragtk_dep = dependency('libcanberra', version : '>= 0.16', required : true)
+canberragtk_dep = dependency('libcanberra', version : '>= 0.16', required : false)
 
 libpulse_dep = dependency('libpulse', version : '>= 5.0', required : true)
 libpulsemlglib_dep = dependency('libpulse-mainloop-glib', version : '>= 0.9.16', required : true)
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ cdata.set_quoted('GETTEXT_PACKAGE', 'pavucontrol')
 cdata.set_quoted('LOCALEDIR', localedir)
 cdata.set_quoted('GLADE_FILE', join_paths(datadir, 'pavucontrol', 'pavucontrol.glade'))
 
+cdata.set('HAVE_LIBCANBERRA', canberragtk_dep.found())
+
 # Now generate config.h from everything above
 configure_file(output : 'config.h', configuration : cdata)
 
diff --git a/src/mainwindow.cc b/src/mainwindow.cc
index 9579dad..9bee3b1 100644
--- a/src/mainwindow.cc
+++ b/src/mainwindow.cc
@@ -76,9 +76,10 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(BaseObjectType* cobject, const Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::Builder>
     canRenameDevices(false),
     m_connected(false),
     m_config_filename(NULL) {
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCANBERRA
     ca_context_create(&canberraContext);
     ca_context_set_driver(canberraContext, "pulse");
-
+#endif
     cardsVBox = x->get_widget<Gtk::Box>("cardsVBox");
     streamsVBox = x->get_widget<Gtk::Box>("streamsVBox");
     recsVBox = x->get_widget<Gtk::Box>("recsVBox");
@@ -271,8 +272,9 @@ finish:
         g_free(i->second);
         clientNames.erase(i);
     }
-
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCANBERRA
     ca_context_destroy(canberraContext);
+#endif
 }
 
 static void set_icon_name_default(Gtk::Image *i, const char *name) {
diff --git a/src/mainwindow.h b/src/mainwindow.h
index ca40a7b..dcbc2f0 100644
--- a/src/mainwindow.h
+++ b/src/mainwindow.h
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ class MainWindow;
 #  include <pulse/ext-device-restore.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCANBERRA
 #include <canberra.h>
+#endif
 
 #include <unordered_map>
 
@@ -118,7 +120,9 @@ public:
 
     bool canRenameDevices;
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCANBERRA
     ca_context *canberraContext;
+#endif
 
 protected:
     virtual void on_realize();
diff --git a/src/sinkwidget.cc b/src/sinkwidget.cc
index 1cbc1c3..0af4957 100644
--- a/src/sinkwidget.cc
+++ b/src/sinkwidget.cc
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@
 
 #include "sinkwidget.h"
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCANBERRA
 #include <canberra.h>
+#endif
+
 #if HAVE_EXT_DEVICE_RESTORE_API
 #  include <pulse/format.h>
 #  include <pulse/ext-device-restore.h>
@@ -111,7 +114,6 @@ SinkWidget* SinkWidget::create(MainWindow* mainWindow) {
 void SinkWidget::executeVolumeUpdate() {
     pa_operation* o;
     char dev[64];
-    int playing = 0;
 
     if (!(o = pa_context_set_sink_volume_by_index(get_context(), index, &volume, NULL, NULL))) {
         show_error(this, _("pa_context_set_sink_volume_by_index() failed"));
@@ -122,6 +124,8 @@ void SinkWidget::executeVolumeUpdate() {
 
     snprintf(dev, sizeof(dev), "%lu", (unsigned long) index);
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCANBERRA
+    int playing = 0;
     ca_context_playing(mpMainWindow->canberraContext, 2, &playing);
     if (playing)
         return;
@@ -137,6 +141,7 @@ void SinkWidget::executeVolumeUpdate() {
                      NULL);
 
     ca_context_change_device(mpMainWindow->canberraContext, NULL);
+#endif
 }
 
 void SinkWidget::onMuteToggleButton() {