diff --git a/roles/desktop-common/tasks/main.yml b/roles/desktop-common/tasks/main.yml
index 8171acc..50bf19f 100644
--- a/roles/desktop-common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/desktop-common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
         dest: "{{ item.dest }}"
         mode: "{{ item.mode }}"
       loop:
+        - { src: "pulse-daemon.conf", dest: "/etc/pulse/daemon.conf", mode: "0644" }
+        - { src: "pulse-default.pa", dest: "/etc/pulse/default.pa", mode: "0644" }
         - { src: "sshd_config", dest: "/etc/ssh/sshd_config", mode: "0644" }
         - { src: "nomouseaccel.conf", dest: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/90-mouse-acceleration.conf", mode: "0644" }
         - { src: "touchpad.conf", dest: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/90-touchpad.conf", mode: "0644" }
diff --git a/roles/desktop-common/templates/pulse-daemon.conf b/roles/desktop-common/templates/pulse-daemon.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11af05c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/desktop-common/templates/pulse-daemon.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Configuration file for the PulseAudio daemon. See pulse-daemon.conf(5) for
+# more information. Default values are commented out.  Use either ; or # for
+# commenting.
+
+# Bugfixes for my desktop's audio card
+realtime-scheduling = no # Fixes a weird stutter issue
+
+# Sanity
+flat-volumes = no
+
+# Audio Quality
+default-sample-format = s32le # Pulse does 16bit sampling by default for some reason
+default-sample-rate = 48000 # Higher sample rate than default
+alternate-sample-rate = 44100
+resample-method = speex-float-5 # Increase resampling quality
+avoid-resampling = true
+
+default-fragments = 5 # Pulse, why are you so friggin latent by default?
+default-fragment-size-msec = 10
+
+high-priority = yes
+nice-level = -19
+
diff --git a/roles/desktop-common/templates/pulse-default.pa b/roles/desktop-common/templates/pulse-default.pa
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46c13c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/desktop-common/templates/pulse-default.pa
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/pulseaudio -nF
+.include /etc/pulse/default.pa
+
+# Gets around a weird audio skipping bug on my desktop
+.ifexists module-udev-detect.so
+load-module module-udev-detect tsched=0
+
+# My laptop gets sink suspension popping when using headphones
+unload-module module-suspend-on-idle
+