diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a3789f16..23a90a73 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1189,12 +1189,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-core 0.1.17 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libpulse-simple-sys"
+version = "1.15.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "libpulse-sys 1.15.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "pkg-config 0.3.18 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libpulse-sys"
-version = "0.0.0"
+version = "1.15.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "libc 0.2.73 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "num-derive 0.3.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "num-traits 0.2.12 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "pkg-config 0.3.18 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "winapi 0.3.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1334,7 +1347,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "gstreamer-app 0.15.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "jack 0.5.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.73 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "libpulse-sys 0.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "libpulse-simple-sys 1.15.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "libpulse-sys 1.15.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "librespot-audio 0.1.3",
  "librespot-core 0.1.3",
  "librespot-metadata 0.1.3",
@@ -3310,7 +3324,8 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum libloading 0.4.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "fd38073de8f7965d0c17d30546d4bb6da311ab428d1c7a3fc71dff7f9d4979b9"
 "checksum libloading 0.5.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "f2b111a074963af1d37a139918ac6d49ad1d0d5e47f72fd55388619691a7d753"
 "checksum libmdns 0.2.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "5d8582c174736c53633bc482ac709b24527c018356c3dc6d8e25a788b06b394e"
-"checksum libpulse-sys 0.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "9bb11b06faf883500c1b625cf4453e6c7737e9df9c7ba01df3f84b22b083e4ac"
+"checksum libpulse-simple-sys 1.15.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "9b72cb239bc4de6858fa0bbad27419e72cd4466f079ca56f21d94b0a712ab02e"
+"checksum libpulse-sys 1.15.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "706e95c4b87ebb81c1e7763c74bf7d5ba897208f1a8aa5fc7bea8298dee8f2ca"
 "checksum librespot-tremor 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "b155a7dc4e4d272e01c37a1b85c1ee1bee7f04980ad4a7784c1a6e0f2de5929b"
 "checksum linear-map 1.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "bfae20f6b19ad527b550c223fddc3077a547fc70cda94b9b566575423fd303ee"
 "checksum lock_api 0.3.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "c4da24a77a3d8a6d4862d95f72e6fdb9c09a643ecdb402d754004a557f2bec75"
diff --git a/playback/Cargo.toml b/playback/Cargo.toml
index df380078..0392ac8a 100644
--- a/playback/Cargo.toml
+++ b/playback/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ shell-words = "0.1.0"
 
 alsa            = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
 portaudio-rs    = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
-libpulse-sys    = { version = "0.0.0", optional = true }
+libpulse-sys        = { version = "1.11", optional = true, default-features = false }
+libpulse-simple-sys = { version = "1.11", optional = true, default-features = false }
 jack            = { version = "0.5", optional = true }
 libc            = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
 rodio           = { version = "0.13", optional = true, default-features = false }
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ zerocopy        = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
 [features]
 alsa-backend = ["alsa"]
 portaudio-backend = ["portaudio-rs"]
-pulseaudio-backend = ["libpulse-sys", "libc"]
+pulseaudio-backend = ["libpulse-sys", "libpulse-simple-sys", "libc"]
 jackaudio-backend = ["jack"]
 rodio-backend = ["rodio", "cpal"]
 sdl-backend = ["sdl2"]
diff --git a/playback/src/audio_backend/pulseaudio.rs b/playback/src/audio_backend/pulseaudio.rs
index 8a833d65..80faa439 100644
--- a/playback/src/audio_backend/pulseaudio.rs
+++ b/playback/src/audio_backend/pulseaudio.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use super::{Open, Sink};
 use libc;
 use libpulse_sys::*;
+use libpulse_simple_sys::*;
 use std::ffi::CStr;
 use std::ffi::CString;
 use std::io;
diff --git a/playback/src/lib.rs b/playback/src/lib.rs
index 79b9856d..08cbd400 100644
--- a/playback/src/lib.rs
+++ b/playback/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ extern crate portaudio_rs;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "pulseaudio-backend")]
 extern crate libpulse_sys;
+#[cfg(feature = "pulseaudio-backend")]
+extern crate libpulse_simple_sys;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "jackaudio-backend")]
 extern crate jack;