diff --git a/pulseaudio/kali_pulseaudio.conf b/pulseaudio/kali_pulseaudio.conf
index 3d078cb..f639a87 100644
--- a/pulseaudio/kali_pulseaudio.conf
+++ b/pulseaudio/kali_pulseaudio.conf
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 [Unit]
 ConditionUser=
+
+[Service]
+ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/kali-pulseaudio-default-volume
diff --git a/usr/bin/kali-pulseaudio-default-volume b/usr/bin/kali-pulseaudio-default-volume
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d68d190
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/bin/kali-pulseaudio-default-volume
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+setup_pulseaudio() {
+    # Only for lightdm or sddm. Actually what really matters is
+    # whether pulseaudio is running. But let's err on the side
+    # of being too restrictive.
+    [ $(whoami) = lightdm ] || [ $(whoami) = sddm ] || return 0
+    # Only on first boot - either the pulseaudio cookie doesn't exist,
+    # or it has just been created.
+    if [ -e $HOME/.config/pulse/cookie ]; then
+        if [ "$(( $(date +%s) - $(stat -c %Y $HOME/.config/pulse/cookie) ))" -gt 30 ]; then
+            return 0
+        fi
+    fi
+    # Only if pactl (from pulseaudio-utils) is installed.
+    [ -x /usr/bin/pactl ] || return 0
+    #
+    # Make sure that pulseaudio is unmuted, and volume is higher than 25%.
+    #
+    #pactl get-sink-mute @DEFAULT_SINK@
+    #pactl get-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@
+    muted=$(pactl get-sink-mute @DEFAULT_SINK@ | grep '^Mute:' | sed 's/^Mute: //')
+    volume=$(pactl get-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ | grep -Po '\d+(?=%)' | head -n 1)
+    if [ "$muted" = yes ]; then
+        pactl set-sink-mute @DEFAULT_SINK@ false
+    fi
+    if [ "$volume" -lt 25 ]; then
+        pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ 75%
+    fi
+}
+
+# Workaround for the case when pulseaudio defaults to muted and volume close to
+# zero. Seen in VM (QEMU and VirtualBox) on a Linux host. Probably due to a bug
+# in PA or ALSA, but we handle it here, out of a better place.
+setup_pulseaudio