diff --git a/src/plugins/pulse/ao_pulse.c b/src/plugins/pulse/ao_pulse.c
index 9c5c008..534af63 100644
--- a/src/plugins/pulse/ao_pulse.c
+++ b/src/plugins/pulse/ao_pulse.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 #include <ao/ao.h>
 #include <ao/plugin.h>
 
-#define AO_PULSE_BUFFER_TIME 20000
+#define AO_PULSE_BUFFER_TIME 50000
 
 /* Unfortunately libao doesn't allow "const" for these structures... */
 static char * ao_pulse_options[] = {