diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index 0f727a6e9e..0e037fb24b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -3836,7 +3836,41 @@ programmers to access a standard API to open and decompress media files.")
        ("hunspell" ,hunspell)
        ("mesa" ,mesa)
        ("libass" ,libass)
-       ("alsa-lib" ,alsa-lib)
+       ("alsa-lib-with-pulseaudio-plugin"
+        ,(package
+           (inherit alsa-lib)
+           (name "alsa-lib-with-pulseaudio-plugin")
+           (source #f)
+           (build-system trivial-build-system)
+           (arguments
+            `(#:modules ((guix build union)
+		         (guix build utils))
+              #:builder
+              (begin
+	        (use-modules (ice-9 match)
+		             (guix build union)
+		             (guix build utils))
+	        (let ((out (assoc-ref %outputs "out")))
+	          (match %build-inputs
+	            (((names . directories) ...)
+	             (union-build out
+			          directories
+			          #:create-all-directories? #f)
+	             #t))
+	          ;; do stuff here
+	          (find-files (string-append out "/lib/alsa-lib/")
+		              (lambda (found stat)
+			        (symlink-relative
+			         found
+			         (string-append
+			          out
+			          "/lib/"
+			          (basename found)))
+			        #t)))
+	        #t)))
+           (inputs
+            `(("alsa-lib" ,alsa-lib)
+              ("alsa-plugins:pulseaudio" ,alsa-plugins "pulseaudio")))))
        ("pulseaudio" ,pulseaudio)
        ("libx11" ,libx11)
        ("freetype" ,freetype)