diff --git a/package/base/alsa/audio_group.patch b/package/base/alsa/audio_group.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d67b2db4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/alsa/audio_group.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+Change the group of users who can access alsa devices from 'audio' to 'sound'
+since we already use 'sound' for other sound devices.
+
+--- alsa-lib-1.0.10/src/conf/pcm/dsnoop.conf~	2005-09-08 08:36:00.000000000 +0200
++++ alsa-lib-1.0.10/src/conf/pcm/dsnoop.conf	2006-03-14 21:35:56.000000000 +0100
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
+ 	}
+ 	type dsnoop
+ 	ipc_key 5778293
+-	ipc_gid audio
++	ipc_gid sound
+ 	ipc_perm 0660
+ 	slave {
+ 		pcm {
+--- alsa-lib-1.0.10/src/conf/pcm/dmix.conf~	2005-09-19 14:38:14.000000000 +0200
++++ alsa-lib-1.0.10/src/conf/pcm/dmix.conf	2006-03-14 21:36:03.000000000 +0100
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
+ 	}
+ 	type dmix
+ 	ipc_key 5678293
+-	ipc_gid audio
++	ipc_gid sound
+ 	ipc_perm 0660
+ 	slave {
+ 		pcm {