diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9fd0487..d75a83c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
 # This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
+[[package]]
+name = "alsa"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "alsa-sys 0.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "bitflags 0.9.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "libc 0.2.62 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "nix 0.14.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "alsa-sys"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc 0.2.62 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "pkg-config 0.3.15 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "andrew"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -34,6 +54,11 @@ name = "autocfg"
 version = "0.1.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bitflags"
+version = "0.9.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -680,6 +705,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 name = "wldash"
 version = "0.2.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "alsa 0.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "byteorder 1.3.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "chrono 0.4.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "dbus 0.6.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -720,10 +746,13 @@ dependencies = [
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+"checksum alsa-sys 0.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "b0edcbbf9ef68f15ae1b620f722180b82a98b6f0628d30baa6b8d2a5abc87d58"
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+"checksum bitflags 0.9.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "4efd02e230a02e18f92fc2735f44597385ed02ad8f831e7c1c1156ee5e1ab3a5"
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diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6f33e2e..f472f08 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ edition = "2018"
 lto = "fat"
 
 [features]
+default = ["alsa-widget", "pulseaudio-widget"]
 damage_debug = []
+alsa-widget = ["alsa"]
+pulseaudio-widget = ["libpulse-binding"]
+
 
 [dependencies]
 smithay-client-toolkit = "0.6.4"
@@ -20,7 +24,6 @@ memmap = "0.7"
 os_pipe = "0.8"
 wayland-client = { version = "0.23", features = ["dlopen"] }
 wayland-protocols = { version = "0.23", features = ["client", "unstable_protocols"] }
-libpulse-binding = { version = "2.11"}
 dbus = "0.6"
 fuzzy-matcher = "0.2"
 lazy_static = "1.4"
@@ -30,3 +33,6 @@ shlex = "0.1"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 serde_yaml = "0.8"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+
+libpulse-binding = { version = "2.11", optional = true }
+alsa = { version = "0.3.0", optional = true }
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 7a8e9a0..c72d478 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -48,10 +48,16 @@ pub enum Widget {
         font_size: f32,
         length: u32,
     },
+    #[cfg(feature="pulseaudio-widget")]
     PulseAudio {
         font_size: f32,
         length: u32,
     },
+    #[cfg(feature="alsa-widget")]
+    AlsaSound {
+        font_size: f32,
+        length: u32
+    }
 }
 
 impl Widget {
@@ -121,8 +127,16 @@ impl Widget {
                     Err(_) => None,
                 }
             }
+            #[cfg(feature="pulseaudio-widget")]
             Widget::PulseAudio { font_size, length } => {
-                match widgets::sound::PulseAudio::new(font_size, length, tx.clone()) {
+                match widgets::audio::PulseAudio::new(font_size, length, tx.clone()) {
+                    Ok(w) => Some(w),
+                    Err(_) => None,
+                }
+            }
+            #[cfg(feature="alsa-widget")]
+            Widget::AlsaSound { font_size, length } => {
+                match widgets::audio::Alsa::new(font_size, length) {
                     Ok(w) => Some(w),
                     Err(_) => None,
                 }
@@ -182,6 +196,7 @@ impl Default for Config {
                                     length: 600,
                                 }),
                             }),
+                            #[cfg(feature="pulseaudio-widget")]
                             Box::new(Widget::Margin {
                                 margins: (0, 0, 0, 8),
                                 widget: Box::new(Widget::PulseAudio {
diff --git a/src/widgets/audio/alsa_sound.rs b/src/widgets/audio/alsa_sound.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe93ecd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/widgets/audio/alsa_sound.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+
+use crate::color::Color;
+use crate::widgets::bar_widget::{BarWidget, BarWidgetImpl};
+
+use alsa::mixer::{ Mixer, Selem, SelemChannelId, SelemId };
+
+const CARD_NAME: &'static str = "default";
+const SELEM_NAME: &'static str = "Master";
+const SELEM_ID: u32 = 0u32;
+
+#[inline]
+fn alsa_error_to_io_error(fail: &'static str, err: &alsa::Error) -> ::std::io::Error {
+    let kind = ::std::io::ErrorKind::Other;
+    let func = err.func();
+    let errno = err.errno().map(|errno| format!("; errno = {}", errno)).unwrap_or(String::new());
+    return ::std::io::Error::new(kind, format!("{}: {}{}", fail, func, errno));
+}
+
+#[inline]
+fn alsa_volume_to_f32(volume: i64, min: i64, max: i64) -> f32 {
+    (volume - min) as f32 / (max - min) as f32
+}
+
+#[inline]
+fn f32_to_alsa_volume(volume: f32, min: i64, max: i64) -> i64 {
+    min + ((max - min) as f32 * volume) as i64
+}
+
+pub struct Alsa {
+    pub mixer: Mixer,
+}
+
+impl Alsa {
+    pub fn new(font_size: f32, length: u32) -> ::std::io::Result<Box<BarWidget>> {
+        let mixer = Mixer::new(CARD_NAME, true)
+            .map_err(|err| alsa_error_to_io_error("Failed to create ALSA mixer", &err))?;
+        let mixer = Self { mixer };
+        mixer.get_master_volume()?; // probing
+        Ok(BarWidget::new_simple(font_size, length, Box::new(mixer)))
+    }
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn get_master<'a>(&'a self) -> ::std::io::Result<Selem<'a>> {
+        let master_id = SelemId::new(SELEM_NAME, SELEM_ID);
+        match self.mixer.find_selem(&master_id) {
+            Some(master) => Ok(master),
+            None => {
+                let kind = ::std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound;
+                let desc = "`Master` not found";
+                Err(::std::io::Error::new(kind, desc))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    pub fn get_master_volume(&self) -> ::std::io::Result<f32> {
+        self.get_master()
+            .and_then(|master| {
+                let (min, max) = master.get_playback_volume_range();
+                master.get_playback_volume(SelemChannelId::mono())
+                    .map(|volume| alsa_volume_to_f32(volume, min, max))
+                    .map_err(|e| alsa_error_to_io_error("Failed to get `Master` volume", &e))
+            })
+    }
+    pub fn set_master_volume(&self, volume: f32) -> ::std::io::Result<()> {
+        self.get_master()
+            .and_then(|master| {
+                let (min, max) = master.get_playback_volume_range();
+                let volume = f32_to_alsa_volume(volume, min, max);
+                master.set_playback_volume_all(volume)
+                    .map_err(|e| alsa_error_to_io_error("Failed to set `Master` volume", &e))
+            })
+    }
+    pub fn inc_master_volume(&self, diff: f32) -> ::std::io::Result<()> {
+        self.get_master()
+            .and_then(|master| {
+                let (min, max) = master.get_playback_volume_range();
+                master.get_playback_volume(SelemChannelId::mono())
+                    .and_then(|volume| {
+                        let volume = alsa_volume_to_f32(volume, min, max);
+                        let volume = f32_to_alsa_volume(volume + diff, min, max);
+                        master.set_playback_volume_all(volume)
+                    })
+                    .map_err(|e| alsa_error_to_io_error("Failed to inc/dec `Master` volume", &e))
+            })
+    }
+}
+
+impl BarWidgetImpl for Alsa {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "volume"
+    }
+    fn value(&self) -> f32 {
+        match self.get_master_volume() {
+            Ok(v) => v,
+            Err(e) => panic!(e)
+        }
+    }
+    fn color(&self) -> Color {
+        Color::new(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
+    }
+    fn inc(&mut self, diff: f32) {
+        if let Err(e) = self.inc_master_volume(diff) {
+            panic!(e)
+        }
+    }
+    fn set(&mut self, abs: f32) {
+        if let Err(e) = self.set_master_volume(abs) {
+            panic!(e)
+        }
+    }
+    fn toggle(&mut self) {}
+}
diff --git a/src/widgets/audio/mod.rs b/src/widgets/audio/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fbbb59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/widgets/audio/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+
+#[cfg(feature="alsa-widget")]
+mod alsa_sound;
+#[cfg(feature="alsa-widget")]
+pub use alsa_sound::Alsa;
+
+#[cfg(feature="pulseaudio-widget")]
+mod pulse_sound;
+#[cfg(feature="pulseaudio-widget")]
+pub use pulse_sound::PulseAudio;
+
diff --git a/src/widgets/sound.rs b/src/widgets/audio/pulse_sound.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/widgets/sound.rs
rename to src/widgets/audio/pulse_sound.rs
diff --git a/src/widgets/mod.rs b/src/widgets/mod.rs
index ea0a17f..5d37476 100644
--- a/src/widgets/mod.rs
+++ b/src/widgets/mod.rs
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@ pub mod calendar;
 pub mod clock;
 pub mod date;
 pub mod launcher;
-pub mod sound;
+
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+pub mod audio;