diff --git a/gnu/packages/conky.scm b/gnu/packages/conky.scm
index 681feb6e43..046d132a9b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/conky.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/conky.scm
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2015 Siniša Biđin <sinisa@bidin.eu>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018, 2019 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2019 Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz>
+;;; Copyright © 2019 Vasile Dumitrascu <va511e@yahoo.com>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages lua)
   #:use-module (gnu packages ncurses)
   #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages pulseaudio)
   #:use-module (gnu packages xorg))
 
 (define-public conky
@@ -51,7 +53,8 @@
     (arguments
      `(#:tests? #f                      ; there are no tests
        #:configure-flags
-       (list "-DRELEASE=true")
+       (list "-DRELEASE=true"
+             "-DBUILD_PULSEAUDIO=ON")
        #:phases
        (modify-phases %standard-phases
          (add-after 'unpack 'add-freetype-to-search-path
@@ -76,6 +79,7 @@
        ("libxext" ,libxext)
        ("libxft" ,libxft)
        ("libxinerama" ,libxinerama)
+       ("pulseaudio", pulseaudio)
        ("lua" ,lua)
        ("ncurses" ,ncurses)
        ("curl" ,curl)))