diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1eff5946f6..b18281c61f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -794,13 +794,13 @@ MINGW32*)
 ;;
 GNU/kFreeBSD)
   bsd="yes"
-  audio_drv_list="oss"
+  audio_drv_list="oss try-sdl"
   audio_possible_drivers="oss sdl pa"
 ;;
 FreeBSD)
   bsd="yes"
   make="${MAKE-gmake}"
-  audio_drv_list="oss"
+  audio_drv_list="oss try-sdl"
   audio_possible_drivers="oss sdl pa"
   # needed for kinfo_getvmmap(3) in libutil.h
   LIBS="-lutil $LIBS"
@@ -813,14 +813,14 @@ FreeBSD)
 DragonFly)
   bsd="yes"
   make="${MAKE-gmake}"
-  audio_drv_list="oss"
+  audio_drv_list="oss try-sdl"
   audio_possible_drivers="oss sdl pa"
   HOST_VARIANT_DIR="dragonfly"
 ;;
 NetBSD)
   bsd="yes"
   make="${MAKE-gmake}"
-  audio_drv_list="oss"
+  audio_drv_list="oss try-sdl"
   audio_possible_drivers="oss sdl"
   oss_lib="-lossaudio"
   HOST_VARIANT_DIR="netbsd"
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ Darwin)
     LDFLAGS="-arch x86_64 $LDFLAGS"
   fi
   cocoa="yes"
-  audio_drv_list="coreaudio"
+  audio_drv_list="coreaudio try-sdl"
   audio_possible_drivers="coreaudio sdl"
   LDFLAGS="-framework CoreFoundation -framework IOKit $LDFLAGS"
   libs_softmmu="-F/System/Library/Frameworks -framework Cocoa -framework IOKit $libs_softmmu"
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ SunOS)
   install="${INSTALL-ginstall}"
   smbd="${SMBD-/usr/sfw/sbin/smbd}"
   if test -f /usr/include/sys/soundcard.h ; then
-    audio_drv_list="oss"
+    audio_drv_list="oss try-sdl"
   fi
   audio_possible_drivers="oss sdl"
 # needed for CMSG_ macros in sys/socket.h
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ Haiku)
   LIBS="-lposix_error_mapper -lnetwork $LIBS"
 ;;
 Linux)
-  audio_drv_list="oss"
+  audio_drv_list="try-pa try-alsa try-sdl oss"
   audio_possible_drivers="oss alsa sdl pa"
   linux="yes"
   linux_user="yes"