diff --git a/audio/Makefile.objs b/audio/Makefile.objs
index 9ea19c6a87..b98835934d 100644
--- a/audio/Makefile.objs
+++ b/audio/Makefile.objs
@@ -3,14 +3,12 @@ common-obj-$(CONFIG_AUDIO_SDL) += sdlaudio.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_SPICE) += spiceaudio.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_AUDIO_COREAUDIO) += coreaudio.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_AUDIO_DSOUND) += dsoundaudio.o
-common-obj-$(CONFIG_AUDIO_PA) += paaudio.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_AUDIO_PT_INT) += audio_pt_int.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_AUDIO_WIN_INT) += audio_win_int.o
 common-obj-y += wavcapture.o
 
 sdlaudio.o-cflags := $(SDL_CFLAGS)
 sdlaudio.o-libs := $(SDL_LIBS)
-paaudio.o-libs := $(PULSE_LIBS)
 coreaudio.o-libs := $(COREAUDIO_LIBS)
 dsoundaudio.o-libs := $(DSOUND_LIBS)
 
@@ -23,3 +21,8 @@ alsa.mo-libs := $(ALSA_LIBS)
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_AUDIO_OSS) += oss.mo
 oss.mo-objs = ossaudio.o
 oss.mo-libs := $(OSS_LIBS)
+
+# pulseaudio module
+common-obj-$(CONFIG_AUDIO_PA) += pa.mo
+pa.mo-objs = paaudio.o
+pa.mo-libs := $(PULSE_LIBS)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b9336b1808..27bc39bd4d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5974,7 +5974,7 @@ echo "CONFIG_AUDIO_DRIVERS=$audio_drv_list" >> $config_host_mak
 for drv in $audio_drv_list; do
     def=CONFIG_AUDIO_$(echo $drv | LC_ALL=C tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]')
     case "$drv" in
-	alsa | oss)
+	alsa | oss | pa)
 	    echo "$def=m" >> $config_host_mak ;;
 	*)
 	    echo "$def=y" >> $config_host_mak ;;