diff --git a/Project.xml b/Project.xml
index 1da29eb65ed..322aafad290 100644
--- a/Project.xml
+++ b/Project.xml
@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@
 	</section>
 	<assets path='art/readme.txt' rename='do NOT readme.txt' />
 
+	<!-- OpenAL config -->
+	<section if="desktop">
+		<assets path="alsoft.txt" rename="plugins/alsoft.ini" type="text" if="windows"/>
+		<assets path="alsoft.txt" rename="plugins/alsoft.conf" type="text" unless="windows"/>
+	</section>
+
 	<!-- _______________________________ Libraries ______________________________ -->
 
 	<haxelib name="flixel" />
diff --git a/alsoft.txt b/alsoft.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9e2371dc8fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alsoft.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[general]
+sample-type=float32
+stereo-mode=speakers
+stereo-encoding=panpot
+hrtf=false
+cf_level=0
+resampler=fast_bsinc24
+front-stablizer=false
+output-limiter=false
+volume-adjust=0
+[decoder]
+hq-mode=false
+distance-comp=false
+nfc=false
diff --git a/source/Main.hx b/source/Main.hx
index b60c1c42aec..79741e7dba3 100644
--- a/source/Main.hx
+++ b/source/Main.hx
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ import states.TitleState;
 import lime.graphics.Image;
 #end
 
+#if desktop
+import backend.ALSoftConfig; // Just to make sure DCE doesn't remove this, since it's not directly referenced anywhere else.
+#end
+
 //crash handler stuff
 #if CRASH_HANDLER
 import openfl.events.UncaughtErrorEvent;
diff --git a/source/backend/ALSoftConfig.hx b/source/backend/ALSoftConfig.hx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2bbdf991596
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/backend/ALSoftConfig.hx
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package backend;
+
+import haxe.io.Path;
+
+/*
+A class that simply points OpenALSoft to a custom configuration file when the game starts up.
+
+The config overrides a few global OpenALSoft settings with the aim of improving audio quality on desktop targets.
+*/
+@:keep class ALSoftConfig
+{
+	#if desktop
+	static function __init__():Void
+	{
+		var origin:String = #if hl Sys.getCwd() #else Sys.programPath() #end;
+	
+		var configPath:String = Path.directory(Path.withoutExtension(origin));
+		#if windows
+		configPath += "/plugins/alsoft.ini";
+		#elseif mac
+		configPath = Path.directory(configPath) + "/Resources/plugins/alsoft.conf";
+		#else
+		configPath += "/plugins/alsoft.conf";
+		#end
+	
+		Sys.putEnv("ALSOFT_CONF", configPath);
+	}
+	#end
+}
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