diff --git a/proto.h b/proto.h
index 7ae9d8d..d4e28fe 100644
--- a/proto.h
+++ b/proto.h
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ int get_device_index(RD_NTHANDLE handle);
 void convert_to_unix_filename(char *filename);
 void rdpdr_send_completion(uint32 device, uint32 id, uint32 status, uint32 result, uint8 * buffer,
 			   uint32 length);
-RD_BOOL rdpdr_init(void);
+RD_BOOL rdpdr_init(RD_BOOL force);
 void rdpdr_add_fds(int *n, fd_set * rfds, fd_set * wfds, struct timeval *tv, RD_BOOL * timeout);
 struct async_iorequest *rdpdr_remove_iorequest(struct async_iorequest *prev,
 					       struct async_iorequest *iorq);
diff --git a/rdesktop.c b/rdesktop.c
index f9853c8..c7237a7 100644
--- a/rdesktop.c
+++ b/rdesktop.c
@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	char *locale = NULL;
 	int username_option = 0;
 	RD_BOOL geometry_option = False;
+	RD_BOOL force_rdpdr = False;
 #ifdef WITH_RDPSND
 	char *rdpsnd_optarg = NULL;
 #endif
@@ -960,13 +961,15 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		{
 			warning("Initializing sound-support failed!\n");
 		}
+		else
+			force_rdpdr = True;
 	}
 #endif
 
 	if (g_lspci_enabled)
 		lspci_init();
 
-	rdpdr_init();
+	rdpdr_init (force_rdpdr);
 
 	while (1)
 	{
diff --git a/rdpdr.c b/rdpdr.c
index 7288531..1e0f15b 100644
--- a/rdpdr.c
+++ b/rdpdr.c
@@ -838,9 +838,9 @@ rdpdr_process(STREAM s)
 }
 
 RD_BOOL
-rdpdr_init()
+rdpdr_init(RD_BOOL force)
 {
-	if (g_num_devices > 0)
+	if (g_num_devices > 0 || force)
 	{
 		rdpdr_channel =
 			channel_register("rdpdr",