diff --git a/meta/recipes-sato/pulseaudio-sato/pulseaudio-client-conf-sato/50-sato.conf b/meta/recipes-sato/pulseaudio-sato/pulseaudio-client-conf-sato/50-sato.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97492e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-sato/pulseaudio-sato/pulseaudio-client-conf-sato/50-sato.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# We rely on PulseAudio's autospawn feature to automatically start the daemon
+# in Sato. The graphical session in Sato runs under root, however, and
+# PulseAudio disables autospawning for root by default. In a normal setup it's
+# not desirable to autospawn for root, because it can easily interfere with
+# other users' PulseAudio instances, but in Sato there are no other users, so
+# it's OK to enable this in Sato.
+allow-autospawn-for-root = yes