diff --git a/rootfs/etc/pulse/client.conf b/rootfs/etc/pulse/client.conf
index 307143277..b3daa7b15 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/pulse/client.conf
+++ b/rootfs/etc/pulse/client.conf
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ autospawn = no
 ; daemon-binary = /usr/bin/pulseaudio
 ; extra-arguments = --log-target=syslog
 
-; cookie-file =
+cookie-file = /run/pulse-cookie
 
 ; enable-shm = yes
 ; shm-size-bytes = 0 # setting this 0 will use the system-default, usually 64 MiB