diff --git a/client/CMakeLists.txt b/client/CMakeLists.txt
index 738bee77..14837ebd 100644
--- a/client/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/client/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${PROJECT_TOP}/cmake/" "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cma
 include(CheckSubmodule)
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 include(CheckCCompilerFlag)
+include(CMakeDependentOption)
 include(FeatureSummary)
 
 set(OPTIMIZE_FOR_NATIVE_DEFAULT ON)
@@ -59,12 +60,32 @@ add_feature_info(ENABLE_ASAN ENABLE_ASAN "AddressSanitizer support.")
 option(ENABLE_UBSAN "Build with UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer" OFF)
 add_feature_info(ENABLE_UBSAN ENABLE_UBSAN "UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer support.")
 
-option(ENABLE_PIPEWIRE "Build with PipeWire audio output support" ON)
+option(ENABLE_AUDIO "Build with audio support" ON)
+
+cmake_dependent_option(
+  ENABLE_PIPEWIRE
+  "Build with PipeWire audio output support"
+  ON
+  "ENABLE_AUDIO"
+  OFF
+)
 add_feature_info(ENABLE_PIPEWIRE ENABLE_PIPEWIRE "PipeWire audio support.")
 
-option(ENABLE_PULSEAUDIO "Build with PulseAudio audio output support" ON)
+cmake_dependent_option(
+  ENABLE_PULSEAUDIO
+  "Build with PulseAudio audio output support"
+  ON
+  "ENABLE_AUDIO"
+  OFF
+)
 add_feature_info(ENABLE_PULSEAUDIO ENABLE_PULSEAUDIO "PulseAudio audio support.")
 
+if(ENABLE_AUDIO AND NOT (ENABLE_PIPEWIRE OR ENABLE_PULSEAUDIO))
+  message(STATUS "No audio backends enabled, disabling audio support")
+  set(ENABLE_AUDIO OFF)
+endif()
+add_feature_info(ENABLE_AUDIO ENABLE_AUDIO "Audio support.")
+
 add_compile_options(
   "-Wall"
   "-Wextra"
@@ -139,7 +160,6 @@ set(SOURCES
   src/core.c
   src/app.c
   src/message.c
-  src/audio.c
   src/config.c
   src/keybind.c
   src/util.c
@@ -163,6 +183,10 @@ set(SOURCES
   src/overlay/status.c
 )
 
+if(ENABLE_AUDIO)
+  list(APPEND SOURCES src/audio.c)
+endif()
+
 # Force cimgui to build as a static library.
 set(IMGUI_STATIC "yes" CACHE STRING "Build as a static library")
 # Support Unicode codepoints outside the basic multilingual plane.
@@ -179,6 +203,7 @@ add_subdirectory("${PROJECT_TOP}/repos/cimgui"    "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cimgui" E
 add_subdirectory(displayservers)
 add_subdirectory(renderers)
 add_subdirectory(transports)
+add_subdirectory(audiodevs)
 
 configure_file("${PROJECT_TOP}/resources/looking-glass-client.desktop.in" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/resources/looking-glass-client.desktop" @ONLY)
 add_executable(looking-glass-client ${SOURCES})
@@ -215,6 +240,7 @@ target_link_libraries(looking-glass-client
   purespice
   renderers
   transports
+  audiodevs
   cimgui
 )
 
@@ -224,13 +250,11 @@ if(ENABLE_RENDER_TESTS)
   add_subdirectory(tests)
 endif()
 
-if (ENABLE_PIPEWIRE OR ENABLE_PULSEAUDIO)
-  add_definitions(-D ENABLE_AUDIO)
-  add_subdirectory(audiodevs)
+if(ENABLE_AUDIO)
+  target_compile_definitions(looking-glass-client PRIVATE ENABLE_AUDIO)
   pkg_check_modules(SAMPLERATE REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET samplerate)
   target_link_libraries(looking-glass-client
     PkgConfig::SAMPLERATE
-    audiodevs
   )
 endif()
 
diff --git a/client/audiodevs/CMakeLists.txt b/client/audiodevs/CMakeLists.txt
index cb0147a4..6b0d465e 100644
--- a/client/audiodevs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/client/audiodevs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ foreach(audiodev ${AUDIODEVS})
   file(APPEND ${AUDIODEV_C} "extern struct LG_AudioDevOps LGAD_${audiodev};\n")
 endforeach()
 
-file(APPEND ${AUDIODEV_C} "\nconst struct LG_AudioDevOps * LG_AudioDevs[] =\n{\n")
+file(APPEND ${AUDIODEV_C} "\nstruct LG_AudioDevOps * LG_AudioDevs[] =\n{\n")
 foreach(audiodev ${AUDIODEVS})
   file(APPEND ${AUDIODEV_C} "  &LGAD_${audiodev},\n")
 endforeach()
diff --git a/client/src/main.c b/client/src/main.c
index 2583f670..a7f0e86b 100644
--- a/client/src/main.c
+++ b/client/src/main.c
@@ -1809,7 +1809,7 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv[])
   for(unsigned int i = 0; i < LG_DISPLAYSERVER_COUNT; ++i)
     LG_DisplayServers[i]->setup();
 
-  for(unsigned int i = 0; i < LG_AUDIODEV_COUNT; ++i)
+  for(unsigned int i = 0; LG_AudioDevs[i]; ++i)
     if (LG_AudioDevs[i]->earlyInit)
       LG_AudioDevs[i]->earlyInit();
 
diff --git a/doc/build.rst b/doc/build.rst
index e2f33314..91719370 100644
--- a/doc/build.rst
+++ b/doc/build.rst
@@ -108,15 +108,21 @@ feature is disabled when running :ref:`cmake <client_building>`.
    -  ``libwayland-bin``
    -  ``libwayland-dev``
 
+-  Disable all audio support with ``cmake -DENABLE_AUDIO=no ..``
+
+   -  ``libpipewire-0.3-dev``
+   -  ``libpulse-dev``
+   -  ``libsamplerate0-dev``
+
 -  Disable with ``cmake -DENABLE_PIPEWIRE=no ..``
 
    -  ``libpipewire-0.3-dev``
-   -  ``libsamplerate0-dev``
 
 -  Disable with ``cmake -DENABLE_PULSEAUDIO=no ..``
 
    -  ``libpulse-dev``
-   -  ``libsamplerate0-dev``
+
+``libsamplerate0-dev`` is required whenever audio support remains enabled.
 
 .. _client_deps_recommended: