diff --git a/client/src/config.c b/client/src/config.c
index 56db2fe2..141fb5f9 100644
--- a/client/src/config.c
+++ b/client/src/config.c
@@ -491,6 +491,13 @@ static struct Option options[] =
     .type           = OPTION_TYPE_BOOL,
     .value.x_bool   = true
   },
+  {
+    .module         = "spice",
+    .name           = "usbAudio",
+    .description    = "Use USB redirection for SPICE audio playback",
+    .type           = OPTION_TYPE_BOOL,
+    .value.x_bool   = false
+  },
   {
     .module         = "spice",
     .name           = "scaleCursor",
@@ -760,14 +767,23 @@ bool config_load(int argc, char * argv[])
 
   if ((g_params.useSpice = option_get_bool("spice", "enable")))
   {
-    g_params.spiceHost         = option_get_string("spice", "host");
-    g_params.spicePort         = option_get_int   ("spice", "port");
+    g_params.spiceHost            = option_get_string("spice", "host");
+    g_params.spicePort            = option_get_int   ("spice", "port");
 
-    g_params.useSpiceInput     = option_get_bool("spice", "input"    );
-    g_params.useSpiceClipboard =
+    g_params.useSpiceInput        = option_get_bool("spice", "input"    );
+    g_params.useSpiceClipboard    =
       option_get_bool("spice", "clipboard") &&
       (g_params.clipboardToVM || g_params.clipboardToLocal);
-    g_params.useSpiceAudio     = option_get_bool("spice", "audio"    );
+    g_params.useSpiceAudio        = option_get_bool("spice", "audio"   );
+    g_params.useSpiceUSBAudio     = option_get_bool("spice", "usbAudio");
+
+#if !ENABLE_USB_AUDIO
+    if (g_params.useSpiceAudio && g_params.useSpiceUSBAudio)
+    {
+      DEBUG_WARN("USB audio is unavailable in this build, using SPICE audio");
+      g_params.useSpiceUSBAudio = false;
+    }
+#endif
   }
 
   g_params.audioDebug = option_get_bool("audio", "debug");
diff --git a/client/src/main.c b/client/src/main.c
index e430074d..52f5ed91 100644
--- a/client/src/main.c
+++ b/client/src/main.c
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@
 #if ENABLE_AUDIO
 #include "audio_spice.h"
 #endif
+#if ENABLE_USB_AUDIO
+#include "audio_usb.h"
+#endif
 #include "keybind.h"
 #include "clipboard.h"
 #include "clipboard_spice.h"
@@ -1511,7 +1514,6 @@ static void checkUUID(void)
   lgcSpice_setAvailable(false);
   lgClipboard_setFallback(NULL, NULL);
   atomic_store_explicit(&g_state.spiceClose, true, memory_order_release);
-  purespice_disconnect();
 }
 
 void spiceReady(void)
@@ -1520,7 +1522,7 @@ void spiceReady(void)
   if (g_params.useSpiceInput)
     lgInput_setFallback(&LGI_Spice, NULL);
 #if ENABLE_AUDIO
-  if (g_params.useSpiceAudio)
+  if (g_params.useSpiceAudio && !g_params.useSpiceUSBAudio)
   {
     lgaSpice_setAvailable(true);
     lgAudio_setFallback(&LGA_Spice, NULL);
@@ -1714,6 +1716,27 @@ static void spice_setCursorState(bool visible, int x, int y)
 
 int spiceThread(void * arg)
 {
+#if ENABLE_USB_AUDIO
+  LGA_USBState * usbAudio = NULL;
+  LG_USBRedir   * usbRedir = NULL;
+
+  if (g_params.useSpiceAudio && g_params.useSpiceUSBAudio)
+  {
+    if (!lgAudio_supportsPlayback())
+    {
+      DEBUG_WARN("USB audio requires a playback backend, using SPICE audio");
+      g_params.useSpiceUSBAudio = false;
+    }
+    else if (!(usbAudio = lgaUsb_create()))
+    {
+      DEBUG_WARN("Failed to initialize USB audio, using SPICE audio");
+      g_params.useSpiceUSBAudio = false;
+    }
+    else
+      usbRedir = lgaUsb_redir(usbAudio);
+  }
+#endif
+
   const struct PSConfig config =
   {
     .host      = g_params.spiceHost,
@@ -1755,7 +1778,8 @@ int spiceThread(void * arg)
 #if ENABLE_AUDIO
     .playback =
     {
-      .enable      = g_params.useSpiceAudio && lgAudio_supportsPlayback(),
+      .enable      = g_params.useSpiceAudio &&
+        !g_params.useSpiceUSBAudio && lgAudio_supportsPlayback(),
       .autoConnect = true,
       .start       = lgaSpice_playbackStart,
       .volume      = lgaSpice_playbackVolume,
@@ -1765,36 +1789,65 @@ int spiceThread(void * arg)
     },
     .record =
     {
-      .enable      = g_params.useSpiceAudio && lgAudio_supportsRecord(),
+      .enable      = g_params.useSpiceAudio &&
+        !g_params.useSpiceUSBAudio && lgAudio_supportsRecord(),
       .autoConnect = true,
       .start       = lgaSpice_recordStart,
       .volume      = lgaSpice_recordVolume,
       .mute        = lgaSpice_recordMute,
       .stop        = lgaSpice_recordStop
-    }
+    },
+#endif
+#if ENABLE_USB_AUDIO
+    .usbRedir =
+    {
+      .enable      = usbAudio != NULL,
+      .autoConnect = false,
+      .opaque      = usbRedir,
+      .state       = lgUsbRedir_state,
+      .data        = lgUsbRedir_data,
+    },
 #endif
   };
 
+  bool connected = false;
   if (!purespice_connect(&config))
   {
     DEBUG_ERROR("Failed to connect to spice server");
     lgSignalEvent(e_spice);
     goto end;
   }
+  connected = true;
+
+  int processTimeout = 100;
+#if ENABLE_USB_AUDIO
+  if (usbAudio)
+  {
+    lgAudio_setFallback(&LGA_USB, usbAudio);
+    processTimeout = 10;
+  }
+#endif
 
   // process all spice messages
-  while(app_getState() != APP_STATE_SHUTDOWN)
+  while(app_getState() != APP_STATE_SHUTDOWN &&
+      !atomic_load_explicit(&g_state.spiceClose, memory_order_acquire))
   {
+#if ENABLE_USB_AUDIO
+    if (usbRedir && !lgUsbRedir_process(usbRedir))
+      DEBUG_WARN("Failed to process USB audio redirection");
+#endif
+
     PSStatus status;
-    if ((status = purespice_process(100)) != PS_STATUS_RUN)
+    if ((status = purespice_process(processTimeout)) != PS_STATUS_RUN)
     {
       if (status != PS_STATUS_SHUTDOWN)
         DEBUG_ERROR("failed to process spice messages");
       goto end;
     }
-
   }
 
+end:
+
   lgInput_setFallback(NULL, NULL);
   lgAudio_setFallback(NULL, NULL);
   lgcSpice_setAvailable(false);
@@ -1802,16 +1855,14 @@ int spiceThread(void * arg)
 #if ENABLE_AUDIO
   lgaSpice_setAvailable(false);
 #endif
-  purespice_disconnect();
-
-end:
-
-  lgcSpice_setAvailable(false);
-  lgInput_setFallback(NULL, NULL);
-  lgAudio_setFallback(NULL, NULL);
-  lgClipboard_setFallback(NULL, NULL);
-#if ENABLE_AUDIO
-  lgaSpice_setAvailable(false);
+#if ENABLE_USB_AUDIO
+  if (connected && usbRedir && !lgUsbRedir_process(usbRedir))
+    DEBUG_WARN("Failed to disconnect USB audio device");
+#endif
+  if (connected)
+    purespice_disconnect();
+#if ENABLE_USB_AUDIO
+  lgaUsb_destroy(usbAudio);
 #endif
 
   // if the connection was disconnected intentionally we don't want to shutdown
diff --git a/client/src/main.h b/client/src/main.h
index e75e2201..85e8cd80 100644
--- a/client/src/main.h
+++ b/client/src/main.h
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ struct AppParams
   bool                 useSpiceInput;
   bool                 useSpiceClipboard;
   bool                 useSpiceAudio;
+  bool                 useSpiceUSBAudio;
   const char *         spiceHost;
   unsigned int         spicePort;
   bool                 clipboardToVM;
diff --git a/doc/usage.rst b/doc/usage.rst
index 71f5049f..9c923ddd 100644
--- a/doc/usage.rst
+++ b/doc/usage.rst
@@ -358,6 +358,8 @@ All command line options
   +------------------------+-------+-----------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
   | spice:audio            |       | yes       | Enable SPICE audio support                                          |
   +------------------------+-------+-----------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
+  | spice:usbAudio         |       | no        | Use USB redirection for SPICE audio playback                        |
+  +------------------------+-------+-----------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
   | spice:scaleCursor      | -j    | yes       | Scale cursor input position to screen size when up/down scaled      |
   +------------------------+-------+-----------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
   | spice:captureOnStart   |       | no        | Capture mouse and keyboard on start                                 |