diff --git a/Makefile.common b/Makefile.common
index 573f866cc7..cf455191a6 100644
--- a/Makefile.common
+++ b/Makefile.common
@@ -527,6 +527,10 @@ ifeq ($(HAVE_LIBNX), 1)
    OBJ += gfx/drivers_font/switch_font.o
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(HAVE_AUDIOIO), 1)
+   OBJ += audio/drivers/audioio.o
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(HAVE_OSS), 1)
    OBJ += audio/drivers/oss.o
 else ifeq ($(HAVE_OSS_BSD), 1)
diff --git a/audio/audio_driver.c b/audio/audio_driver.c
index cae227e790..4baaf7b753 100644
--- a/audio/audio_driver.c
+++ b/audio/audio_driver.c
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ static const audio_driver_t *audio_drivers[] = {
 #ifdef HAVE_TINYALSA
 	&audio_tinyalsa,
 #endif
+#if defined(HAVE_AUDIOIO)
+   &audio_audioio,
+#endif
 #if defined(HAVE_OSS) || defined(HAVE_OSS_BSD)
    &audio_oss,
 #endif
diff --git a/audio/audio_driver.h b/audio/audio_driver.h
index c90db9873c..de77f750d3 100644
--- a/audio/audio_driver.h
+++ b/audio/audio_driver.h
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ const char *audio_driver_mixer_get_stream_name(unsigned i);
 bool compute_audio_buffer_statistics(audio_statistics_t *stats);
 
 extern audio_driver_t audio_rsound;
+extern audio_driver_t audio_audioio;
 extern audio_driver_t audio_oss;
 extern audio_driver_t audio_alsa;
 extern audio_driver_t audio_alsathread;
diff --git a/audio/drivers/audioio.c b/audio/drivers/audioio.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b426c0c1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/drivers/audioio.c
@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+/*  RetroArch - A frontend for libretro.
+ *  Copyright (C) 2010-2014 - Hans-Kristian Arntzen
+ *  Copyright (C) 2011-2017 - Daniel De Matteis
+ *
+ *  RetroArch is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
+ *  of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Found-
+ *  ation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  RetroArch is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
+ *  without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+ *  PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with RetroArch.
+ *  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#include <sys/audioio.h>
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include "../audio_driver.h"
+#include "../../verbosity.h"
+
+#define DEFAULT_DEV "/dev/audio"
+
+static void *audioio_init(const char *device, unsigned rate, unsigned latency,
+      unsigned block_frames,
+      unsigned *new_out_rate)
+{
+   int *fd = (int*)calloc(1, sizeof(int));
+   const char *audiodev = device ? device : DEFAULT_DEV;
+   struct audio_info info;
+
+   if (!fd)
+      return NULL;
+
+   AUDIO_INITINFO(&info);
+
+#ifdef AUMODE_PLAY_ALL
+   info.mode = AUMODE_PLAY_ALL;
+#endif
+   info.play.sample_rate = rate;
+   info.play.channels = 2;
+   info.play.precision = 16;
+#ifdef AUDIO_ENCODING_SLINEAR
+   info.play.encoding = AUDIO_ENCODING_SLINEAR;
+#else
+   info.play.encoding = AUDIO_ENCODING_LINEAR;
+#endif
+
+   if ((*fd = open(audiodev, O_WRONLY)) < 0)
+   {
+      free(fd);
+      perror("open");
+      return NULL;
+   }
+
+   if (ioctl(*fd, AUDIO_SETINFO, &info) < 0)
+      goto error;
+
+   if (ioctl(*fd, AUDIO_GETINFO, &info) < 0)
+      goto error;
+
+   *new_out_rate = info.play.sample_rate;
+
+   return fd;
+error:
+   close(*fd);
+   free(fd);
+   perror("ioctl");
+   return NULL;
+}
+
+static ssize_t audioio_write(void *data, const void *buf, size_t size)
+{
+   ssize_t ret;
+   int *fd = (int*)data;
+
+   if (size == 0)
+      return 0;
+
+   if ((ret = write(*fd, buf, size)) < 0)
+   {
+      if (errno == EAGAIN && (fcntl(*fd, F_GETFL) & O_NONBLOCK))
+         return 0;
+
+      return -1;
+   }
+
+   return ret;
+}
+
+static bool audioio_stop(void *data)
+{
+   struct audio_info info;
+   int *fd = (int*)data;
+
+   if (ioctl(*fd, AUDIO_FLUSH, NULL) < 0)
+      return false;
+
+   if (ioctl(*fd, AUDIO_GETINFO, &info) < 0)
+      return false;
+
+   info.play.pause = true;
+
+   return ioctl(*fd, AUDIO_SETINFO, &info) == 0;
+}
+
+static bool audioio_start(void *data, bool is_shutdown)
+{
+   struct audio_info info;
+   int *fd = (int*)data;
+
+   if (ioctl(*fd, AUDIO_FLUSH, NULL) < 0)
+      return false;
+
+   if (ioctl(*fd, AUDIO_GETINFO, &info) < 0)
+      return false;
+
+   info.play.pause = false;
+
+   return ioctl(*fd, AUDIO_SETINFO, &info) == 0;
+}
+
+static bool audioio_alive(void *data)
+{
+   struct audio_info info;
+   int *fd = (int*)data;
+
+   if (ioctl(*fd, AUDIO_GETINFO, &info) < 0)
+      return false;
+
+   return !info.play.pause;
+}
+
+static void audioio_set_nonblock_state(void *data, bool state)
+{
+   int rc;
+   int *fd = (int*)data;
+
+   if (state)
+      rc = fcntl(*fd, F_SETFL, fcntl(*fd, F_GETFL) | O_NONBLOCK);
+   else
+      rc = fcntl(*fd, F_SETFL, fcntl(*fd, F_GETFL) & (~O_NONBLOCK));
+   if (rc != 0)
+      RARCH_WARN("Could not set nonblocking on audio file descriptor. Will not be able to fast-forward.\n");
+}
+
+static void audioio_free(void *data)
+{
+   int *fd = (int*)data;
+
+   (void)ioctl(*fd, AUDIO_FLUSH, NULL);
+
+   close(*fd);
+   free(fd);
+}
+
+static size_t audioio_buffer_size(void *data)
+{
+   struct audio_info info;
+   int *fd = (int*)data;
+
+   if (ioctl(*fd, AUDIO_GETINFO, &info) < 0)
+      return false;
+
+   return info.play.buffer_size;
+}
+
+static size_t audioio_write_avail(void *data)
+{
+   return audioio_buffer_size(data);
+}
+
+static bool audioio_use_float(void *data)
+{
+   (void)data;
+   return false;
+}
+
+audio_driver_t audio_audioio = {
+   audioio_init,
+   audioio_write,
+   audioio_stop,
+   audioio_start,
+   audioio_alive,
+   audioio_set_nonblock_state,
+   audioio_free,
+   audioio_use_float,
+   "audioio",
+   NULL,
+   NULL,
+   audioio_write_avail,
+   audioio_buffer_size,
+};
diff --git a/qb/config.libs.sh b/qb/config.libs.sh
index aa0aa1ba38..209886ef9a 100644
--- a/qb/config.libs.sh
+++ b/qb/config.libs.sh
@@ -236,6 +236,10 @@ check_val '' ALSA -lasound alsa
 check_lib '' CACA -lcaca
 check_lib '' SIXEL -lsixel
 
+if [ "$HAVE_AUDIOIO" != 'no' ]; then
+   check_macro AUDIOIO AUDIO_SETINFO sys/audioio.h
+fi
+
 if [ "$HAVE_OSS" != 'no' ]; then
    check_header OSS sys/soundcard.h
    check_header OSS_BSD soundcard.h
diff --git a/qb/config.params.sh b/qb/config.params.sh
index feb4f262c8..bf62a58029 100644
--- a/qb/config.params.sh
+++ b/qb/config.params.sh
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ HAVE_ZLIB=auto             # zlib support (ZIP extract, PNG decoding/encoding)
 HAVE_ALSA=auto             # ALSA support
 C89_ALSA=no
 HAVE_TINYALSA=auto         # TinyALSA support
+HAVE_AUDIOIO=auto          # AudioIO support
 HAVE_OSS=auto              # OSS support
 HAVE_RSOUND=auto           # RSound support
 HAVE_ROAR=auto             # RoarAudio support
diff --git a/qb/qb.libs.sh b/qb/qb.libs.sh
index ccd101be1a..891082eba7 100644
--- a/qb/qb.libs.sh
+++ b/qb/qb.libs.sh
@@ -137,11 +137,18 @@ check_header() #$1 = HAVE_$1  $2, $3, ... = header files
 		die 1 "Build assumed that $header exists, but cannot locate. Exiting ..."
 }
 
-check_macro() #$1 = HAVE_$1  $2 = macro name
+check_macro() #$1 = HAVE_$1  $2 = macro name  $3 = header name [included only if non-empty]
 {	tmpval="$(eval "printf %s \"\$HAVE_$1\"")"
 	[ "$tmpval" = 'no' ] && return 0
-	ECHOBUF="Checking presence of predefined macro $2"
+	if [ $3 ]; then
+		ECHOBUF="Checking presence of predefined macro $2 in $3"
+		header_include=$(printf '#include <%s>' "$3")
+	else
+		ECHOBUF="Checking presence of predefined macro $2"
+		header_include=""
+	fi
 	cat << EOF > "$TEMP_C"
+$header_include
 #ifndef $2
 #error $2 is not defined
 #endif