diff --git a/src/audio/audio.c b/src/audio/audio.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..55376719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/audio/audio.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#include "audio/audio.h"
+#include "util.h"
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+static AudioState state;
+
+void lovrAudioInit() {
+  ALCdevice* device = alcOpenDevice(NULL);
+  if (!device) {
+    error("Unable to open default audio device");
+  }
+
+  ALCcontext* context = alcCreateContext(device, NULL);
+  if (!context || !alcMakeContextCurrent(context) || alcGetError(device) != ALC_NO_ERROR) {
+    error("Unable to create OpenAL context");
+  }
+
+  state.device = device;
+  state.context = context;
+}
+
+void lovrAudioDestroy() {
+  alcMakeContextCurrent(NULL);
+  alcDestroyContext(state.context);
+  alcCloseDevice(state.device);
+}
diff --git a/src/audio/audio.h b/src/audio/audio.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2706db52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/audio/audio.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#include <OpenAL/al.h>
+#include <OpenAL/alc.h>
+
+#ifndef LOVR_AUDIO_TYPES
+#define LOVR_AUDIO_TYPES
+
+typedef struct {
+  ALCdevice* device;
+  ALCcontext* context;
+} AudioState;
+
+#endif
+
+void lovrAudioInit();
+void lovrAudioDestroy();
diff --git a/src/lovr.c b/src/lovr.c
index 37ebd750..bb5a80cb 100644
--- a/src/lovr.c
+++ b/src/lovr.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "lovr.h"
+#include "lovr/audio.h"
 #include "lovr/event.h"
 #include "lovr/filesystem.h"
 #include "lovr/graphics.h"
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ void lovrInit(lua_State* L, int argc, char** argv) {
   lua_setglobal(L, "lovr");
 
   // Preload modules
+  luax_preloadmodule(L, "lovr.audio", l_lovrAudioInit);
   luax_preloadmodule(L, "lovr.event", l_lovrEventInit);
   luax_preloadmodule(L, "lovr.filesystem", l_lovrFilesystemInit);
   luax_preloadmodule(L, "lovr.graphics", l_lovrGraphicsInit);
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ void lovrInit(lua_State* L, int argc, char** argv) {
   snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%s",
     "local conf = { "
     "  modules = { "
+    "    audio = true, "
     "    event = true, "
     "    graphics = true, "
     "    headset = true, "
@@ -85,7 +88,7 @@ void lovrInit(lua_State* L, int argc, char** argv) {
     "  success, err = pcall(lovr.conf, conf) "
     "end "
 
-    "local modules = { 'event', 'graphics', 'headset', 'timer' } "
+    "local modules = { 'audio', 'event', 'graphics', 'headset', 'timer' } "
     "for _, module in ipairs(modules) do "
     "  if conf.modules[module] then "
     "    lovr[module] = require('lovr.' .. module) "
diff --git a/src/lovr/audio.c b/src/lovr/audio.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d74bd9c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lovr/audio.c
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#include "lovr/audio.h"
+#include "audio/audio.h"
+
+const luaL_Reg lovrAudio[] = {
+  { NULL, NULL }
+};
+
+int l_lovrAudioInit(lua_State* L) {
+  lua_newtable(L);
+  luaL_register(L, NULL, lovrAudio);
+  lovrAudioInit();
+  return 1;
+}
diff --git a/src/lovr/audio.h b/src/lovr/audio.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c144ed9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lovr/audio.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include <lua.h>
+#include <lauxlib.h>
+#include <lualib.h>
+
+extern const luaL_Reg lovrAudio[];
+int l_lovrAudioInit(lua_State* L);