diff --git a/Dockerfile.openpilot_base b/Dockerfile.openpilot_base
index 028d877a93..5d3d26c981 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.openpilot_base
+++ b/Dockerfile.openpilot_base
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
 
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends sudo tzdata locales ssh && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends sudo tzdata locales ssh pulseaudio && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 RUN sed -i -e 's/# en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/' /etc/locale.gen && locale-gen
diff --git a/selfdrive/test/setup_vsound.sh b/selfdrive/test/setup_vsound.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a6601d0a61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/selfdrive/test/setup_vsound.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+{
+  #start pulseaudio daemon
+  sudo pulseaudio -D
+
+  # create a virtual null audio and set it to default device
+  sudo pactl load-module module-null-sink sink_name=virtual_audio
+  sudo pactl set-default-sink virtual_audio
+} > /dev/null 2>&1