diff --git a/BasiliskII/src/SDL/audio_sdl.cpp b/BasiliskII/src/SDL/audio_sdl.cpp
index e35764fe..c81e0fd4 100644
--- a/BasiliskII/src/SDL/audio_sdl.cpp
+++ b/BasiliskII/src/SDL/audio_sdl.cpp
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static bool open_sdl_audio(void)
 	audio_spec.freq = audio_sample_rates[audio_sample_rate_index] >> 16;
 	audio_spec.format = (audio_sample_sizes[audio_sample_size_index] == 8) ? AUDIO_U8 : AUDIO_S16MSB;
 	audio_spec.channels = audio_channel_counts[audio_channel_count_index];
-	audio_spec.samples = 4096;
+	audio_spec.samples = 4096 >> PrefsFindInt32("sound_buffer");
 	audio_spec.callback = stream_func;
 	audio_spec.userdata = NULL;
 
diff --git a/BasiliskII/src/prefs_items.cpp b/BasiliskII/src/prefs_items.cpp
index 0b30b8c9..2c7485c2 100644
--- a/BasiliskII/src/prefs_items.cpp
+++ b/BasiliskII/src/prefs_items.cpp
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ prefs_desc common_prefs_items[] = {
 	{"ignoresegv", TYPE_BOOLEAN, false,    "ignore illegal memory accesses"},
 	{"host_domain", TYPE_STRING, true,	"handle DNS requests for this domain on the host (slirp only)"},
 	{"title", TYPE_STRING, false,	"window title"},
+	{"sound_buffer", TYPE_INT32, false,	"sound buffer length"},
 	{NULL, TYPE_END, false, NULL} // End of list
 };
 
diff --git a/SheepShaver/src/prefs_items.cpp b/SheepShaver/src/prefs_items.cpp
index 8e1f448d..9aada63c 100644
--- a/SheepShaver/src/prefs_items.cpp
+++ b/SheepShaver/src/prefs_items.cpp
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ prefs_desc common_prefs_items[] = {
 	{"host_domain", TYPE_STRING, true,	"handle DNS requests for this domain on the host (slirp only)"},
 	{"redir", TYPE_STRING, true,		"port forwarding for slirp"},
 	{"title", TYPE_STRING, false,	"window title"},
+	{"sound_buffer", TYPE_INT32, false,	"sound buffer length"},
 	{NULL, TYPE_END, false, NULL} // End of list
 };