diff --git a/rtdata/languages/default b/rtdata/languages/default
index 1a12e987e..1f44a7966 100644
--- a/rtdata/languages/default
+++ b/rtdata/languages/default
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ PREFERENCES_SINGLETABVERTAB;Single Editor Tab Mode, Vertical Tabs
 PREFERENCES_SINGLETAB;Single Editor Tab Mode
 PREFERENCES_SLIMUI;Slim interface
 PREFERENCES_SND_BATCHQUEUEDONE;Queue processing done
-PREFERENCES_SND_HELP;Either enter filepath or nothing (for no sound). On Windows use "SystemDefault", "SystemAsterisk" etc. for system sounds.
+PREFERENCES_SND_HELP;Either enter filepath or nothing (for no sound).\nOn Windows use "SystemDefault", "SystemAsterisk" etc. for system sounds.\nOn Linux use "complete", "window-attention" etc. for system sounds. 
 PREFERENCES_SND_LNGEDITPROCDONE;Editor processing done
 PREFERENCES_SND_TRESHOLDSECS;after secs
 PREFERENCES_SQUAREDETAILWINDOW;Square detail window (faster)
diff --git a/rtgui/options.cc b/rtgui/options.cc
index 9220d1cb0..48b67fa69 100644
--- a/rtgui/options.cc
+++ b/rtgui/options.cc
@@ -348,12 +348,12 @@ void Options::setDefaults () {
     cutOverlayBrush = std::vector<double> (4);
     cutOverlayBrush[3] = 0.667;  // :-p
 
-#if defined(__linux__) || defined(WIN32)
     sndEnable=true;
-#else
-    sndEnable=false;
-#endif
     sndLngEditProcDoneSecs=3.0;
+#ifdef __linux__
+    sndBatchQueueDone = "complete";
+    sndLngEditProcDone = "window-attention";
+#endif
 
     // Reminder: 0 = SET mode, 1 = ADD mode
     int babehav[] = {
diff --git a/rtgui/preferences.cc b/rtgui/preferences.cc
index 9e6dd6081..7f81e446e 100644
--- a/rtgui/preferences.cc
+++ b/rtgui/preferences.cc
@@ -82,7 +82,10 @@ Preferences::Preferences  (RTWindow *rtwindow):parent(rtwindow)  {
     nb->append_page (*getFileBrowserPanel(),    M("PREFERENCES_TAB_BROWSER"));
     nb->append_page (*getColorManagementPanel(),M("PREFERENCES_TAB_COLORMGR"));
     nb->append_page (*getBatchProcPanel(),      M("PREFERENCES_BATCH_PROCESSING"));
+    // Sounds only on Windows and Linux
+#if defined(WIN32) || defined(__linux__)
     nb->append_page (*getSoundPanel(),          M("PREFERENCES_TAB_SOUND"));
+#endif
     nb->set_current_page (0);
 
     fillPreferences ();
@@ -1131,11 +1134,13 @@ void Preferences::storePreferences () {
     moptions.overwriteOutputFile = chOverwriteOutputFile->get_active ();
     moptions.UseIconNoText = ckbUseIconNoText->get_active();
 
-    // Sounds
+    // Sounds only on Windows and Linux
+#if defined(WIN32) || defined(__linux__)
     moptions.sndEnable = ckbSndEnable->get_active ();
     moptions.sndBatchQueueDone = txtSndBatchQueueDone->get_text ();
     moptions.sndLngEditProcDone     = txtSndLngEditProcDone->get_text ();
     moptions.sndLngEditProcDoneSecs = spbSndLngEditProcDoneSecs->get_value ();
+#endif
 }
 
 void Preferences::fillPreferences () {
@@ -1276,15 +1281,13 @@ void Preferences::fillPreferences () {
 
     chOverwriteOutputFile->set_active (moptions.overwriteOutputFile);
 
-    // Sounds
+    // Sounds only on Windows and Linux
+#if defined(WIN32) || defined(__linux__)
     ckbSndEnable->set_active (moptions.sndEnable);
     txtSndBatchQueueDone->set_text (moptions.sndBatchQueueDone);
     txtSndLngEditProcDone->set_text (moptions.sndLngEditProcDone);
-#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__APPLE__)
-    txtSndBatchQueueDone->set_sensitive (false);
-    txtSndLngEditProcDone->set_sensitive (false);
-#endif
     spbSndLngEditProcDoneSecs->set_value (moptions.sndLngEditProcDoneSecs);
+#endif
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1311,12 +1314,9 @@ void Preferences::autocielabToggled () {
 }
 */
 void Preferences::sndEnableToggled () {
-#ifdef WIN32
 	txtSndBatchQueueDone->set_sensitive(ckbSndEnable->get_active());
 	txtSndLngEditProcDone->set_sensitive(ckbSndEnable->get_active());
-#elif defined(__linux__) || defined(WIN32)
 	spbSndLngEditProcDoneSecs->set_sensitive(ckbSndEnable->get_active());
-#endif
 }
 
 void Preferences::langAutoDetectToggled () {
diff --git a/rtgui/soundman.cc b/rtgui/soundman.cc
index 847e7fe9b..07ff9986d 100644
--- a/rtgui/soundman.cc
+++ b/rtgui/soundman.cc
@@ -49,10 +49,9 @@ void SoundManager::init()
 // param is either file name or name of the system event on Windows (e.g. "SystemAsterisk" or "SystemDefault").
 void SoundManager::playSoundAsync(const Glib::ustring &sound)
 {
-     if (!options.sndEnable) return;
+     if (sound.empty() || !options.sndEnable) return;
 
 #ifdef WIN32
-    if (sound.empty()) return;
     DWORD sndParam=SND_ASYNC | SND_NODEFAULT;
 
     if (sound.find('.')!=Glib::ustring::npos) {
@@ -67,6 +66,6 @@ void SoundManager::playSoundAsync(const Glib::ustring &sound)
     PlaySoundW(wfilename, NULL, sndParam);
     g_free( wfilename );
 #elif defined(__linux__)
-    ca_context_play(ca_gtk_context_get(), 0, CA_PROP_EVENT_ID, "complete", NULL);
+    ca_context_play(ca_gtk_context_get(), 0, CA_PROP_EVENT_ID, sound.c_str(), CA_PROP_MEDIA_FILENAME, sound.c_str(), NULL);
 #endif
 }