diff --git a/package/pulseaudio/S50pulseaudio b/package/pulseaudio/S50pulseaudio
index c1d88626f4..ea343a716d 100644
--- a/package/pulseaudio/S50pulseaudio
+++ b/package/pulseaudio/S50pulseaudio
@@ -7,12 +7,19 @@
 start() {
 	printf "Starting pulseaudio: "
 	umask 077
-	/usr/bin/pulseaudio --system --daemonize
+	/usr/bin/pulseaudio \
+		--system \
+		--daemonize \
+		--disallow-module-loading \
+		--disallow-exit \
+		--exit-idle-time=-1 \
+		--use-pid-file \
+		--disable-shm
 	echo "OK"
 }
 stop() {
 	printf "Stopping pulseaudio: "
-	pulseaudio --kill
+	PULSE_RUNTIME_PATH=/var/run/pulse /usr/bin/pulseaudio --kill
 	echo "OK"
 }
 restart() {