diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
index a29a7b9ee3..4693533a10 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 			Log.AddChannel("debug", "debug.log");
 			Log.AddChannel("sync", "syncreport.log");
 			Log.AddChannel("server", "server.log");
+			Log.AddChannel("sound", "sound.log");
 
 			if (Settings.Server.DiscoverNatDevices)
 				UPnP.TryNatDiscovery();
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Sound.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Sound.cs
index 78281f8d22..5dc5e4f3d4 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Sound.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Sound.cs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 		{
 			if (!FileSystem.Exists(filename))
 			{
-				Log.Write("debug", "LoadSound, file does not exist: {0}", filename);
+				Log.Write("sound", "LoadSound, file does not exist: {0}", filename);
 				return null;
 			}
 
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 				Al.alGenSources(1, out source);
 				if (0 != Al.alGetError())
 				{
-					Log.Write("debug", "Failed generating OpenAL source {0}", i);
+					Log.Write("sound", "Failed generating OpenAL source {0}", i);
 					return;
 				}
 
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 		{
 			if (sound == null)
 			{
-				Log.Write("debug", "Attempt to Play2D a null `ISoundSource`");
+				Log.Write("sound", "Attempt to Play2D a null `ISoundSource`");
 				return null;
 			}