diff --git a/src/sound/sound_driver.hpp b/src/sound/sound_driver.hpp
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+/* $Id$ */
+
+#ifndef SOUND_SOUND_DRIVER_HPP
+#define SOUND_SOUND_DRIVER_HPP
+
+#include "../driver.h"
+
+class SoundDriver: public Driver {
+};
+
+class SoundDriverFactoryBase: public DriverFactoryBase {
+};
+
+template <class T>
+class SoundDriverFactory: public SoundDriverFactoryBase {
+public:
+	SoundDriverFactory() { this->RegisterDriver(((T *)this)->GetName(), Driver::DT_SOUND); }
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the long, human readable, name for the Driver-class.
+	 */
+	const char *GetName();
+};
+
+extern SoundDriver *_sound_driver;
+
+#endif /* SOUND_SOUND_DRIVER_HPP */