diff -urN pulseaudio-0.9.14/src/daemon/esdcompat.in pulseaudio-0.9.14.new/src/daemon/esdcompat.in
--- pulseaudio-0.9.14/src/daemon/esdcompat.in	2009-03-27 10:24:57.000000000 +1100
+++ pulseaudio-0.9.14.new/src/daemon/esdcompat.in	2009-03-27 10:30:36.000000000 +1100
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@
     exit 1
 }
 
+PULSEAUDIO_SYSTEM_START=0
+test -f /etc/default/pulseaudio && . /etc/default/pulseaudio
+
+if [ ! $PULSEAUDIO_SYSTEM_START -eq 0 ]; then
+	exit 0
+fi
+
 ARGS=" --log-target=syslog"
 
 while [ "$#" -gt "0" ]; do