diff --git a/spa/include/spa/monitor/device.h b/spa/include/spa/monitor/device.h
index 57c84a963..ca17221b5 100644
--- a/spa/include/spa/monitor/device.h
+++ b/spa/include/spa/monitor/device.h
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ struct spa_device_events {
 /* object id of SPA_TYPE_COMMAND_Device */
 enum spa_device_commands {
 	SPA_DEVICE_COMMAND_User,
+	SPA_DEVICE_COMMAND_VolumeControl,	/**< Volume control for devices which do not
+						  * support standard volume control via route
+						  * props */
 };
 
 #define SPA_DEVICE_COMMAND_ID(cmd)	SPA_COMMAND_ID(cmd, SPA_TYPE_COMMAND_Device)
@@ -146,6 +149,11 @@ enum spa_command_device {
 	SPA_COMMAND_DEVICE_START_User 		= 0x1000,
 	SPA_COMMAND_DEVICE_extra,		/** extra info (String) */
 
+	SPA_COMMAND_DEVICE_START_VolumeControl	= 0x2000,
+	SPA_COMMAND_DEVICE_volumeUp,		/** Send a volume up command. route id (Id) */
+	SPA_COMMAND_DEVICE_volumeDown,		/** Send a volume down command. route id (Id) */
+	SPA_COMMAND_DEVICE_muteToggle,		/** Send a mute toggle command. route id (Id) */
+
 	SPA_COMMAND_DEVICE_START_CUSTOM   	= 0x1000000,
 };
 
diff --git a/spa/include/spa/monitor/type-info.h b/spa/include/spa/monitor/type-info.h
index f7c66799c..6a10c1819 100644
--- a/spa/include/spa/monitor/type-info.h
+++ b/spa/include/spa/monitor/type-info.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ static const struct spa_type_info spa_type_device_event[] = {
 
 static const struct spa_type_info spa_type_device_command_id[] = {
 	{ SPA_DEVICE_COMMAND_User, SPA_TYPE_COMMAND_Device, SPA_TYPE_INFO_DEVICE_COMMAND_BASE "User",  NULL },
+	{ SPA_DEVICE_COMMAND_VolumeControl, SPA_TYPE_COMMAND_Device, SPA_TYPE_INFO_DEVICE_COMMAND_BASE "VolumeControl",  NULL },
 	{ 0, 0, NULL, NULL },
 };
 
@@ -50,6 +51,10 @@ static const struct spa_type_info spa_type_device_command[] = {
 
 	{ SPA_COMMAND_DEVICE_extra, SPA_TYPE_String, SPA_TYPE_INFO_DEVICE_COMMAND_BASE "extra", NULL },
 
+	{ SPA_COMMAND_DEVICE_volumeUp, SPA_TYPE_Id, SPA_TYPE_INFO_DEVICE_COMMAND_BASE "volumeUp", NULL },
+	{ SPA_COMMAND_DEVICE_volumeDown, SPA_TYPE_Id, SPA_TYPE_INFO_DEVICE_COMMAND_BASE "volumeDown", NULL },
+	{ SPA_COMMAND_DEVICE_muteToggle, SPA_TYPE_Id, SPA_TYPE_INFO_DEVICE_COMMAND_BASE "muteToggle", NULL },
+
 	{ 0, 0, NULL, NULL },
 };