diff --git a/src/daemon/meson.build b/src/daemon/meson.build
index 43555973d..78494e930 100644
--- a/src/daemon/meson.build
+++ b/src/daemon/meson.build
@@ -32,3 +32,16 @@ executable('pulseaudio',
   dependencies : [ltdl_dep, cap_dep, dbus_dep, systemd_dep],
   c_args : pa_c_args,
 )
+
+if x11_dep.found()
+  conf = configuration_data()
+  conf.set('PACTL_BINARY', join_paths(bindir, 'pactl'))
+
+  configure_file(
+    input : 'start-pulseaudio-x11.in',
+    output : 'start-pulseaudio-x11',
+    configuration : conf,
+    install : true,
+    install_dir : bindir,
+  )
+endif