diff --git a/miniaudio.h b/miniaudio.h
index cd32e0b3..d3ea2a97 100644
--- a/miniaudio.h
+++ b/miniaudio.h
@@ -38629,6 +38629,40 @@ static void ma_device_uninit__audio4(ma_device* pDevice)
     ma_free(pDeviceStateAudio4, ma_device_get_allocation_callbacks(pDevice));
 }
 
+static void ma_device_prime_playback_buffer__audio4(ma_device* pDevice)
+{
+    ma_device_state_audio4* pDeviceStateAudio4 = ma_device_get_backend_state__audio4(pDevice);
+    ma_device_type deviceType = ma_device_get_type(pDevice);
+    ma_uint8 buffer[4096];
+    ma_uint32 bpf;
+    ma_uint32 framesToWrite;
+    ma_uint32 framesWritten;
+
+    if (deviceType == ma_device_type_playback || deviceType == ma_device_type_duplex) {
+        bpf = ma_get_bytes_per_frame(pDevice->playback.internalFormat, pDevice->playback.internalChannels);
+        framesToWrite = pDevice->playback.internalPeriodSizeInFrames * pDevice->playback.internalPeriods;
+        framesWritten = 0;
+    
+        MA_ZERO_MEMORY(buffer, sizeof(buffer));
+    
+        while (framesWritten < framesToWrite) {
+            ma_uint32 framesToWriteThisIteration = sizeof(buffer) / bpf;
+            ma_uint32 framesRemaining = framesToWrite - framesWritten;
+            if (framesToWriteThisIteration > framesRemaining) {
+                framesToWriteThisIteration = framesRemaining;
+            }
+    
+            /* Just a guard to ensure we don't get stuck in a loop. Should never happen in practice (would require a massive channel count). */
+            if (framesToWriteThisIteration == 0) {
+                break;
+            }
+    
+            write(pDeviceStateAudio4->fdPlayback, buffer, framesToWriteThisIteration);
+            framesWritten += framesToWriteThisIteration;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 static ma_result ma_device_start__audio4(ma_device* pDevice)
 {
     ma_device_state_audio4* pDeviceStateAudio4 = ma_device_get_backend_state__audio4(pDevice);
@@ -38644,6 +38678,8 @@ static ma_result ma_device_start__audio4(ma_device* pDevice)
         if (pDeviceStateAudio4->fdPlayback == -1) {
             return MA_INVALID_ARGS;
         }
+
+        ma_device_prime_playback_buffer__audio4(pDevice);
     }
 
     return MA_SUCCESS;