diff --git a/UnleashedRecomp/CMakeLists.txt b/UnleashedRecomp/CMakeLists.txt
index 10863c02..4b4c78c0 100644
--- a/UnleashedRecomp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/UnleashedRecomp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -386,6 +386,17 @@ if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux")
     find_package(X11 REQUIRED)
     target_include_directories(UnleashedRecomp PRIVATE ${X11_INCLUDE_DIR})
     target_link_libraries(UnleashedRecomp PRIVATE ${X11_LIBRARIES})
+
+    find_package(PkgConfig)
+    pkg_check_modules(GIO gio-2.0)
+
+    if(GIO_FOUND)
+        add_compile_definitions(FOUND_GIO)
+        target_include_directories(UnleashedRecomp PRIVATE ${GIO_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+        target_link_libraries(UnleashedRecomp PRIVATE ${GIO_LIBRARIES})
+    else()
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "GIO not found")
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 target_precompile_headers(UnleashedRecomp PUBLIC ${UNLEASHED_RECOMP_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS})
diff --git a/UnleashedRecomp/os/linux/media_linux.cpp b/UnleashedRecomp/os/linux/media_linux.cpp
index 9fc19b0a..2df9f44a 100644
--- a/UnleashedRecomp/os/linux/media_linux.cpp
+++ b/UnleashedRecomp/os/linux/media_linux.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,89 @@
+#ifdef FOUND_GIO
+#include <gio/gio.h>
+#endif
 #include <os/media.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
 
-bool os::media::IsExternalMediaPlaying()
-{
-    // This functionality is not supported in Linux.
-    return false;
+#ifdef FOUND_GIO
+static std::vector<std::string> get_mpris_nams(GDBusConnection *connection,
+                                               GError *error) {
+  std::vector<std::string> names;
+
+  GVariant *result = g_dbus_connection_call_sync(
+      connection,
+      "org.freedesktop.DBus",  // destination
+      "/org/freedesktop/DBus", // object path
+      "org.freedesktop.DBus",  // interface
+      "ListNames",             // method
+      NULL,                    // parameters
+      G_VARIANT_TYPE("(as)"),  // expected return type
+      G_DBUS_CALL_FLAGS_NONE, -1, NULL, &error);
+
+  if (!result) {
+    g_printerr("Failed to list names: %s\n", error->message);
+    g_error_free(error);
+    return {};
+  }
+
+  // Extract an array of names
+  GVariantIter *iter;
+  const gchar *name;
+  g_variant_get(result, "(as)", &iter);
+  while (g_variant_iter_loop(iter, "s", &name)) {
+    if (g_str_has_prefix(name, "org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.")) {
+      names.push_back(name);
+    }
+  }
+
+  g_variant_iter_free(iter);
+  g_variant_unref(result);
+  return names;
+}
+#endif
+
+bool os::media::IsExternalMediaPlaying() {
+    #ifdef FOUND_GIO
+    GDBusConnection *connection;
+    GError *error = NULL;
+
+    // Connect to the session bus
+    connection = g_bus_get_sync(G_BUS_TYPE_SESSION, NULL, &error);
+    if (!connection) {
+      g_printerr("Failed to connect to session bus: %s\n", error->message);
+      g_error_free(error);
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    auto names = get_mpris_nams(connection, error);
+    bool found = false;
+    for (auto name : names) {
+      GVariant *prop_result = g_dbus_connection_call_sync(
+          connection, name.c_str(), "/org/mpris/MediaPlayer2",
+          "org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties", "Get",
+          g_variant_new("(ss)", "org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player",
+                        "PlaybackStatus"),
+          G_VARIANT_TYPE("(v)"), G_DBUS_CALL_FLAGS_NONE, -1, NULL, &error);
+
+      if (!prop_result) {
+        g_clear_error(&error);
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      GVariant *variant;
+      g_variant_get(prop_result, "(v)", &variant);
+      const gchar *playback_status = g_variant_get_string(variant, NULL);
+      std::string status(playback_status);
+      found = found or (status.find("Playing") != std::string::npos);
+
+      g_variant_unref(variant);
+      g_variant_unref(prop_result);
+    }
+    g_object_unref(connection);
+    return found;
+    #else
+    return false;
+    #endif
 }
diff --git a/UnleashedRecomp/patches/audio_patches.cpp b/UnleashedRecomp/patches/audio_patches.cpp
index 749d1c69..56623218 100644
--- a/UnleashedRecomp/patches/audio_patches.cpp
+++ b/UnleashedRecomp/patches/audio_patches.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ bool AudioPatches::CanAttenuate()
     m_isAttenuationSupported = version.Major >= 10 && version.Build >= 17763;
 
     return m_isAttenuationSupported;
+#elif defined(FOUND_GIO)
+    return true;
 #else
     return false;
 #endif