---
 services/systemd/espeakup.service.in |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/services/systemd/espeakup.service.in
+++ b/services/systemd/espeakup.service.in
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ After=systemd-udev-settle.service sound.
 [Service]
 Type=forking
 PIDFile=/run/espeakup.pid
-Environment="default_voice="
+Environment="default_voice= ALSA_CARD="
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/espeakup
 ExecStartPre=+modprobe speakup_soft
 ExecStart=@bindir@/espeakup --default-voice=${default_voice}
 ExecReload=kill -HUP $MAINPID
