diff --git a/meta-digi-del/classes/del-image.bbclass b/meta-digi-del/classes/del-image.bbclass
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3940a6f03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-digi-del/classes/del-image.bbclass
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# DEL image features.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2012 Digi International.
+
+PACKAGE_GROUP_del-audio = "task-del-audio"
diff --git a/meta-digi-del/recipes-core/images/del-image-minimal.bb b/meta-digi-del/recipes-core/images/del-image-minimal.bb
index 6cf3c551a..2a6313039 100644
--- a/meta-digi-del/recipes-core/images/del-image-minimal.bb
+++ b/meta-digi-del/recipes-core/images/del-image-minimal.bb
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ IMAGE_LINGUAS = " "
 LICENSE = "MIT"
 
 inherit core-image
+inherit del-image
 
 IMAGE_FEATURES = "core-ssh-dropbear"
+IMAGE_FEATURES += "del-audio"
 
 # core-image disables the root password if debug-tweak is not enabled.
 # This override will use the shadow file instead.
diff --git a/meta-digi-del/recipes-multimedia/tasks/task-del-audio.bb b/meta-digi-del/recipes-multimedia/tasks/task-del-audio.bb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2de683669
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-digi-del/recipes-multimedia/tasks/task-del-audio.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2012 Digi International.
+#
+DESCRIPTION = "Audio task for DEL image"
+LICENSE = "MIT"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/LICENSE;md5=3f40d7994397109285ec7b81fdeb3b58"
+PACKAGE_ARCH = "${MACHINE_ARCH}"
+ALLOW_EMPTY = "1"
+PR = "r0"
+
+PACKAGES = "\
+	task-del-audio \
+	task-del-audio-dbg \
+	task-del-audio-dev \
+    "
+
+RDEPENDS_task-del-audio = "\
+    alsa-lib \
+    alsa-utils \
+    ${MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS}"
+
+RRECOMMENDS_task-del-audio = "\
+    ${MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS}"
+
+