diff --git a/src/setup.py b/src/setup.py
index c7ab0f3cb4..582aba0bae 100755
--- a/src/setup.py
+++ b/src/setup.py
@@ -896,13 +896,25 @@ def get_printer_def(k):
             postscript = get_printer_def("postscript")
         except Exception as e:
             print("could not probe for pdf/postscript printers: %s" % e)
-    SUBS = {'xvfb_command'          : " ".join(xvfb_command),
+    def pretty_cmd(cmd):
+        lines = []
+        line = ""
+        for c in cmd:
+            if len(line+c)>=72:
+                lines.append(line+" \\\n")
+                line = "        "+c
+            else:
+                line += " "+c
+        if line:
+            lines.append(line+" \\\n")
+        return  (" ".join(lines)).rstrip("\\\n")
+    SUBS = {'xvfb_command'          : pretty_cmd(xvfb_command),
             'ssh_command'           : DEFAULT_SSH_COMMAND,
             'key_shortcuts'         : "".join(("key-shortcut = %s\n" % x) for x in get_default_key_shortcuts()),
             'remote_logging'        : "both",
             'env'                   : env,
             'has_displayfd'         : bstr(has_displayfd),
-            'pulseaudio_command'    : DEFAULT_PULSEAUDIO_COMMAND,
+            'pulseaudio_command'    : pretty_cmd(DEFAULT_PULSEAUDIO_COMMAND),
             'conf_dir'              : conf_dir,
             'bind'                  : bind,
             'socket_dirs'           : "".join(("socket-dirs = %s\n" % x) for x in socket_dirs),
diff --git a/src/xpra/platform/features.py b/src/xpra/platform/features.py
index 6559f2f157..6df1e3d461 100644
--- a/src/xpra/platform/features.py
+++ b/src/xpra/platform/features.py
@@ -28,10 +28,12 @@
 DEFAULT_ENV = []
 
 DEFAULT_SSH_COMMAND = "ssh -x"
-DEFAULT_PULSEAUDIO_COMMAND = "pulseaudio --start --daemonize=false --system=false " + \
-                                    "--exit-idle-time=-1 -n --load=module-suspend-on-idle " + \
-                                    "--load=module-null-sink --load=module-native-protocol-unix "+ \
-                                    "--log-level=2 --log-target=stderr"
+DEFAULT_PULSEAUDIO_COMMAND = ["pulseaudio", "--start", "-n", "--daemonize=false", "--system=false",
+                                    "--exit-idle-time=-1", "--load=module-suspend-on-idle",
+                                    "--load=module-null-sink",
+                                    "--load=module-native-protocol-unix",
+                                    "--load=module-dbus-protocol",
+                                    "--log-level=2", "--log-target=stderr"]
 
 if sys.version<'3':
     CLIENT_MODULES = ["xpra.client.gtk2.client"]
diff --git a/src/xpra/scripts/config.py b/src/xpra/scripts/config.py
index 356340df3f..25ec982f17 100755
--- a/src/xpra/scripts/config.py
+++ b/src/xpra/scripts/config.py
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ def addtrailingslash(v):
                     "clipboard-filter-file" : "",
                     "remote-clipboard"  : "CLIPBOARD",
                     "local-clipboard"   : "CLIPBOARD",
-                    "pulseaudio-command": DEFAULT_PULSEAUDIO_COMMAND,
+                    "pulseaudio-command": " ".join(DEFAULT_PULSEAUDIO_COMMAND),
                     "encryption"        : "",
                     "tcp-encryption"    : "",
                     "encryption-keyfile": "",