diff --git a/dotfiles/lib/shellenv/linux.sh b/dotfiles/lib/shellenv/linux.sh
index 3c1e4413..650bda86 100644
--- a/dotfiles/lib/shellenv/linux.sh
+++ b/dotfiles/lib/shellenv/linux.sh
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
 command_exists 'open' || command_exists 'xdg-open' && alias open='xdg-open'
+
+pavolume () {
+	pactl list sinks | grep '^[[:space:]]Volume:' | \
+    head -n $(( $SINK + 1 )) | tail -n 1 | sed -e 's,.* \([0-9][0-9]*\)%.*,\1,'
+}