Index: src/plugins.c
--- src/plugins.c.orig
+++ src/plugins.c
@@ -1547,6 +1547,8 @@ _select_output_plugin (void) {
     char outplugname[100];
 #ifdef OSX_APPBUNDLE
     conf_get_str ("output_plugin", "coreaudio", outplugname, sizeof (outplugname));
+#elif defined(HAVE_SNDIO)
+    conf_get_str ("output_plugin", "sndio", outplugname, sizeof (outplugname));
 #else
     conf_get_str ("output_plugin", "alsa", outplugname, sizeof (outplugname));
 #endif
