diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index 78c050f..3344cfe 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ next
 ----
 - "sounds:play" now returns handle & sound file name string
 - added "sounds:stop" wrapper function for "core:sound_stop"
+- added setting "sounds.enable_tests"
 
 
 v1.8
diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index 134c9bc..2a3e594 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ end
 
 
 local scripts = {
+	"settings",
 	"override",
 	"api",
 	"groups",
diff --git a/settings.lua b/settings.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae3250d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+
+--- Sounds Settings
+--
+--  @topic settings
+
+--- Enables sounds testing with /sounds_test chat command.
+--
+--  @setting sounds.enable_tests
+--  @settype bool
+--  @default false
+sounds.enable_tests = core.settings:get_bool("sounds.enable_tests", false)
diff --git a/settingtypes.txt b/settingtypes.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d521767
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settingtypes.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+# Enables sounds testing with /sounds_test chat command.
+sounds.enable_tests (Sounds tests) bool false