diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d0289643..96fbd795 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ find_package(Qt5Concurrent REQUIRED)
 find_package(Qt5Network REQUIRED)
 find_package(Qt5Test REQUIRED)
 find_package(Qt5Xml REQUIRED)
+find_package(Qt5Multimedia REQUIRED)
 
 # The Qt5 cmake files don't provide its install paths, so ask qmake.
 include(QMakeQuery)
diff --git a/application/CMakeLists.txt b/application/CMakeLists.txt
index 94ba56d0..ae7501fb 100644
--- a/application/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/application/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ qt5_add_resources(MULTIMC_RESOURCES ${MULTIMC_QRCS})
 
 # Add executable
 add_executable(MultiMC MACOSX_BUNDLE WIN32 ${MULTIMC_SOURCES} ${MULTIMC_UI} ${MULTIMC_RESOURCES} ${MULTIMC_RCS})
-target_link_libraries(MultiMC MultiMC_gui ${QUAZIP_LIBRARIES} hoedown MultiMC_rainbow LocalPeer ganalytics)
+target_link_libraries(MultiMC MultiMC_gui ${QUAZIP_LIBRARIES} hoedown MultiMC_rainbow LocalPeer ganalytics Qt5::Multimedia)
 if(DEFINED MultiMC_APP_BINARY_NAME)
     set_target_properties(MultiMC PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "${MultiMC_APP_BINARY_NAME}")
 endif()
diff --git a/application/MainWindow.cpp b/application/MainWindow.cpp
index 34ffc54b..514ee7f5 100644
--- a/application/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/application/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ void MainWindow::downloadUpdates(GoUpdate::Status status)
 
 void MainWindow::onCatToggled(bool state)
 {
-    setCatBackground(state);
+    setCatBackground(state, false);
     MMC->settings()->set("TheCat", state);
 }
 
@@ -1299,8 +1299,9 @@ T non_stupid_abs(T in)
 }
 }
 
-void MainWindow::setCatBackground(bool enabled)
+void MainWindow::setCatBackground(bool enabled, bool initial)
 {
+    static int currentMeow = 0;
     if (enabled)
     {
         QDateTime now = QDateTime::currentDateTime();
@@ -1317,9 +1318,28 @@ GroupView
     background-repeat: none;
     background-color:palette(base);
 })").arg(cat));
+        if(!initial) {
+            const char * sounds[] = {
+                "/home/peterix/meows/Fiona52fixed.wav",
+                "/home/peterix/meows/Fiona72.wav",
+                "/home/peterix/meows/Fiona76.wav",
+                "/home/peterix/meows/Fiona81.wav",
+                "/home/peterix/meows/Fiona85.wav"
+            };
+            qDebug() << "PLAY MEOW" << currentMeow;
+            meow.setSource(QUrl::fromLocalFile(sounds[currentMeow]));
+            meow.setLoopCount(1);
+            meow.play();
+            int newMeow = qrand() % 4;
+            if(newMeow == currentMeow) {
+                newMeow++;
+            }
+            currentMeow = newMeow;
+        }
     }
     else
     {
+        meow.stop();
         view->setStyleSheet(QString());
     }
 }
diff --git a/application/MainWindow.h b/application/MainWindow.h
index a415b5e8..3e497837 100644
--- a/application/MainWindow.h
+++ b/application/MainWindow.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <QMainWindow>
 #include <QProcess>
 #include <QTimer>
+#include <QtMultimedia/QSoundEffect>
 
 #include "BaseInstance.h"
 #include "minecraft/auth/MojangAccount.h"
@@ -189,7 +190,7 @@ private slots:
 private:
     void addInstance(QString url = QString());
     void activateInstance(InstancePtr instance);
-    void setCatBackground(bool enabled);
+    void setCatBackground(bool enabled, bool initial = true);
     void updateInstanceToolIcon(QString new_icon);
     void setSelectedInstanceById(const QString &id);
 
@@ -200,6 +201,8 @@ private:
 private:
     std::unique_ptr<Ui> ui;
 
+    QSoundEffect meow;
+
     // these are managed by Qt's memory management model!
     GroupView *view = nullptr;
     InstanceProxyModel *proxymodel = nullptr;