diff --git a/projects/ArchR/packages/ui/emulationstation/patches/0001-sound-load-nav-sounds-regardless-of-EnableSounds.patch b/projects/ArchR/packages/ui/emulationstation/patches/0001-sound-load-nav-sounds-regardless-of-EnableSounds.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e6cc7608e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/ArchR/packages/ui/emulationstation/patches/0001-sound-load-nav-sounds-regardless-of-EnableSounds.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+sound: load navigation sounds regardless of EnableSounds
+
+Sound::init() loaded the WAV only when EnableSounds was already true, so
+toggling "ENABLE NAVIGATION SOUNDS" on in Sound Settings left every Sound
+with a null sample until the next reboot (when init() re-ran with the
+setting now true). Sound::play() already gates on the live EnableSounds
+value, so loading the sample unconditionally is enough and makes the menu
+toggle take effect immediately, in both directions, with no reboot.
+
+Reported by a user and reproduced on hardware.
+
+--- a/es-core/src/Sound.cpp
++++ b/es-core/src/Sound.cpp
+@@ -67,9 +67,6 @@
+ 	if (mPath.empty() || !Utils::FileSystem::exists(mPath))
+ 		return;
+ 
+-	if (!Settings::getInstance()->getBool("EnableSounds"))
+-		return;
+-
+ 	//load wav file via SDL
+ 	mSampleData = Mix_LoadWAV(mPath.c_str());
+ 	if (mSampleData == nullptr)