diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 27efb8e..42df2be 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@
 [submodule "subprojects/miniaudio"]
 	path = subprojects/miniaudio
 	url = https://github.com/mackron/miniaudio
+[submodule "subprojects/rnnoise"]
+	path = subprojects/rnnoise
+	url = https://github.com/xiph/rnnoise
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c4fdf7a..6bdacc8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ option(USE_LIBHANDY "Enable features that require libhandy (default)" ON)
 option(ENABLE_VOICE "Enable voice suppport" ON)
 option(USE_KEYCHAIN "Store the token in the keychain (default)" ON)
 option(ENABLE_NOTIFICATION_SOUNDS "Enable notification sounds (default)" ON)
+option(ENABLE_RNNOISE "Enable RNNoise for voice activity detection (default)" ON)
 
 find_package(nlohmann_json REQUIRED)
 find_package(CURL)
@@ -150,6 +151,35 @@ if (ENABLE_VOICE)
     target_link_libraries(abaddon PkgConfig::libsodium)
 
     target_link_libraries(abaddon ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
+
+    if (ENABLE_RNNOISE)
+        find_package(rnnoise QUIET)
+        if (NOT rnnoise_FOUND)
+            message("rnnoise was not found and will be included as a submodule")
+            # This is potentially really stupid
+            add_library(rnnoise
+                    subprojects/rnnoise/src/arch.h
+                    subprojects/rnnoise/src/celt_lpc.c
+                    subprojects/rnnoise/src/celt_lpc.h
+                    subprojects/rnnoise/src/common.h
+                    subprojects/rnnoise/src/denoise.c
+                    subprojects/rnnoise/src/kiss_fft.c
+                    subprojects/rnnoise/src/kiss_fft.h
+                    subprojects/rnnoise/src/opus_types.h
+                    subprojects/rnnoise/src/pitch.c
+                    subprojects/rnnoise/src/pitch.h
+                    subprojects/rnnoise/src/rnn_data.c
+                    subprojects/rnnoise/src/rnn_data.h
+                    subprojects/rnnoise/src/rnn_reader.c
+                    subprojects/rnnoise/src/rnn.c
+                    subprojects/rnnoise/src/rnn.h
+                    subprojects/rnnoise/src/tansig_table.h
+                    subprojects/rnnoise/src/_kiss_fft_guts.h
+                    subprojects/rnnoise/include/rnnoise.h)
+            target_include_directories(rnnoise PUBLIC "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/subprojects/rnnoise/include")
+            target_link_libraries(abaddon rnnoise)
+        endif ()
+    endif ()
 endif ()
 
 if (${ENABLE_NOTIFICATION_SOUNDS})
diff --git a/src/audio/manager.cpp b/src/audio/manager.cpp
index 6e85ed8..9aacd29 100644
--- a/src/audio/manager.cpp
+++ b/src/audio/manager.cpp
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ void capture_data_callback(ma_device *pDevice, void *pOutput, const void *pInput
 AudioManager::AudioManager() {
     m_ok = true;
 
+    m_rnnoise = rnnoise_create(nullptr);
+    spdlog::get("audio")->info("RNNoise expects {} frames", rnnoise_get_frame_size());
+
     int err;
     m_encoder = opus_encoder_create(48000, 2, OPUS_APPLICATION_VOIP, &err);
     if (err != OPUS_OK) {
@@ -134,6 +137,7 @@ AudioManager::~AudioManager() {
     ma_device_uninit(&m_capture_device);
     ma_context_uninit(&m_context);
     RemoveAllSSRCs();
+    rnnoise_destroy(m_rnnoise);
 }
 
 void AudioManager::AddSSRC(uint32_t ssrc) {
@@ -410,7 +414,14 @@ void AudioManager::OnCapturedPCM(const int16_t *pcm, ma_uint32 frames) {
 
     UpdateCaptureVolume(new_pcm.data(), frames);
 
-    if (m_capture_peak_meter / 32768.0 < m_capture_gate) return;
+    static float idc[480];
+    static float rnnoise_input[480];
+    // take left channel
+    for (int i = 0; i < 480; i++) {
+        rnnoise_input[i] = static_cast<float>(pcm[i * 2]);
+    }
+    float prob = rnnoise_process_frame(m_rnnoise, idc, rnnoise_input);
+    if (prob < m_capture_gate) return;
 
     m_enc_mutex.lock();
     int payload_len = opus_encode(m_encoder, new_pcm.data(), 480, static_cast<unsigned char *>(m_opus_buffer), 1275);
diff --git a/src/audio/manager.hpp b/src/audio/manager.hpp
index 9cd7f42..28d6d74 100644
--- a/src/audio/manager.hpp
+++ b/src/audio/manager.hpp
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #include <miniaudio.h>
 #include <opus.h>
 #include <sigc++/sigc++.h>
+#include <rnnoise.h>
+
 #include "devices.hpp"
 // clang-format on
 
@@ -113,6 +115,8 @@ private:
 
     AudioDevices m_devices;
 
+    DenoiseState *m_rnnoise;
+
 public:
     using type_signal_opus_packet = sigc::signal<void(int payload_size)>;
     type_signal_opus_packet signal_opus_packet();
diff --git a/subprojects/rnnoise b/subprojects/rnnoise
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..1cbdbcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/rnnoise
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 1cbdbcf1283499bbb2230a6b0f126eb9b236defd