diff --git a/sound/shairport-sync/Makefile b/sound/shairport-sync/Makefile
index 1cb6f57a8..4d9805270 100644
--- a/sound/shairport-sync/Makefile
+++ b/sound/shairport-sync/Makefile
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=shairport-sync
-PKG_VERSION:=2.4.1
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=2.6
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=git://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync.git
diff --git a/sound/shairport-sync/files/shairport-sync.config b/sound/shairport-sync/files/shairport-sync.config
index 289a37855..0640bde3b 100644
--- a/sound/shairport-sync/files/shairport-sync.config
+++ b/sound/shairport-sync/files/shairport-sync.config
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ config shairport-sync 'shairport_sync'
 	option resync_threshold '' # 2205
 	option log_verbosity '' # 0/1/2/3
 	option ignore_volume_control '' # no/yes
+	option volume_range_db '' # 30 to 150
 	# Latencies
 	option latencies_default '' # 88200
 	option latencies_itunes '' # 99400
diff --git a/sound/shairport-sync/files/shairport-sync.init b/sound/shairport-sync/files/shairport-sync.init
index 2631401c1..ac4b5898f 100644
--- a/sound/shairport-sync/files/shairport-sync.init
+++ b/sound/shairport-sync/files/shairport-sync.init
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ start_instance() {
 		append_num "$cfg" "$conf_file" resync_threshold "resync_threshold"
 		append_num "$cfg" "$conf_file" log_verbosity "log_verbosity"
 		append_str "$cfg" "$conf_file" ignore_volume_control "ignore_volume_control"
+		append_num "$cfg" "$conf_file" volume_range_db "volume_range_db"
 		echo -e "};\n" >> $conf_file
 
 		# Latencies