diff --git a/source/common/audio/sound/i_soundinternal.h b/source/common/audio/sound/i_soundinternal.h
index be3486440..1ef4178d4 100644
--- a/source/common/audio/sound/i_soundinternal.h
+++ b/source/common/audio/sound/i_soundinternal.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ enum EChanFlag
 	CHANF_OVERLAP = 8192, // [MK] Does not stop any sounds in the channel and instead plays over them.
 	CHANF_LOCAL = 16384,	// only plays locally for the calling actor
 	CHANF_TRANSIENT = 32768,	// Do not record in savegames - used for sounds that get restarted outside the sound system (e.g. ambients in SW and Blood)
+	CHANF_FORCE = 65536,		// Start, even if sound is paused.
 };
 
 typedef TFlags<EChanFlag> EChanFlags;
diff --git a/source/common/audio/sound/s_sound.cpp b/source/common/audio/sound/s_sound.cpp
index 4521ebd90..7fdbd74c6 100644
--- a/source/common/audio/sound/s_sound.cpp
+++ b/source/common/audio/sound/s_sound.cpp
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ FSoundChan *SoundEngine::StartSound(int type, const void *source,
 
 	// sound is paused and a non-looped sound is being started.
 	// Such a sound would play right after unpausing which wouldn't sound right.
-	if (!(chanflags & CHANF_LOOP) && !(chanflags & (CHANF_UI|CHANF_NOPAUSE)) && SoundPaused)
+	if (!(chanflags & CHANF_LOOP) && !(chanflags & (CHANF_UI|CHANF_NOPAUSE|CHANF_FORCE)) && SoundPaused)
 	{
 		return NULL;
 	}
diff --git a/source/games/blood/src/triggers.cpp b/source/games/blood/src/triggers.cpp
index 4bbaf9c7f..8da50f7af 100644
--- a/source/games/blood/src/triggers.cpp
+++ b/source/games/blood/src/triggers.cpp
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ void OperateSprite(int nSprite, XSPRITE *pXSprite, EVENT event)
                 break;
             gMe->restTime = 0;
         }
-        sndStartSample(pXSprite->data1, -1, 1, 0);
+        sndStartSample(pXSprite->data1, -1, 1, 0, CHANF_FORCE);
         break;
     case kThingObjectGib:
     case kThingObjectExplode: