diff --git a/apps/plugins/lua/include_lua/audio.lua b/apps/plugins/lua/include_lua/audio.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51e5fbe228
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/plugins/lua/include_lua/audio.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+--[[ Lua RB Audio Operations
+/***************************************************************************
+ *             __________               __   ___.
+ *   Open      \______   \ ____   ____ |  | _\_ |__   _______  ___
+ *   Source     |       _//  _ \_/ ___\|  |/ /| __ \ /  _ \  \/  /
+ *   Jukebox    |    |   (  <_> )  \___|    < | \_\ (  <_> > <  <
+ *   Firmware   |____|_  /\____/ \___  >__|_ \|___  /\____/__/\_ \
+ *                     \/            \/     \/    \/            \/
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 William Wilgus
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.
+ *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+]]
+
+-- [[ conversion to old style audio_ functions ]]
+if not rb.audio then rb.splash(rb.HZ, "No Support!") return nil end
+
+rb.audio_status = function() return rb.audio("status") end
+rb.audio_play = function (elapsed, offset) rb.audio("play", elapsed, offset) end
+rb.audio_stop = function() rb.audio("stop") end
+rb.audio_pause = function() rb.audio("pause") end
+rb.audio_resume = function() rb.audio("resume") end
+rb.audio_next = function() rb.audio("next") end
+rb.audio_prev = function() rb.audio("prev") end
+rb.audio_ff_rewind = function (newtime) rb.audio("ffrewind", newtime) end
+rb.audio_flush_and_reload_tracks = function() rb.audio("flushandreloadtracks") end
+rb.audio_get_file_pos = function() return rb.audio("getfilepos") end
diff --git a/apps/plugins/lua/lua.make b/apps/plugins/lua/lua.make
index 58b3b69831..5931b655e8 100644
--- a/apps/plugins/lua/lua.make
+++ b/apps/plugins/lua/lua.make
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ LUA_OBJ := $(call c2obj, $(LUA_SRC))
 OTHER_SRC += $(LUA_SRC)
 
 LUA_INCLUDEDIR := $(LUA_SRCDIR)/include_lua
-LUA_INCLUDELIST := $(addprefix $(LUA_BUILDDIR)/,blit.lua color.lua draw.lua image.lua lcd.lua math_ex.lua print.lua timer.lua)
+LUA_INCLUDELIST := $(addprefix $(LUA_BUILDDIR)/,audio.lua blit.lua color.lua draw.lua image.lua lcd.lua math_ex.lua print.lua timer.lua)
 
 ifndef APP_TYPE
 ifneq (,$(strip $(foreach tgt,RECORDER ONDIO,$(findstring $(tgt),$(TARGET)))))
diff --git a/apps/plugins/lua/rocklib.c b/apps/plugins/lua/rocklib.c
index 3f85da97a7..871336505c 100644
--- a/apps/plugins/lua/rocklib.c
+++ b/apps/plugins/lua/rocklib.c
@@ -320,6 +320,69 @@ RB_WRAP(playlist_insert_directory)
     return 1;
 }
 
+RB_WRAP(audio)
+{
+    enum e_audio {AUDIO_STATUS = 0, AUDIO_PLAY, AUDIO_STOP, AUDIO_PAUSE,
+                  AUDIO_RESUME, AUDIO_NEXT, AUDIO_PREV, AUDIO_FFREWIND,
+                  AUDIO_FLUSHANDRELOADTRACKS, AUDIO_GETPOS, AUDIO_ECOUNT};
+    const char *audio_option[] = {"status", "play", "stop", "pause",
+                                  "resume", "next", "prev", "ffrewind",
+                                  "flushandreloadtracks", "getfilepos", NULL};
+    long elapsed, offset, newtime;
+    int status = rb->audio_status();
+
+    int option = luaL_checkoption (L, 1, NULL, audio_option);
+    switch(option)
+    {
+        default:
+        case AUDIO_STATUS:
+            break;
+        case AUDIO_PLAY:
+            elapsed = luaL_checkint(L, 2);
+            offset  = luaL_checkint(L, 3);
+
+            if (status == (AUDIO_STATUS_PLAY | AUDIO_STATUS_PAUSE))
+            {
+                /* not perfect but provides a decent compromise */
+                rb->audio_ff_rewind(elapsed + offset);
+                rb->audio_resume();
+            }
+            else if (status != AUDIO_STATUS_PLAY)
+                rb->audio_play((unsigned long) elapsed, (unsigned long) offset);
+
+            break;
+        case AUDIO_STOP:
+            rb->audio_stop();
+            break;
+        case AUDIO_PAUSE:
+            rb->audio_pause();
+            break;
+        case AUDIO_RESUME:
+            rb->audio_resume();
+            break;
+        case AUDIO_NEXT:
+            rb->audio_next();
+            break;
+        case AUDIO_PREV:
+            rb->audio_prev();
+            break;
+        case AUDIO_FFREWIND:
+            newtime = (long) luaL_checkint(L, 2);
+            rb->audio_ff_rewind(newtime);
+            break;
+        case AUDIO_FLUSHANDRELOADTRACKS:
+            rb->audio_flush_and_reload_tracks();
+            break;
+        case AUDIO_GETPOS:
+            lua_pushinteger(L, rb->audio_get_file_pos());
+            return 1;
+    }
+
+    rb->yield();
+    lua_pushinteger(L, status); /* return previous (or current) audio status */
+    return 1;
+}
+
 SIMPLE_VOID_WRAPPER(backlight_force_on);
 SIMPLE_VOID_WRAPPER(backlight_use_settings);
 
@@ -449,6 +512,8 @@ static const luaL_Reg rocklib[] =
     RB_FUNC(strip_extension),
     RB_FUNC(create_numbered_filename),
 
+    RB_FUNC(audio),
+
     {NULL, NULL}
 };
 #undef RB_FUNC
diff --git a/apps/plugins/lua/rocklib_aux.pl b/apps/plugins/lua/rocklib_aux.pl
index 085a191ee3..e47a898d55 100755
--- a/apps/plugins/lua/rocklib_aux.pl
+++ b/apps/plugins/lua/rocklib_aux.pl
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ my @forbidden_functions = ('^open$',
                            '^lcd_(mono_)?+bitmap',
                            '^__.+$',
                            '^.+_(un)?cached$',
-                           '^audio_play$',
+                           '^audio_.+$',
                            '^round_value_to_list32$');
 
 my $rocklib = sprintf("%s/rocklib.c", $ARGV[0]);