diff --git a/desktop_version/src/Game.cpp b/desktop_version/src/Game.cpp
index bc675e88..ded3a09b 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/Game.cpp
+++ b/desktop_version/src/Game.cpp
@@ -4222,6 +4222,16 @@ void Game::deserializesettings(tinyxml2::XMLElement* dataNode, ScreenSettings* s
             graphics.showmousecursor = help.Int(pText);
         }
 
+        if (SDL_strcmp(pKey, "musicvolume") == 0)
+        {
+            music.user_music_volume = help.Int(pText);
+        }
+
+        if (SDL_strcmp(pKey, "soundvolume") == 0)
+        {
+            music.user_sound_volume = help.Int(pText);
+        }
+
         if (SDL_strcmp(pKey, "flipButton") == 0)
         {
             SDL_GameControllerButton newButton;
@@ -4453,6 +4463,10 @@ void Game::serializesettings(tinyxml2::XMLElement* dataNode, const ScreenSetting
 
     xml::update_tag(dataNode, "vsync", (int) screen_settings->useVsync);
 
+    xml::update_tag(dataNode, "musicvolume", music.user_music_volume);
+
+    xml::update_tag(dataNode, "soundvolume", music.user_sound_volume);
+
     // Delete all controller buttons we had previously.
     // dataNode->FirstChildElement() shouldn't be NULL at this point...
     // we've already added a bunch of elements
diff --git a/desktop_version/src/Music.cpp b/desktop_version/src/Music.cpp
index e7e24ffd..fb116638 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/Music.cpp
+++ b/desktop_version/src/Music.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ musicclass::musicclass(void)
 	musicVolume = 0;
 	FadeVolAmountPerFrame = 0;
 
+	user_music_volume = USER_VOLUME_MAX;
+	user_sound_volume = USER_VOLUME_MAX;
+
 	currentsong = 0;
 	nicechange = -1;
 	nicefade = false;
diff --git a/desktop_version/src/Music.h b/desktop_version/src/Music.h
index a03bcce1..7ba45ff2 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/Music.h
+++ b/desktop_version/src/Music.h
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 
 #define musicroom(rx, ry) ((rx) + ((ry) * 20))
 
+/* The amount of "space" for the scale of the user-set volume. */
+#define USER_VOLUME_MAX 256
+
 class musicclass
 {
 public:
@@ -52,6 +55,10 @@ public:
 	int FadeVolAmountPerFrame;
 	int musicVolume;
 
+	/* 0..USER_VOLUME_MAX */
+	int user_music_volume;
+	int user_sound_volume;
+
 	bool quick_fade;
 
 	// MMMMMM mod settings
diff --git a/desktop_version/src/main.cpp b/desktop_version/src/main.cpp
index 0c1e4e7a..f1048c5f 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/main.cpp
+++ b/desktop_version/src/main.cpp
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ static enum LoopCode loop_end(void)
     }
     else
     {
-        Mix_Volume(-1,MIX_MAX_VOLUME);
+        Mix_Volume(-1,MIX_MAX_VOLUME * music.user_sound_volume / USER_VOLUME_MAX);
 
         if (game.musicmuted)
         {
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ static enum LoopCode loop_end(void)
         }
         else
         {
-            Mix_VolumeMusic(music.musicVolume);
+            Mix_VolumeMusic(music.musicVolume * music.user_music_volume / USER_VOLUME_MAX);
         }
     }