diff --git a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_barrels/init.lua b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_barrels/init.lua
index 09b16eee3..3cde964d7 100644
--- a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_barrels/init.lua
+++ b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_barrels/init.lua
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ local function barrel_open(pos, node, clicker)
 
 	minetest.swap_node(pos,	{ name = "mcl_barrels:barrel_open", param2 = node.param2 })
 	open_barrels[playername] = pos
+	minetest.sound_play({name="mcl_barrels_default_barrel_open", pos=node_pos, gain=0.5, max_hear_distance=16}, true)
 end
 
 local function close_forms(pos)
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ local function update_after_close(pos)
 	if not node then return end
 	if node.name == "mcl_barrels:barrel_open" then
 		minetest.swap_node(pos, {name = "mcl_barrels:barrel_closed", param2 = node.param2})
+		minetest.sound_play({name="mcl_barrels_default_barrel_close", pos=node_pos, gain=0.5, max_hear_distance=16}, true)
 	end
 end
 
diff --git a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_barrels/sounds/attribution.txt b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_barrels/sounds/attribution.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38743d3ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_barrels/sounds/attribution.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+barrel-open.ogg and barrel-close.ogg taken from https://freesound.org/people/quantumriver/sounds/552153/
+Licence: Creative Commons 0 (CC0)
diff --git a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_barrels/sounds/mcl_barrels_default_barrel_close.ogg b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_barrels/sounds/mcl_barrels_default_barrel_close.ogg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ccbb18c0f
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diff --git a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_barrels/sounds/mcl_barrels_default_barrel_open.ogg b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_barrels/sounds/mcl_barrels_default_barrel_open.ogg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c2c9f1d35
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