diff --git a/js/modules/types/settings.js b/js/modules/types/settings.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c6f9133a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/modules/types/settings.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+const OS = require('../os');
+
+exports.shouldShowAudioNotificationSetting = () =>
+  !OS.isLinux();
diff --git a/preload.js b/preload.js
index be72c1097..9c99e38c0 100644
--- a/preload.js
+++ b/preload.js
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@
   window.Signal.Types.Attachment = require('./js/modules/types/attachment');
   window.Signal.Types.Message = require('./js/modules/types/message');
   window.Signal.Types.MIME = require('./js/modules/types/mime');
+  window.Signal.Types.Settings = require('./js/modules/types/settings');
 
   // We pull this in last, because the native module involved appears to be sensitive to
   //   /tmp mounted as noexec on Linux.