diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwbase/soundmanager.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwbase/soundmanager.hpp
index b75f6753d8..4d764597cf 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwbase/soundmanager.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwbase/soundmanager.hpp
@@ -39,9 +39,11 @@ namespace MWBase
                 Play_Normal  = 0, /* tracked, non-looping, multi-instance, environment */
                 Play_Loop    = 1<<0, /* Sound will continually loop until explicitly stopped */
                 Play_NoEnv   = 1<<1, /* Do not apply environment effects (eg, underwater filters) */
-                Play_NoTrack = 1<<2  /* (3D only) Play the sound at the given object's position
+                Play_NoTrack = 1<<2, /* (3D only) Play the sound at the given object's position
                                       * but do not keep it updated (the sound will not move with
                                       * the object and will not stop when the object is deleted. */
+
+                Play_LoopNoEnv = Play_Loop | Play_NoEnv
             };
             enum PlayType {
                 Play_TypeSfx   = 1<<3, /* Normal SFX sound */
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanagerimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanagerimp.cpp
index 03e2ce6239..ab8f9b8ec6 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanagerimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanagerimp.cpp
@@ -550,10 +550,8 @@ namespace MWSound
         {
             env = Env_Underwater;
             //play underwater sound
-            //HACK: this sound is always played underwater, so set volume and pitch higher (it's then lowered)
-            //Currently not possible to play looping sound with no environment
             if(!getSoundPlaying(MWWorld::Ptr(), "Underwater"))
-                playSound("Underwater", 1.11, 1.42 ,Play_TypeSfx, Play_Loop );
+                playSound("Underwater", 1.0f, 1.0f, Play_TypeSfx, Play_LoopNoEnv);
         }
         else
         {