diff --git a/engines/kyra/sound.cpp b/engines/kyra/sound.cpp
index 73c20ee6df1f..9d3e5f67f588 100644
--- a/engines/kyra/sound.cpp
+++ b/engines/kyra/sound.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ bool Sound::isVoicePresent(const char *file) const {
 	return false;
 }
 
-int32 Sound::voicePlay(const char *file, Audio::SoundHandle *handle, uint8 volume, bool isSfx) {
+int32 Sound::voicePlay(const char *file, Audio::SoundHandle *handle, uint8 volume, uint8 priority, bool isSfx) {
 	Audio::SeekableAudioStream *audioStream = getVoiceStream(file);
 
 	if (!audioStream) {
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ int32 Sound::voicePlay(const char *file, Audio::SoundHandle *handle, uint8 volum
 	}
 
 	int playTime = audioStream->getLength().msecs();
-	playVoiceStream(audioStream, handle, volume, isSfx);
+	playVoiceStream(audioStream, handle, volume, priority, isSfx);
 	return playTime;
 }
 
@@ -109,11 +109,19 @@ Audio::SeekableAudioStream *Sound::getVoiceStream(const char *file) const {
 	}
 }
 
-bool Sound::playVoiceStream(Audio::AudioStream *stream, Audio::SoundHandle *handle, uint8 volume, bool isSfx) {
+bool Sound::playVoiceStream(Audio::AudioStream *stream, Audio::SoundHandle *handle, uint8 volume, uint8 priority, bool isSfx) {
 	int h = 0;
-	while (h < kNumChannelHandles && _mixer->isSoundHandleActive(_soundChannels[h]))
+	while (h < kNumChannelHandles && _mixer->isSoundHandleActive(_soundChannels[h].handle))
 		++h;
 
+	if (h >= kNumChannelHandles) {
+		h = 0;
+		while (h < kNumChannelHandles && _soundChannels[h].priority > priority)
+			++h;
+		if (h < kNumChannelHandles)
+			voiceStop(&_soundChannels[h].handle);
+	}
+
 	if (h >= kNumChannelHandles) {
 		// When we run out of handles we need to destroy the stream object,
 		// this is to avoid memory leaks in some scenes where too many sfx
@@ -123,9 +131,10 @@ bool Sound::playVoiceStream(Audio::AudioStream *stream, Audio::SoundHandle *hand
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	_mixer->playStream(isSfx ? Audio::Mixer::kSFXSoundType : Audio::Mixer::kSpeechSoundType, &_soundChannels[h], stream, -1, volume);
+	_mixer->playStream(isSfx ? Audio::Mixer::kSFXSoundType : Audio::Mixer::kSpeechSoundType, &_soundChannels[h].handle, stream, -1, volume);
+	_soundChannels[h].priority = priority;
 	if (handle)
-		*handle = _soundChannels[h];
+		*handle = _soundChannels[h].handle;
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -133,8 +142,8 @@ bool Sound::playVoiceStream(Audio::AudioStream *stream, Audio::SoundHandle *hand
 void Sound::voiceStop(const Audio::SoundHandle *handle) {
 	if (!handle) {
 		for (int h = 0; h < kNumChannelHandles; ++h) {
-			if (_mixer->isSoundHandleActive(_soundChannels[h]))
-				_mixer->stopHandle(_soundChannels[h]);
+			if (_mixer->isSoundHandleActive(_soundChannels[h].handle))
+				_mixer->stopHandle(_soundChannels[h].handle);
 		}
 	} else {
 		_mixer->stopHandle(*handle);
@@ -144,7 +153,7 @@ void Sound::voiceStop(const Audio::SoundHandle *handle) {
 bool Sound::voiceIsPlaying(const Audio::SoundHandle *handle) const {
 	if (!handle) {
 		for (int h = 0; h < kNumChannelHandles; ++h) {
-			if (_mixer->isSoundHandleActive(_soundChannels[h]))
+			if (_mixer->isSoundHandleActive(_soundChannels[h].handle))
 				return true;
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -156,7 +165,7 @@ bool Sound::voiceIsPlaying(const Audio::SoundHandle *handle) const {
 
 bool Sound::allVoiceChannelsPlaying() const {
 	for (int i = 0; i < kNumChannelHandles; ++i)
-		if (!_mixer->isSoundHandleActive(_soundChannels[i]))
+		if (!_mixer->isSoundHandleActive(_soundChannels[i].handle))
 			return false;
 	return true;
 }
diff --git a/engines/kyra/sound.h b/engines/kyra/sound.h
index 63cec48d00a8..384aeb4f35ce 100644
--- a/engines/kyra/sound.h
+++ b/engines/kyra/sound.h
@@ -184,11 +184,11 @@ class Sound {
 	 * @param handle    store a copy of the sound handle
 	 * @return playtime of the voice file (-1 marks unknown playtime)
 	 */
-	virtual int32 voicePlay(const char *file, Audio::SoundHandle *handle = 0, uint8 volume = 255, bool isSfx = false);
+	virtual int32 voicePlay(const char *file, Audio::SoundHandle *handle = 0, uint8 volume = 255, uint8 priority = 255, bool isSfx = false);
 
 	Audio::SeekableAudioStream *getVoiceStream(const char *file) const;
 
-	bool playVoiceStream(Audio::AudioStream *stream, Audio::SoundHandle *handle = 0, uint8 volume = 255, bool isSfx = false);
+	bool playVoiceStream(Audio::AudioStream *stream, Audio::SoundHandle *handle = 0, uint8 volume = 255, uint8 priority = 255, bool isSfx = false);
 
 	/**
 	 * Checks if a voice is being played.
@@ -238,7 +238,13 @@ class Sound {
 		kNumChannelHandles = 4
 	};
 
-	Audio::SoundHandle _soundChannels[kNumChannelHandles];
+	struct SoundChannel {
+		SoundChannel() : handle(), priority(0) {}
+		Audio::SoundHandle handle;
+		int priority;
+	};
+	
+	SoundChannel _soundChannels[kNumChannelHandles];
 
 	int _musicEnabled;
 	bool _sfxEnabled;
diff --git a/engines/kyra/sound_intern.h b/engines/kyra/sound_intern.h
index 827a48768511..e09fe7e36045 100644
--- a/engines/kyra/sound_intern.h
+++ b/engines/kyra/sound_intern.h
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ class SoundTownsPC98_v2 : public Sound {
 	void haltTrack();
 	void beginFadeOut();
 
-	int32 voicePlay(const char *file, Audio::SoundHandle *handle, uint8 volume, bool isSfx);
+	int32 voicePlay(const char *file, Audio::SoundHandle *handle, uint8 volume = 255, uint8 priority = 255, bool isSfx = true);
 	void playSoundEffect(uint8 track, uint8 volume = 0xff);
 
 	void updateVolumeSettings();
diff --git a/engines/kyra/sound_lol.cpp b/engines/kyra/sound_lol.cpp
index 6c88312f1ae0..3c2c93144570 100644
--- a/engines/kyra/sound_lol.cpp
+++ b/engines/kyra/sound_lol.cpp
@@ -165,9 +165,8 @@ void LoLEngine::snd_playSoundEffect(int track, int volume) {
 		return;
 
 	volume &= 0xff;
-	// Priority setting (used for acquiring one of the 4 pcm channels) currently not implemented.
-	// int16 vprIndex = (int16)READ_LE_UINT16(&_ingameSoundIndex[track * 2 + 1]);
-	// uint16 priority = (vprIndex > 0) ? (vprIndex * volume) >> 8 : -vprIndex;
+	int16 prIndex = (int16)READ_LE_UINT16(&_ingameSoundIndex[track * 2 + 1]);
+	uint16 priority = (prIndex > 0) ? (prIndex * volume) >> 8 : -prIndex;
 
 	static const uint8 volTable1[] = { 223, 159, 95, 47, 15, 0 };
 	static const uint8 volTable2[] = { 255, 191, 127, 63, 30, 0 };
@@ -189,7 +188,7 @@ void LoLEngine::snd_playSoundEffect(int track, int volume) {
 
 	if (hasVocFile) {
 		if (_sound->isVoicePresent(_ingameSoundList[vocIndex]))
-			_sound->voicePlay(_ingameSoundList[vocIndex], 0, volume, true);
+			_sound->voicePlay(_ingameSoundList[vocIndex], 0, volume, priority, true);
 	} else if (_flags.platform == Common::kPlatformPC) {
 		if (_sound->getSfxType() == Sound::kMidiMT32)
 			track = (track < _ingameMT32SoundIndexSize) ? (_ingameMT32SoundIndex[track] - 1) : -1;
diff --git a/engines/kyra/sound_towns.cpp b/engines/kyra/sound_towns.cpp
index 4b25db33f2bd..01624d510b02 100644
--- a/engines/kyra/sound_towns.cpp
+++ b/engines/kyra/sound_towns.cpp
@@ -569,15 +569,24 @@ void SoundTownsPC98_v2::beginFadeOut() {
 	haltTrack();
 }
 
-int32 SoundTownsPC98_v2::voicePlay(const char *file, Audio::SoundHandle *handle, uint8, bool) {
+int32 SoundTownsPC98_v2::voicePlay(const char *file, Audio::SoundHandle *handle, uint8 volume, uint8 priority, bool) {
 	static const uint16 rates[] = { 0x10E1, 0x0CA9, 0x0870, 0x0654, 0x0438, 0x032A, 0x021C, 0x0194 };
 	static const char patternHOF[] = "%s.PCM";
 	static const char patternLOL[] = "%s.VOC";
 
 	int h = 0;
 	if (_currentSFX) {
-		while (h < kNumChannelHandles && _mixer->isSoundHandleActive(_soundChannels[h]))
+		while (h < kNumChannelHandles && _mixer->isSoundHandleActive(_soundChannels[h].handle))
 			h++;
+
+		if (h >= kNumChannelHandles) {
+			h = 0;
+			while (h < kNumChannelHandles && _soundChannels[h].priority > priority)
+				++h;
+			if (h < kNumChannelHandles)
+				voiceStop(&_soundChannels[h].handle);
+		}
+
 		if (h >= kNumChannelHandles)
 			return 0;
 	}
@@ -630,9 +639,10 @@ int32 SoundTownsPC98_v2::voicePlay(const char *file, Audio::SoundHandle *handle,
 	}
 
 	_currentSFX = Audio::makeRawStream(sfx, outsize, sfxRate * 10, Audio::FLAG_UNSIGNED | Audio::FLAG_LITTLE_ENDIAN);
-	_mixer->playStream(Audio::Mixer::kSFXSoundType, &_soundChannels[h], _currentSFX);
+	_mixer->playStream(Audio::Mixer::kSFXSoundType, &_soundChannels[h].handle, _currentSFX, -1, volume);
+	_soundChannels[h].priority = priority;
 	if (handle)
-		*handle = _soundChannels[h];
+		*handle = _soundChannels[h].handle;
 
 	delete[] data;
 	return 1;