diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d54e978..06751a7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "core-foundation-sys 0.8.4",
  "coreaudio-rs",
  "dasp_sample",
+ "jack",
  "jni 0.19.0",
  "js-sys",
  "libc",
@@ -558,6 +559,33 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "jack"
+version = "0.11.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0e5a18a3c2aefb354fb77111ade228b20267bdc779de84e7a4ccf7ea96b9a6cd"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "jack-sys",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "jack-sys"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6013b7619b95a22b576dfb43296faa4ecbe40abbdb97dfd22ead520775fc86ab"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "libc",
+ "libloading",
+ "log",
+ "pkg-config",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "jni"
 version = "0.19.0"
@@ -693,6 +721,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "alsa",
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "coremidi",
+ "jack-sys",
  "js-sys",
  "libc",
  "wasm-bindgen",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7e66e2b..02afd1b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,10 +23,18 @@ exclude = [
 cpal = { git = "https://github.com/RustAudio/cpal.git", features = ["asio"] }
 midir = { version = "0.9", features = ["winrt"] }
 
+[target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
+cpal = { git = "https://github.com/RustAudio/cpal.git", features = ["jack"] }
+midir = { version = "0.9", features = ["jack"] }
+
 # [target.'cfg(target_os = "windows")'.dependencies]
 # cpal = { version = "0.15", features = ["asio"] }
 # midir = { version = "0.9", features = ["winrt"] }
 
+# [target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
+# cpal = { version = "0.15", features = ["jack"] }
+# midir = { version = "0.9", features = ["jack"] }
+
 [dependencies]
 midir = "0.9"
 clap = { version =  "4", features = ["derive", "env"] }
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 5a00080..0a822fd 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ install-win:
     cargo build --release
     Copy-Item -Path {{ justfile_directory() }}\target\release\smrec.exe -Destination {{ env_var_or_default("USERPROFILE", "") }}\.cargo\bin\
 
+prepare-linux:
+    ./pre-build-linux.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pre-build-linux.sh b/pre-build-linux.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..847402c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pre-build-linux.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Determine the package manager
+if command -v apt-get >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    PACKAGE_MANAGER="apt-get"
+elif command -v dnf >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    PACKAGE_MANAGER="dnf"
+elif command -v yum >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    PACKAGE_MANAGER="yum"
+elif command -v zypper >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    PACKAGE_MANAGER="zypper"
+elif command -v pacman >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    PACKAGE_MANAGER="pacman"
+else
+    echo "Unsupported package manager. Exiting."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Define the package names
+if [[ "$PACKAGE_MANAGER" == "apt-get" ]]; then
+    ALSA_PACKAGE="libasound2-dev"
+    JACK_PACKAGE="libjack-jackd2-dev"
+elif [[ "$PACKAGE_MANAGER" == "dnf" || "$PACKAGE_MANAGER" == "yum" ]]; then
+    ALSA_PACKAGE="alsa-lib-devel"
+    JACK_PACKAGE="jack-audio-connection-kit-devel"
+elif [[ "$PACKAGE_MANAGER" == "zypper" ]]; then
+    ALSA_PACKAGE="alsa-devel"
+    JACK_PACKAGE="jack-devel"
+elif [[ "$PACKAGE_MANAGER" == "pacman" ]]; then
+    ALSA_PACKAGE="alsa-lib"
+    JACK_PACKAGE="jack"
+fi
+
+# Update package lists for the latest version of the repository
+if [[ "$PACKAGE_MANAGER" == "pacman" ]]; then
+    echo "Updating package databases..."
+    sudo pacman -Syq --noconfirm || {
+        echo "Updating package databases failed. Exiting."
+        exit 1
+    }
+else
+    echo "Updating package lists..."
+    sudo $PACKAGE_MANAGER update -yq || {
+        echo "Updating package lists failed. Exiting."
+        exit 1
+    }
+fi
+
+# Install necessary packages for ALSA
+echo "Installing ALSA development files..."
+sudo $PACKAGE_MANAGER install -yq $ALSA_PACKAGE || {
+    echo "Installing ALSA development files failed. Exiting."
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# Install necessary packages for JACK
+echo "Installing JACK development files..."
+sudo $PACKAGE_MANAGER install -yq $JACK_PACKAGE || {
+    echo "Installing JACK development files failed. Exiting."
+    exit 1
+}
+
+echo "Build environment preparation complete."