diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp
index cd2d9a47a..e8d215f5a 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp
@@ -616,6 +616,13 @@ bool Animation::reset(AnimState &state, const NifOgre::TextKeyMap &keys, const s
     return true;
 }
 
+void split(const std::string &s, char delim, std::vector<std::string> &elems) {
+    std::stringstream ss(s);
+    std::string item;
+    while (std::getline(ss, item, delim)) {
+        elems.push_back(item);
+    }
+}
 
 void Animation::handleTextKey(AnimState &state, const std::string &groupname, const NifOgre::TextKeyMap::const_iterator &key)
 {
@@ -630,14 +637,29 @@ void Animation::handleTextKey(AnimState &state, const std::string &groupname, co
     }
     if(evt.compare(0, 10, "soundgen: ") == 0)
     {
-        std::string sound = MWWorld::Class::get(mPtr).getSoundIdFromSndGen(mPtr, evt.substr(10));
+        std::string soundgen = evt.substr(10);
+
+        // The event can optionally contain volume and pitch modifiers
+        float volume=1.f, pitch=1.f;
+        if (soundgen.find(" ") != std::string::npos)
+        {
+            std::vector<std::string> tokens;
+            split(soundgen, ' ', tokens);
+            soundgen = tokens[0];
+            if (tokens.size() >= 2)
+                volume = Ogre::StringConverter::parseReal(tokens[1]);
+            if (tokens.size() >= 3)
+                pitch = Ogre::StringConverter::parseReal(tokens[2]);
+        }
+
+        std::string sound = mPtr.getClass().getSoundIdFromSndGen(mPtr, soundgen);
         if(!sound.empty())
         {
             MWBase::SoundManager *sndMgr = MWBase::Environment::get().getSoundManager();
             MWBase::SoundManager::PlayType type = MWBase::SoundManager::Play_TypeSfx;
             if(evt.compare(10, evt.size()-10, "left") == 0 || evt.compare(10, evt.size()-10, "right") == 0)
                 type = MWBase::SoundManager::Play_TypeFoot;
-            sndMgr->playSound3D(mPtr, sound, 1.0f, 1.0f, type);
+            sndMgr->playSound3D(mPtr, sound, volume, pitch, type);
         }
         return;
     }