diff --git a/src/input/plugins/AlsaInputPlugin.cxx b/src/input/plugins/AlsaInputPlugin.cxx
index 4cbf1644c..d38fcc5f8 100644
--- a/src/input/plugins/AlsaInputPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/input/plugins/AlsaInputPlugin.cxx
@@ -270,6 +270,12 @@ AlsaInputStream::Recover(int err)
 		/* this is no error, so just keep running */
 		err = 0;
 		break;
+
+	default:
+		/* this default case is just here to work around
+		   -Wswitch due to SND_PCM_STATE_PRIVATE1 (libasound
+		   1.1.6) */
+		break;
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/src/output/plugins/AlsaOutputPlugin.cxx b/src/output/plugins/AlsaOutputPlugin.cxx
index cb243c406..87b2ef7e5 100644
--- a/src/output/plugins/AlsaOutputPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/output/plugins/AlsaOutputPlugin.cxx
@@ -846,6 +846,12 @@ AlsaOutput::Recover(int err)
 	case SND_PCM_STATE_DRAINING:
 		err = 0;
 		break;
+
+	default:
+		/* this default case is just here to work around
+		   -Wswitch due to SND_PCM_STATE_PRIVATE1 (libasound
+		   1.1.6) */
+		break;
 	}
 
 	return err;