diff --git a/code/game/machinery/washing_machine.dm b/code/game/machinery/washing_machine.dm
index 672b0a2c4e9..480e613c27f 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/washing_machine.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/washing_machine.dm
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 	else
 		state = 5
 	update_icon()
+	playsound(src, 'sound/items/washingmachine.ogg', 50, 1, 1)
 	sleep(200)
 	for(var/atom/A in washing)
 		A.clean_blood()
diff --git a/sound/items/washingmachine.ogg b/sound/items/washingmachine.ogg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b4745c0e677
Binary files /dev/null and b/sound/items/washingmachine.ogg differ