Only in i3status-2.10-patched: i3status
diff -aurb i3status-2.10/Makefile i3status-2.10-patched/Makefile
--- i3status-2.10/Makefile	2016-01-01 16:51:19.000000000 -0200
+++ i3status-2.10-patched/Makefile	2016-01-03 19:46:25.437297236 -0200
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
 CFLAGS+=-Iinclude
 LIBS+=-lconfuse
 LIBS+=-lyajl
+ifndef NO_PULSE
 LIBS+=-lpulse
+endif
 LIBS+=-lm
 
 VERSION=2.10
@@ -74,6 +76,11 @@
 OBJS:=$(filter-out src/pulse.o, $(OBJS))
 LIBS:=$(filter-out -lpulse, $(LIBS)) -lpthread
 endif
+ifdef NO_PULSE
+OBJS:=$(filter-out src/pulse.o, $(OBJS))
+LIBS:=$(filter-out -lpulse, $(LIBS))
+CFLAGS+=-DNO_PULSE
+endif
 
 src/%.o: src/%.c include/i3status.h
 	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
diff -aurb i3status-2.10/src/print_volume.c i3status-2.10-patched/src/print_volume.c
--- i3status-2.10/src/print_volume.c	2016-01-01 16:51:19.000000000 -0200
+++ i3status-2.10-patched/src/print_volume.c	2016-01-03 19:48:29.123291154 -0200
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         free(instance);
     }
 
-#ifndef __OpenBSD__
+#if !defined(__OpenBSD__) && !defined(NO_PULSE)
     /* Try PulseAudio first */
 
     /* If the device name has the format "pulse[:N]" where N is the