diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 441aac8cb..8857a628d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ ver 0.16.6 (2010/??/??)
   - fix assertion failure when resuming streams
 * encoder:
   - flac, null, wave: fix buffer corruption bug
+  - wave: support packed 24 bit samples
 * event_pipe: fix WIN32 regression
 * define WINVER in ./configure
 * WIN32: autodetect filesystem encoding
diff --git a/src/encoder/wave_encoder.c b/src/encoder/wave_encoder.c
index 4e830bd14..3a64c5197 100644
--- a/src/encoder/wave_encoder.c
+++ b/src/encoder/wave_encoder.c
@@ -122,6 +122,11 @@ wave_encoder_open(struct encoder *_encoder,
 		encoder->bits = 16;
 		break;
 
+	case SAMPLE_FORMAT_S24:
+		audio_format->format = SAMPLE_FORMAT_S24_P32;
+		encoder->bits = 24;
+		break;
+
 	case SAMPLE_FORMAT_S24_P32:
 		encoder->bits = 24;
 		break;