diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 99c52a92b..308e70712 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ ver 0.21.25 (not yet released)
 * input
   - file: detect premature end of file
   - smbclient: don't send credentials to MPD clients
+* output
+  - osx: improve sample rate selection
 * Windows/Android:
   - fix Boost detection after breaking change in Meson 0.54
 
diff --git a/src/output/plugins/OSXOutputPlugin.cxx b/src/output/plugins/OSXOutputPlugin.cxx
index 7f84e6e83..da7bb4f19 100644
--- a/src/output/plugins/OSXOutputPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/output/plugins/OSXOutputPlugin.cxx
@@ -342,7 +342,8 @@ osx_output_score_sample_rate(Float64 destination_rate, unsigned source_rate)
 	double int_portion;
 	double frac_portion = modf(source_rate / destination_rate, &int_portion);
 	// prefer sample rates that are multiples of the source sample rate
-	score += (1 - frac_portion) * 1000;
+	if (frac_portion < 0.01 || frac_portion >= 0.99)
+		score += 1000;
 	// prefer exact matches over other multiples
 	score += (int_portion == 1.0) ? 500 : 0;
 	if (source_rate == destination_rate)