diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4f1acfbc4..6e62fe1e8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ ver 0.20.21 (not yet released)
   - simple: allow .mpdignore comments only at start of line
 * output
   - httpd: remove broken DLNA support code
+* playlist
+  - cue: support file type declaration "FLAC" (non-standard)
 * URI schemes are case insensitive
 
 ver 0.20.20 (2018/05/22)
diff --git a/src/playlist/cue/CueParser.cxx b/src/playlist/cue/CueParser.cxx
index c61fb09d0..f08078002 100644
--- a/src/playlist/cue/CueParser.cxx
+++ b/src/playlist/cue/CueParser.cxx
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ CueParser::Feed2(char *p) noexcept
 			return;
 
 		if (strcmp(type, "WAVE") != 0 &&
+		    strcmp(type, "FLAC") != 0 && /* non-standard */
 		    strcmp(type, "MP3") != 0 &&
 		    strcmp(type, "AIFF") != 0) {
 			state = IGNORE_FILE;