diff --git a/src/engine/fileOpsSample.cpp b/src/engine/fileOpsSample.cpp
index 8e16cc504..ced5bb485 100644
--- a/src/engine/fileOpsSample.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/fileOpsSample.cpp
@@ -313,12 +313,18 @@ std::vector<DivSample*> DivEngine::sampleFromFile(const char* path) {
     logD("sample is 32-bit float");
     buf=new float[si.channels*si.frames];
     sampleLen=sizeof(float);
+  } else if ((si.format&SF_FORMAT_SUBMASK)==SF_FORMAT_DOUBLE)  {
+    logD("sample is 64-bit float");
+    buf=new float[si.channels*si.frames];
+    sampleLen=sizeof(double);
   } else {
     logD("sample is 16-bit signed");
     buf=new short[si.channels*si.frames];
     sampleLen=sizeof(short);
   }
-  if ((si.format&SF_FORMAT_SUBMASK)==SF_FORMAT_PCM_U8 || (si.format&SF_FORMAT_SUBMASK)==SF_FORMAT_FLOAT) {
+  if ((si.format&SF_FORMAT_SUBMASK)==SF_FORMAT_PCM_U8 ||
+      (si.format&SF_FORMAT_SUBMASK)==SF_FORMAT_FLOAT ||
+      (si.format&SF_FORMAT_SUBMASK)==SF_FORMAT_DOUBLE) {
     if (sf_read_raw(f,buf,si.frames*si.channels*sampleLen)!=(si.frames*si.channels*sampleLen)) {
       logW("sample read size mismatch!");
     }
@@ -361,6 +367,19 @@ std::vector<DivSample*> DivEngine::sampleFromFile(const char* path) {
       sample->data16[index++]=averaged;
     }
     delete[] (float*)buf;
+  } else if ((si.format&SF_FORMAT_SUBMASK)==SF_FORMAT_DOUBLE)  {
+    for (int i=0; i<si.frames*si.channels; i+=si.channels) {
+      double averaged=0.0f;
+      for (int j=0; j<si.channels; j++) {
+        averaged+=((double*)buf)[i+j];
+      }
+      averaged/=si.channels;
+      averaged*=32767.0;
+      if (averaged<-32768.0) averaged=-32768.0;
+      if (averaged>32767.0) averaged=32767.0;
+      sample->data16[index++]=averaged;
+    }
+    delete[] (double*)buf;
   } else {
     for (int i=0; i<si.frames*si.channels; i+=si.channels) {
       int averaged=0;