diff --git a/libao-0.8.8-bigendianfix.patch b/libao-0.8.8-bigendianfix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8259e01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libao-0.8.8-bigendianfix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- libao-0.8.8/src/plugins/pulse/ao_pulse.c.orig	2007-05-24 10:19:07.000000000 +0100
++++ libao-0.8.8/src/plugins/pulse/ao_pulse.c	2008-07-05 21:44:47.000000000 +0100
+@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
+     const char *fn;
+     struct pa_simple *s;
+     static const struct pa_sample_spec ss = {
+-        .format = PA_SAMPLE_S16LE,
++        .format = PA_SAMPLE_S16NE,
+         .rate = 44100,
+         .channels = 2
+     };
diff --git a/libao.spec b/libao.spec
index 0f8e707..5a37e7c 100644
--- a/libao.spec
+++ b/libao.spec
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 Name:           libao
 Version:        0.8.8
-Release:        4%{?dist}
+Release:        5%{?dist}
 Summary:        Cross Platform Audio Output Library
 Group:          System Environment/Libraries
 License:        GPLv2+
 URL:            http://xiph.org/ao/
 Source0:        http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/ao/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        ao.req
+Patch0:         libao-0.8.8-bigendianfix.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires:  esound-devel >= 0.2.8
 BuildRequires:  arts-devel
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ developing applications that use %{name}.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1
 
 sed -i "s/-O20/$RPM_OPT_FLAGS/" configure
 sed -i "s/-ffast-math//" configure
@@ -83,6 +85,10 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Jul  6 2008 Hans de Goede <j.w.r.degoede@hhs.nl> - 0.8.8-5
+- Fix pulseaudio sound output on bigendian archs (bz 454165), patch by
+  Ian Chapman
+
 * Tue Feb 19 2008 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.8.8-4
 - Autorebuild for GCC 4.3