diff --git a/include/project_renderer.h b/include/project_renderer.h
index 2985ecec5..a46cbc7b6 100644
--- a/include/project_renderer.h
+++ b/include/project_renderer.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * project_renderer.h - projectRenderer-class for easily rendering projects
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2008 Tobias Doerffel <tobydox/at/users.sourceforge.net>
+ * Copyright (c) 2008-2009 Tobias Doerffel <tobydox/at/users.sourceforge.net>
  * 
  * This file is part of Linux MultiMedia Studio - http://lmms.sourceforge.net
  *
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ public:
 	enum Depths
 	{
 		Depth_16Bit,
+		Depth_24Bit,
 		Depth_32Bit,
 		NumDepths
 	} ;
diff --git a/src/core/audio/audio_file_wave.cpp b/src/core/audio/audio_file_wave.cpp
index 364bbe563..ed97ce567 100644
--- a/src/core/audio/audio_file_wave.cpp
+++ b/src/core/audio/audio_file_wave.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * audio_file_wave.cpp - audio-device which encodes wave-stream and writes it
  *                       into a WAVE-file. This is used for song-export.
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2004-2008 Tobias Doerffel <tobydox/at/users.sourceforge.net>
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2009 Tobias Doerffel <tobydox/at/users.sourceforge.net>
  * 
  * This file is part of Linux MultiMedia Studio - http://lmms.sourceforge.net
  *
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ bool audioFileWave::startEncoding( void )
 	switch( depth() )
 	{
 		case 32: m_si.format = SF_FORMAT_WAV | SF_FORMAT_FLOAT; break;
+		case 24: m_si.format = SF_FORMAT_WAV | SF_FORMAT_PCM_24; break;
 		case 16:
 		default: m_si.format = SF_FORMAT_WAV | SF_FORMAT_PCM_16; break;
 	}
@@ -86,7 +87,18 @@ void audioFileWave::writeBuffer( const surroundSampleFrame * _ab,
 						const fpp_t _frames,
 						const float _master_gain )
 {
-	if( depth() == 32 )
+	if( depth() == 16 )
+	{
+		intSampleFrameA * buf = (intSampleFrameA *)
+				alignedMalloc(
+					sizeof( intSampleFrameA ) * _frames );
+		alignedConvertToS16( _ab, buf, _frames, _master_gain,
+							!isLittleEndian() );
+
+		sf_writef_short( m_sf, (int_sample_t *) buf, _frames );
+		alignedFree( buf );
+	}
+	else
 	{
 		float *  buf = new float[_frames*channels()];
 		for( fpp_t frame = 0; frame < _frames; ++frame )
@@ -100,17 +112,6 @@ void audioFileWave::writeBuffer( const surroundSampleFrame * _ab,
 		sf_writef_float( m_sf, buf, _frames );
 		delete[] buf;
 	}
-	else
-	{
-		intSampleFrameA * buf = (intSampleFrameA *)
-				alignedMalloc(
-					sizeof( intSampleFrameA ) * _frames );
-		alignedConvertToS16( _ab, buf, _frames, _master_gain,
-							!isLittleEndian() );
-
-		sf_writef_short( m_sf, (int_sample_t *) buf, _frames );
-		alignedFree( buf );
-	}
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/core/project_renderer.cpp b/src/core/project_renderer.cpp
index bae9cccda..06c8dd2fd 100644
--- a/src/core/project_renderer.cpp
+++ b/src/core/project_renderer.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * project_renderer.cpp - projectRenderer-class for easily rendering projects
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2008 Tobias Doerffel <tobydox/at/users.sourceforge.net>
+ * Copyright (c) 2008-2009 Tobias Doerffel <tobydox/at/users.sourceforge.net>
  * 
  * This file is part of Linux MultiMedia Studio - http://lmms.sourceforge.net
  *
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ projectRenderer::projectRenderer( const mixer::qualitySettings & _qs,
 				_os.samplerate, DEFAULT_CHANNELS, success_ful,
 				_out_file, _os.vbr,
 				_os.bitrate, _os.bitrate - 64, _os.bitrate + 64,
-				_os.depth == Depth_32Bit ? 32 : 16,
+				_os.depth == Depth_32Bit ? 32 : (Depth_24Bit ? 24 : 16),
 							engine::getMixer() );
 	if( success_ful == FALSE )
 	{
diff --git a/src/gui/dialogs/export_project.ui b/src/gui/dialogs/export_project.ui
index b0544ebc8..50fdbb6a3 100644
--- a/src/gui/dialogs/export_project.ui
+++ b/src/gui/dialogs/export_project.ui
@@ -149,6 +149,11 @@
                <string>16 Bit Integer</string>
               </property>
              </item>
+             <item>
+              <property name="text" >
+               <string>24 Bit Integer</string>
+              </property>
+             </item>
              <item>
               <property name="text" >
                <string>32 Bit Float</string>