diff --git a/media-libs/libao/files/libao-0.8.8-bigendianfix-fedora.patch b/media-libs/libao/files/libao-0.8.8-bigendianfix-fedora.patch
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-libs/libao/files/libao-0.8.8-bigendianfix-fedora.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
+     };