diff --git a/frozen-bubble-2.1.0-bigendianaudio.patch b/frozen-bubble-2.1.0-bigendianaudio.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5745b08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frozen-bubble-2.1.0-bigendianaudio.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+--- frozen-bubble.orig	2008-03-03 20:49:40.000000000 +0000
++++ frozen-bubble	2008-07-04 19:00:13.000000000 +0100
+@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@
+ use fbsyms;
+ use FBLE;
+ 
++use Config;
++
+ $| = 1;
+ 
+ $TARGET_ANIM_SPEED = 20;        # number of milliseconds that should last between two animation frames
+@@ -281,7 +283,13 @@
+ }
+ 
+ sub init_sound() {
+-    $mixer = eval { SDL::Mixer->new(-frequency => 44100, -channels => 2, -size => 1024); };
++    # Endian Test
++    if ($Config{byteorder} == 4321 || $Config{byteorder} == 87654321) {
++        $mixer = eval { SDL::Mixer->new(-frequency => 44100, -format => &AUDIO_S16MSB, -channels => 2, -size => 1024); };
++    }
++    else {
++        $mixer = eval { SDL::Mixer->new(-frequency => 44100, -channels => 2, -size => 1024); };
++    }
+     if ($@) {
+ 	$@ =~ s| at \S+ line.*\n||;
+ 	print STDERR "\nWarning: can't initialize sound (reason: $@).\n";
diff --git a/frozen-bubble.spec b/frozen-bubble.spec
index 007096c..9e853a3 100644
--- a/frozen-bubble.spec
+++ b/frozen-bubble.spec
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 Summary: Frozen Bubble arcade game
 Name: frozen-bubble
 Version: 2.1.0
-Release: 8%{?dist}
+Release: 9%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2
 Group: Amusements/Games
 URL: http://www.frozen-bubble.org/
 Source0: http://www.frozen-bubble.org/data/frozen-bubble-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1: frozen-bubble.desktop
 Source2: fb-server.init
+Patch0: frozen-bubble-2.1.0-bigendianaudio.patch
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
 BuildRequires: perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker)
 BuildRequires: perl-SDL >= 2.1.3, SDL_mixer-devel, SDL_Pango-devel
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ Frozen Bubble network game server.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p0
 # Add a directory to the module path for the app's private perl modules
 %{__sed} -ie "s#use fb_stuff;#use lib qw(%{_libdir}/%{name}/perl);\n&#" \
     frozen-bubble frozen-bubble-editor
@@ -159,6 +161,9 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Jul  6 2008 Hans de Goede <j.w.r.degoede@hhs.nl> 2.1.0-9
+- Fix audio on bigendian archs (bz 454109), patch by Ian Chapman
+
 * Mon Mar  3 2008 Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa@redhat.com> - 2.1.0-8
 - rebuild for new perl (again)