diff --git a/libavformat/riff.c b/libavformat/riff.c
index 322e8131ff..43e2c36f44 100644
--- a/libavformat/riff.c
+++ b/libavformat/riff.c
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ int put_wav_header(ByteIOContext *pb, AVCodecContext *enc)
         av_log(enc, AV_LOG_WARNING, "requested bits_per_sample (%d) and actually stored (%d) differ\n", enc->bits_per_sample, bps);
     }
 
-    if (enc->codec_id == CODEC_ID_MP2 || enc->codec_id == CODEC_ID_MP3 || enc->codec_id == CODEC_ID_GSM_MS) {
+    if (enc->codec_id == CODEC_ID_MP2 || enc->codec_id == CODEC_ID_MP3 || enc->codec_id == CODEC_ID_GSM_MS || enc->codec_id == CODEC_ID_AC3) {
         blkalign = enc->frame_size; //this is wrong, but it seems many demuxers do not work if this is set correctly
         //blkalign = 144 * enc->bit_rate/enc->sample_rate;
     } else if (enc->codec_id == CODEC_ID_ADPCM_G726) { //