diff -uNr a/metadata.c b/metadata.c
--- a/metadata.c
+++ b/metadata.c
@@ -330,6 +330,11 @@
 		strcpy(type, "flc");
 		m.mime = strdup("audio/x-flac");
 	}
+	else if( ends_with(path, ".ape") )
+	{
+		strcpy(type, "ape");
+		m.mime = strdup("audio/x-ape");
+	}
 	else if( ends_with(path, ".wav") )
 	{
 		strcpy(type, "wav");
diff -uNr a/upnpglobalvars.h b/upnpglobalvars.h
--- a/upnpglobalvars.h
+++ b/upnpglobalvars.h
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@
 	"http-get:*:audio/mp4:*," \
 	"http-get:*:audio/x-wav:*," \
 	"http-get:*:audio/x-flac:*," \
+	"http-get:*:audio/x-ape:*," \
 	"http-get:*:application/ogg:*"
 
 #define DLNA_FLAG_DLNA_V1_5      0x00100000
diff -uNr a/utils.c b/utils.c
--- a/utils.c
+++ b/utils.c
@@ -339,6 +339,8 @@
 				return "flac";
 			else if( strcmp(mime+6, "flac") == 0 )
 				return "flac";
+			else if( strcmp(mime+6, "ape") == 0 )
+				return "ape";
 			else if( strcmp(mime+6, "x-wav") == 0 )
 				return "wav";
 			else if( strncmp(mime+6, "L16", 3) == 0 )
@@ -410,7 +412,7 @@
 {
 	return (ends_with(file, ".mp3") || ends_with(file, ".flac") ||
 		ends_with(file, ".wma") || ends_with(file, ".asf")  ||
-		ends_with(file, ".fla") || ends_with(file, ".flc")  ||
+		ends_with(file, ".fla") || ends_with(file, ".flc")  || ends_with(file, ".ape")  ||
 		ends_with(file, ".m4a") || ends_with(file, ".aac")  ||
 		ends_with(file, ".mp4") || ends_with(file, ".m4p")  ||
 		ends_with(file, ".wav") || ends_with(file, ".ogg")  ||