diff --git a/main/channel.c b/main/channel.c
index 3b7bc2178b1a568a67f6a5271ba8a030d1ecddb8..d9e01831064833e3402c5b17a1dbfb41dfe6b0c8 100644
--- a/main/channel.c
+++ b/main/channel.c
@@ -577,6 +577,7 @@ int ast_best_codec(int fmts)
 		/*! G.722 is better then all below, but not as common as the above... so give ulaw and alaw priority */
 		AST_FORMAT_G722,
 		/*! Okay, well, signed linear is easy to translate into other stuff */
+		AST_FORMAT_SLINEAR16,
 		AST_FORMAT_SLINEAR,
 		/*! G.726 is standard ADPCM, in RFC3551 packing order */
 		AST_FORMAT_G726,