diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5f388bf30..ee3ac9e87 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -212,7 +212,14 @@ SET(QT_QTTEST_LIBRARY Qt5::Test)
 
 # check for libsndfile
 FIND_PACKAGE(SndFile REQUIRED)
-IF(NOT SNDFILE_FOUND)
+IF(SNDFILE_FOUND)
+	IF(SndFile_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "1.1.0")
+		SET(LMMS_HAVE_SNDFILE_MP3 TRUE)
+	ELSE()
+		MESSAGE("libsndfile version is < 1.1.0; MP3 import disabled")
+		SET(LMMS_HAVE_SNDFILE_MP3 FALSE)
+	ENDIF()
+ELSE()
 	MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "LMMS requires libsndfile1 and libsndfile1-dev >= 1.0.18 - please install, remove CMakeCache.txt and try again!")
 ENDIF()
 # check if we can use SFC_SET_COMPRESSION_LEVEL
diff --git a/plugins/AudioFileProcessor/AudioFileProcessor.cpp b/plugins/AudioFileProcessor/AudioFileProcessor.cpp
index 6e9d00688..864bda5b6 100644
--- a/plugins/AudioFileProcessor/AudioFileProcessor.cpp
+++ b/plugins/AudioFileProcessor/AudioFileProcessor.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,11 @@ Plugin::Descriptor PLUGIN_EXPORT audiofileprocessor_plugin_descriptor =
 	0x0100,
 	Plugin::Type::Instrument,
 	new PluginPixmapLoader( "logo" ),
-	"wav,ogg,ds,spx,au,voc,aif,aiff,flac,raw",
+	"wav,ogg,ds,spx,au,voc,aif,aiff,flac,raw"
+#ifdef LMMS_HAVE_SNDFILE_MP3
+	",mp3"
+#endif
+	,
 	nullptr,
 } ;
 
diff --git a/src/core/DataFile.cpp b/src/core/DataFile.cpp
index 90e819077..2f7a141a8 100644
--- a/src/core/DataFile.cpp
+++ b/src/core/DataFile.cpp
@@ -231,8 +231,11 @@ bool DataFile::validate( QString extension )
 		{
 			return true;
 		}
-		if( extension == "wav" || extension == "ogg" ||
-				extension == "ds" )
+		if( extension == "wav" || extension == "ogg" || extension == "ds"
+#ifdef LMMS_HAVE_SNDFILE_MP3
+				|| extension == "mp3"
+#endif
+				)
 		{
 			return true;
 		}
diff --git a/src/core/SampleBuffer.cpp b/src/core/SampleBuffer.cpp
index f583067f8..2a0076a28 100644
--- a/src/core/SampleBuffer.cpp
+++ b/src/core/SampleBuffer.cpp
@@ -1185,14 +1185,20 @@ QString SampleBuffer::openAudioFile() const
 
 	// set filters
 	QStringList types;
-	types << tr("All Audio-Files (*.wav *.ogg *.ds *.flac *.spx *.voc "
+	types << tr("All Audio-Files (*.wav *.ogg "
+#ifdef LMMS_HAVE_SNDFILE_MP3
+					"*.mp3 "
+#endif
+					"*.ds *.flac *.spx *.voc "
 					"*.aif *.aiff *.au *.raw)")
 		<< tr("Wave-Files (*.wav)")
 		<< tr("OGG-Files (*.ogg)")
+#ifdef LMMS_HAVE_SNDFILE_MP3
+		<< tr("MP3-Files (*.mp3)")
+#endif
 		<< tr("DrumSynth-Files (*.ds)")
 		<< tr("FLAC-Files (*.flac)")
 		<< tr("SPEEX-Files (*.spx)")
-		//<< tr("MP3-Files (*.mp3)")
 		//<< tr("MIDI-Files (*.mid)")
 		<< tr("VOC-Files (*.voc)")
 		<< tr("AIFF-Files (*.aif *.aiff)")
diff --git a/src/lmmsconfig.h.in b/src/lmmsconfig.h.in
index d130d6fc2..89db21a7b 100644
--- a/src/lmmsconfig.h.in
+++ b/src/lmmsconfig.h.in
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #cmakedefine LMMS_HAVE_LV2
 #cmakedefine LMMS_HAVE_SUIL
 #cmakedefine LMMS_HAVE_MP3LAME
+#cmakedefine LMMS_HAVE_SNDFILE_MP3
 #cmakedefine LMMS_HAVE_OGGVORBIS
 #cmakedefine LMMS_HAVE_OSS
 #cmakedefine LMMS_HAVE_SNDIO