diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 78a79da..3892bd3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ dnl  Check for OpenBSD's sndio.
 SNDIO_LIBS=""
 HAVE_SNDIO_H=0
 AS_CASE([$host_os],
-	[openbsd*], [
+	[openbsd*|linux*], [
 		AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sndio.h)
 		AS_IF([test "x$ac_cv_header_sndio_h" = "xyes"], [
 				SNDIO_LIBS="-lsndio"
diff --git a/man/sndfile-play.1 b/man/sndfile-play.1
index f36d131..3252889 100644
--- a/man/sndfile-play.1
+++ b/man/sndfile-play.1
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ output APIs. The following table summarizes which audio API is used where:
 .Pp
 .Bl -tag -width MacOSX10XXX -compact
 .It Linux
-ALSA or OSS
+ALSA, OSS or sndio
 .It OpenBSD
 sndio
 .It FreeBSD
diff --git a/programs/sndfile-play.c b/programs/sndfile-play.c
index cd5cc27..be4eaef 100644
--- a/programs/sndfile-play.c
+++ b/programs/sndfile-play.c
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@
 	#include <sys/time.h>
 #endif
 
+#if HAVE_SNDIO_H
+	#include <sndio.h>
+#endif
+
 #if defined (__ANDROID__)
 
 #elif defined (__linux__) || defined (__FreeBSD_kernel__) || defined (__FreeBSD__)
@@ -61,9 +65,6 @@
 	#include 	<sys/ioctl.h>
 	#include 	<sys/soundcard.h>
 
-#elif HAVE_SNDIO_H
-	#include <sndio.h>
-
 #elif (defined (sun) && defined (unix))
 	#include <fcntl.h>
 	#include <sys/ioctl.h>