diff --git a/plugins/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.c b/plugins/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.c
index da137069a..43cdcb301 100644
--- a/plugins/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.c
+++ b/plugins/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 static DB_decoder_t plugin;
 static DB_functions_t *deadbeef;
 
-#define DEFAULT_EXTS "aa3;oma;ac3;vqf;amr;tak;dsf;dff;wma;3gp;mp4;m4a"
+#define DEFAULT_EXTS "aa3;oma;ac3;vqf;amr;tak;dsf;dff;wma;3gp;mp4;m4a;ape"
 #define UNPOPULATED_EXTS_BY_FFMPEG \
     "aif,aiff,afc,aifc,amr,asf," \
     "wmv,wma,au,caf,webm," \