diff --git a/src/include/switch_resample.h b/src/include/switch_resample.h
index 86c4345be5..8bd3543160 100644
--- a/src/include/switch_resample.h
+++ b/src/include/switch_resample.h
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(void) switch_change_sln_volume(int16_t *data, uint32_t samples, i
 
 SWITCH_DECLARE(uint32_t) switch_merge_sln(int16_t *data, uint32_t samples, int16_t *other_data, uint32_t other_samples);
 
+SWITCH_DECLARE(void) switch_mux_channels(int16_t *data, uint32_t samples, uint32_t channels);
+
 SWITCH_END_EXTERN_C
 #endif
 /* For Emacs:
diff --git a/src/switch_core_file.c b/src/switch_core_file.c
index f11b0a8df8..852f352842 100644
--- a/src/switch_core_file.c
+++ b/src/switch_core_file.c
@@ -120,7 +120,11 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_core_perform_file_open(const char *file,
 	if (fh->pre_buffer_datalen) {
 		//switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_DEBUG, "Prebuffering %d bytes\n", (int)fh->pre_buffer_datalen);
 		switch_buffer_create_dynamic(&fh->pre_buffer, fh->pre_buffer_datalen * fh->channels, fh->pre_buffer_datalen * fh->channels / 2, 0);
-		fh->pre_buffer_data = switch_core_alloc(fh->memory_pool, fh->pre_buffer_datalen);
+		fh->pre_buffer_data = switch_core_alloc(fh->memory_pool, fh->pre_buffer_datalen * fh->channels);
+	}
+
+	if (fh->channels > 1) {
+		switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_WARNING, "File has %d channels, muxing to mono will occur.\n", fh->channels);
 	}
 
 	switch_set_flag(fh, SWITCH_FILE_OPEN);
@@ -164,6 +168,9 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_core_file_read(switch_file_handle_t *fh,
 				if ((status = fh->file_interface->file_read(fh, fh->pre_buffer_data, &rlen)) != SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS || !rlen) {
 					switch_set_flag(fh, SWITCH_FILE_BUFFER_DONE);
 				} else {
+					if (fh->channels > 1) {
+						switch_mux_channels((int16_t *)fh->pre_buffer_data, rlen, fh->channels);
+					}
 					switch_buffer_write(fh->pre_buffer, fh->pre_buffer_data, asis ? rlen : rlen * 2);
 				}
 			}
@@ -185,6 +192,11 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_core_file_read(switch_file_handle_t *fh,
 			switch_set_flag(fh, SWITCH_FILE_DONE);
 			goto top;
 		}
+
+		if (fh->channels > 1) {
+			switch_mux_channels((int16_t *)data, *len, fh->channels);
+		}
+
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/src/switch_resample.c b/src/switch_resample.c
index 0abb3ec63c..478df61ca3 100644
--- a/src/switch_resample.c
+++ b/src/switch_resample.c
@@ -244,6 +244,27 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(uint32_t) switch_merge_sln(int16_t *data, uint32_t samples, int16
 	return x;
 }
 
+SWITCH_DECLARE(void) switch_mux_channels(int16_t *data, uint32_t samples, uint32_t channels)
+{
+	int16_t *buf;
+	switch_size_t len = samples * sizeof(int16_t);
+	uint32_t i = 0, j = 0, k = 0;
+
+	switch_zmalloc(buf, len);
+	
+	for(i = 0; i < samples; i++) {
+		for (j = 0; j < channels; j++) {
+			int32_t z = buf[i] + data[k++];
+			switch_normalize_to_16bit(z);
+			buf[i] = (int16_t) z;
+		}
+	}
+
+	memcpy(data, buf, len);
+	free(buf);
+
+}
+
 SWITCH_DECLARE(void) switch_change_sln_volume(int16_t *data, uint32_t samples, int32_t vol)
 {
 	double newrate = 0;