diff --git a/modules/juce_audio_utils/players/juce_SoundPlayer.cpp b/modules/juce_audio_utils/players/juce_SoundPlayer.cpp
index a6e79e7713..1623eba09c 100644
--- a/modules/juce_audio_utils/players/juce_SoundPlayer.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_audio_utils/players/juce_SoundPlayer.cpp
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@
 // This is an AudioTransportSource which will own it's assigned source
 struct AudioSourceOwningTransportSource  : public AudioTransportSource
 {
-    AudioSourceOwningTransportSource (PositionableAudioSource* s)  : source (s)
+    AudioSourceOwningTransportSource (PositionableAudioSource* s, double sampleRate)  : source (s)
     {
-        AudioTransportSource::setSource (s);
+        AudioTransportSource::setSource (s, 0, nullptr, sampleRate);
     }
 
     ~AudioSourceOwningTransportSource()
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ void SoundPlayer::play (const void* resourceData, size_t resourceSize)
 void SoundPlayer::play (AudioFormatReader* reader, bool deleteWhenFinished)
 {
     if (reader != nullptr)
-        play (new AudioFormatReaderSource (reader, deleteWhenFinished), true);
+        play (new AudioFormatReaderSource (reader, deleteWhenFinished), true, reader->sampleRate);
 }
 
 void SoundPlayer::play (AudioSampleBuffer* buffer, bool deleteWhenFinished, bool playOnAllOutputChannels)
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ void SoundPlayer::play (AudioSampleBuffer* buffer, bool deleteWhenFinished, bool
         play (new AudioSampleBufferSource (buffer, deleteWhenFinished, playOnAllOutputChannels), true);
 }
 
-void SoundPlayer::play (PositionableAudioSource* audioSource, bool deleteWhenFinished)
+void SoundPlayer::play (PositionableAudioSource* audioSource, bool deleteWhenFinished, double fileSampleRate)
 {
     if (audioSource != nullptr)
     {
@@ -199,12 +199,12 @@ void SoundPlayer::play (PositionableAudioSource* audioSource, bool deleteWhenFin
         {
             if (deleteWhenFinished)
             {
-                transport = new AudioSourceOwningTransportSource (audioSource);
+                transport = new AudioSourceOwningTransportSource (audioSource, fileSampleRate);
             }
             else
             {
                 transport = new AudioTransportSource();
-                transport->setSource (audioSource);
+                transport->setSource (audioSource, 0, nullptr, fileSampleRate);
                 deleteWhenFinished = true;
             }
         }
diff --git a/modules/juce_audio_utils/players/juce_SoundPlayer.h b/modules/juce_audio_utils/players/juce_SoundPlayer.h
index e3ccc1dc5d..b436c6316e 100644
--- a/modules/juce_audio_utils/players/juce_SoundPlayer.h
+++ b/modules/juce_audio_utils/players/juce_SoundPlayer.h
@@ -77,8 +77,12 @@ public:
         @param deleteWhenFinished If this is true then the audio source will
                                   be deleted once the device manager has finished
                                   playing.
+        @param sampleRateOfSource The sample rate of the source. If this is zero, JUCE
+                                  will assume that the sample rate is the same as the
+                                  audio output device.
      */
-    void play (PositionableAudioSource* audioSource, bool deleteWhenFinished = false);
+    void play (PositionableAudioSource* audioSource, bool deleteWhenFinished = false,
+               double sampleRateOfSource = 0.0);
 
     /** Plays the sound from an audio sample buffer.