diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index d2fd226b53..920fe0dc61 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ $LastChangedBy$
 $Date$
 -->
 
-<!ENTITY day          "03">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day          "04">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY month        "12">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY year         "2011">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate "2001-&year;">
 <!ENTITY copyholder   "The BLFS Development Team">
 <!ENTITY version      "&year;-&month;-&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate  "December 1st, &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate  "December 4th, &year;">
 <!-- <!ENTITY releasedate  "November &day;st, &year;"> -->
 <!ENTITY pubdate      "&year;-&month;-&day;"> <!-- metadata req. by TLDP -->
 <!ENTITY blfs-version "svn">                  <!-- svn|[release #] -->
@@ -846,6 +846,7 @@ $Date$
 <!ENTITY libtheora-version            "1.1.1">
 <!ENTITY opal-version                 "3.6.8">
 <!ENTITY libvpx-version               "0.9.7">
+<!ENTITY libsndfile-version           "1.0.23">
 
 <!-- Obsolete
 <!ENTITY openquicktime-version        "1.0">
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index aa1bad16fb..d3f4fda427 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@
     </listitem>
 
 -->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>December 4th, 2011</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[wblaszcz] - Added libsndfile-1.0.23.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>December 2rd, 2011</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/libdriv.xml b/multimedia/libdriv/libdriv.xml
index 6410ae1831..adc727d1e9 100644
--- a/multimedia/libdriv/libdriv.xml
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/libdriv.xml
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ $Date$
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libmpeg2.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="opal.xml"/>
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libvpx.xml"/>
+  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="libsndfile.xml"/>
 
   <!-- Obsolete
   <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="openquicktime.xml"/>
diff --git a/multimedia/libdriv/libsndfile.xml b/multimedia/libdriv/libsndfile.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d852f10e2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/multimedia/libdriv/libsndfile.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
+  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
+  %general-entities;
+
+  <!ENTITY libsndfile-download-http "http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/files/libsndfile-&libsndfile-version;.tar.gz">
+  <!ENTITY libsndfile-download-ftp  " ">
+  <!ENTITY libsndfile-md5sum        "d0e22b5ff2ef945615db33960376d733">
+  <!ENTITY libsndfile-size          "1013 KB">
+  <!ENTITY libsndfile-buildsize     "38 MB">
+  <!ENTITY libsndfile-time          "0.6 SBU">
+]>
+
+<sect1 id="libsndfile" xreflabel="libsndfile-&libsndfile-version;">
+  <?dbhtml filename="libsndfile.html"?>
+
+  <sect1info>
+    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
+    <date>$Date$</date>
+  </sect1info>
+
+  <title>libsndfile-&libsndfile-version;</title>
+
+  <indexterm zone="libsndfile">
+    <primary sortas="a-libsndfile">libsndfile</primary>
+  </indexterm>
+
+  <sect2 role="package">
+    <title>Introduction to libsndfile</title>
+
+    <para>The <application>libsndfile</application> package is a library of C
+    routines for reading and writing files containing sampled audio data.</para>
+
+    &lfs70_checked;
+
+    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
+    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
+      <listitem>
+        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libsndfile-download-http;"/></para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libsndfile-download-ftp;"/></para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>Download MD5 sum: &libsndfile-md5sum;</para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>Download size: &libsndfile-size;</para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>Estimated disk space required: &libsndfile-buildsize;</para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>Estimated build time: &libsndfile-time;</para>
+      </listitem>
+    </itemizedlist>
+
+    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libsndfile Dependencies</bridgehead>
+
+    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
+    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="alsa-lib"/>,
+    <xref linkend="flac"/>,
+    <xref linkend="libogg"/>,
+    <xref linkend="libvorbis"/>, and
+    <xref linkend="sqlite"/></para>
+
+    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
+    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/libsndfile"/></para>
+
+  </sect2>
+
+  <sect2 role="installation">
+    <title>Installation of libsndfile</title>
+
+    <para>Install <application>libsndfile</application> by running the following
+    commands:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
+make</userinput></screen>
+
+    <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>
+
+    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
+
+<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
+
+  </sect2>
+
+  <sect2 role="content">
+    <title>Contents</title>
+
+    <segmentedlist>
+      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
+      <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
+      <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
+
+      <seglistitem>
+        <seg>sndfile-cmp,sndfile-concat,sndfile-convert,sndfile-deinterleave,
+        sndfile-info,sndfile-interleave,sndfile-metadata-get,
+        sndfile-metadata-set,sndfile-play,sndfile-regtest, and
+        sndfile-salvage</seg>
+        <seg>libsndfile.{so,a}</seg>
+        <seg>/usr/share/doc/libsndfile1-dev/html</seg>
+      </seglistitem>
+    </segmentedlist>
+
+    <variablelist>
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
+      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
+      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
+
+      <varlistentry id="sndfile-cmp">
+        <term><command>sndfile-cmp</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>compares two audio files.</para>
+          <indexterm zone="libsndfile sndfile-cmp">
+            <primary sortas="b-sndfile-cmp">sndfile-cmp</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry id="sndfile-concat">
+        <term><command>sndfile-concat</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>concatenates two or more audio files.</para>
+          <indexterm zone="libsndfile sndfile-concat">
+            <primary sortas="b-sndfile-concat">sndfile-concat</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry id="sndfile-convert">
+        <term><command>sndfile-convert</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>converts a sound files from one format to another.</para>
+          <indexterm zone="libsndfile sndfile-convert">
+            <primary sortas="b-sndfile-convert">sndfile-convert</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry id="sndfile-deinterleave">
+        <term><command>sndfile-deinterleave</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>splits a multi-channel into multiple single channel files.</para>
+          <indexterm zone="libsndfile sndfile-deinterleave">
+            <primary sortas="b-sndfile-deinterleave">sndfile-deinterleave</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry id="sndfile-info">
+        <term><command>sndfile-info</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>displays information about a sound file.</para>
+          <indexterm zone="libsndfile sndfile-info">
+            <primary sortas="b-sndfile-info">sndfile-info</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry id="sndfile-interleave">
+        <term><command>sndfile-interleave</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>converts multiple single channel files into a multi-channel
+          file.</para>
+          <indexterm zone="libsndfile sndfile-interleave">
+            <primary sortas="b-sndfile-interleave">sndfile-interleave</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry id="sndfile-metadata-get">
+        <term><command>sndfile-metadata-get</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>retrieves metadata from a sound file.</para>
+          <indexterm zone="libsndfile sndfile-metadata-get">
+            <primary sortas="b-sndfile-metadata-get">sndfile-metadata-get</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry id="sndfile-metadata-set">
+        <term><command>sndfile-metadata-set</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>sets metadata in a sound file.</para>
+          <indexterm zone="libsndfile sndfile-metadata-set">
+            <primary sortas="b-sndfile-metadata-set">sndfile-metadata-set</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry id="sndfile-play">
+        <term><command>sndfile-play</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>plays a sound file.</para>
+          <indexterm zone="libsndfile sndfile-play">
+            <primary sortas="b-sndfile-play">sndfile-play</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <!--<varlistentry id="sndfile-regtest">
+        <term><command>sndfile-regtest</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>does this .....</para>
+          <indexterm zone="libsndfile sndfile-regtest">
+            <primary sortas="b-sndfile-regtest">sndfile-regtest</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry id="sndfile-salvage">
+        <term><command>sndfile-salvage</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>does this .....</para>
+          <indexterm zone="libsndfile sndfile-salvage">
+            <primary sortas="b-sndfile-salvage">sndfile-salvage</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>-->
+
+      <varlistentry id="libsndfile-lib">
+        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libsndfile.{so,a}</filename></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>contains the <application>libsndfile</application> API
+          functions.</para>
+          <indexterm zone="libsndfile libsndfile-lib">
+            <primary sortas="c-libsndfile">libsndfile.{so,a}</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+    </variablelist>
+
+  </sect2>
+
+</sect1>