diff --git a/src/sdl-instead/game.c b/src/sdl-instead/game.c
index 14da608..79e7d6b 100644
--- a/src/sdl-instead/game.c
+++ b/src/sdl-instead/game.c
@@ -1105,6 +1105,7 @@ void game_sound_player(void)
 	wav_t		w;
 	char		*snd;
 	int		chan = -1;
+	int		loop = 1;
 	
 	if (!snd_volume_mus(-1))
 		return;	
@@ -1113,6 +1114,12 @@ void game_sound_player(void)
 		chan = atoi(snd);
 		free(snd);
 	}
+
+	snd = instead_eval("return get_sound_loop()");
+	if (snd) {
+		loop = atoi(snd);
+		free(snd);
+	}
 	
 	snd = instead_eval("return get_sound()");
 	if (!snd) {
@@ -1135,7 +1142,7 @@ void game_sound_player(void)
 	free(snd);
 	if (!w)
 		return;
-	snd_play(w, chan);
+	snd_play(w, chan, loop - 1);
 }
 
 char *horiz_inv(char *invstr)
@@ -1658,7 +1665,7 @@ int game_click(int x, int y, int action, int filter)
 		if (mouse_filter(filter))
 			return 0;
 		if (opt_click)
-			snd_play(game_theme.click, -1);
+			snd_play(game_theme.click, -1, 0);
 		game_cmd(buf);
 		return 1;
 
@@ -1681,7 +1688,7 @@ int game_click(int x, int y, int action, int filter)
 	disable_use();
 
 	if (opt_click)
-		snd_play(game_theme.click, -1);
+		snd_play(game_theme.click, -1, 0);
 		
 	game_cmd(buf);
 	return 1;
diff --git a/src/sdl-instead/sound.c b/src/sdl-instead/sound.c
index f820ba2..22ef394 100644
--- a/src/sdl-instead/sound.c
+++ b/src/sdl-instead/sound.c
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ void snd_free_mus(mus_t mus)
 	Mix_FreeMusic((Mix_Music*) mus);
 }
 
-void snd_play(void *chunk, int channel)
+void snd_play(void *chunk, int channel, int loop)
 {
 	if (!sound_on)
 		return;
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ void snd_play(void *chunk, int channel)
 		channel %= MIX_CHANNELS;
 	if (channel < 0)
 		channel = -1;	
-	Mix_PlayChannel(channel, (Mix_Chunk*)chunk, 0);
+	Mix_PlayChannel(channel, (Mix_Chunk*)chunk, loop);
 }
 
 void snd_done(void)
diff --git a/src/sdl-instead/sound.h b/src/sdl-instead/sound.h
index f06d89c..5ceb8f2 100644
--- a/src/sdl-instead/sound.h
+++ b/src/sdl-instead/sound.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ typedef void*  mus_t;
 extern void	snd_free_mus(mus_t mus);
 extern int	snd_init(int hz);
 extern int	snd_hz(void);
-extern void	snd_play(wav_t chunk, int channel);
+extern void	snd_play(wav_t chunk, int channel, int loop);
 extern void 	snd_halt_chan(int han);
 
 extern void	snd_free_wav(wav_t chunk);
diff --git a/stead/stead.lua b/stead/stead.lua
index e34b7ee..88a8f9f 100644
--- a/stead/stead.lua
+++ b/stead/stead.lua
@@ -2067,8 +2067,18 @@ function get_sound_chan()
 	return game._sound_channel
 end
 
-function set_sound(s, chan)
-	game._sound = s;
+function get_sound_loop()
+	return game._sound_loop
+end
+
+function set_sound(s, chan, loop)
+	game._sound = s;	
+	if not tonumber(loop) then
+		game._sound_loop = 1;
+	else
+		game._sound_loop = tonumber(loop);
+	end
+
 	if not tonumber(chan) then
 		game._sound_channel = -1;
 	else