diff --git a/modules/juce_audio_formats/codecs/juce_WavAudioFormat.cpp b/modules/juce_audio_formats/codecs/juce_WavAudioFormat.cpp
index 2cc3eac66e..e70e2afd57 100644
--- a/modules/juce_audio_formats/codecs/juce_WavAudioFormat.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_audio_formats/codecs/juce_WavAudioFormat.cpp
@@ -55,6 +55,17 @@ StringPairArray WavAudioFormat::createBWAVMetadata (const String& description,
     return m;
 }
 
+const char* const WavAudioFormat::acidOneShot          = "acid one shot";
+const char* const WavAudioFormat::acidRootSet          = "acid root set";
+const char* const WavAudioFormat::acidStretch          = "acid stretch";
+const char* const WavAudioFormat::acidDiskBased        = "acid disk based";
+const char* const WavAudioFormat::acidizerFlag         = "acidizer flag";
+const char* const WavAudioFormat::acidRootNote         = "acid root note";
+const char* const WavAudioFormat::acidBeats            = "acid beats";
+const char* const WavAudioFormat::acidDenominator      = "acid denominator";
+const char* const WavAudioFormat::acidNumerator        = "acid numerator";
+const char* const WavAudioFormat::acidTempo            = "acid tempo";
+
 
 //==============================================================================
 namespace WavFileHelpers
@@ -457,6 +468,49 @@ namespace WavFileHelpers
         }
     }
 
+    //==============================================================================
+    struct AcidChunk
+    {
+        /** Reads an acid RIFF chunk from a stream positioned just after the size byte. */
+        AcidChunk (InputStream& input, int length)
+        {
+            zerostruct (*this);
+            input.read (this, jmin ((int) sizeof (*this), length));
+        }
+
+        void addToMetadata (StringPairArray& values) const
+        {
+            setBoolFlag (values, WavAudioFormat::acidOneShot,   0x01);
+            setBoolFlag (values, WavAudioFormat::acidRootSet,   0x02);
+            setBoolFlag (values, WavAudioFormat::acidStretch,   0x04);
+            setBoolFlag (values, WavAudioFormat::acidDiskBased, 0x08);
+            setBoolFlag (values, WavAudioFormat::acidizerFlag,  0x10);
+
+            if (flags & 0x02) // root note set
+                values.set (WavAudioFormat::acidRootNote, String (rootNote));
+
+            values.set (WavAudioFormat::acidBeats,       String (numBeats));
+            values.set (WavAudioFormat::acidDenominator, String (meterDenominator));
+            values.set (WavAudioFormat::acidNumerator,   String (meterNumerator));
+            values.set (WavAudioFormat::acidTempo,       String (tempo));
+        }
+
+        void setBoolFlag (StringPairArray& values, const char* name, int32 mask) const
+        {
+            values.set (name, (flags & mask) ? "1" : "0");
+        }
+
+        int32 flags;
+        int16 rootNote;
+        int16 reserved1;
+        float reserved2;
+        int32 numBeats;
+        int16 meterDenominator;
+        int16 meterNumerator;
+        float tempo;
+
+    } JUCE_PACKED;
+
     //==============================================================================
     struct ExtensibleWavSubFormat
     {
@@ -693,6 +747,10 @@ public:
                         }
                     }
                 }
+                else if (chunkType == chunkName ("acid"))
+                {
+                    AcidChunk (*input, length).addToMetadata (metadataValues);
+                }
                 else if (chunkEnd <= input->getPosition())
                 {
                     break;
diff --git a/modules/juce_audio_formats/codecs/juce_WavAudioFormat.h b/modules/juce_audio_formats/codecs/juce_WavAudioFormat.h
index 45b569a377..56bcf02e5b 100644
--- a/modules/juce_audio_formats/codecs/juce_WavAudioFormat.h
+++ b/modules/juce_audio_formats/codecs/juce_WavAudioFormat.h
@@ -110,6 +110,28 @@ public:
                                                const int64 timeReferenceSamples,
                                                const String& codingHistory);
 
+    //==============================================================================
+    /** Metadata property name used when reading a WAV file with an acid chunk. */
+    static const char* const acidOneShot;
+    /** Metadata property name used when reading a WAV file with an acid chunk. */
+    static const char* const acidRootSet;
+    /** Metadata property name used when reading a WAV file with an acid chunk. */
+    static const char* const acidStretch;
+    /** Metadata property name used when reading a WAV file with an acid chunk. */
+    static const char* const acidDiskBased;
+    /** Metadata property name used when reading a WAV file with an acid chunk. */
+    static const char* const acidizerFlag;
+    /** Metadata property name used when reading a WAV file with an acid chunk. */
+    static const char* const acidRootNote;
+    /** Metadata property name used when reading a WAV file with an acid chunk. */
+    static const char* const acidBeats;
+    /** Metadata property name used when reading a WAV file with an acid chunk. */
+    static const char* const acidDenominator;
+    /** Metadata property name used when reading a WAV file with an acid chunk. */
+    static const char* const acidNumerator;
+    /** Metadata property name used when reading a WAV file with an acid chunk. */
+    static const char* const acidTempo;
+
     //==============================================================================
     Array<int> getPossibleSampleRates();
     Array<int> getPossibleBitDepths();