diff --git a/engine/common/common.h b/engine/common/common.h
index 08404a3a..7835891d 100644
--- a/engine/common/common.h
+++ b/engine/common/common.h
@@ -566,6 +566,7 @@ int FS_GetStreamPos( stream_t *stream );
 void FS_FreeStream( stream_t *stream );
 qboolean Sound_Process( wavdata_t **wav, int rate, int width, uint flags );
 uint Sound_GetApproxWavePlayLen( const char *filepath );
+qboolean Sound_SupportedFileFormat( const char *fileext );
 
 //
 // host.c
diff --git a/engine/common/soundlib/snd_utils.c b/engine/common/soundlib/snd_utils.c
index 98626066..0319bdaf 100644
--- a/engine/common/soundlib/snd_utils.c
+++ b/engine/common/soundlib/snd_utils.c
@@ -290,3 +290,17 @@ qboolean Sound_Process( wavdata_t **wav, int rate, int width, uint flags )
 
 	return false;
 }
+
+qboolean Sound_SupportedFileFormat( const char *fileext )
+{
+	const loadwavfmt_t *format;
+	if( COM_CheckStringEmpty( fileext ))
+	{
+		for( format = sound.loadformats; format && format->formatstring; format++ )
+		{
+			if( !Q_stricmp( format->ext, fileext ))
+				return true;
+		}
+	}
+	return false;
+}