diff --git a/taglib/riff/wav/wavproperties.cpp b/taglib/riff/wav/wavproperties.cpp
index 181e3a6c..64ce78eb 100644
--- a/taglib/riff/wav/wavproperties.cpp
+++ b/taglib/riff/wav/wavproperties.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ namespace
   enum WaveFormat
   {
     FORMAT_UNKNOWN = 0x0000,
-    FORMAT_PCM     = 0x0001
+    FORMAT_PCM     = 0x0001,
+    FORMAT_IEEE_FLOAT = 0x0003
   };
 }
 
@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@ void RIFF::WAV::Properties::read(File *file)
   }
 
   d->format = data.toShort(0, false);
-  if(d->format != FORMAT_PCM && totalSamples == 0) {
+  if(d->format != FORMAT_PCM && d->format != FORMAT_IEEE_FLOAT && totalSamples == 0) {
     debug("RIFF::WAV::Properties::read() - Non-PCM format, but 'fact' chunk not found.");
     return;
   }
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@ void RIFF::WAV::Properties::read(File *file)
   d->sampleRate    = data.toUInt(4, false);
   d->bitsPerSample = data.toShort(14, false);
 
-  if(d->format != FORMAT_PCM)
+  if(d->format != FORMAT_PCM && !(d->format == FORMAT_IEEE_FLOAT && totalSamples == 0))
     d->sampleFrames = totalSamples;
   else if(d->channels > 0 && d->bitsPerSample > 0)
     d->sampleFrames = streamLength / (d->channels * ((d->bitsPerSample + 7) / 8));
diff --git a/tests/test_wav.cpp b/tests/test_wav.cpp
index c0717398..59484443 100644
--- a/tests/test_wav.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_wav.cpp
@@ -28,10 +28,12 @@
 #include <id3v2tag.h>
 #include <infotag.h>
 #include <tbytevectorlist.h>
+#include <tbytevectorstream.h>
 #include <tfilestream.h>
 #include <tpropertymap.h>
 #include <wavfile.h>
 #include <cppunit/extensions/HelperMacros.h>
+#include "plainfile.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 
 using namespace std;
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ class TestWAV : public CppUnit::TestFixture
   CPPUNIT_TEST(testPCMProperties);
   CPPUNIT_TEST(testALAWProperties);
   CPPUNIT_TEST(testFloatProperties);
+  CPPUNIT_TEST(testFloatWithoutFactChunkProperties);
   CPPUNIT_TEST(testZeroSizeDataChunk);
   CPPUNIT_TEST(testID3v2Tag);
   CPPUNIT_TEST(testSaveID3v23);
@@ -100,6 +103,25 @@ public:
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(3, f.audioProperties()->format());
   }
 
+  void testFloatWithoutFactChunkProperties()
+  {
+    ByteVector wavData = PlainFile(TEST_FILE_PATH_C("float64.wav")).readAll();
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(ByteVector("fact"), wavData.mid(36, 4));
+    // Remove the fact chunk by renaming it to fakt
+    wavData[38] = 'k';
+    ByteVectorStream wavStream(wavData);
+    RIFF::WAV::File f(&wavStream);
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(f.audioProperties());
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(0, f.audioProperties()->lengthInSeconds());
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(97, f.audioProperties()->lengthInMilliseconds());
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(5645, f.audioProperties()->bitrate());
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(2, f.audioProperties()->channels());
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(44100, f.audioProperties()->sampleRate());
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(64, f.audioProperties()->bitsPerSample());
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(4281U, f.audioProperties()->sampleFrames());
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(3, f.audioProperties()->format());
+  }
+
   void testZeroSizeDataChunk()
   {
     RIFF::WAV::File f(TEST_FILE_PATH_C("zero-size-chunk.wav"));