diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index bd594f8..f1239f6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -163,6 +163,12 @@ if not sndfile_dep.found ()
   sndfile_dep = sndfile_subproject.dependency (
     'sndfile')
 endif
+# this is not enough - need to check dependencies for
+# libmp3lame because most distros build without it
+if sndfile_dep.version ().version_compare ('>=1.1.0') and false
+  cdata.set (
+    'LIBSNDFILE_HAVE_MP3', 0)
+endif
 
 # Maths functions might be implemented in libm
 libm = cc.find_library (
diff --git a/src/ad_minimp3.c b/src/ad_minimp3.c
index 498bf61..b42124b 100644
--- a/src/ad_minimp3.c
+++ b/src/ad_minimp3.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static int ad_eval_minimp3(const char *f)
   char *ext = strrchr(f, '.');
   if (strstr (f, "://")) return 0;
   if (!ext) return 5;
-  if (!strcasecmp(ext, ".mp3")) return 100;
+  if (!strcasecmp(ext, ".mp3")) return 50;
   return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/ad_soundfile.c b/src/ad_soundfile.c
index e040973..5da5b9e 100644
--- a/src/ad_soundfile.c
+++ b/src/ad_soundfile.c
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@ static int ad_eval_sndfile(const char *f) {
 // libsndfile >= 1.0.18
   if (!strcasecmp(ext, ".flac")) return 80;
   if (!strcasecmp(ext, ".ogg")) return 80;
+#ifdef LIBSNDFILE_HAVE_MP3
+  if (!strcasecmp(ext, ".mp3")) return 80;
+#endif
   return 0;
 }