diff --git a/Modules/Setup.dist b/Modules/Setup.dist
index 4cdff5e0d96..6074b1bc961 100644
--- a/Modules/Setup.dist
+++ b/Modules/Setup.dist
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ GLHACK=-Dclear=__GLclear
 
 # Multimedia modules -- off by default.
 # These don't work for 64-bit platforms!!!
+# #993173 says audioop works on 64-bit platforms, though.
 # These represent audio samples or images as strings:
 
 #audioop audioop.c	# Operations on audio samples
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 93a2bdeb9e9..7d281bf622e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -407,10 +407,13 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
         # These don't work for 64-bit platforms!!!
         # These represent audio samples or images as strings:
 
+        # According to #993173, this one should actually work fine on 
+        # 64-bit platforms.
+        exts.append( Extension('audioop', ['audioop.c']) )
+
         # Disabled on 64-bit platforms
         if sys.maxint != 9223372036854775807L:
             # Operations on audio samples
-            exts.append( Extension('audioop', ['audioop.c']) )
             # Operations on images
             exts.append( Extension('imageop', ['imageop.c']) )
             # Read SGI RGB image files (but coded portably)