diff --git a/main/channel.c b/main/channel.c
index b02178d392..94e21d0823 100644
--- a/main/channel.c
+++ b/main/channel.c
@@ -567,6 +567,8 @@ int ast_best_codec(int fmts)
 		AST_FORMAT_ULAW,
 		/*! Unless of course, you're a silly European, so then prefer ALAW */
 		AST_FORMAT_ALAW,
+		/*! G.722 is better then all below, but not as common as the above... so give ulaw and alaw priority */
+		AST_FORMAT_G722,
 		/*! Okay, well, signed linear is easy to translate into other stuff */
 		AST_FORMAT_SLINEAR,
 		/*! G.726 is standard ADPCM, in RFC3551 packing order */