diff --git a/src/drivers/Qt/GameSoundConf.cpp b/src/drivers/Qt/GameSoundConf.cpp
index 0f6ac901..8ead488f 100644
--- a/src/drivers/Qt/GameSoundConf.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/Qt/GameSoundConf.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ GameSndConfDialog_t::GameSndConfDialog_t(QWidget *parent)
 
 	setComboBoxFromProperty( qualitySelect, "SDL.Sound.Quality" );
 
+	connect(qualitySelect, SIGNAL(currentIndexChanged(int)), this, SLOT(soundQualityChanged(int)) );
+
 	hbox2->addWidget( lbl );
 	hbox2->addWidget( qualitySelect );
 
@@ -71,6 +73,8 @@ GameSndConfDialog_t::GameSndConfDialog_t(QWidget *parent)
 
 	setComboBoxFromProperty( rateSelect, "SDL.Sound.Rate" );
 
+	connect(rateSelect, SIGNAL(currentIndexChanged(int)), this, SLOT(soundRateChanged(int)) );
+
 	g_config->getOption ("SDL.Sound.Rate", &buf);
 
 	hbox2->addWidget( lbl );
@@ -231,7 +235,7 @@ void  GameSndConfDialog_t::setComboBoxFromProperty( QComboBox *cbx, const char *
 
 	for (i=0; i<cbx->count(); i++)
 	{
-		if ( pval == cbx->itemData(i) )
+		if ( pval == cbx->itemData(i).toInt() )
 		{
 			cbx->setCurrentIndex(i); break;
 		}
@@ -383,3 +387,26 @@ void GameSndConfDialog_t::swapDutyCallback(int value)
 	g_config->save ();
 }
 //----------------------------------------------------
+void GameSndConfDialog_t::soundQualityChanged(int index)
+{
+	//printf("Sound Quality: %i : %i \n", index, qualitySelect->itemData(index).toInt() );
+
+	g_config->setOption ("SDL.Sound.Quality", qualitySelect->itemData(index).toInt() );
+
+	// reset sound subsystem for changes to take effect
+	KillSound ();
+	InitSound ();
+	g_config->save ();
+}
+//----------------------------------------------------
+void GameSndConfDialog_t::soundRateChanged(int index)
+{
+	//printf("Sound Rate: %i : %i \n", index, rateSelect->itemData(index).toInt() );
+
+	g_config->setOption ("SDL.Sound.Rate", rateSelect->itemData(index).toInt() );
+	// reset sound subsystem for changes to take effect
+	KillSound ();
+	InitSound ();
+	g_config->save ();
+}
+//----------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/drivers/Qt/GameSoundConf.h b/src/drivers/Qt/GameSoundConf.h
index f6a9918e..ebc97649 100644
--- a/src/drivers/Qt/GameSoundConf.h
+++ b/src/drivers/Qt/GameSoundConf.h
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ class GameSndConfDialog_t : public QDialog
 		void  enaSoundStateChange(int value);
 		void  enaSoundLowPassChange(int value);
 		void  swapDutyCallback(int value);
+		void  soundQualityChanged(int index);
+		void  soundRateChanged(int index);
 
 };