diff --git a/doc/Changelog.html b/doc/Changelog.html
index 89a07922..7a3452f6 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog.html
+++ b/doc/Changelog.html
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
 <ul>
 <li>Fixed the location of temporary intermediate files for SoX-based audio effects</li>
 <li>Enabled the &quot;built-in&quot; resampler for QAAC encoder</li>
+<li>The &quot;Algorithm Quality&quot; slider now also effects the QAAC encoder</li>
 <li>Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.82 (2016-01-27), compiled with ICL 15.0 and MSVC 12.0</li>
 <li>Updated QAAC add-in to the to QAAC v2.58 (2016-01-05)</li>
 <li>Updated ALAC decoder to refalac v1.58 (2016-01-05)</li>
diff --git a/doc/Changelog.md b/doc/Changelog.md
index 96737e9e..29d1e5d4 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog.md
+++ b/doc/Changelog.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 * Fixed the location of temporary intermediate files for SoX-based audio effects
 * Enabled the "built-in" resampler for QAAC encoder
+* The "Algorithm Quality" slider now also effects the QAAC encoder
 * Updated MediaInfo to v0.7.82 (2016-01-27), compiled with ICL 15.0 and MSVC 12.0
 * Updated QAAC add-in to the to QAAC v2.58 (2016-01-05)
 * Updated ALAC decoder to refalac v1.58 (2016-01-05)
diff --git a/src/Config.h b/src/Config.h
index 265489d3..13681ed7 100644
--- a/src/Config.h
+++ b/src/Config.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #define VER_LAMEXP_MINOR_LO					4
 #define VER_LAMEXP_TYPE						Alpha
 #define VER_LAMEXP_PATCH					2
-#define VER_LAMEXP_BUILD					1861
+#define VER_LAMEXP_BUILD					1862
 #define VER_LAMEXP_CONFG					1818
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/src/Encoder_AAC_QAAC.cpp b/src/Encoder_AAC_QAAC.cpp
index 98b0e741..55b8df32 100644
--- a/src/Encoder_AAC_QAAC.cpp
+++ b/src/Encoder_AAC_QAAC.cpp
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ QAACEncoder::QAACEncoder(void)
 	}
 
 	m_configProfile = 0;
+	m_algorithmQuality = 2;
 }
 
 QAACEncoder::~QAACEncoder(void)
@@ -194,6 +195,7 @@ bool QAACEncoder::encode(const QString &sourceFile, const AudioFileModel_MetaInf
 		break;
 	}
 
+	args << "--quality" << QString::number(qBound(0, m_algorithmQuality, 2));
 	if (m_configSamplingRate > 0)
 	{
 		args << QString("--native-resampler=bats,%0").arg(QString::number(RESAMPLING_QUALITY));
@@ -301,6 +303,11 @@ void QAACEncoder::setProfile(int profile)
 	m_configProfile = profile;
 }
 
+void QAACEncoder::setAlgoQuality(int value)
+{
+	m_algorithmQuality = qBound(0, value, 2);
+}
+
 const AbstractEncoderInfo *QAACEncoder::getEncoderInfo(void)
 {
 	return &g_qaacEncoderInfo;
diff --git a/src/Encoder_AAC_QAAC.h b/src/Encoder_AAC_QAAC.h
index a1041725..cddda352 100644
--- a/src/Encoder_AAC_QAAC.h
+++ b/src/Encoder_AAC_QAAC.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ public:
 	
 	//Advanced options
 	virtual void setProfile(int profile);
+	virtual void setAlgoQuality(int value);
 
 	//Encoder info
 	virtual const AbstractEncoderInfo *toEncoderInfo(void) const { return getEncoderInfo(); }
@@ -48,4 +49,5 @@ private:
 	const QString m_binary_qaac32;
 	const QString m_binary_qaac64;
 	int m_configProfile;
+	int m_algorithmQuality;
 };
diff --git a/src/Registry_Encoder.cpp b/src/Registry_Encoder.cpp
index a9cdc06a..d694476c 100644
--- a/src/Registry_Encoder.cpp
+++ b/src/Registry_Encoder.cpp
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ AbstractEncoder *EncoderRegistry::createInstance(const int encoderId, const Sett
 				{
 					QAACEncoder *const aacEncoder = new QAACEncoder();
 					aacEncoder->setProfile(settings->aacEncProfile());
+					aacEncoder->setAlgoQuality(settings->lameAlgoQuality());
 					encoder = aacEncoder;
 				}
 				break;