diff -urN alsa-oss-1.0.12/alsa/aoss.1 alsa-oss-1.0.12-patched/alsa/aoss.1
--- alsa-oss-1.0.12/alsa/aoss.1	2006-08-22 13:43:53.000000000 -0500
+++ alsa-oss-1.0.12-patched/alsa/aoss.1	2007-02-08 09:34:47.000000000 -0600
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 aoss \- Wrapper script to facilitate use of the ALSA OSS compatibility
 library.
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBaoss\fP \fIosscommand\fP [arguments]
+\fBaoss\fP [-32] \fIosscommand\fP [arguments]
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 \fBaoss\fP is a simple wrapper script which facilitates the use of the
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 
 .SS Arguments
 .TP
+\f-32\fP
+Use 32-bit alsa-oss library (on 64-bit systems)
 \fIosscommand\fP
 A command that uses the OSS API
 .TP
diff -urN alsa-oss-1.0.12/alsa/aoss.in alsa-oss-1.0.12-patched/alsa/aoss.in
--- alsa-oss-1.0.12/alsa/aoss.in	2006-08-22 13:43:53.000000000 -0500
+++ alsa-oss-1.0.12-patched/alsa/aoss.in	2007-02-08 09:47:20.000000000 -0600
@@ -2,12 +2,29 @@
 
 # A simple script to facilitate the use of the OSS compatibility library.
 # Usage:
-#	aoss <command> <command options and arguments>
+#	aoss [-32] <command> <command options and arguments>
+
+if [ -f @prefix@/lib64/libaoss.so.0 ]
+then
+  AOSS_LIBDIR=@prefix@/lib64
+else
+  AOSS_LIBDIR=@prefix@/lib
+fi
+
+if [ "$1" = "-32" ]
+then
+  if [ -f @prefix@/lib/libaoss.so.0 ]
+  then
+    AOSS_LIBDIR=@prefix@/lib
+    shift
+  else
+    echo "$0 -32 called, but 32-bit alsa-oss-libs not found! Exiting..."
+    exit 2
+  fi
+fi
 
 if [ -d /proc/asound ]; then
-  prefix=@prefix@
-  exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
-  LD_PRELOAD=${exec_prefix}/\$LIB/libaoss.so${LD_PRELOAD:+:$LD_PRELOAD} exec "$@"
+  LD_PRELOAD=${AOSS_LIBDIR}/libaoss.so.0${LD_PRELOAD:+:$LD_PRELOAD} exec "$@"
 else
   exec "$@"
 fi