diff --git a/autodescribe b/autodescribe
index 8d02ab0..c5c6d44 100755
--- a/autodescribe
+++ b/autodescribe
@@ -1450,7 +1450,7 @@ for f in "$@" ; do
 				;;
 			*.mp3)	TYPE=mp3
 				;;
-			*.mp4)	TYPE=mp4
+			*.mp4 | *.m4a)	TYPE=mp4
 				;;
 			*.mscx)	TYPE=mscx
 				;;
diff --git a/automtime b/automtime
index 6e913a3..12361eb 100755
--- a/automtime
+++ b/automtime
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ for f in "$@" ; do
 				TYPE=mkv
 				;;
 
-			*.mov | *.mp4)
+			*.mov | *.mp4 | *.m4a)
 				TYPE=mov
 				;;
 
diff --git a/test-autodescribe-expected b/test-autodescribe-expected
index 8c63d79..2654677 100644
--- a/test-autodescribe-expected
+++ b/test-autodescribe-expected
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 'testfiles/type1.kra' 'Krita name'
 'testfiles/type1.lsm' 'LSM Title'
 'testfiles/type1.lzh' 'LZH comment in desc.sdi file'
+'testfiles/type1.m4a' 'Track Title'
 'testfiles/type1.man' 'fileviewinfotest - plain text man page name'
 'testfiles/type1.md' 'Markdown title'
 'testfiles/type1.metainfo.xml' 'Nonlocalized name, Nonlocalized summary'
diff --git a/test-automtime-expected b/test-automtime-expected
index 6d50bfb..04aaefe 100644
--- a/test-automtime-expected
+++ b/test-automtime-expected
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 'testfiles/type1.kra' '2022-01-01 13:57:46'
 'testfiles/type1.lzh' '2021-10-15 06:09:47'
 'testfiles/type1.lzo' '2021-10-12 03:50:26'
+'testfiles/type1.m4a' '2024-02-05 10:11:12'
 'testfiles/type1.metainfo.xml' '2020-07-31'
 'testfiles/type1.mp4' '2023-04-05 06:07:08'
 'testfiles/type1.msg' '2021-10-12 12:34:56 +0000'
diff --git a/testfiles/type1.m4a b/testfiles/type1.m4a
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00ce9d1
Binary files /dev/null and b/testfiles/type1.m4a differ