diff --git a/tools/smf-load/makefile b/tools/smf-load/makefile
index a993db0a88..0c95968498 100644
--- a/tools/smf-load/makefile
+++ b/tools/smf-load/makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ LDFLAGS = -L $(AD)/build/libs/pbd
 LDFLAGS += -L $(AD)/build/libs/temporal
 LDFLAGS += -L $(AD)/build/libs/evoral
 
-LDLIBS = -lpbd -Xlinker -rpath=$(AD)/build/libs/pbd
+LDLIBS = -Wl,--disable-new-dtags # set DT_RPATH
+LDLIBS += -lpbd -Xlinker -rpath=$(AD)/build/libs/pbd
 LDLIBS += -ltemporal -Xlinker -rpath=$(AD)/build/libs/temporal
 LDLIBS += -levoral -Xlinker -rpath=$(AD)/build/libs/evoral
 LDLIBS += `pkg-config --libs libxml-2.0 glibmm-2.4`
diff --git a/tools/smf-load/smfload.cc b/tools/smf-load/smfload.cc
index 6e8ffdcfad..b20f81d073 100644
--- a/tools/smf-load/smfload.cc
+++ b/tools/smf-load/smfload.cc
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ main (int argc, char** argv)
 		::exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
-#if 0
+#if 1
 	Evoral::SMF smf;
-	smf.open (fn);
-	printf ("SMF '%s' tracks=%d, ppqn=%d (n_notes: %ld)\n", fn, smf.num_tracks (), smf.ppqn(), smf.n_note_on_events ());
+	smf.open (fn, 1, true);
+	printf ("SMF '%s' tracks=%d, channels=%d, ppqn=%d (n_notes: %ld)\n", fn, smf.num_tracks (), smf.num_channels (), smf.ppqn(), smf.n_note_on_events ());
 #else
 	FILE* f = g_fopen(fn, "r");
 	if (!f) {