diff --git a/libs/ardour/ardour/export_formats.h b/libs/ardour/ardour/export_formats.h
index b8ce3db96a..fc419d47ce 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/ardour/export_formats.h
+++ b/libs/ardour/ardour/export_formats.h
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class LIBARDOUR_API ExportFormat : public ExportFormatBase, public ExportFormatB
 	void set_quality (Quality value) { qualities.clear(); qualities.insert (value); }
 };
 
-class LIBARDOUR_API HasCodecQuality : public PBD::ScopedConnectionList {
+class LIBARDOUR_API HasCodecQuality {
 public:
 	struct CodecQuality {
 		CodecQuality (std::string const& n, int q)
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ public:
 		return _codec_qualties;
 	}
 
+	virtual int default_codec_quality () const = 0;
+
 protected:
 	CodecQualityList _codec_qualties;
 };
@@ -207,7 +209,7 @@ class LIBARDOUR_API ExportFormatLinear : public ExportFormat, public HasSampleFo
 	SampleFormat _default_sample_format;
 };
 
-class LIBARDOUR_API ExportFormatOggVorbis : public ExportFormat {
+class LIBARDOUR_API ExportFormatOggVorbis : public ExportFormat, public HasCodecQuality {
   public:
 	ExportFormatOggVorbis ();
 	~ExportFormatOggVorbis () {};
@@ -216,6 +218,8 @@ class LIBARDOUR_API ExportFormatOggVorbis : public ExportFormat {
 	Type get_type () const { return T_Sndfile; }
 	SampleFormat get_explicit_sample_format () const { return SF_Vorbis; }
 	virtual bool supports_tagging () const { return true; }
+
+	int default_codec_quality () const { return 40; }
 };
 
 class LIBARDOUR_API ExportFormatFLAC : public ExportFormat, public HasSampleFormat {
@@ -252,6 +256,7 @@ class LIBARDOUR_API ExportFormatFFMPEG : public ExportFormat, public HasCodecQua
 	bool set_compatibility_state (ExportFormatCompatibility const & compatibility);
 	Type get_type () const { return T_FFMPEG; }
 	SampleFormat get_explicit_sample_format () const { return SF_Float; }
+	int default_codec_quality () const { return -2; }
 };
 
 } // namespace ARDOUR
diff --git a/libs/ardour/export_formats.cc b/libs/ardour/export_formats.cc
index 2539502f92..718dcd81c6 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/export_formats.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/export_formats.cc
@@ -275,6 +275,12 @@ ExportFormatOggVorbis::ExportFormatOggVorbis ()
 	add_sample_rate (SR_192);
 	add_sample_rate (SR_Session);
 
+	/* these are 100 vorbis_encode_init_vbr() quality */
+	add_codec_quality ("Low (0)",           0);
+	add_codec_quality ("Default (4)",      40);
+	add_codec_quality ("High (6)",         60);
+	add_codec_quality ("Very High (10)",  100);
+
 	add_endianness (E_FileDefault);
 
 	set_extension ("ogg");
diff --git a/libs/ardour/export_graph_builder.cc b/libs/ardour/export_graph_builder.cc
index e190791291..c09e00219d 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/export_graph_builder.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/export_graph_builder.cc
@@ -305,6 +305,13 @@ ExportGraphBuilder::Encoder::init_writer (boost::shared_ptr<AudioGrapher::Sndfil
 
 	writer.reset (new AudioGrapher::SndfileWriter<T> (writer_filename, format, channels, config.format->sample_rate(), config.broadcast_info));
 	writer->FileWritten.connect_same_thread (copy_files_connection, boost::bind (&ExportGraphBuilder::Encoder::copy_files, this, _1));
+	if (format & ExportFormatBase::SF_Vorbis) {
+		/* libsndfile uses range 0..1 (best .. worst) */
+		double vorbis_quality = 1.0 - config.format->codec_quality () / 100.f;
+		if (vorbis_quality >= 0 && vorbis_quality <= 1.0) {
+			writer->command (SFC_SET_COMPRESSION_LEVEL, &vorbis_quality, sizeof (double));
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 template<typename T>