diff --git a/scumm/actor.cpp b/scumm/actor.cpp
index d04dfc495ba..99a6ae056a9 100644
--- a/scumm/actor.cpp
+++ b/scumm/actor.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ void Actor::initActor(int mode)
 		y = 0;
 		facing = 180;
 		newDirection = 180;
+		talkFrequency = 256;
 	} else if (mode == 2) {
 		facing = 180;
 		newDirection = 180;
diff --git a/scumm/actor.h b/scumm/actor.h
index e8669840170..9efef85b054 100644
--- a/scumm/actor.h
+++ b/scumm/actor.h
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ public:
 	uint16 costume;
 	byte room;
 	byte talkColor;
+	int talkFrequency;
 	byte scalex, scaley;
 	byte charset;
 	int16 newDirection;
diff --git a/scumm/saveload.cpp b/scumm/saveload.cpp
index db9a7dc2d44..d120106f95b 100644
--- a/scumm/saveload.cpp
+++ b/scumm/saveload.cpp
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ void Scumm::saveOrLoad(Serializer *s, uint32 savegameVersion)
 		MKLINE(Actor, costume, sleUint16, VER_V8),
 		MKLINE(Actor, room, sleByte, VER_V8),
 		MKLINE(Actor, talkColor, sleByte, VER_V8),
+		MKLINE(Actor, talkFrequency, sleInt16, VER_V16),
 		MKLINE(Actor, scalex, sleByte, VER_V8),
 		MKLINE(Actor, scaley, sleByte, VER_V8),
 		MKLINE(Actor, charset, sleByte, VER_V8),
diff --git a/scumm/saveload.h b/scumm/saveload.h
index 93e7d628937..0b5d7bb1f37 100644
--- a/scumm/saveload.h
+++ b/scumm/saveload.h
@@ -34,10 +34,11 @@ enum {
 	VER_V12,
 	VER_V13,
 	VER_V14,
-	VER_V15
+	VER_V15,
+	VER_V16
 };
 
-#define CURRENT_VER VER_V15
+#define CURRENT_VER VER_V16
 
 
 // To work around a warning in GCC 3.2 (and 3.1 ?) regarding non-POD types,
diff --git a/scumm/script_v8.cpp b/scumm/script_v8.cpp
index 13f8a11070c..d0cd604bab4 100644
--- a/scumm/script_v8.cpp
+++ b/scumm/script_v8.cpp
@@ -1187,10 +1187,7 @@ void Scumm_v8::o8_actorOps()
 		warning("o8_actorOps: setActorVolume(%d) not implemented", i);
 		break;
 	case 0x88:		// SO_ACTOR_FREQUENCY Set frequency of actor speech
-		// TODO - implement this!
-		i = pop();
-		if (i != 256)	// De-verbosed: 256 is the default frequency so don't warn on it
-			warning("o8_actorOps: setActorFrequency(%d) not implemented", i);
+		a->talkFrequency = pop();
 		break;
 	case 0x89:		// SO_ACTOR_PAN
 		// TODO - implement this!
diff --git a/scumm/sound.cpp b/scumm/sound.cpp
index 185774cdd10..4223c5623d5 100644
--- a/scumm/sound.cpp
+++ b/scumm/sound.cpp
@@ -1226,6 +1226,13 @@ int Sound::playBundleSound(char *sound) {
 	
 	byte * final = (byte *)malloc(size);
 	memcpy(final, ptr, size);
+
+	if (_scumm->_actorToPrintStrFor != 0xFF && _scumm->_actorToPrintStrFor != 0) {
+		Actor *a = _scumm->derefActorSafe(_scumm->_actorToPrintStrFor, "playBundleSound");
+		if (a)
+			rate = (rate * a->talkFrequency) / 256;
+	}
+	
 	if (bits == 8) {
 		return _scumm->_mixer->playRaw(NULL, final, size, rate, SoundMixer::FLAG_UNSIGNED | SoundMixer::FLAG_AUTOFREE);
 	} else if (bits == 16){