diff --git a/Lib/aifc.py b/Lib/aifc.py
index 26b0ff5b7a3..36312b3c2cb 100644
--- a/Lib/aifc.py
+++ b/Lib/aifc.py
@@ -144,9 +144,6 @@ class Error(Exception):
 
 _AIFC_version = 0xA2805140     # Version 1 of AIFF-C
 
-_skiplist = b'COMT', b'INST', b'MIDI', b'AESD', \
-      b'APPL', b'NAME', b'AUTH', b'(c) ', b'ANNO'
-
 def _read_long(file):
     try:
         return struct.unpack('>l', file.read(4))[0]
@@ -313,11 +310,6 @@ def initfp(self, file):
                 self._version = _read_ulong(chunk)
             elif chunkname == b'MARK':
                 self._readmark(chunk)
-            elif chunkname in _skiplist:
-                pass
-            else:
-                raise Error('unrecognized chunk type ' +
-                            chunkname.decode('latin1'))
             chunk.skip()
         if not self._comm_chunk_read or not self._ssnd_chunk:
             raise Error('COMM chunk and/or SSND chunk missing')
diff --git a/Lib/test/Sine-1000Hz-300ms.aif b/Lib/test/Sine-1000Hz-300ms.aif
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bf08f5ce859
Binary files /dev/null and b/Lib/test/Sine-1000Hz-300ms.aif differ
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_aifc.py b/Lib/test/test_aifc.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fd411262207
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/test_aifc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+from test.support import findfile, run_unittest
+import unittest
+
+import aifc
+
+
+class AIFCTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.sndfilepath = findfile('Sine-1000Hz-300ms.aif')
+
+    def test_skipunknown(self):
+        #Issue 2245
+        #This file contains chunk types aifc doesn't recognize.
+        f = aifc.open(self.sndfilepath)
+        f.close()
+
+    def test_params(self):
+        f = aifc.open(self.sndfilepath)
+        self.assertEqual(f.getnchannels(), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(f.getsampwidth(), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(f.getframerate(), 48000)
+        self.assertEqual(f.getnframes(), 14400)
+        # XXX: are the next two correct?  The docs say/imply they are supposed
+        # to be strings.
+        self.assertEqual(f.getcomptype(), b'NONE')
+        self.assertEqual(f.getcompname(), b'not compressed')
+        self.assertEqual(
+            f.getparams(),
+            (2, 2, 48000, 14400, b'NONE', b'not compressed'),
+            )
+        f.close()
+
+    def test_read(self):
+        f = aifc.open(self.sndfilepath)
+        self.assertEqual(f.tell(), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(f.readframes(2), b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x0b\xd4\x0b\xd4')
+        f.rewind()
+        pos0 = f.tell()
+        self.assertEqual(pos0, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(f.readframes(2), b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x0b\xd4\x0b\xd4')
+        pos2 = f.tell()
+        self.assertEqual(pos2, 2)
+        self.assertEqual(f.readframes(2), b'\x17t\x17t"\xad"\xad')
+        f.setpos(pos2)
+        self.assertEqual(f.readframes(2), b'\x17t\x17t"\xad"\xad')
+        f.setpos(pos0)
+        self.assertEqual(f.readframes(2), b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x0b\xd4\x0b\xd4')
+        f.close()
+
+    #XXX Need more tests!
+
+
+def test_main():
+    run_unittest(AIFCTest)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sundry.py b/Lib/test/test_sundry.py
index bba54fe5ed1..ee387c74548 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sundry.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sundry.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ class TestUntestedModules(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_at_least_import_untested_modules(self):
         with warnings.catch_warnings():
             warnings.simplefilter("ignore")
-            import aifc
             import bdb
             import cgitb
             import code
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index a4f848108ff..7eab407d2ed 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ Tamito Kajiyama
 Peter van Kampen
 Jacob Kaplan-Moss
 Lou Kates
+Hiroaki Kawai
 Sebastien Keim
 Robert Kern
 Randall Kern
@@ -545,6 +546,7 @@ Randy Pausch
 Samuele Pedroni
 Marcel van der Peijl
 Steven Pemberton
+Santiago Peresón
 Mark Perrego
 Trevor Perrin
 Tim Peters
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 54a3b093f80..bb4c134eac8 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -473,6 +473,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #2245: aifc now skips chunk types it doesn't recognize, per spec.
+
 - Issue #5874: distutils.tests.test_config_cmd is not locale-sensitive 
   anymore.