diff --git a/src/include/86box/snd_resid.h b/src/include/86box/snd_resid.h
index 4ddaf9b91..c7e97ac0f 100644
--- a/src/include/86box/snd_resid.h
+++ b/src/include/86box/snd_resid.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
-void   *sid_init(void);
+void   *sid_init(uint8_t type);
 void    sid_close(void *priv);
 void    sid_reset(void *priv);
 uint8_t sid_read(uint16_t addr, void *priv);
diff --git a/src/sound/snd_resid.cpp b/src/sound/snd_resid.cpp
index 746b5f971..b9895cf7e 100644
--- a/src/sound/snd_resid.cpp
+++ b/src/sound/snd_resid.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ typedef struct psid_t {
 psid_t *psid;
 
 void *
-sid_init(void)
+sid_init(uint8_t type)
 {
     reSIDfp::SamplingMethod method         = reSIDfp::RESAMPLE;
     float                   cycles_per_sec = 14318180.0 / 16.0;
@@ -28,7 +28,13 @@ sid_init(void)
     psid      = new psid_t;
     psid->sid = new SID;
 
-    psid->sid->setChipModel(reSIDfp::MOS6581);
+    switch (type) {
+        default:
+        case 0:
+            psid->sid->setChipModel(reSIDfp::MOS6581);
+        case 1:
+            psid->sid->setChipModel(reSIDfp::MOS8580);
+    }
 
     psid->sid->reset();
 
diff --git a/src/sound/snd_ssi2001.c b/src/sound/snd_ssi2001.c
index 36bce543f..e7f053ea8 100644
--- a/src/sound/snd_ssi2001.c
+++ b/src/sound/snd_ssi2001.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ ssi2001_init(UNUSED(const device_t *info))
     ssi2001_t *ssi2001 = malloc(sizeof(ssi2001_t));
     memset(ssi2001, 0, sizeof(ssi2001_t));
 
-    ssi2001->psid = sid_init();
+    ssi2001->psid = sid_init(0);
     sid_reset(ssi2001->psid);
     uint16_t addr             = device_get_config_hex16("base");
     ssi2001->gameport_enabled = device_get_config_int("gameport");