--- app_queue.c.orig	2006-05-03 08:39:20.000000000 -0500
+++ app_queue.c	2006-05-03 08:36:32.000000000 -0500
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sys/signal.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
@@ -1572,6 +1573,11 @@
 {
 	int res = 0;
 	time_t now;
+	struct stat statinfo;
+	struct dirent **namelist;
+	int filenum,randnum,filefound = 0;
+	char randaname[256];
+	char fullaname[512];
 
 	/* Get the current time */
 	time(&now);
@@ -1586,8 +1592,33 @@
 	if (option_verbose > 2)
 		ast_verbose(VERBOSE_PREFIX_3 "Playing periodic announcement\n");
 
-	/* play the announcement */
-	res = background_file(qe, qe->chan, qe->parent->sound_periodicannounce);
+	/* Get file stats for directory based random periodic announcements */
+	sprintf(fullaname, "%s/%s/", ast_config_AST_VAR_DIR, "sounds");
+	strcat(fullaname, qe->parent->sound_periodicannounce);
+	if(stat(fullaname,&statinfo) != -1)
+		filefound = 1;
+
+	if(filefound == 1 && (statinfo.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR) {
+		filenum = scandir(fullaname, &namelist, 0, alphasort);
+		if (filenum < 0) {
+			ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "scandir: Periodic Announce scandir on (%s) FAILED!\n", fullaname);
+			qe->last_periodic_announce_time = now;
+			return(res);
+		} else {
+			srand(time(NULL));
+			randnum = (rand() % (filenum-2))+2;
+			strcpy(randaname, qe->parent->sound_periodicannounce);
+			if(randaname[strlen(randaname)-1] != '/')
+				strcat(randaname, "/");
+			strncat(randaname, namelist[randnum]->d_name, (strlen(namelist[randnum]->d_name)-4));
+			free(namelist);
+			res = background_file(qe, qe->chan, randaname);
+		}
+	} else {
+
+		/* play the announcement */
+		res = background_file(qe, qe->chan, qe->parent->sound_periodicannounce);
+	}
 
 	/* Resume Music on Hold */
 	ast_moh_start(qe->chan, qe->moh);