--- a/src/format_vorbis.c
+++ b/src/format_vorbis.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <ogg/ogg.h>
-#include <vorbis/codec.h>
+#include <tremor/ivorbiscodec.h>
 #include <memory.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #define CATMODULE "format-vorbis"
 #include "logging.h"
 
+int vorbis_commentheader_out(vorbis_comment *vc, ogg_packet *op);
 
 typedef struct vorbis_codec_tag
 {
@@ -583,3 +584,91 @@ static refbuf_t *process_vorbis_page (og
     return NULL;
 }
 
+/* Some additional functions from vorbis missing from tremore */
+
+static void _v_writestring(oggpack_buffer *o,char *s, int bytes)
+{
+
+  while(bytes--){
+    oggpack_write(o,*s++,8);
+  }
+}
+
+static int _vorbis_pack_comment(oggpack_buffer *opb,vorbis_comment *vc)
+{
+  char temp[]="Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20150104";
+  int bytes = strlen(temp);
+
+  /* preamble */
+  oggpack_write(opb,0x03,8);
+  _v_writestring(opb,"vorbis", 6);
+
+  /* vendor */
+  oggpack_write(opb,bytes,32);
+  _v_writestring(opb,temp, bytes);
+
+  /* comments */
+
+  oggpack_write(opb,vc->comments,32);
+  if(vc->comments){
+    int i;
+    for(i=0;i<vc->comments;i++){
+      if(vc->user_comments[i]){
+	oggpack_write(opb,vc->comment_lengths[i],32);
+	_v_writestring(opb,vc->user_comments[i], vc->comment_lengths[i]);
+      }else{
+	oggpack_write(opb,0,32);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  oggpack_write(opb,1,1);
+
+  return(0);
+}
+
+void vorbis_comment_add(vorbis_comment *vc,char *comment)
+{
+  vc->user_comments=_ogg_realloc(vc->user_comments,
+			    (vc->comments+2)*sizeof(*vc->user_comments));
+  vc->comment_lengths=_ogg_realloc(vc->comment_lengths,
+      			    (vc->comments+2)*sizeof(*vc->comment_lengths));
+  vc->comment_lengths[vc->comments]=strlen(comment);
+  vc->user_comments[vc->comments]=_ogg_malloc(vc->comment_lengths[vc->comments]+1);
+  strcpy(vc->user_comments[vc->comments], comment);
+  vc->comments++;
+  vc->user_comments[vc->comments]=NULL;
+}
+
+void vorbis_comment_add_tag(vorbis_comment *vc, char *tag, char *contents)
+{
+  char *comment=alloca(strlen(tag)+strlen(contents)+2); /* +2 for = and \0 */
+  strcpy(comment, tag);
+  strcat(comment, "=");
+  strcat(comment, contents);
+  vorbis_comment_add(vc, comment);
+
+  return;
+}
+
+int vorbis_commentheader_out(vorbis_comment *vc, ogg_packet *op)
+{
+  oggpack_buffer opb;
+
+  oggpack_writeinit(&opb);
+  if(_vorbis_pack_comment(&opb,vc)){
+    oggpack_writeclear(&opb);
+    return OV_EIMPL;
+  }
+
+  op->packet = _ogg_malloc(oggpack_bytes(&opb));
+  memcpy(op->packet, opb.buffer, oggpack_bytes(&opb));
+
+  op->bytes=oggpack_bytes(&opb);
+  op->b_o_s=0;
+  op->e_o_s=0;
+  op->granulepos=0;
+  op->packetno=1;
+
+  oggpack_writeclear(&opb);
+  return 0;
+}
--- a/m4/vorbis.m4
+++ b/m4/vorbis.m4
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ if test "x$vorbis_prefix" != "x$ogg_pref
             ])
 fi
 
-VORBIS_LIBS="-lvorbis"
-VORBISFILE_LIBS="-lvorbisfile"
-VORBISENC_LIBS="-lvorbisenc"
+VORBIS_LIBS="-lvorbisidec"
+VORBISFILE_LIBS="-lvorbisidec"
+VORBISENC_LIBS="-lvorbisidec"
 
 xt_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
 xt_save_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
@@ -58,18 +58,6 @@ AC_TRY_LINK_FUNC(ogg_stream_init, [xt_li
             )
         ])
 
-if test "x$xt_lib_vorbis" = "xok"; then
-#
-# Now check if the installed Vorbis is sufficiently new.
-#
-AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([
-#include <vorbis/codec.h>
-#include <vorbis/vorbisenc.h>
-        ], [
-struct ovectl_ratemanage_arg a;
-])],,[xt_lib_vorbis="old version found"])
-AC_MSG_RESULT([$xt_lib_vorbis])
-fi
 CPPFLAGS="$xt_save_CPPFLAGS"
 LIBS="$xt_save_LIBS"
 LDFLAGS="$xt_save_LDFLAGS"
--- a/m4/ogg.m4
+++ b/m4/ogg.m4
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ XIPH_GCC_WARNING([-I$ogg_prefix/include]
       ])
 AC_CACHE_CHECK([for libogg], xt_cv_lib_ogg,
 [dnl
-OGG_LIBS="-logg"
+OGG_LIBS="-lvorbisidec"
 
 #
 # check if the installed Ogg is sufficiently new.