diff --git a/Lib/test/audiodata/pluck-float32.wav b/Lib/test/audiodata/pluck-float32.wav
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..2030fb16d6e3bd
Binary files /dev/null and b/Lib/test/audiodata/pluck-float32.wav differ
diff --git a/Lib/test/audiotests.py b/Lib/test/audiotests.py
index 9d6c4cc2b4b02c..9c40a460e75c96 100644
--- a/Lib/test/audiotests.py
+++ b/Lib/test/audiotests.py
@@ -27,13 +27,14 @@ def tearDown(self):
         unlink(TESTFN)
 
     def check_params(self, f, nchannels, sampwidth, framerate, nframes,
-                     comptype, compname):
+                     comptype, compname, encoding):
         self.assertEqual(f.getnchannels(), nchannels)
         self.assertEqual(f.getsampwidth(), sampwidth)
         self.assertEqual(f.getframerate(), framerate)
         self.assertEqual(f.getnframes(), nframes)
         self.assertEqual(f.getcomptype(), comptype)
         self.assertEqual(f.getcompname(), compname)
+        self.assertEqual(f.getencoding(), encoding)
 
         params = f.getparams()
         self.assertEqual(params,
@@ -51,13 +52,17 @@ def check_params(self, f, nchannels, sampwidth, framerate, nframes,
 
 
 class AudioWriteTests(AudioTests):
+    readonly = False
 
     def create_file(self, testfile):
+        if self.readonly:
+            self.skipTest('Read only file format')
         f = self.fout = self.module.open(testfile, 'wb')
         f.setnchannels(self.nchannels)
         f.setsampwidth(self.sampwidth)
         f.setframerate(self.framerate)
         f.setcomptype(self.comptype, self.compname)
+        f.setencoding(self.encoding)
         return f
 
     def check_file(self, testfile, nframes, frames):
@@ -67,13 +72,14 @@ def check_file(self, testfile, nframes, frames):
             self.assertEqual(f.getframerate(), self.framerate)
             self.assertEqual(f.getnframes(), nframes)
             self.assertEqual(f.readframes(nframes), frames)
+            self.assertEqual(f.getencoding(), self.encoding)
 
     def test_write_params(self):
         f = self.create_file(TESTFN)
         f.setnframes(self.nframes)
         f.writeframes(self.frames)
         self.check_params(f, self.nchannels, self.sampwidth, self.framerate,
-                          self.nframes, self.comptype, self.compname)
+                          self.nframes, self.comptype, self.compname, self.encoding)
         f.close()
 
     def test_write_context_manager_calls_close(self):
@@ -257,7 +263,7 @@ def test_read_params(self):
         f = self.f = self.module.open(self.sndfilepath)
         #self.assertEqual(f.getfp().name, self.sndfilepath)
         self.check_params(f, self.nchannels, self.sampwidth, self.framerate,
-                          self.sndfilenframes, self.comptype, self.compname)
+                          self.sndfilenframes, self.comptype, self.compname, self.encoding)
 
     def test_close(self):
         with open(self.sndfilepath, 'rb') as testfile:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_wave.py b/Lib/test/test_wave.py
index 4c21f16553775c..4b37a4665f7314 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_wave.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_wave.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class WavePCM8Test(WaveTest, unittest.TestCase):
     sampwidth = 1
     framerate = 11025
     nframes = 48
+    encoding = wave.WAVE_FORMAT_PCM
     comptype = 'NONE'
     compname = 'not compressed'
     frames = bytes.fromhex("""\
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ class WavePCM16Test(WaveTest, unittest.TestCase):
     sampwidth = 2
     framerate = 11025
     nframes = 48
+    encoding = wave.WAVE_FORMAT_PCM
     comptype = 'NONE'
     compname = 'not compressed'
     frames = bytes.fromhex("""\
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@ class WavePCM24Test(WaveTest, unittest.TestCase):
     sampwidth = 3
     framerate = 11025
     nframes = 48
+    encoding = wave.WAVE_FORMAT_PCM
     comptype = 'NONE'
     compname = 'not compressed'
     frames = bytes.fromhex("""\
@@ -87,6 +90,8 @@ class WavePCM24ExtTest(WaveTest, unittest.TestCase):
     sampwidth = 3
     framerate = 11025
     nframes = 48
+    encoding = wave.WAVE_FORMAT_EXTENSIBLE
+    readonly = True  # Writing EXTENSIBLE wave format is not supported.
     comptype = 'NONE'
     compname = 'not compressed'
     frames = bytes.fromhex("""\
@@ -114,6 +119,7 @@ class WavePCM32Test(WaveTest, unittest.TestCase):
     sampwidth = 4
     framerate = 11025
     nframes = 48
+    encoding = wave.WAVE_FORMAT_PCM
     comptype = 'NONE'
     compname = 'not compressed'
     frames = bytes.fromhex("""\
@@ -134,9 +140,34 @@ class WavePCM32Test(WaveTest, unittest.TestCase):
         frames = wave._byteswap(frames, 4)
 
 
+class WaveIeeeFloatingPointTest(WaveTest, unittest.TestCase):
+    sndfilename = 'pluck-float32.wav'
+    sndfilenframes = 3307
+    nchannels = 2
+    sampwidth = 4
+    framerate = 11025
+    nframes = 48
+    encoding = wave.WAVE_FORMAT_IEEE_FLOAT
+    comptype = 'NONE'
+    compname = 'not compressed'
+    frames = bytes.fromhex("""\
+      60598B3C001423BA 1FB4163F8054FA3B 0E4FC43E80C51D3D 53467EBF4030843D \
+      FC84D0BE304C563D 3053113F40BEFC3C B72F00BFC03E583C E0FEDA3C805142BC \
+      54510FBFE02638BD 569F16BF40FDCABD C060A63EECA421BE 3CE5523E2C3349BE \
+      0C2E10BE14725BBE 5268E7BEDC3B6CBE 985AE03D80497ABE B4B606BEECB67EBE \
+      B0B12E3FC87C6CBE 005519BD4C0F3EBE F8BD1B3EECDF03BE 924E9FBE588D8DBD \
+      D4E150BF501711BD B079A0BD20FBFBBC 5863863D40760CBD 0E3C83BE40E217BD \
+      04FF0B3EF07839BD E29AFB3E80A714BD B91007BFE042D3BC B5AD4D3F80CDA0BB \
+      1AB1C3BEB04E023D D33A063FC0A8973D 8012F9BEE074EC3D 7341223FD415153E \
+      D80409BE04A63A3E 00F27BBFBC25333E 0000803FFC29223E 000080BF38A7143E \
+      3638133F283BEB3D 7C6E253F00CADB3D 686A02BE88FDF53D 920CC7BE28E1FB3D \
+      185B5ABED8A2CE3D 5189463FC8A7A53D E88F8C3DF0FFA13D 1CE6AE3EE0A0B03D \
+      DF90223F184EE43D 376768BF2CD8093E 281612BF60B3EE3D 2F26083F88B4A53D \
+      """)
+
 class MiscTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def test__all__(self):
-        not_exported = {'WAVE_FORMAT_PCM', 'WAVE_FORMAT_EXTENSIBLE', 'KSDATAFORMAT_SUBTYPE_PCM'}
+        not_exported = {'WAVE_FORMAT_PCM', 'WAVE_FORMAT_IEEE_FLOAT', 'WAVE_FORMAT_EXTENSIBLE', 'KSDATAFORMAT_SUBTYPE_PCM'}
         support.check__all__(self, wave, not_exported=not_exported)
 
 
diff --git a/Lib/wave.py b/Lib/wave.py
index 25ca9ef168e8a5..11200576848877 100644
--- a/Lib/wave.py
+++ b/Lib/wave.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
       getsampwidth()  -- returns sample width in bytes
       getframerate()  -- returns sampling frequency
       getnframes()    -- returns number of audio frames
+      getencoding()   -- returns frame encoding (WAVE_FORMAT_PCM, WAVE_FORMAT_IEEE_FLOAT
+                         or WAVE_FORMAT_EXTENSIBLE)
       getcomptype()   -- returns compression type ('NONE' for linear samples)
       getcompname()   -- returns human-readable version of
                          compression type ('not compressed' linear samples)
@@ -42,6 +44,9 @@
       setsampwidth(n) -- set the sample width
       setframerate(n) -- set the frame rate
       setnframes(n)   -- set the number of frames
+      setencoding(encoding)
+                      -- set the frame encoding. Only WAVE_FORMAT_PCM,
+                         WAVE_FORMAT_IEEE_FLOAT are supported.
       setcomptype(type, name)
                       -- set the compression type and the
                          human-readable compression type
@@ -80,6 +85,7 @@ class Error(Exception):
     pass
 
 WAVE_FORMAT_PCM = 0x0001
+WAVE_FORMAT_IEEE_FLOAT = 0x0003
 WAVE_FORMAT_EXTENSIBLE = 0xFFFE
 # Derived from uuid.UUID("00000001-0000-0010-8000-00aa00389b71").bytes_le
 KSDATAFORMAT_SUBTYPE_PCM = b'\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x10\x00\x80\x00\x00\xaa\x008\x9bq'
@@ -226,6 +232,10 @@ class Wave_read:
               available through the getsampwidth() method
     _framerate -- the sampling frequency
               available through the getframerate() method
+    _encoding -- frame encoding
+              One of WAVE_FORMAT_PCM, WAVE_FORMAT_IEEE_FLOAT
+              or WAVE_FORMAT_EXTENSIBLE available through
+              getencoding() method
     _comptype -- the AIFF-C compression type ('NONE' if AIFF)
               available through the getcomptype() method
     _compname -- the human-readable AIFF-C compression type
@@ -338,6 +348,9 @@ def getparams(self):
                        self.getframerate(), self.getnframes(),
                        self.getcomptype(), self.getcompname())
 
+    def getencoding(self):
+        return self._encoding
+
     def setpos(self, pos):
         if pos < 0 or pos > self._nframes:
             raise Error('position not in range')
@@ -367,16 +380,16 @@ def readframes(self, nframes):
 
     def _read_fmt_chunk(self, chunk):
         try:
-            wFormatTag, self._nchannels, self._framerate, dwAvgBytesPerSec, wBlockAlign = struct.unpack_from('<HHLLH', chunk.read(14))
+            self._encoding, self._nchannels, self._framerate, dwAvgBytesPerSec, wBlockAlign = struct.unpack_from('<HHLLH', chunk.read(14))
         except struct.error:
             raise EOFError from None
-        if wFormatTag != WAVE_FORMAT_PCM and wFormatTag != WAVE_FORMAT_EXTENSIBLE:
-            raise Error('unknown format: %r' % (wFormatTag,))
+        if self._encoding not in (WAVE_FORMAT_PCM, WAVE_FORMAT_IEEE_FLOAT, WAVE_FORMAT_EXTENSIBLE):
+            raise Error('unknown format: %r' % (self._encoding,))
         try:
             sampwidth = struct.unpack_from('<H', chunk.read(2))[0]
         except struct.error:
             raise EOFError from None
-        if wFormatTag == WAVE_FORMAT_EXTENSIBLE:
+        if self._encoding == WAVE_FORMAT_EXTENSIBLE:
             try:
                 cbSize, wValidBitsPerSample, dwChannelMask = struct.unpack_from('<HHL', chunk.read(8))
                 # Read the entire UUID from the chunk
@@ -419,6 +432,8 @@ class Wave_write:
               set through the setsampwidth() or setparams() method
     _framerate -- the sampling frequency
               set through the setframerate() or setparams() method
+    _encoding -- frame encoding
+              set through setencoding() method
     _nframes -- the number of audio frames written to the header
               set through the setnframes() or setparams() method
 
@@ -446,6 +461,7 @@ def initfp(self, file):
         self._file = file
         self._convert = None
         self._nchannels = 0
+        self._encoding = WAVE_FORMAT_PCM
         self._sampwidth = 0
         self._framerate = 0
         self._nframes = 0
@@ -518,6 +534,16 @@ def setcomptype(self, comptype, compname):
         self._comptype = comptype
         self._compname = compname
 
+    def setencoding(self, encoding):
+        if self._datawritten:
+            raise Error('cannot change parameters after starting to write')
+        if encoding not in (WAVE_FORMAT_IEEE_FLOAT, WAVE_FORMAT_PCM):
+            raise Error('unsupported wave format')
+        self._encoding = encoding
+
+    def getencoding(self):
+        return self._encoding
+
     def getcomptype(self):
         return self._comptype
 
@@ -601,7 +627,7 @@ def _write_header(self, initlength):
             self._form_length_pos = None
         self._file.write(struct.pack('<L4s4sLHHLLHH4s',
             36 + self._datalength, b'WAVE', b'fmt ', 16,
-            WAVE_FORMAT_PCM, self._nchannels, self._framerate,
+            self._encoding, self._nchannels, self._framerate,
             self._nchannels * self._framerate * self._sampwidth,
             self._nchannels * self._sampwidth,
             self._sampwidth * 8, b'data'))
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-03-10-13-10-06.gh-issue-60729.KCCHTe.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-03-10-13-10-06.gh-issue-60729.KCCHTe.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d2746d89397c54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-03-10-13-10-06.gh-issue-60729.KCCHTe.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add support for floating point audio wave files.