diff --git a/plugins/MidiExport/MidiExport.cpp b/plugins/MidiExport/MidiExport.cpp
index 65eaf46132b..20bda52b385 100644
--- a/plugins/MidiExport/MidiExport.cpp
+++ b/plugins/MidiExport/MidiExport.cpp
@@ -274,7 +274,8 @@ void MidiExport::writePattern(MidiNoteVector &pat, QDomNode n,
 		// TODO interpret pan="0" fxch="0" pitchrange="1"
 		MidiNote mnote;
 		mnote.pitch = qMax(0, qMin(127, note.attribute("key", "0").toInt() + base_pitch));
-		mnote.volume = qMin(qRound(base_volume * LocaleHelper::toDouble(note.attribute("vol", "100"))), 127);
+		 // Map from LMMS volume to MIDI velocity
+		mnote.volume = qMin(qRound(base_volume * LocaleHelper::toDouble(note.attribute("vol", "100")) * (127.0 / 200.0)), 127);
 		mnote.time = base_time + note.attribute("pos", "0").toInt();
 		mnote.duration = note.attribute("len", "0").toInt();
 		pat.push_back(mnote);
diff --git a/plugins/MidiImport/MidiImport.cpp b/plugins/MidiImport/MidiImport.cpp
index 5fde7acc792..e83ef8c2736 100644
--- a/plugins/MidiImport/MidiImport.cpp
+++ b/plugins/MidiImport/MidiImport.cpp
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ bool MidiImport::readSMF( TrackContainer* tc )
 				Note n( (ticks < 1 ? 1 : ticks ),
 						noteEvt->get_start_time() * ticksPerBeat,
 						noteEvt->get_identifier() - 12,
-						noteEvt->get_loud());
+						noteEvt->get_loud() * (200.f / 127.f)); // Map from MIDI velocity to LMMS volume
 				ch->addNote( n );
 				
 			}