diff --git a/src/include/switch_types.h b/src/include/switch_types.h
index 6aa805b90a..dde5b51fbe 100644
--- a/src/include/switch_types.h
+++ b/src/include/switch_types.h
@@ -678,6 +678,7 @@ typedef enum {
 	SWITCH_MESSAGE_INDICATE_UUID_CHANGE,
 	SWITCH_MESSAGE_INDICATE_SIMPLIFY,
 	SWITCH_MESSAGE_INDICATE_DEBUG_AUDIO,
+	SWITCH_MESSAGE_INDICATE_PROXY_MEDIA,
 	SWITCH_MESSAGE_INVALID
 } switch_core_session_message_types_t;
 
diff --git a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/mod_sofia.c b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/mod_sofia.c
index 0f75303035..dc84006584 100644
--- a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/mod_sofia.c
+++ b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/mod_sofia.c
@@ -1119,6 +1119,17 @@ static switch_status_t sofia_receive_message(switch_core_session_t *session, swi
 
 	/* ones that do not need to lock sofia mutex */
 	switch (msg->message_id) {
+	case SWITCH_MESSAGE_INDICATE_PROXY_MEDIA:
+		{
+			if (switch_rtp_ready(tech_pvt->rtp_session)) {
+				if (msg->numeric_arg) {
+					switch_rtp_set_flag(tech_pvt->rtp_session, SWITCH_RTP_FLAG_PROXY_MEDIA);
+				} else {
+					switch_rtp_clear_flag(tech_pvt->rtp_session, SWITCH_RTP_FLAG_PROXY_MEDIA);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		break;
 	case SWITCH_MESSAGE_INDICATE_DEBUG_AUDIO:
 		{
 			if (switch_rtp_ready(tech_pvt->rtp_session) && !zstr(msg->string_array_arg[0]) && !zstr(msg->string_array_arg[1])) {
diff --git a/src/switch_core_session.c b/src/switch_core_session.c
index 304ecc2a36..31adfd7143 100644
--- a/src/switch_core_session.c
+++ b/src/switch_core_session.c
@@ -547,6 +547,7 @@ static const char *message_names[] = {
 	"UUID_CHANGE",
 	"WARNING",
 	"DEBUG_AUDIO",
+	"PROXY_MEDIA",
 	"INVALID"
 };