diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 4b3b2c616c3c4d4c2eda26888225c3aad69f883f..4f073d339ba364e2299544378e85dcb3d22a3a32 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ SIP Changes
    configuration for the externip and externhost options when tcp or tls is used.
  * Added support for message body (stored in content variable) to SIP NOTIFY message
    accessible via AMI and CLI.
+ * Added 'media_address' configuration option which can be used to explicitly specify
+   the IP address to use in the SDP for media (audio and video) streams.
 
 IAX2 Changes
 -----------
diff --git a/channels/chan_sip.c b/channels/chan_sip.c
index 27d658a8182ef65eb25571d34a31c35f6eed2a8a..529562cc0947af074031de7d0e125782204166d1 100644
--- a/channels/chan_sip.c
+++ b/channels/chan_sip.c
@@ -2329,6 +2329,7 @@ static struct sockaddr_in internip;
  * to support the above functions.
  */
 static struct sockaddr_in externip;		/*!< External IP address if we are behind NAT */
+static struct sockaddr_in media_address;	/*!< External RTP IP address if we are behind NAT */
 
 static char externhost[MAXHOSTNAMELEN];		/*!< External host name */
 static time_t externexpire;			/*!< Expiration counter for re-resolving external host name in dynamic DNS */
@@ -10154,7 +10155,7 @@ static void get_our_media_address(struct sip_pvt *p, int needvideo,
 		dest->sin_port = p->redirip.sin_port;
 		dest->sin_addr = p->redirip.sin_addr;
 	} else {
-		dest->sin_addr = p->ourip.sin_addr;
+		dest->sin_addr = media_address.sin_addr.s_addr ? media_address.sin_addr : p->ourip.sin_addr;
 		dest->sin_port = sin->sin_port;
 	}
 	if (needvideo) {
@@ -10163,7 +10164,7 @@ static void get_our_media_address(struct sip_pvt *p, int needvideo,
 			vdest->sin_addr = p->vredirip.sin_addr;
 			vdest->sin_port = p->vredirip.sin_port;
 		} else {
-			vdest->sin_addr = p->ourip.sin_addr;
+			vdest->sin_addr = media_address.sin_addr.s_addr ? media_address.sin_addr : p->ourip.sin_addr;
 			vdest->sin_port = vsin->sin_port;
 		}
 	}
@@ -24951,6 +24952,7 @@ static int reload_config(enum channelreloadreason reason)
 	ast_free_ha(localaddr);
 	memset(&localaddr, 0, sizeof(localaddr));
 	memset(&externip, 0, sizeof(externip));
+	memset(&media_address, 0, sizeof(media_address));
 	memset(&default_prefs, 0 , sizeof(default_prefs));
 	memset(&sip_cfg.outboundproxy, 0, sizeof(struct sip_proxy));
 	sip_cfg.outboundproxy.ip.sin_port = htons(STANDARD_SIP_PORT);
@@ -25320,6 +25322,9 @@ static int reload_config(enum channelreloadreason reason)
 				localaddr = na;
 			if (ha_error)
 				ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "Bad localnet configuration value line %d : %s\n", v->lineno, v->value);
+		} else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "media_address")) {
+			if (ast_parse_arg(v->value, PARSE_INADDR, &media_address))
+				ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Invalid address for media_address keyword: %s\n", v->value);
 		} else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "externip")) {
 			if (ast_parse_arg(v->value, PARSE_INADDR, &externip))
 				ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Invalid address for externip keyword: %s\n", v->value);
diff --git a/configs/sip.conf.sample b/configs/sip.conf.sample
index a6baf180a6385e0df2f4384a63489fc0430b1ad9..74a739161aaf5045a5302bdcfd45b70414b73eef 100644
--- a/configs/sip.conf.sample
+++ b/configs/sip.conf.sample
@@ -695,6 +695,12 @@ srvlookup=yes                   ; Enable DNS SRV lookups on outbound calls
 ;        nat = force_rport       ; Force rport to always be on.
 ;        nat = yes               ; Force rport to always be on and perform symmetric RTP.
 ;        nat = comedia           ; Use rport if the remote side says to use it and perform symmetric RTP.
+;
+; The IP address used for media (audio and video) in the SDP can also be overridden by using
+; the media_address configuration option. This is only applicable to the general section and
+; can not be set per-user or per-peer.
+;
+; media_address = 172.16.42.1
 
 ;----------------------------------- MEDIA HANDLING --------------------------------
 ; By default, Asterisk tries to re-invite media streams to an optimal path. If there's