diff --git a/apps/app_voicemail.c b/apps/app_voicemail.c
index 82150d9ee7f41a0bc681fb73e2af528d033b5b5c..0a95e5dd692816e5bc7cc0e902b89d44645f2a03 100755
--- a/apps/app_voicemail.c
+++ b/apps/app_voicemail.c
@@ -1471,7 +1471,7 @@ forward_message(struct ast_channel *chan, struct ast_config *cfg, char *dir, int
 #define WAITFILE(file) do { \
 	if (ast_streamfile(chan, file, chan->language)) \
 		ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Unable to play message %s\n", file); \
-	d = ast_waitstream(chan, AST_DIGIT_ANY); \
+	d = ast_waitstream_fr(chan, AST_DIGIT_ANY, "#", "*"); \
 	if (!d) { \
 		repeats = 0; \
 		goto instructions; \
diff --git a/file.c b/file.c
index a2e1efb177035f630c28238d22ce5d3bee7ab4ee..fc4972c6e9774e27cd1618cbef40ec28e57b5c6b 100755
--- a/file.c
+++ b/file.c
@@ -659,6 +659,65 @@ char ast_waitstream(struct ast_channel *c, char *breakon)
 	return (c->_softhangup ? -1 : 0);
 }
 
+char ast_waitstream_fr(struct ast_channel *c, char *breakon, char *forward, char *rewind)
+{
+	int res;
+	struct ast_frame *fr;
+	while(c->stream) {
+		res = ast_sched_wait(c->sched);
+		if (res < 0) {
+			ast_closestream(c->stream);
+			break;
+		}
+		res = ast_waitfor(c, res);
+		if (res < 0) {
+			ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Select failed (%s)\n", strerror(errno));
+			return res;
+		} else
+		if (res > 0) {
+			fr = ast_read(c);
+			if (!fr) {
+#if 0
+				ast_log(LOG_DEBUG, "Got hung up\n");
+#endif
+				return -1;
+			}
+			
+			switch(fr->frametype) {
+			case AST_FRAME_DTMF:
+				res = fr->subclass;
+				if (strchr(forward,res)) {
+					ast_stream_fastforward(c->stream, 3000);
+				} else if (strchr(rewind,res)) {
+					ast_stream_rewind(c->stream, 3000);
+				} else if (strchr(breakon, res)) {
+					ast_frfree(fr);
+					return res;
+				}					
+				break;
+			case AST_FRAME_CONTROL:
+				switch(fr->subclass) {
+				case AST_CONTROL_HANGUP:
+					ast_frfree(fr);
+					return -1;
+				case AST_CONTROL_RINGING:
+				case AST_CONTROL_ANSWER:
+					/* Unimportant */
+					break;
+				default:
+					ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Unexpected control subclass '%d'\n", fr->subclass);
+				}
+			}
+			/* Ignore */
+			ast_frfree(fr);
+		} else
+			ast_sched_runq(c->sched);
+	
+		
+	}
+	return (c->_softhangup ? -1 : 0);
+}
+
 char ast_waitstream_full(struct ast_channel *c, char *breakon, int audiofd, int cmdfd)
 {
 	int res;
diff --git a/include/asterisk/file.h b/include/asterisk/file.h
index e7f19825d134b40bfcdf70b672e9cbc9e2496159..45b947b9bad05e2c9bf9f4d63420d55527e2ba15 100755
--- a/include/asterisk/file.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/file.h
@@ -123,6 +123,18 @@ int ast_filecopy(char *oldname, char *newname, char *fmt);
  */
 char ast_waitstream(struct ast_channel *c, char *breakon);
 
+//! Same as waitstream but allows stream to be forwarded or rewound
+/*!
+ * \param c channel to waitstram on
+ * \param breakon string of DTMF digits to break upon
+ * \param forward DTMF digit to fast forward upon
+ * \param rewind DTMF digit to rewind upon
+ * Begins playback of a stream...
+ * Wait for a stream to stop or for any one of a given digit to arrive,  Returns 0 
+ * if the stream finishes, the character if it was interrupted, and -1 on error 
+ */
+char ast_waitstream_fr(struct ast_channel *c, char *breakon, char *forward, char *rewind);
+
 /* Same as waitstream, but with audio output to fd and monitored fd checking.  Returns
    1 if monfd is ready for reading */
 char ast_waitstream_full(struct ast_channel *c, char *breakon, int audiofd, int monfd);