diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 1721ed14c98bdf68990ba60214b8012b70d47332..fb54ca6400c53f9293618c7bf39f19eddfbcef59 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ app_queue
  * PAUSEALL/UNPAUSEALL now sets the pause reason in the queue_log if it has
    been defined.
 
+ * A new option, "announce-position-only-up," has been added that, when set to
+   yes, causes position announcements to only be played when the caller's
+   queue position has improved since the last time that we annouced their
+   position. This default is no.
+
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 --- Functionality changes from Asterisk 14.6.0 to Asterisk 14.7.0 ------------
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/apps/app_queue.c b/apps/app_queue.c
index 762119e9413cd10e01d760f0a5c4641d8d8b36a4..f297dad8d7d954243af55d7bc7f60f8c792c873d 100644
--- a/apps/app_queue.c
+++ b/apps/app_queue.c
@@ -1683,6 +1683,7 @@ struct call_queue {
 	unsigned int timeoutrestart:1;
 	unsigned int announceholdtime:2;
 	unsigned int announceposition:3;
+	unsigned int announceposition_only_up:1; /*!< Only announce position if it has improved */
 	int strategy:4;
 	unsigned int realtime:1;
 	unsigned int found:1;
@@ -2722,6 +2723,7 @@ static void init_queue(struct call_queue *q)
 	q->announcefrequency = 0;
 	q->minannouncefrequency = DEFAULT_MIN_ANNOUNCE_FREQUENCY;
 	q->announceholdtime = 1;
+	q->announceposition_only_up = 0;
 	q->announcepositionlimit = 10; /* Default 10 positions */
 	q->announceposition = ANNOUNCEPOSITION_YES; /* Default yes */
 	q->roundingseconds = 0; /* Default - don't announce seconds */
@@ -3171,6 +3173,8 @@ static void queue_set_param(struct call_queue *q, const char *param, const char
 		} else {
 			q->announceposition = ANNOUNCEPOSITION_NO;
 		}
+	} else if (!strcasecmp(param, "announce-position-only-up")) {
+		q->announceposition_only_up = ast_true(val);
 	} else if (!strcasecmp(param, "announce-position-limit")) {
 		q->announcepositionlimit = atoi(val);
 	} else if (!strcasecmp(param, "periodic-announce")) {
@@ -3911,6 +3915,11 @@ static int say_position(struct queue_ent *qe, int ringing)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	/* Only announce if the caller's queue position has improved since last time */
+	if (qe->parent->announceposition_only_up && qe->last_pos_said <= qe->pos) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	if (ringing) {
 		ast_indicate(qe->chan,-1);
 	} else {
diff --git a/configs/samples/queues.conf.sample b/configs/samples/queues.conf.sample
index b34a8d87014a106da3aed3587bcc65e068cc9f7d..3e7cbd809b666dfe40c6bfecde6f0f4793ad5d9b 100644
--- a/configs/samples/queues.conf.sample
+++ b/configs/samples/queues.conf.sample
@@ -345,6 +345,11 @@ monitor-type = MixMonitor
 ;
 ; announce-round-seconds = 10
 ;
+; Only announce the caller's position if it has improved since the last announcement.
+; The default value is no.
+;
+; announce-position-only-up = yes
+;
 ; Use these sound files in making position/holdtime announcements.  The
 ; defaults are as listed below -- change only if you need to.
 ;