diff --git a/channels/chan_sip.c b/channels/chan_sip.c
index 23843a6a82212f5c42522d5f9c81951e06cf8479..627770634ad20562691a084945cf0b43d13ef26a 100644
--- a/channels/chan_sip.c
+++ b/channels/chan_sip.c
@@ -2977,6 +2977,8 @@ static struct ast_channel *sip_new(struct sip_pvt *i, int state, const char *tit
 	/* Set channel variables for this call from configuration */
 	for (v = i->chanvars ; v ; v = v->next)
 		pbx_builtin_setvar_helper(tmp,v->name,v->value);
+
+	append_history(i, "NewChan", "Channel %s - from %s", tmp->name, i->callid);
 				
 	return tmp;
 }