diff --git a/apps/app_voicemail.c b/apps/app_voicemail.c
index 0a95e5dd692816e5bc7cc0e902b89d44645f2a03..b7875d0808fbd5b06b77b8d78a320f407c79c45d 100755
--- a/apps/app_voicemail.c
+++ b/apps/app_voicemail.c
@@ -1471,7 +1471,11 @@ 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_fr(chan, AST_DIGIT_ANY, "#", "*"); \
+	if ((s = ast_variable_retrieve(cfg, "general", "skipms"))) { \
+		if (sscanf(s, "%d", &x) == 1) \
+			ms = x; \
+	} \
+	d = ast_waitstream_fr(chan, AST_DIGIT_ANY, "#", "*",ms); \
 	if (!d) { \
 		repeats = 0; \
 		goto instructions; \
@@ -1721,6 +1725,7 @@ static int vm_execmain(struct ast_channel *chan, void *data)
 	int useadsi = 0;
 	int skipuser = 0;
 	char *s;
+	int ms = 3000;
 	int maxgreet = 0;
 	char tmp[256], *ext;
 	struct ast_config *cfg;
diff --git a/configs/voicemail.conf.sample b/configs/voicemail.conf.sample
index 2ede7ff5f3ec684d44c454fdc1973d45a0c49c7e..1b76e1916fd7aa4ef7f79b472d7406d4980a4579 100755
--- a/configs/voicemail.conf.sample
+++ b/configs/voicemail.conf.sample
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ attach=yes
 ;maxmessage=180
 ; Maximum length of greetings
 ;maxgreet=60
+; How many miliseconds to skip forward/back when rew/ff in message playback
+skipms=3000
 
 ;
 ; Each mailbox is listed in the form <mailbox>=<password>,<name>,<email>
diff --git a/file.c b/file.c
index fc4972c6e9774e27cd1618cbef40ec28e57b5c6b..bcc5319887857cefae02e373e6c3ffe6241d71af 100755
--- a/file.c
+++ b/file.c
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ 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)
+char ast_waitstream_fr(struct ast_channel *c, char *breakon, char *forward, char *rewind, int ms)
 {
 	int res;
 	struct ast_frame *fr;
@@ -687,9 +687,9 @@ char ast_waitstream_fr(struct ast_channel *c, char *breakon, char *forward, char
 			case AST_FRAME_DTMF:
 				res = fr->subclass;
 				if (strchr(forward,res)) {
-					ast_stream_fastforward(c->stream, 3000);
+					ast_stream_fastforward(c->stream, ms);
 				} else if (strchr(rewind,res)) {
-					ast_stream_rewind(c->stream, 3000);
+					ast_stream_rewind(c->stream, ms);
 				} else if (strchr(breakon, res)) {
 					ast_frfree(fr);
 					return res;
diff --git a/include/asterisk/file.h b/include/asterisk/file.h
index 45b947b9bad05e2c9bf9f4d63420d55527e2ba15..3cc739e64c1fedbd17c5344f2f7dfcdf2aeedf10 100755
--- a/include/asterisk/file.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/file.h
@@ -129,11 +129,12 @@ char ast_waitstream(struct ast_channel *c, char *breakon);
  * \param breakon string of DTMF digits to break upon
  * \param forward DTMF digit to fast forward upon
  * \param rewind DTMF digit to rewind upon
+ * \param ms How many miliseconds to skip forward/back
  * 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);
+char ast_waitstream_fr(struct ast_channel *c, char *breakon, char *forward, char *rewind, int ms);
 
 /* Same as waitstream, but with audio output to fd and monitored fd checking.  Returns
    1 if monfd is ready for reading */