diff --git a/channels/chan_sip.c b/channels/chan_sip.c
index 8311161ec0536fd12b42baef79cd7a6b55f4eb03..cdf866f6fbc18bc99aa0757e951dbdb275c5d3ea 100755
--- a/channels/chan_sip.c
+++ b/channels/chan_sip.c
@@ -8167,6 +8167,8 @@ static int reload_config(void)
 			}
 		} else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "register")) {
 			sip_register(v->value, v->lineno);
+		} else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "recordhistory")) {
+			recordhistory = ast_true(v->value);
 		} else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "tos")) {
 			if (sscanf(v->value, "%i", &format) == 1)
 				tos = format & 0xff;
diff --git a/configs/sip.conf.sample b/configs/sip.conf.sample
index 69f11cf7f36e9fdb97dc3519e09075dc10d4b43c..53e22125dbdafe81b6a33b1f70c0745781e0144b 100755
--- a/configs/sip.conf.sample
+++ b/configs/sip.conf.sample
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 [general]
 context=default			; Default context for incoming calls
+;recordhistory=yes		; Record SIP history by default (see sip history / sip no history)
 ;realm=mydomain.tld		; Realm for digest authentication
 				; defaults to "asterisk"
 				; Realms MUST be globally unique according to RFC 3261