diff --git a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/mod_sofia.c b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/mod_sofia.c
index be03dd2d43..63c92cc852 100644
--- a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/mod_sofia.c
+++ b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/mod_sofia.c
@@ -620,7 +620,9 @@ switch_status_t sofia_on_hangup(switch_core_session_t *session)
 	sofia_clear_flag(tech_pvt, TFLAG_IO);
 
 	if (tech_pvt->sofia_private) {
-		*tech_pvt->sofia_private->uuid = '\0';
+		/* set to NULL so that switch_core_session_locate no longer succeeds, but don't lose the UUID in uuid_str so we
+		 * can fire events with session UUID */
+		tech_pvt->sofia_private->uuid = NULL;
 	}
 
 	switch_mutex_unlock(tech_pvt->sofia_mutex);
@@ -5896,6 +5898,11 @@ SWITCH_MODULE_LOAD_FUNCTION(mod_sofia_load)
 		switch_goto_status(SWITCH_STATUS_TERM, err);
 	}
 
+	if (switch_event_reserve_subclass(MY_EVENT_BYE_RESPONSE) != SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
+		switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_ERROR, "Couldn't register subclass %s!\n", MY_EVENT_BYE_RESPONSE);
+		switch_goto_status(SWITCH_STATUS_TERM, err);
+	}
+
 	switch_find_local_ip(mod_sofia_globals.guess_ip, sizeof(mod_sofia_globals.guess_ip), &mod_sofia_globals.guess_mask, AF_INET);
 	in.s_addr = mod_sofia_globals.guess_mask;
 	switch_set_string(mod_sofia_globals.guess_mask_str, inet_ntoa(in));
diff --git a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/mod_sofia.h b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/mod_sofia.h
index 966717bef7..ba4f9a6534 100644
--- a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/mod_sofia.h
+++ b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/mod_sofia.h
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ typedef struct private_object private_object_t;
 #define MY_EVENT_REPLACED "sofia::replaced"
 #define MY_EVENT_INTERCEPTED "sofia::intercepted"
 
+#define MY_EVENT_BYE_RESPONSE "sofia::bye_response"
+
 #define MULTICAST_EVENT "multicast::event"
 #define SOFIA_REPLACES_HEADER "_sofia_replaces_"
 #define SOFIA_CHAT_PROTO "sip"
@@ -169,7 +171,8 @@ typedef struct sofia_dispatch_event_s {
 } sofia_dispatch_event_t;
 
 struct sofia_private {
-	char uuid[SWITCH_UUID_FORMATTED_LENGTH + 1];
+	char uuid_str[SWITCH_UUID_FORMATTED_LENGTH + 1];
+	char *uuid;
 	char gateway_name[256];
 	char auth_gateway_name[256];
 	char *call_id;
@@ -297,6 +300,7 @@ typedef enum {
 	PFLAG_PROXY_HOLD,
 	PFLAG_PROXY_INFO,
 	PFLAG_PROXY_MESSAGE,
+	PFLAG_FIRE_BYE_RESPONSE_EVENTS,
 
 	/* No new flags below this line */
 	PFLAG_MAX
diff --git a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia.c b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia.c
index a0e0fae2c8..76208038a9 100644
--- a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia.c
+++ b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia.c
@@ -864,6 +864,30 @@ void sofia_handle_sip_i_notify(switch_core_session_t *session, int status,
 
 }
 
+/*
+ * This will fire an event containing X-headers from the BYE response
+ */
+void sofia_handle_sip_r_bye(switch_core_session_t *session, int status,
+							char const *phrase,
+							nua_t *nua, sofia_profile_t *profile, nua_handle_t *nh, sofia_private_t *sofia_private, sip_t const *sip,
+								sofia_dispatch_event_t *de, tagi_t tags[])
+{
+	if (profile && sofia_test_pflag(profile, PFLAG_FIRE_BYE_RESPONSE_EVENTS) && sip && sip->sip_call_id && !zstr(sip->sip_call_id->i_id) && sofia_private && !zstr_buf(sofia_private->uuid_str)) {
+		switch_event_t *bye_response_event = NULL;
+		sip_unknown_t *un;
+		if (switch_event_create_subclass(&bye_response_event, SWITCH_EVENT_CUSTOM, MY_EVENT_BYE_RESPONSE) == SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
+			switch_event_add_header(bye_response_event, SWITCH_STACK_BOTTOM, "call-id", "%s", sip->sip_call_id->i_id);
+			switch_event_add_header(bye_response_event, SWITCH_STACK_BOTTOM, "Unique-ID", "%s", sofia_private->uuid_str);
+			for (un = sip->sip_unknown; un; un = un->un_next) {
+				if (!zstr(un->un_value)) {
+					switch_event_add_header(bye_response_event, SWITCH_STACK_BOTTOM, un->un_name, "%s", un->un_value);
+				}
+			}
+			switch_event_fire(&bye_response_event);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 void sofia_handle_sip_i_bye(switch_core_session_t *session, int status,
 							char const *phrase,
 							nua_t *nua, sofia_profile_t *profile, nua_handle_t *nh, sofia_private_t *sofia_private, sip_t const *sip,
@@ -1415,7 +1439,6 @@ static void our_sofia_event_callback(nua_event_t event,
 
 
 	if (sofia_private && sofia_private != &mod_sofia_globals.destroy_private && sofia_private != &mod_sofia_globals.keep_private) {
-
 		if (!zstr(sofia_private->gateway_name)) {
 			if (!(gateway = sofia_reg_find_gateway(sofia_private->gateway_name))) {
 				return;
@@ -1549,7 +1572,6 @@ static void our_sofia_event_callback(nua_event_t event,
 	case nua_i_fork:
 	case nua_r_info:
 		break;
-	case nua_r_bye:
 	case nua_r_unregister:
 	case nua_r_unsubscribe:
 	case nua_i_terminated:
@@ -1674,6 +1696,9 @@ static void our_sofia_event_callback(nua_event_t event,
 	case nua_i_bye:
 		sofia_handle_sip_i_bye(session, status, phrase, nua, profile, nh, sofia_private, sip, de, tags);
 		break;
+	case nua_r_bye:
+		sofia_handle_sip_r_bye(session, status, phrase, nua, profile, nh, sofia_private, sip, de, tags);
+		break;
 	case nua_r_notify:
 		if (session) {
 			sofia_handle_sip_r_notify(session, status, phrase, nua, profile, nh, sofia_private, sip, de, tags);
@@ -2417,7 +2442,8 @@ void sofia_event_callback(nua_event_t event,
 			if (uuid) {
 				if ((session = switch_core_session_locate(uuid))) {
 					tech_pvt = switch_core_session_get_private(session);
-					switch_copy_string(sofia_private->uuid, switch_core_session_get_uuid(session), sizeof(sofia_private->uuid));
+					switch_copy_string(sofia_private->uuid_str, switch_core_session_get_uuid(session), sizeof(sofia_private->uuid_str));
+					sofia_private->uuid = sofia_private->uuid_str;
 					switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_DEBUG, "Re-attaching to session %s\n", sofia_private->uuid);
 					de->init_session = session;
 					sofia_clear_flag(tech_pvt, TFLAG_BYE);
@@ -2511,7 +2537,8 @@ void sofia_event_callback(nua_event_t event,
 			goto end;
 		}
 
-		switch_copy_string(sofia_private->uuid, switch_core_session_get_uuid(session), sizeof(sofia_private->uuid));
+		switch_copy_string(sofia_private->uuid_str, switch_core_session_get_uuid(session), sizeof(sofia_private->uuid_str));
+		sofia_private->uuid = sofia_private->uuid_str;
 
 		de->init_session = session;
 		switch_core_session_queue_signal_data(session, de);
@@ -4627,6 +4654,12 @@ switch_status_t config_sofia(sofia_config_t reload, char *profile_name)
 						} else {
 							sofia_clear_pflag(profile, PFLAG_ENABLE_CHAT);
 						}
+					} else if (!strcasecmp(var, "fire-bye-response-events")) {
+						if (switch_true(val)) {
+							sofia_set_pflag(profile, PFLAG_FIRE_BYE_RESPONSE_EVENTS);
+						} else {
+							sofia_clear_pflag(profile, PFLAG_FIRE_BYE_RESPONSE_EVENTS);
+						}
 					} else if (!strcasecmp(var, "fire-message-events")) {
 						if (switch_true(val)) {
 							sofia_set_pflag(profile, PFLAG_FIRE_MESSAGE_EVENTS);
@@ -8135,7 +8168,6 @@ static void sofia_handle_sip_i_state(switch_core_session_t *session, int status,
 			ss_state = nua_callstate_terminated;
 		}
 
-
 		if (ss_state == nua_callstate_terminated) {
 			if (tech_pvt->sofia_private) {
 				tech_pvt->sofia_private = NULL;
diff --git a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia_glue.c b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia_glue.c
index 3b356c0ed8..6b523ac993 100644
--- a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia_glue.c
+++ b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia_glue.c
@@ -1181,7 +1181,8 @@ switch_status_t sofia_glue_do_invite(switch_core_session_t *session)
 		}
 
 		tech_pvt->sofia_private = sofia_private;
-		switch_copy_string(tech_pvt->sofia_private->uuid, switch_core_session_get_uuid(session), sizeof(tech_pvt->sofia_private->uuid));
+		switch_copy_string(tech_pvt->sofia_private->uuid_str, switch_core_session_get_uuid(session), sizeof(tech_pvt->sofia_private->uuid_str));
+		tech_pvt->sofia_private->uuid = tech_pvt->sofia_private->uuid_str;
 		nua_handle_bind(tech_pvt->nh, tech_pvt->sofia_private);
 	}