diff --git a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/mod_sofia.h b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/mod_sofia.h
index 59b5200780..05e50c952f 100644
--- a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/mod_sofia.h
+++ b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/mod_sofia.h
@@ -533,6 +533,7 @@ struct sofia_gateway {
 	int pinging;
 	sofia_gateway_status_t status;
 	switch_time_t uptime;
+	uint32_t contact_in_ping;
 	uint32_t ping_freq;
 	int ping_count;
 	int ping_max;
diff --git a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia.c b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia.c
index 56ce021b52..bf9579f353 100644
--- a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia.c
+++ b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia.c
@@ -3716,7 +3716,7 @@ static void parse_gateways(sofia_profile_t *profile, switch_xml_t gateways_tag,
 		if ((gateway = switch_core_alloc(profile->pool, sizeof(*gateway)))) {
 			const char *sipip, *format;
 			switch_uuid_t uuid;
-			uint32_t ping_freq = 0, extension_in_contact = 0, ping_monitoring = 0, distinct_to = 0, rfc_5626 = 0;
+			uint32_t ping_freq = 0, extension_in_contact = 0, contact_in_ping = 0, ping_monitoring = 0, distinct_to = 0, rfc_5626 = 0;
 			int ping_max = 1, ping_min = 1;
 			char *register_str = "true", *scheme = "Digest",
 				*realm = NULL,
@@ -3831,6 +3831,8 @@ static void parse_gateways(sofia_profile_t *profile, switch_xml_t gateways_tag,
 					caller_id_in_from = val;
 				} else if (!strcmp(var, "extension")) {
 					extension = val;
+				} else if (!strcmp(var, "contact-in-ping")) {
+					contact_in_ping = switch_true(val);
 				} else if (!strcmp(var, "ping")) {
 					ping_freq = atoi(val);
 				} else if (!strcmp(var, "ping-max")) {
@@ -4029,6 +4031,9 @@ static void parse_gateways(sofia_profile_t *profile, switch_xml_t gateways_tag,
 					gateway->options_to_uri = switch_core_sprintf(gateway->pool, "<sip:%s>",
 						!zstr(from_domain) ? from_domain : proxy);
 					gateway->options_from_uri = gateway->options_to_uri;
+					if (contact_in_ping) {
+						gateway->contact_in_ping = contact_in_ping;
+					}	
 				} else {
 					switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_ERROR, "ERROR: invalid ping!\n");
 				}
diff --git a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia_reg.c b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia_reg.c
index 569699a1c8..f539844572 100644
--- a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia_reg.c
+++ b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia_reg.c
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ void sofia_reg_check_gateway(sofia_profile_t *profile, time_t now)
 						TAG_IF(gateway_ptr->register_sticky_proxy, NUTAG_PROXY(gateway_ptr->register_sticky_proxy)),
 						TAG_IF(user_via, SIPTAG_VIA_STR(user_via)),
 						SIPTAG_TO_STR(gateway_ptr->options_to_uri), SIPTAG_FROM_STR(gateway_ptr->options_from_uri),
+						TAG_IF(gateway_ptr->contact_in_ping, SIPTAG_CONTACT_STR(gateway_ptr->register_contact)),
 						TAG_IF(gateway_ptr->options_user_agent, SIPTAG_USER_AGENT_STR(gateway_ptr->options_user_agent)),
 						TAG_END());