diff --git a/src/include/switch_utils.h b/src/include/switch_utils.h
index 11839ee660..89b60ed82d 100644
--- a/src/include/switch_utils.h
+++ b/src/include/switch_utils.h
@@ -919,11 +919,19 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(char *) switch_find_end_paren(const char *s, char open, char clos
 	 static inline switch_bool_t switch_is_file_path(const char *file)
 {
 	const char *e;
-	int r;
+	int r, x;
 
-	if (*file == '[' && *(file + 1) == *SWITCH_PATH_SEPARATOR) {
-		if ((e = switch_find_end_paren(file, '[', ']'))) {
-			file = e + 1;
+	for (x = 0; x < 2; x++) {
+		if (*file == '[' && *(file + 1) == *SWITCH_PATH_SEPARATOR) {
+			if ((e = switch_find_end_paren(file, '[', ']'))) {
+				file = e + 1;
+			}
+		} else if (*file == '{') {
+			if ((e = switch_find_end_paren(file, '{', '}'))) {
+				file = e + 1;
+			}
+		} else {
+			break;
 		}
 	}
 #ifdef WIN32
diff --git a/src/switch_ivr_play_say.c b/src/switch_ivr_play_say.c
index 82907832f5..b20ce84476 100644
--- a/src/switch_ivr_play_say.c
+++ b/src/switch_ivr_play_say.c
@@ -1185,20 +1185,33 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_ivr_play_file(switch_core_session_t *sess
 
 		if (!strstr(file, SWITCH_URL_SEPARATOR)) {
 			if (!switch_is_file_path(file)) {
-				char *tfile = NULL;
+				char *tfile = NULL, *tfile2 = NULL;
 				char *e;
+				int x;
 
-				if (*file == '[') {
-					tfile = switch_core_session_strdup(session, file);
-					if ((e = switch_find_end_paren(tfile, '[', ']'))) {
-						*e = '\0';
-						file = e + 1;
+				for (x = 0; x < 2; x++) {
+					if (*file == '[') {
+						tfile = switch_core_session_strdup(session, file);
+						if ((e = switch_find_end_paren(tfile, '[', ']'))) {
+							*e = '\0';
+							file = e + 1;
+						} else {
+							tfile = NULL;
+						}
+					} else if (*file == '{') {
+						tfile2 = switch_core_session_strdup(session, file);
+						if ((e = switch_find_end_paren(tfile2, '{', '}'))) {
+							*e = '\0';
+							file = e + 1;
+						} else {
+							tfile2 = NULL;
+						}
 					} else {
-						tfile = NULL;
+						break;
 					}
 				}
 
-				file = switch_core_session_sprintf(session, "%s%s%s%s%s", switch_str_nil(tfile), tfile ? "]" : "", prefix, SWITCH_PATH_SEPARATOR, file);
+				file = switch_core_session_sprintf(session, "%s%s%s%s%s%s%s", switch_str_nil(tfile), tfile ? "]" : "", switch_str_nil(tfile2), tfile2 ? "}" : "", prefix, SWITCH_PATH_SEPARATOR, file);
 			}
 			if ((ext = strrchr(file, '.'))) {
 				ext++;