diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_voicemail/mod_voicemail.c b/src/mod/applications/mod_voicemail/mod_voicemail.c
index e61162b541..5053d87d1e 100644
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_voicemail/mod_voicemail.c
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_voicemail/mod_voicemail.c
@@ -1583,7 +1583,7 @@ static void voicemail_check_main(switch_core_session_t *session, const char *pro
 	switch_xml_t x_domain = NULL, x_domain_root = NULL, x_user = NULL, x_params, x_param;
 	switch_status_t status;
 	char pass_buf[80] = "", *mypass = NULL, id_buf[80] = "", *myfolder = NULL;
-	const char *thepass = NULL, *myid = id, *actual_id = NULL, *thehash = NULL;
+	const char *thepass = NULL, *myid = id, *actual_id = NULL, *thehash = NULL, *vmhash = NULL;
 	char term = 0;
 	uint32_t timeout, attempts = 0;
 	int failed = 0;
@@ -1981,6 +1981,8 @@ static void voicemail_check_main(switch_core_session_t *session, const char *pro
 
 					if (!strcasecmp(var, "a1-hash")) {
 						thehash = val;
+					} else if (!strcasecmp(var, "vm-a1-hash")) {
+						vmhash = val;
 					} else if (!strcasecmp(var, "password")) {
 						thepass = val;
 					} else if (!strcasecmp(var, "vm-password")) {
@@ -1993,6 +1995,10 @@ static void voicemail_check_main(switch_core_session_t *session, const char *pro
 						thepass = cbt.password;
 					}
 				}
+				
+				if (vmhash) {
+					thehash = vmhash;
+				}
 
 				if (!auth) {
 					if (!switch_strlen_zero(cbt.password) && !strcmp(cbt.password, mypass)) {