diff --git a/daemon/call_interfaces.c b/daemon/call_interfaces.c
index 3c4a43bb4..5aef55baf 100644
--- a/daemon/call_interfaces.c
+++ b/daemon/call_interfaces.c
@@ -1019,6 +1019,9 @@ static void call_ng_flags_flags(sdp_ng_flags *out, str *s, helper_arg dummy) {
 		case CSH_LOOKUP("block-DTMF"):
 			out->block_dtmf = 1;
 			break;
+		case CSH_LOOKUP("block-egress"):
+			out->block_egress = 1;
+			break;
 		case CSH_LOOKUP("block-short"):
 		case CSH_LOOKUP("block-shorts"):
 		case CSH_LOOKUP("block-short-packets"):
@@ -2412,6 +2415,7 @@ static void ng_stats_media(bencode_item_t *list, const struct call_media *m,
 	BF_M("legacy OSRTP", LEGACY_OSRTP);
 	BF_M("reverse legacy OSRTP", LEGACY_OSRTP_REV);
 	BF_M("transcoding", TRANSCODING);
+	BF_M("block egress", BLOCK_EGRESS);
 
 stats:
 	for (auto_iter(l, m->streams.head); l; l = l->next) {
@@ -3380,6 +3384,7 @@ const char *call_play_media_ng(bencode_item_t *input, bencode_item_t *output) {
 		media_player_opts_t opts = MPO(
 				.repeat = flags.repeat_times,
 				.start_pos = flags.start_pos,
+				.block_egress = !!flags.block_egress,
 			);
 
 		if (flags.file.len) {
diff --git a/daemon/codec.c b/daemon/codec.c
index a9506b483..917aed1f8 100644
--- a/daemon/codec.c
+++ b/daemon/codec.c
@@ -1700,7 +1700,7 @@ static void codec_add_raw_packet_dup(struct media_packet *mp, unsigned int clock
 }
 #endif
 static bool handler_silence_block(struct codec_handler *h, struct media_packet *mp) {
-	if (CALL_ISSET(mp->call, BLOCK_MEDIA) || ML_ISSET(mp->media->monologue, BLOCK_MEDIA) || mp->sink.attrs.block_media)
+	if (CALL_ISSET(mp->call, BLOCK_MEDIA) || ML_ISSET(mp->media->monologue, BLOCK_MEDIA) || mp->sink.attrs.block_media || MEDIA_ISSET(mp->media_out, BLOCK_EGRESS))
 		return false;
 	if (CALL_ISSET(mp->call, SILENCE_MEDIA) || ML_ISSET(mp->media->monologue, SILENCE_MEDIA) || mp->sink.attrs.silence_media) {
 		if (h->source_pt.codec_def && h->source_pt.codec_def->silence_pattern.len) {
diff --git a/daemon/media_player.c b/daemon/media_player.c
index 9a9a9e3f8..2221d2900 100644
--- a/daemon/media_player.c
+++ b/daemon/media_player.c
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ static void media_player_shutdown(struct media_player *mp) {
 		mp->ssrc_out->parent->seq_diff -= num;
 	}
 
+	if (mp->opts.block_egress)
+		MEDIA_CLEAR(mp->media, BLOCK_EGRESS);
+
 	mp->media = NULL;
 	media_player_coder_shutdown(&mp->coder);
 
@@ -942,6 +945,9 @@ static void media_player_play_start(struct media_player *mp, const rtp_payload_t
 	if (__ensure_codec_handler(mp, dst_pt))
 		return;
 
+	if (mp->opts.block_egress)
+		MEDIA_SET(mp->media, BLOCK_EGRESS);
+
 	if (media_player_cache_entry_init(mp, dst_pt))
 		return;
 
@@ -1284,6 +1290,9 @@ static void media_player_run(void *ptr) {
 
 		mp->next_run.tv_sec = 0;
 
+		if (mp->opts.block_egress)
+			MEDIA_CLEAR(mp->media, BLOCK_EGRESS);
+
 		codec_update_all_source_handlers(mp->media->monologue, NULL);
 		update_init_subscribers(mp->media->monologue, OP_OTHER);
 
diff --git a/daemon/media_socket.c b/daemon/media_socket.c
index 86137bc33..d605b0535 100644
--- a/daemon/media_socket.c
+++ b/daemon/media_socket.c
@@ -1423,8 +1423,11 @@ static const char *kernelize_one(struct rtpengine_target_info *reti, GQueue *out
 	bool non_forwarding = false;
 	bool blackhole = false;
 
-	if (sink_handler)
+	if (sink_handler) {
+		if (MEDIA_ISSET(sink->media, BLOCK_EGRESS))
+			return NULL;
 		sink_handler->kernel_output_idx = -1;
+	}
 
 	if (MEDIA_ISSET(media, BLACKHOLE))
 		blackhole = true;
diff --git a/docs/ng_control_protocol.md b/docs/ng_control_protocol.md
index d32954a48..5b395607d 100644
--- a/docs/ng_control_protocol.md
+++ b/docs/ng_control_protocol.md
@@ -840,6 +840,12 @@ Spaces in each string may be replaced by hyphens.
     (or other DTMF security mechanism) for the relevant call party, identical
     to using a `block DTMF` message for the call party immediately after.
 
+* `block egress`
+
+    Instructs *rtpengine* to suppress and block other egress media to a remote
+    client while media playback towards that client is ongoing. Useful for
+    `play media` messages.
+
 * `block short` or `block short packets`
 
     Enables blocking of short RTP packets for the applicable call participant.
diff --git a/include/call.h b/include/call.h
index 672af007c..63ae58ced 100644
--- a/include/call.h
+++ b/include/call.h
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ enum {
 #define MEDIA_FLAG_LEGACY_OSRTP			SHARED_FLAG_LEGACY_OSRTP
 #define MEDIA_FLAG_LEGACY_OSRTP_REV		SHARED_FLAG_LEGACY_OSRTP_REV
 #define MEDIA_FLAG_TRANSCODING			0x100000000LL
+#define MEDIA_FLAG_BLOCK_EGRESS			0x200000000LL
 
 /* struct call_monologue */
 #define ML_FLAG_REC_FORWARDING			0x00010000
diff --git a/include/call_interfaces.h b/include/call_interfaces.h
index d84ef4dd3..3d3d082f9 100644
--- a/include/call_interfaces.h
+++ b/include/call_interfaces.h
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ struct sdp_ng_flags {
 	             inject_dtmf:1,
 		     detect_dtmf:1,
 		     block_dtmf:1,
+		     block_egress:1,
 	             t38_decode:1,
 	             t38_force:1,
 	             t38_stop:1,
diff --git a/include/media_player.h b/include/media_player.h
index 99ab31ae8..99004b849 100644
--- a/include/media_player.h
+++ b/include/media_player.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ struct media_player;
 typedef struct {
 	long long start_pos;
 	int repeat;
+	unsigned int block_egress:1;
 } media_player_opts_t;
 
 
diff --git a/utils/rtpengine-ng-client b/utils/rtpengine-ng-client
index 2f07e108b..368d7cf67 100755
--- a/utils/rtpengine-ng-client
+++ b/utils/rtpengine-ng-client
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ my @flags = qw(
 	early-media
 	block-short
 	recording-vsc
+	block-egress
 );
 
 my @string_opts = qw(