diff --git a/daemon/main.c b/daemon/main.c
index 08571c4c9..ae906818d 100644
--- a/daemon/main.c
+++ b/daemon/main.c
@@ -700,6 +700,7 @@ static void options(int *argc, char ***argv, GHashTable *templates) {
 		{ "rtcp-interval", 0,0,	G_OPTION_ARG_INT,	&rtpe_config.rtcp_interval,"Delay in milliseconds between RTCP packets when generate-rtcp flag is on, where random dispersion < 1 sec is added on top","INT"},
 		{ "moh-max-duration", 0,0,	G_OPTION_ARG_INT,	&rtpe_config.moh_max_duration, "Max possible duration (in milliseconds) that can be spent on playing a file. If set to 0 then will be ignored.", "INT"},
 		{ "moh-max-repeats", 0,0,	G_OPTION_ARG_INT,	&rtpe_config.moh_max_repeats, "Max possible amount of playback repeats for the music on hold. player-max-duration always takes a precedence over it.", "INT"},
+		{ "moh-attr-name", 0,0,	G_OPTION_ARG_INT,	&rtpe_config.moh_attr_name, "Controls the value to be added to the session level of SDP whenever MoH is triggered.", "STRING"},
 		{ "max-recv-iters", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT,    &rtpe_config.max_recv_iters,  "Maximum continuous reading cycles in UDP poller loop.", "INT"},
 		{ "vsc-start-rec",0,0,	G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,	&rtpe_config.vsc_start_rec.s,"DTMF VSC to start recording.", "STRING"},
 		{ "vsc-stop-rec",0,0,	G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,	&rtpe_config.vsc_stop_rec.s,"DTMF VSC to stop recording.", "STRING"},
diff --git a/daemon/media_player.c b/daemon/media_player.c
index cef427f8b..b3dc15606 100644
--- a/daemon/media_player.c
+++ b/daemon/media_player.c
@@ -1317,6 +1317,8 @@ const char * call_check_moh(struct call_monologue *from_ml, struct call_monologu
 	{
 		/* whom to stop the moh audio */
 		call_stop_media_for_ml(to_ml);
+		/* mark MoH as already not used (it can be unset now) */
+		to_ml->player->moh = false;
 	}
 	return NULL;
 #else
diff --git a/daemon/sdp.c b/daemon/sdp.c
index 958699212..7688d600a 100644
--- a/daemon/sdp.c
+++ b/daemon/sdp.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "call_interfaces.h"
 #include "rtplib.h"
 #include "codec.h"
+#include "media_player.h"
 
 enum attr_id {
 	ATTR_OTHER = 0,
@@ -2821,7 +2822,11 @@ static void sdp_out_add_other(GString *out, struct call_monologue *monologue,
 	/* add loop protectio if required */
 	if (flags->loop_protect)
 		append_attr_to_gstring(out, "rtpengine", &rtpe_instance_id, flags, media->type_id);
-
+#ifdef WITH_TRANSCODING
+	if (monologue->player && monologue->player->moh && rtpe_config.moh_attr_name) {
+		append_attr_to_gstring(out, rtpe_config.moh_attr_name, NULL, flags, media->type_id);
+	}
+#endif
 	/* ice-lite */
 	if (media_has_ice && media_has_ice_lite_self)
 		append_attr_to_gstring(out, "ice-lite", NULL, flags, media->type_id);
diff --git a/etc/rtpengine.conf b/etc/rtpengine.conf
index 301c5d100..98c297634 100644
--- a/etc/rtpengine.conf
+++ b/etc/rtpengine.conf
@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@ recording-method = proc
 # By default is always 999 if not defined otherwise.
 # moh-max-repeats = 999
 
+# controls the value to be added to the session level of SDP
+# whenever MoH is triggered. If not defined, then not in use.
+# moh-attr-name = rtpengine-hold
+
 # signalling templates (see key `templates` above)
 [templates]
 WebRTC = transport-protocol=UDP/TLS/RTP/SAVPF ICE=force trickle-ICE rtcp-mux=[offer require] no-rtcp-attribute SDES=off generate-mid
diff --git a/include/main.h b/include/main.h
index 249feda11..0b9469770 100644
--- a/include/main.h
+++ b/include/main.h
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ enum endpoint_learning {
 	X(redis_hostname) \
 	X(redis_write_hostname) \
 	X(redis_subscribe_hostname) \
+	X(moh_attr_name) \
 	X(spooldir) \
 	X(rec_method) \
 	X(rec_format) \