diff --git a/daemon/call_interfaces.c b/daemon/call_interfaces.c
index f1ba63ff8..ef361ccef 100644
--- a/daemon/call_interfaces.c
+++ b/daemon/call_interfaces.c
@@ -765,8 +765,16 @@ const char *call_delete_ng(bencode_item_t *input, struct callmaster *m, bencode_
 		}
 	}
 	delete_delay = bencode_dictionary_get_integer(input, "delete-delay", -1);
-	if (delete_delay == -1)
+	if (delete_delay == -1) {
 		delete_delay = bencode_dictionary_get_integer(input, "delete delay", -1);
+		if (delete_delay == -1) {
+			/* legacy support */
+			str s;
+			bencode_dictionary_get_str(input, "delete-delay", &s);
+			if (s.s)
+				delete_delay = str_to_i(&s, -1);
+		}
+	}
 
 	if (call_delete_branch(m, &callid, &viabranch, &fromtag, &totag, output, delete_delay)) {
 		if (fatal)
diff --git a/daemon/str.h b/daemon/str.h
index f1154242e..084017a3b 100644
--- a/daemon/str.h
+++ b/daemon/str.h
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ INLINE int str_memcmp(const str *s, void *m);
 INLINE int str_str(const str *s, const char *sub);
 /* swaps the contents of two str objects */
 INLINE void str_swap(str *a, str *b);
+/* parses a string into an int, returns default if conversion fails */
+INLINE int str_to_i(str *s, int def);
 
 /* asprintf() analogs */
 #define str_sprintf(fmt, a...) __str_sprintf(STR_MALLOC_PADDING fmt, a)
@@ -240,4 +242,18 @@ INLINE void str_swap(str *a, str *b) {
 	*b = t;
 }
 
+INLINE int str_to_i(str *s, int def) {
+	char c, *ep;
+	long ret;
+	if (s->len <= 0)
+		return def;
+	c = s->s[s->len];
+	s->s[s->len] = '\0';
+	ret = strtol(s->s, &ep, 10);
+	s->s[s->len] = c;
+	if (ep == s->s)
+		return def;
+	return ret;
+}
+
 #endif