diff --git a/daemon/call.c b/daemon/call.c
index 9d87e2972..d304851ee 100644
--- a/daemon/call.c
+++ b/daemon/call.c
@@ -1245,6 +1245,19 @@ static void __ice_offer(const struct sdp_ng_flags *flags, struct call_media *thi
 	if (flags->ice_remove)
 		MEDIA_CLEAR(this, ICE);
 
+	if (flags->passthrough_on) {
+		ilog(LOG_DEBUG, "enabling passthrough mode");
+		MEDIA_SET(this, PASSTHRU);
+		MEDIA_SET(other, PASSTHRU);
+		return;
+	}
+	if (flags->passthrough_off) {
+		ilog(LOG_DEBUG, "disabling passthrough mode");
+		MEDIA_CLEAR(this, PASSTHRU);
+		MEDIA_CLEAR(other, PASSTHRU);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (!flags->ice_force) {
 		/* special case: if doing ICE on both sides and ice_force is not set, we cannot
 		 * be sure that media will pass through us, so we have to disable certain features */
diff --git a/daemon/call_interfaces.c b/daemon/call_interfaces.c
index a18481d9c..7592708c6 100644
--- a/daemon/call_interfaces.c
+++ b/daemon/call_interfaces.c
@@ -825,6 +825,12 @@ static void call_ng_flags_flags(struct sdp_ng_flags *out, str *s, void *dummy) {
 		case CSH_LOOKUP("pad-crypto"):
 			out->sdes_pad = 1;
 			break;
+		case CSH_LOOKUP("passthrough"):
+			out->passthrough_on = 1;
+			break;
+		case CSH_LOOKUP("no-passthrough"):
+			out->passthrough_off = 1;
+			break;
 		default:
 			// handle values aliases from other dictionaries
 			if (call_ng_flags_prefix(out, s, "SDES-no-", call_ng_flags_str_ht, &out->sdes_no))
@@ -971,6 +977,26 @@ static void call_ng_process_flags(struct sdp_ng_flags *out, bencode_item_t *inpu
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (bencode_dictionary_get_str(input, "passthrough", &s)) {
+		switch (__csh_lookup(&s)) {
+			case CSH_LOOKUP("on"):
+			case CSH_LOOKUP("yes"):
+			case CSH_LOOKUP("enable"):
+			case CSH_LOOKUP("enabled"):
+				out->passthrough_on = 1;
+				break;
+			case CSH_LOOKUP("no"):
+			case CSH_LOOKUP("off"):
+			case CSH_LOOKUP("disable"):
+			case CSH_LOOKUP("disabled"):
+				out->passthrough_off = 1;
+				break;
+			default:
+				ilog(LOG_WARN, "Unknown 'passthrough' flag encountered: '"STR_FORMAT"'",
+						STR_FMT(&s));
+		}
+	}
+
 	call_ng_flags_list(out, input, "rtcp-mux", call_ng_flags_rtcp_mux, NULL);
 	call_ng_flags_list(out, input, "SDES", ng_sdes_option, NULL);
 	call_ng_flags_list(out, input, "OSRTP", ng_osrtp_option, NULL);
diff --git a/include/call_interfaces.h b/include/call_interfaces.h
index 071edaeda..4e43dc58f 100644
--- a/include/call_interfaces.h
+++ b/include/call_interfaces.h
@@ -105,7 +105,9 @@ struct sdp_ng_flags {
 	    sdes_lifetime:1,
 	    sdes_pad:1,
 	    drop_traffic_start:1,
-	    drop_traffic_stop:1;
+	    drop_traffic_stop:1,
+	    passthrough_on:1,
+	    passthrough_off:1;
 };