diff --git a/openbsc/include/openbsc/mncc.h b/openbsc/include/openbsc/mncc.h
index 68d76ab..0e9844a 100644
--- a/openbsc/include/openbsc/mncc.h
+++ b/openbsc/include/openbsc/mncc.h
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ struct gsm_call {
 #define MNCC_FRAME_RECV		0x0201
 #define MNCC_FRAME_DROP		0x0202
 #define MNCC_LCHAN_MODIFY	0x0203
+#define MNCC_BRIDGE_RTP		0x0204
 
 #define GSM_TRAU_FRAME		0x0300
 
@@ -205,6 +206,12 @@ struct gsm_trau_frame {
 	unsigned char	data[0];
 };
 
+struct gsm_mncc_bridge_rtp_arg {
+	u_int32_t	callref;
+	u_int32_t	ip; /* IP in host byte order */
+	u_int16_t	port;
+};
+
 char *get_mncc_name(int value);
 int mncc_recv(struct gsm_network *net, int msg_type, void *arg);
 void mncc_set_cause(struct gsm_mncc *data, int loc, int val);
diff --git a/openbsc/src/gsm_04_08.c b/openbsc/src/gsm_04_08.c
index bac920e..752a554 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/gsm_04_08.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/gsm_04_08.c
@@ -1936,6 +1936,36 @@ static int ipacc_connect_proxy_bind(struct gsm_lchan *lchan)
 	return rc;
 }
 
+/* map a tch channel to an external RTP endpoint */
+static int tch_map_rtp(struct gsm_lchan *lchan, u_int32_t *ip, u_int16_t *port)
+{
+	struct gsm_bts *bts = lchan->ts->trx->bts;
+	int rc;
+
+	DEBUGP(DCC, "Setting up external RTP TCH map between (bts=%u,trx=%u,ts=%u) and (ip=%08x, port=%d)\n",
+		bts->nr, lchan->ts->trx->nr, lchan->ts->nr,
+		*ip, *port);
+
+	switch (bts->type) {
+	case GSM_BTS_TYPE_NANOBTS_900:
+	case GSM_BTS_TYPE_NANOBTS_1800:
+			/* FIXME the rtp_payload2 field should be from remote */
+		rc = rsl_ipacc_connect(lchan, *ip, *port, lchan->ts->abis_ip.conn_id, 
+					lchan->ts->abis_ip.rtp_payload2);
+		if (rc < 0)
+			return rc;
+		*ip   = lchan->ts->abis_ip.bound_ip;
+		*port = lchan->ts->abis_ip.bound_port;
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		DEBUGP(DCC, "Unsupported BTS type\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* map two ipaccess RTP streams onto each other */
 static int tch_map(struct gsm_lchan *lchan, struct gsm_lchan *remote_lchan)
 {
@@ -1994,6 +2024,20 @@ static int tch_map(struct gsm_lchan *lchan, struct gsm_lchan *remote_lchan)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* bridge a channel and an external rtp endpoint */
+static int tch_bridge_rtp(struct gsm_network *net, struct gsm_mncc_bridge_rtp_arg *arg)
+{
+	struct gsm_trans *trans = trans_find_by_callref(net, arg->callref);
+
+	if (!trans || !arg->ip || !arg->port)
+		return -EIO;
+
+	if (!trans->lchan)
+		return -EIO;
+
+	return tch_map_rtp(trans->lchan, &arg->ip, &arg->port);
+}
+
 /* bridge channels of two transactions */
 static int tch_bridge(struct gsm_network *net, u_int32_t *refs)
 {
@@ -3286,6 +3330,8 @@ int mncc_send(struct gsm_network *net, int msg_type, void *arg)
 	switch(msg_type) {
 	case MNCC_BRIDGE:
 		return tch_bridge(net, arg);
+	case MNCC_BRIDGE_RTP:
+		return tch_bridge_rtp(net, arg);
 	case MNCC_FRAME_DROP:
 		return tch_recv(net, arg, 0);
 	case MNCC_FRAME_RECV:
diff --git a/openbsc/src/mncc.c b/openbsc/src/mncc.c
index f62541c..e12e458 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/mncc.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/mncc.c
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ static struct mncc_names {
 	{"MNCC_FRAME_RECV",	0x0201},
 	{"MNCC_FRAME_DROP",	0x0202},
 	{"MNCC_LCHAN_MODIFY",	0x0203},
+	{"MNCC_BRIDGE_EXT",	0x0204},
 
 	{"GSM_TRAU_FRAME",	0x0300},