diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index d86ada50f..091fb6622 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ sipwise/http_client-add-method-parameter-to-http_connect.patch
 sipwise/lost-add-method-parameter-to-http_connect-calls.patch
 sipwise/usrloc-don-t-synchronize-on-destroy-for-DB_ONLY.patch
 sipwise/presence_offline_cleanup.patch
+sipwise/rtpengine-flags.patch
 ### active development
 sipwise/permissions-don-t-allow-reloads-in-the-middle-of-ong.patch
 sipwise/dlg_get_var_error_more_verbose_on_dlg
diff --git a/debian/patches/sipwise/rtpengine-flags.patch b/debian/patches/sipwise/rtpengine-flags.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1dc3e4549
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/sipwise/rtpengine-flags.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+--- a/src/modules/rtpengine/rtpengine.c
++++ b/src/modules/rtpengine/rtpengine.c
+@@ -3354,9 +3354,6 @@
+ 	/* initialize some basic bencode items */
+ 	if(!extra_dict) {
+ 		ng_flags.dict = bencode_dictionary(bencbuf);
+-		if(parse_by_module) {
+-			ng_flags.flags = bencode_list(bencbuf);
+-		}
+ 	} else {
+ 		ng_flags.dict = extra_dict;
+ 		ng_flags.flags = bencode_dictionary_get(ng_flags.dict, "flags");
+@@ -3366,6 +3363,9 @@
+ 		}
+ 	}
+ 
++	if (!ng_flags.flags)
++		ng_flags.flags = bencode_list(bencbuf);
++
+ 	if(parse_by_module) {
+ 		ng_flags.received_from = bencode_list(bencbuf);
+ 	}
+@@ -3440,9 +3440,6 @@
+ 		if(ng_flags.direction && ng_flags.direction->child)
+ 			bencode_dictionary_add(
+ 					ng_flags.dict, "direction", ng_flags.direction);
+-		/* flags */
+-		if(ng_flags.flags && ng_flags.flags->child)
+-			bencode_dictionary_add(ng_flags.dict, "flags", ng_flags.flags);
+ 		/* replace */
+ 		if(ng_flags.replace && ng_flags.replace->child)
+ 			bencode_dictionary_add(ng_flags.dict, "replace", ng_flags.replace);
+@@ -3522,6 +3519,10 @@
+ 				sip_type_strings[msg->first_line.type]);
+ 	}
+ 
++	/* flags */
++	if(ng_flags.flags && ng_flags.flags->child)
++		bencode_dictionary_add(ng_flags.dict, "flags", ng_flags.flags);
++
+ 	/* add rtpp flags, if parsed by daemon */
+ 	if(!parse_by_module && flags)
+ 		bencode_dictionary_add_str(ng_flags.dict, "rtpp-flags", flags);