diff --git a/apps/sbc/SBC.cpp b/apps/sbc/SBC.cpp
index de21edcf..6ad83d5e 100644
--- a/apps/sbc/SBC.cpp
+++ b/apps/sbc/SBC.cpp
@@ -538,6 +538,12 @@ void SBCDialog::onInvite(const AmSipRequest& req)
       }
       call_profile.next_hop_port_i = nh_port_i;
       DBG("set next hop port to '%u'\n", call_profile.next_hop_port_i);
+
+      if (!call_profile.next_hop_for_replies.empty()) {
+	call_profile.next_hop_for_replies =
+	  replaceParameters(call_profile.next_hop_for_replies, "next_hop_for_replies",
+			    REPLACE_VALS);
+      }
     }
   }
 
@@ -961,7 +967,12 @@ void SBCDialog::createCalleeSession()
     callee_dlg.next_hop_ip = call_profile.next_hop_ip;
     callee_dlg.next_hop_port = call_profile.next_hop_port.empty() ?
       5060 : call_profile.next_hop_port_i;
-    callee_dlg.next_hop_for_replies = call_profile.next_hop_for_replies;
+
+    if (!call_profile.next_hop_for_replies.empty()) {
+      callee_dlg.next_hop_for_replies =
+	(call_profile.next_hop_for_replies == "yes" ||
+	 call_profile.next_hop_for_replies == "1");
+    }
   }
 
   other_id = AmSession::getNewId();
diff --git a/apps/sbc/SBCCallProfile.cpp b/apps/sbc/SBCCallProfile.cpp
index 6032cd3e..c794be3b 100644
--- a/apps/sbc/SBCCallProfile.cpp
+++ b/apps/sbc/SBCCallProfile.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ bool SBCCallProfile::readFromConfiguration(const string& name,
 
   next_hop_ip = cfg.getParameter("next_hop_ip");
   next_hop_port = cfg.getParameter("next_hop_port");
-  next_hop_for_replies = cfg.getParameter("next_hop_for_replies") == "yes";
+  next_hop_for_replies = cfg.getParameter("next_hop_for_replies");
 
   string hf_type = cfg.getParameter("header_filter", "transparent");
   if (hf_type=="transparent")
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ bool SBCCallProfile::readFromConfiguration(const string& name,
       INFO("SBC:      next hop = %s%s\n", next_hop_ip.c_str(),
 	   next_hop_port.empty()? "" : (":"+next_hop_port).c_str());
 
-      if (next_hop_for_replies) {
-	INFO("SBC:      next hop used for replies\n");
+      if (!next_hop_for_replies.empty()) {
+	INFO("SBC:      next hop used for replies: '%s'\n", next_hop_for_replies.c_str());
       }
     }
 
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ string SBCCallProfile::print() const {
   res += "next_hop_ip:          " + next_hop_ip + "\n";
   res += "next_hop_port:        " + next_hop_port + "\n";
   res += "next_hop_port_i:      " + int2str(next_hop_port_i) + "\n";
-  res += "next_hop_for_replies: " + string(next_hop_for_replies?"true":"false") + "\n";
+  res += "next_hop_for_replies: " + next_hop_for_replies + "\n";
   res += "headerfilter:         " + string(FilterType2String(headerfilter)) + "\n";
   res += "headerfilter_list:    " + stringset_print(headerfilter_list) + "\n";
   res += "messagefilter:        " + string(FilterType2String(messagefilter)) + "\n";
diff --git a/apps/sbc/SBCCallProfile.h b/apps/sbc/SBCCallProfile.h
index 6ad4d475..2519214a 100644
--- a/apps/sbc/SBCCallProfile.h
+++ b/apps/sbc/SBCCallProfile.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ struct SBCCallProfile {
   string next_hop_ip;
   string next_hop_port;
   unsigned short next_hop_port_i;
-  bool next_hop_for_replies;
+  string next_hop_for_replies;
 
   FilterType headerfilter;
   set<string> headerfilter_list;