diff --git a/core/AmConfig.cpp b/core/AmConfig.cpp
index 7ab74d67..0138e323 100644
--- a/core/AmConfig.cpp
+++ b/core/AmConfig.cpp
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ string       AmConfig::LocalSIPIP              = "";
 string       AmConfig::OutboundProxy           = "";
 bool         AmConfig::ForceOutboundProxy      = false;
 string       AmConfig::Signature               = "";
+unsigned int AmConfig::MaxForwards             = MAX_FORWARDS;
 bool	     AmConfig::SingleCodecInOK	       = false;
 unsigned int AmConfig::DeadRtpTime             = DEAD_RTP_TIME;
 bool         AmConfig::IgnoreRTPXHdrs          = false;
@@ -243,6 +244,16 @@ int AmConfig::readConfiguration()
   else 
     Signature = cfg.getParameter("signature");
 
+  if (cfg.hasParameter("max_forwards")) {
+      unsigned int mf=0;
+      if(str2i(cfg.getParameter("max_forwards"), mf)) {
+	  ERROR("invalid max_forwards specified\n");
+      }
+      else {
+	  MaxForwards = mf;
+      }
+  }
+
   // log_level
   if(cfg.hasParameter("loglevel")){
     if(!setLoglevel(cfg.getParameter("loglevel"))){
diff --git a/core/AmConfig.h b/core/AmConfig.h
index 411a25ff..e5138d49 100644
--- a/core/AmConfig.h
+++ b/core/AmConfig.h
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ struct AmConfig
   static bool ForceOutboundProxy;
   /** Server/User-Agent header (optional) */
   static string Signature;
+  /** Value of Max-Forward header field for new requests */
+  static unsigned int MaxForwards;
   /** If 200 OK reply should be limited to preferred codec only */
   static bool SingleCodecInOK;
   static vector <string> CodecOrder;
diff --git a/core/AmSipDialog.cpp b/core/AmSipDialog.cpp
index 67e499ee..936166f8 100644
--- a/core/AmSipDialog.cpp
+++ b/core/AmSipDialog.cpp
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ int AmSipDialog::sendRequest(const string& method,
     if (AmConfig::Signature.length())
       req.hdrs += SIP_HDR_COLSP(SIP_HDR_USER_AGENT) + AmConfig::Signature + CRLF;
     
-    req.hdrs += SIP_HDR_COLSP(SIP_HDR_MAX_FORWARDS) /*TODO: configurable?!*/ MAX_FORWARDS CRLF;
+    req.hdrs += SIP_HDR_COLSP(SIP_HDR_MAX_FORWARDS) + int2str(AmConfig::MaxForwards) + CRLF;
 
   }
 
@@ -686,12 +686,11 @@ int AmSipDialog::send_200_ack(const AmSipTransaction& t,
     if (AmConfig::Signature.length())
       req.hdrs += SIP_HDR_COLSP(SIP_HDR_USER_AGENT) + AmConfig::Signature + CRLF;
     
-    req.hdrs += SIP_HDR_COLSP(SIP_HDR_MAX_FORWARDS) /*TODO: configurable?!*/MAX_FORWARDS CRLF;
-
+    req.hdrs += SIP_HDR_COLSP(SIP_HDR_MAX_FORWARDS) + int2str(AmConfig::MaxForwards) + CRLF;
   }
 
   if(!route.empty())
-    req.route = route; //getRoute();
+    req.route = route;
     
   if(!body.empty()) {
     req.content_type = content_type;
diff --git a/core/sems.h b/core/sems.h
index af7a7007..3c15b9d3 100644
--- a/core/sems.h
+++ b/core/sems.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 #define PREFIX_SEPARATOR    ""
 #define RTP_LOWPORT         1024
 #define RTP_HIGHPORT        0xffff
-#define MAX_FORWARDS        "70"
+#define MAX_FORWARDS        70
 
 #define DEFAULT_SIGNATURE "Sip Express Media Server " \
 		"(" SEMS_VERSION " (" ARCH "/" OS"))"