diff --git a/src/include/switch_types.h b/src/include/switch_types.h
index 7c90161d3a..49dbfd0064 100644
--- a/src/include/switch_types.h
+++ b/src/include/switch_types.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
  * Bret McDanel <trixter AT 0xdecafbad dot com>
  * Joseph Sullivan <jossulli@amazon.com>
  * Raymond Chandler <intralanman@freeswitch.org>
+ * Emmanuel Schmidbauer <e.schmidbauer@gmail.com>
  *
  * switch_types.h -- Data Types
  *
@@ -968,6 +969,7 @@ typedef enum {
 	SWITCH_MESSAGE_INDICATE_BLIND_TRANSFER_RESPONSE,
 	SWITCH_MESSAGE_INDICATE_STUN_ERROR,
 	SWITCH_MESSAGE_INDICATE_MEDIA_RENEG,
+	SWITCH_MESSAGE_REFER_EVENT,
 	SWITCH_MESSAGE_ANSWER_EVENT,
 	SWITCH_MESSAGE_PROGRESS_EVENT,
 	SWITCH_MESSAGE_RING_EVENT,
diff --git a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia.c b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia.c
index 9000ec96b3..e2207d2c6d 100644
--- a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia.c
+++ b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia.c
@@ -6893,6 +6893,7 @@ void sofia_handle_sip_i_refer(nua_t *nua, sofia_profile_t *profile, nua_handle_t
 			exten = (char *) refer_to->r_url->url_user;
 		}
 
+		switch_core_session_queue_indication(session, SWITCH_MESSAGE_REFER_EVENT);
 		switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_SESSION_LOG(session), SWITCH_LOG_DEBUG, "Process REFER to [%s@%s]\n", exten, (char *) refer_to->r_url->url_host);
 
 		switch_channel_set_variable(tech_pvt->channel, "transfer_disposition", "recv_replace");