diff --git a/include/osmocom/gsm/gsm0808_utils.h b/include/osmocom/gsm/gsm0808_utils.h
index 242bce9..0a7429e 100644
--- a/include/osmocom/gsm/gsm0808_utils.h
+++ b/include/osmocom/gsm/gsm0808_utils.h
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
 int gsm0808_chan_type_to_speech_codec(uint8_t perm_spch);
 int gsm0808_speech_codec_from_chan_type(struct gsm0808_speech_codec *sc,
 					uint8_t perm_spch);
+uint16_t gsm0808_sc_cfg_from_gsm48_mr_cfg(struct gsm48_multi_rate_conf *cfg, bool fr);
 
 /*! Return 3GPP TS 48.008 3.2.2.49 Current Channel Type 1 from enum gsm_chan_t. */
 static inline uint8_t gsm0808_current_channel_type_1(enum gsm_chan_t type)
diff --git a/include/osmocom/gsm/protocol/gsm_08_08.h b/include/osmocom/gsm/protocol/gsm_08_08.h
index 9433817..8431ace 100644
--- a/include/osmocom/gsm/protocol/gsm_08_08.h
+++ b/include/osmocom/gsm/protocol/gsm_08_08.h
@@ -503,6 +503,20 @@
 	GSM0808_SC_CFG_DEFAULT_OHR_AMR_WB	= 0x01,
 };
 
+/*! Default speech codec configurations broken down by reate.
+ *  See also: 3GPP TS 28.062, Table 7.11.3.1.3-2: Preferred Configurations for
+ *  the Adaptive Multi-Rate Codec Types. */
+enum gsm0808_speech_codec_rate_defaults {
+	GSM0808_SC_CFG_DEFAULT_AMR_4_75 = 0xff03,
+	GSM0808_SC_CFG_DEFAULT_AMR_5_15 = 0x0000,
+	GSM0808_SC_CFG_DEFAULT_AMR_5_90 = 0xff06,
+	GSM0808_SC_CFG_DEFAULT_AMR_6_70 = 0x3e08,
+	GSM0808_SC_CFG_DEFAULT_AMR_7_40 = 0x0c12,
+	GSM0808_SC_CFG_DEFAULT_AMR_7_95 = 0xc020,
+	GSM0808_SC_CFG_DEFAULT_AMR_10_2 = 0x3040,
+	GSM0808_SC_CFG_DEFAULT_AMR_12_2 = 0xc082
+};
+
 /* 3GPP TS 48.008 3.2.2.103 Speech Codec List */
 #define SPEECH_CODEC_MAXLEN 255
 struct gsm0808_speech_codec_list {
diff --git a/src/gsm/gsm0808_utils.c b/src/gsm/gsm0808_utils.c
index 73f0234..4b2a5f5 100644
--- a/src/gsm/gsm0808_utils.c
+++ b/src/gsm/gsm0808_utils.c
@@ -1161,6 +1161,49 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*! Determine a set of AMR speech codec configuration bits (S0-S15) from a
+ *  given GSM 04.08 AMR configuration struct.
+ *  \param[in] cfg AMR configuration in GSM 04.08 format.
+ *  \param[in] hint if the resulting configuration shall be used with a FR or HR TCH.
+ *  \returns configuration bits (S0-S15) */
+uint16_t gsm0808_sc_cfg_from_gsm48_mr_cfg(struct gsm48_multi_rate_conf *cfg,
+					  bool fr)
+{
+	uint16_t s15_s0 = 0;
+
+	/* Check each rate bit in the AMR multirate configuration and pick the
+	 * matching default configuration as specified in 3GPP TS 28.062,
+	 * Table 7.11.3.1.3-2. */
+	if (cfg->m4_75)
+		s15_s0 |= GSM0808_SC_CFG_DEFAULT_AMR_4_75;
+	if (cfg->m5_15)
+		s15_s0 |= GSM0808_SC_CFG_DEFAULT_AMR_5_15;
+	if (cfg->m5_90)
+		s15_s0 |= GSM0808_SC_CFG_DEFAULT_AMR_5_90;
+	if (cfg->m6_70)
+		s15_s0 |= GSM0808_SC_CFG_DEFAULT_AMR_6_70;
+	if (cfg->m7_40)
+		s15_s0 |= GSM0808_SC_CFG_DEFAULT_AMR_7_40;
+	if (cfg->m7_95)
+		s15_s0 |= GSM0808_SC_CFG_DEFAULT_AMR_7_95;
+	if (cfg->m10_2)
+		s15_s0 |= GSM0808_SC_CFG_DEFAULT_AMR_10_2;
+	if (cfg->m12_2)
+		s15_s0 |= GSM0808_SC_CFG_DEFAULT_AMR_12_2;
+
+	/* Note: 3GPP TS 48.008, chapter 3GPP TS 48.008 states that for AMR
+	 * some of the configuration bits must be coded as zeros. The applied
+	 * bitmask matches the default codec settings. See also the definition
+	 * of enum gsm0808_speech_codec_defaults in gsm_08_08.h and
+	 * 3GPP TS 28.062, Table 7.11.3.1.3-2. */
+	if (fr)
+		s15_s0 &= GSM0808_SC_CFG_DEFAULT_FR_AMR;
+	else
+		s15_s0 &= GSM0808_SC_CFG_DEFAULT_HR_AMR;
+
+	return s15_s0;
+}
+
 /*! Print a human readable name of the cell identifier to the char buffer.
  * This is useful both for struct gsm0808_cell_id and struct gsm0808_cell_id_list2.
  * See also gsm0808_cell_id_name() and gsm0808_cell_id_list_name().
diff --git a/src/gsm/libosmogsm.map b/src/gsm/libosmogsm.map
index 0c40c88..3d08232 100644
--- a/src/gsm/libosmogsm.map
+++ b/src/gsm/libosmogsm.map
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@
 gsm0808_cell_id_u_name;
 gsm0808_chan_type_to_speech_codec;
 gsm0808_speech_codec_from_chan_type;
+gsm0808_sc_cfg_from_gsm48_mr_cfg;
 gsm0808_speech_codec_type_names;
 gsm0808_permitted_speech_names;
 gsm0808_chosen_enc_alg_names;
diff --git a/tests/gsm0808/gsm0808_test.c b/tests/gsm0808/gsm0808_test.c
index ae138be..6faa689 100644
--- a/tests/gsm0808/gsm0808_test.c
+++ b/tests/gsm0808/gsm0808_test.c
@@ -1444,6 +1444,202 @@
 	msgb_free(msg);
 }
 
+static void test_gsm0808_sc_cfg_from_gsm48_mr_cfg_single(struct gsm48_multi_rate_conf *cfg)
+{
+	uint16_t s15_s0;
+
+	printf("Input:\n");
+	printf(" m4_75= %u   smod=  %u\n", cfg->m4_75, cfg->smod);
+	printf(" m5_15= %u   spare= %u\n", cfg->m5_15, cfg->spare);
+	printf(" m5_90= %u   icmi=  %u\n", cfg->m5_90, cfg->icmi);
+	printf(" m6_70= %u   nscb=  %u\n", cfg->m6_70, cfg->nscb);
+	printf(" m7_40= %u   ver=   %u\n", cfg->m7_40, cfg->ver);
+	printf(" m7_95= %u\n", cfg->m7_95);
+	printf(" m10_2= %u\n", cfg->m10_2);
+	printf(" m12_2= %u\n", cfg->m12_2);
+
+	s15_s0 = gsm0808_sc_cfg_from_gsm48_mr_cfg(cfg, true);
+	printf("Result (fr):\n");
+	printf(" S15-S0 = %04x = 0b" OSMO_BIN_SPEC OSMO_BIN_SPEC "\n", s15_s0,
+	       OSMO_BIN_PRINT(s15_s0 >> 8), OSMO_BIN_PRINT(s15_s0));
+
+	s15_s0 = gsm0808_sc_cfg_from_gsm48_mr_cfg(cfg, false);
+	printf("Result (hr):\n");
+	printf(" S15-S0 = %04x = 0b" OSMO_BIN_SPEC OSMO_BIN_SPEC "\n", s15_s0,
+	       OSMO_BIN_PRINT(s15_s0 >> 8), OSMO_BIN_PRINT(s15_s0));
+
+	printf("\n");
+}
+
+static void test_gsm0808_sc_cfg_from_gsm48_mr_cfg(void)
+{
+	struct gsm48_multi_rate_conf cfg;
+
+	printf("Testing gsm0808_sc_cfg_from_gsm48_mr_cfg():\n");
+
+	memset(&cfg, 0, sizeof(cfg));
+
+	cfg.m4_75 = 0;
+	cfg.m5_15 = 0;
+	cfg.m5_90 = 0;
+	cfg.m6_70 = 0;
+	cfg.m7_40 = 0;
+	cfg.m7_95 = 0;
+	cfg.m10_2 = 0;
+	cfg.m12_2 = 0;
+	test_gsm0808_sc_cfg_from_gsm48_mr_cfg_single(&cfg);
+
+	cfg.m4_75 = 1;
+	cfg.m5_15 = 0;
+	cfg.m5_90 = 0;
+	cfg.m6_70 = 0;
+	cfg.m7_40 = 0;
+	cfg.m7_95 = 0;
+	cfg.m10_2 = 0;
+	cfg.m12_2 = 0;
+	test_gsm0808_sc_cfg_from_gsm48_mr_cfg_single(&cfg);
+
+	cfg.m4_75 = 0;
+	cfg.m5_15 = 1;
+	cfg.m5_90 = 0;
+	cfg.m6_70 = 0;
+	cfg.m7_40 = 0;
+	cfg.m7_95 = 0;
+	cfg.m10_2 = 0;
+	cfg.m12_2 = 0;
+	test_gsm0808_sc_cfg_from_gsm48_mr_cfg_single(&cfg);
+
+	cfg.m4_75 = 0;
+	cfg.m5_15 = 0;
+	cfg.m5_90 = 1;
+	cfg.m6_70 = 0;
+	cfg.m7_40 = 0;
+	cfg.m7_95 = 0;
+	cfg.m10_2 = 0;
+	cfg.m12_2 = 0;
+	test_gsm0808_sc_cfg_from_gsm48_mr_cfg_single(&cfg);
+
+	cfg.m4_75 = 0;
+	cfg.m5_15 = 0;
+	cfg.m5_90 = 0;
+	cfg.m6_70 = 1;
+	cfg.m7_40 = 0;
+	cfg.m7_95 = 0;
+	cfg.m10_2 = 0;
+	cfg.m12_2 = 0;
+	test_gsm0808_sc_cfg_from_gsm48_mr_cfg_single(&cfg);
+
+	cfg.m4_75 = 0;
+	cfg.m5_15 = 0;
+	cfg.m5_90 = 0;
+	cfg.m6_70 = 0;
+	cfg.m7_40 = 1;
+	cfg.m7_95 = 0;
+	cfg.m10_2 = 0;
+	cfg.m12_2 = 0;
+	test_gsm0808_sc_cfg_from_gsm48_mr_cfg_single(&cfg);
+
+	cfg.m4_75 = 0;
+	cfg.m5_15 = 0;
+	cfg.m5_90 = 0;
+	cfg.m6_70 = 0;
+	cfg.m7_40 = 0;
+	cfg.m7_95 = 1;
+	cfg.m10_2 = 0;
+	cfg.m12_2 = 0;
+	test_gsm0808_sc_cfg_from_gsm48_mr_cfg_single(&cfg);
+
+	cfg.m4_75 = 0;
+	cfg.m5_15 = 0;
+	cfg.m5_90 = 0;
+	cfg.m6_70 = 0;
+	cfg.m7_40 = 0;
+	cfg.m7_95 = 0;
+	cfg.m10_2 = 1;
+	cfg.m12_2 = 0;
+	test_gsm0808_sc_cfg_from_gsm48_mr_cfg_single(&cfg);
+
+	cfg.m4_75 = 0;
+	cfg.m5_15 = 0;
+	cfg.m5_90 = 0;
+	cfg.m6_70 = 0;
+	cfg.m7_40 = 0;
+	cfg.m7_95 = 0;
+	cfg.m10_2 = 0;
+	cfg.m12_2 = 1;
+	test_gsm0808_sc_cfg_from_gsm48_mr_cfg_single(&cfg);
+
+	cfg.m4_75 = 1;
+	cfg.m5_15 = 1;
+	cfg.m5_90 = 1;
+	cfg.m6_70 = 1;
+	cfg.m7_40 = 0;
+	cfg.m7_95 = 0;
+	cfg.m10_2 = 0;
+	cfg.m12_2 = 0;
+	test_gsm0808_sc_cfg_from_gsm48_mr_cfg_single(&cfg);
+
+	cfg.m4_75 = 0;
+	cfg.m5_15 = 0;
+	cfg.m5_90 = 0;
+	cfg.m6_70 = 0;
+	cfg.m7_40 = 1;
+	cfg.m7_95 = 1;
+	cfg.m10_2 = 1;
+	cfg.m12_2 = 1;
+	test_gsm0808_sc_cfg_from_gsm48_mr_cfg_single(&cfg);
+
+	cfg.m4_75 = 0;
+	cfg.m5_15 = 0;
+	cfg.m5_90 = 1;
+	cfg.m6_70 = 1;
+	cfg.m7_40 = 0;
+	cfg.m7_95 = 0;
+	cfg.m10_2 = 1;
+	cfg.m12_2 = 1;
+	test_gsm0808_sc_cfg_from_gsm48_mr_cfg_single(&cfg);
+
+	cfg.m4_75 = 1;
+	cfg.m5_15 = 1;
+	cfg.m5_90 = 0;
+	cfg.m6_70 = 0;
+	cfg.m7_40 = 1;
+	cfg.m7_95 = 1;
+	cfg.m10_2 = 0;
+	cfg.m12_2 = 0;
+	test_gsm0808_sc_cfg_from_gsm48_mr_cfg_single(&cfg);
+
+	cfg.m4_75 = 0;
+	cfg.m5_15 = 1;
+	cfg.m5_90 = 0;
+	cfg.m6_70 = 1;
+	cfg.m7_40 = 0;
+	cfg.m7_95 = 1;
+	cfg.m10_2 = 0;
+	cfg.m12_2 = 1;
+	test_gsm0808_sc_cfg_from_gsm48_mr_cfg_single(&cfg);
+
+	cfg.m4_75 = 1;
+	cfg.m5_15 = 0;
+	cfg.m5_90 = 1;
+	cfg.m6_70 = 0;
+	cfg.m7_40 = 1;
+	cfg.m7_95 = 0;
+	cfg.m10_2 = 1;
+	cfg.m12_2 = 0;
+	test_gsm0808_sc_cfg_from_gsm48_mr_cfg_single(&cfg);
+
+	cfg.m4_75 = 1;
+	cfg.m5_15 = 1;
+	cfg.m5_90 = 1;
+	cfg.m6_70 = 1;
+	cfg.m7_40 = 1;
+	cfg.m7_95 = 1;
+	cfg.m10_2 = 1;
+	cfg.m12_2 = 1;
+	test_gsm0808_sc_cfg_from_gsm48_mr_cfg_single(&cfg);
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	printf("Testing generation of GSM0808 messages\n");
@@ -1495,6 +1691,8 @@
 	test_gsm0808_enc_dec_cell_id_lac_and_ci();
 	test_gsm0808_enc_dec_cell_id_global();
 
+	test_gsm0808_sc_cfg_from_gsm48_mr_cfg();
+
 	printf("Done\n");
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
diff --git a/tests/gsm0808/gsm0808_test.ok b/tests/gsm0808/gsm0808_test.ok
index 6cd7982..dc1deba 100644
--- a/tests/gsm0808/gsm0808_test.ok
+++ b/tests/gsm0808/gsm0808_test.ok
@@ -74,4 +74,229 @@
 test_gsm0808_enc_dec_cell_id_ci: encoded: 05 03 02 04 23 (rc = 5)
 test_gsm0808_enc_dec_cell_id_lac_and_ci: encoded: 05 05 01 04 23 02 35 (rc = 7)
 test_gsm0808_enc_dec_cell_id_global: encoded: 05 08 00 21 63 54 23 42 04 23 (rc = 10)
+Testing gsm0808_sc_cfg_from_gsm48_mr_cfg():
+Input:
+ m4_75= 0   smod=  0
+ m5_15= 0   spare= 0
+ m5_90= 0   icmi=  0
+ m6_70= 0   nscb=  0
+ m7_40= 0   ver=   0
+ m7_95= 0
+ m10_2= 0
+ m12_2= 0
+Result (fr):
+ S15-S0 = 0000 = 0b0000000000000000
+Result (hr):
+ S15-S0 = 0000 = 0b0000000000000000
+
+Input:
+ m4_75= 1   smod=  0
+ m5_15= 0   spare= 0
+ m5_90= 0   icmi=  0
+ m6_70= 0   nscb=  0
+ m7_40= 0   ver=   0
+ m7_95= 0
+ m10_2= 0
+ m12_2= 0
+Result (fr):
+ S15-S0 = 5703 = 0b0101011100000011
+Result (hr):
+ S15-S0 = 0703 = 0b0000011100000011
+
+Input:
+ m4_75= 0   smod=  0
+ m5_15= 1   spare= 0
+ m5_90= 0   icmi=  0
+ m6_70= 0   nscb=  0
+ m7_40= 0   ver=   0
+ m7_95= 0
+ m10_2= 0
+ m12_2= 0
+Result (fr):
+ S15-S0 = 0000 = 0b0000000000000000
+Result (hr):
+ S15-S0 = 0000 = 0b0000000000000000
+
+Input:
+ m4_75= 0   smod=  0
+ m5_15= 0   spare= 0
+ m5_90= 1   icmi=  0
+ m6_70= 0   nscb=  0
+ m7_40= 0   ver=   0
+ m7_95= 0
+ m10_2= 0
+ m12_2= 0
+Result (fr):
+ S15-S0 = 5706 = 0b0101011100000110
+Result (hr):
+ S15-S0 = 0706 = 0b0000011100000110
+
+Input:
+ m4_75= 0   smod=  0
+ m5_15= 0   spare= 0
+ m5_90= 0   icmi=  0
+ m6_70= 1   nscb=  0
+ m7_40= 0   ver=   0
+ m7_95= 0
+ m10_2= 0
+ m12_2= 0
+Result (fr):
+ S15-S0 = 1608 = 0b0001011000001000
+Result (hr):
+ S15-S0 = 0608 = 0b0000011000001000
+
+Input:
+ m4_75= 0   smod=  0
+ m5_15= 0   spare= 0
+ m5_90= 0   icmi=  0
+ m6_70= 0   nscb=  0
+ m7_40= 1   ver=   0
+ m7_95= 0
+ m10_2= 0
+ m12_2= 0
+Result (fr):
+ S15-S0 = 0412 = 0b0000010000010010
+Result (hr):
+ S15-S0 = 0412 = 0b0000010000010010
+
+Input:
+ m4_75= 0   smod=  0
+ m5_15= 0   spare= 0
+ m5_90= 0   icmi=  0
+ m6_70= 0   nscb=  0
+ m7_40= 0   ver=   0
+ m7_95= 1
+ m10_2= 0
+ m12_2= 0
+Result (fr):
+ S15-S0 = 4020 = 0b0100000000100000
+Result (hr):
+ S15-S0 = 0020 = 0b0000000000100000
+
+Input:
+ m4_75= 0   smod=  0
+ m5_15= 0   spare= 0
+ m5_90= 0   icmi=  0
+ m6_70= 0   nscb=  0
+ m7_40= 0   ver=   0
+ m7_95= 0
+ m10_2= 1
+ m12_2= 0
+Result (fr):
+ S15-S0 = 1040 = 0b0001000001000000
+Result (hr):
+ S15-S0 = 0000 = 0b0000000000000000
+
+Input:
+ m4_75= 0   smod=  0
+ m5_15= 0   spare= 0
+ m5_90= 0   icmi=  0
+ m6_70= 0   nscb=  0
+ m7_40= 0   ver=   0
+ m7_95= 0
+ m10_2= 0
+ m12_2= 1
+Result (fr):
+ S15-S0 = 4082 = 0b0100000010000010
+Result (hr):
+ S15-S0 = 0002 = 0b0000000000000010
+
+Input:
+ m4_75= 1   smod=  0
+ m5_15= 1   spare= 0
+ m5_90= 1   icmi=  0
+ m6_70= 1   nscb=  0
+ m7_40= 0   ver=   0
+ m7_95= 0
+ m10_2= 0
+ m12_2= 0
+Result (fr):
+ S15-S0 = 570f = 0b0101011100001111
+Result (hr):
+ S15-S0 = 070f = 0b0000011100001111
+
+Input:
+ m4_75= 0   smod=  0
+ m5_15= 0   spare= 0
+ m5_90= 0   icmi=  0
+ m6_70= 0   nscb=  0
+ m7_40= 1   ver=   0
+ m7_95= 1
+ m10_2= 1
+ m12_2= 1
+Result (fr):
+ S15-S0 = 54f2 = 0b0101010011110010
+Result (hr):
+ S15-S0 = 0432 = 0b0000010000110010
+
+Input:
+ m4_75= 0   smod=  0
+ m5_15= 0   spare= 0
+ m5_90= 1   icmi=  0
+ m6_70= 1   nscb=  0
+ m7_40= 0   ver=   0
+ m7_95= 0
+ m10_2= 1
+ m12_2= 1
+Result (fr):
+ S15-S0 = 57ce = 0b0101011111001110
+Result (hr):
+ S15-S0 = 070e = 0b0000011100001110
+
+Input:
+ m4_75= 1   smod=  0
+ m5_15= 1   spare= 0
+ m5_90= 0   icmi=  0
+ m6_70= 0   nscb=  0
+ m7_40= 1   ver=   0
+ m7_95= 1
+ m10_2= 0
+ m12_2= 0
+Result (fr):
+ S15-S0 = 5733 = 0b0101011100110011
+Result (hr):
+ S15-S0 = 0733 = 0b0000011100110011
+
+Input:
+ m4_75= 0   smod=  0
+ m5_15= 1   spare= 0
+ m5_90= 0   icmi=  0
+ m6_70= 1   nscb=  0
+ m7_40= 0   ver=   0
+ m7_95= 1
+ m10_2= 0
+ m12_2= 1
+Result (fr):
+ S15-S0 = 56aa = 0b0101011010101010
+Result (hr):
+ S15-S0 = 062a = 0b0000011000101010
+
+Input:
+ m4_75= 1   smod=  0
+ m5_15= 0   spare= 0
+ m5_90= 1   icmi=  0
+ m6_70= 0   nscb=  0
+ m7_40= 1   ver=   0
+ m7_95= 0
+ m10_2= 1
+ m12_2= 0
+Result (fr):
+ S15-S0 = 5757 = 0b0101011101010111
+Result (hr):
+ S15-S0 = 0717 = 0b0000011100010111
+
+Input:
+ m4_75= 1   smod=  0
+ m5_15= 1   spare= 0
+ m5_90= 1   icmi=  0
+ m6_70= 1   nscb=  0
+ m7_40= 1   ver=   0
+ m7_95= 1
+ m10_2= 1
+ m12_2= 1
+Result (fr):
+ S15-S0 = 57ff = 0b0101011111111111
+Result (hr):
+ S15-S0 = 073f = 0b0000011100111111
+
 Done