diff --git a/openbsc/include/openbsc/gprs_gsup_messages.h b/openbsc/include/openbsc/gprs_gsup_messages.h
index 123e1fc..8cbc809 100644
--- a/openbsc/include/openbsc/gprs_gsup_messages.h
+++ b/openbsc/include/openbsc/gprs_gsup_messages.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 	GPRS_GSUP_CANCEL_TYPE_IE		= 0x06,
 	GPRS_GSUP_FREEZE_PTMSI_IE		= 0x07,
 	GPRS_GSUP_MSISDN_IE			= 0x08,
+	GPRS_GSUP_HLR_NUMBER_IE			= 0x09,
 	GPRS_GSUP_PDP_CONTEXT_ID_IE		= 0x10,
 	GPRS_GSUP_PDP_TYPE_IE			= 0x11,
 	GPRS_GSUP_ACCESS_POINT_NAME_IE		= 0x12,
@@ -109,6 +110,8 @@
 	size_t				num_pdp_infos;
 	const uint8_t			*msisdn_enc;
 	size_t				msisdn_enc_len;
+	const uint8_t			*hlr_enc;
+	size_t				hlr_enc_len;
 };
 
 int gprs_gsup_decode(const uint8_t *data, size_t data_len,
diff --git a/openbsc/src/gprs/gprs_gsup_messages.c b/openbsc/src/gprs/gprs_gsup_messages.c
index cb14fa1..bdcff5f 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/gprs/gprs_gsup_messages.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/gprs/gprs_gsup_messages.c
@@ -303,6 +303,11 @@
 			gsup_msg->msisdn_enc_len = value_len;
 			break;
 
+		case GPRS_GSUP_HLR_NUMBER_IE:
+			gsup_msg->hlr_enc = value;
+			gsup_msg->hlr_enc_len = value_len;
+			break;
+
 		default:
 			LOGP(DGPRS, LOGL_NOTICE,
 			     "GSUP IE type %d unknown\n", iei);
@@ -394,6 +399,9 @@
 	if (gsup_msg->msisdn_enc)
 		msgb_tlv_put(msg, GPRS_GSUP_MSISDN_IE,
 				gsup_msg->msisdn_enc_len, gsup_msg->msisdn_enc);
+	if (gsup_msg->hlr_enc)
+		msgb_tlv_put(msg, GPRS_GSUP_HLR_NUMBER_IE,
+				gsup_msg->hlr_enc_len, gsup_msg->hlr_enc);
 
 	if ((u8 = gsup_msg->cause))
 		msgb_tlv_put(msg, GPRS_GSUP_CAUSE_IE, sizeof(u8), &u8);
diff --git a/openbsc/tests/gprs/gprs_test.c b/openbsc/tests/gprs/gprs_test.c
index bbd1d8a..c78b98a 100644
--- a/openbsc/tests/gprs/gprs_test.c
+++ b/openbsc/tests/gprs/gprs_test.c
@@ -445,6 +445,8 @@
 		TEST_IMSI_IE,
 		0x08, 0x07, /* MSISDN of the subscriber */
 			0x91, 0x94, 0x61, 0x46, 0x32, 0x24, 0x43,
+		0x09, 0x07, /* HLR-Number of the subscriber */
+			0x91, 0x83, 0x52, 0x38, 0x48, 0x83, 0x93,
 		0x04, 0x00, /* PDP info complete */
 		0x05, 0x15,
 			0x10, 0x01, 0x01,