diff --git a/src/libosmo-mgcp-client/mgcp_client.c b/src/libosmo-mgcp-client/mgcp_client.c
index 78652a1..5df4560 100644
--- a/src/libosmo-mgcp-client/mgcp_client.c
+++ b/src/libosmo-mgcp-client/mgcp_client.c
@@ -1548,6 +1548,7 @@
 	{ MGCP_CONN_RECV_SEND, "sendrecv" },
 	{ MGCP_CONN_SEND_ONLY, "sendonly" },
 	{ MGCP_CONN_RECV_ONLY, "recvonly" },
+	{ MGCP_CONN_CONFECHO, "confecho" },
 	{ MGCP_CONN_LOOPBACK, "loopback" },
 	{ 0, NULL }
 };
diff --git a/src/libosmo-mgcp/mgcp_msg.c b/src/libosmo-mgcp/mgcp_msg.c
index 26a44c6..a46ffc2 100644
--- a/src/libosmo-mgcp/mgcp_msg.c
+++ b/src/libosmo-mgcp/mgcp_msg.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 }
 
 /*! Parse connection mode.
- *  \param[in] mode as string (recvonly, sendrecv, sendonly or loopback)
+ *  \param[in] mode as string (recvonly, sendrecv, sendonly confecho or loopback)
  *  \param[in] endp pointer to endpoint (only used for log output)
  *  \param[out] associated connection to be modified accordingly
  *  \returns 0 on success, -1 on error */
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@
 		conn->mode = MGCP_CONN_RECV_SEND;
 	else if (strcasecmp(mode, "sendonly") == 0)
 		conn->mode = MGCP_CONN_SEND_ONLY;
+	else if (strcasecmp(mode, "confecho") == 0)
+		conn->mode = MGCP_CONN_CONFECHO;
 	else if (strcasecmp(mode, "loopback") == 0)
 		conn->mode = MGCP_CONN_LOOPBACK;
 	else {