diff --git a/openbsc/include/openbsc/mgcp.h b/openbsc/include/openbsc/mgcp.h
index 4adea96..850396a 100644
--- a/openbsc/include/openbsc/mgcp.h
+++ b/openbsc/include/openbsc/mgcp.h
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@
 int mgcp_vty_init(void);
 int mgcp_endpoints_allocate(struct mgcp_config *cfg);
 void mgcp_free_endp(struct mgcp_endpoint *endp);
+int mgcp_reset_transcoder(struct mgcp_config *cfg);
 
 /*
  * format helper functions
diff --git a/openbsc/src/mgcp/mgcp_protocol.c b/openbsc/src/mgcp/mgcp_protocol.c
index f18431a..5abdeae 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/mgcp/mgcp_protocol.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/mgcp/mgcp_protocol.c
@@ -951,3 +951,22 @@
 	send_dlcx(endp, in_endp);
 	send_dlcx(endp, out_endp);
 }
+
+int mgcp_reset_transcoder(struct mgcp_config *cfg)
+{
+	struct sockaddr_in addr;
+
+	if (!cfg->transcoder_ip)
+		return -1;
+
+	static const char mgcp_reset[] = {
+	    "RSIP 1 13@mgw MGCP 1.0\r\n"
+	};
+
+	memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr));
+	addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+	addr.sin_addr = cfg->transcoder_in;
+	addr.sin_port = htons(2427);
+	return sendto(cfg->gw_fd.bfd.fd, mgcp_reset, sizeof mgcp_reset -1, 0,
+		      (struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof(addr));
+}
diff --git a/openbsc/src/nat/bsc_mgcp_utils.c b/openbsc/src/nat/bsc_mgcp_utils.c
index 7659527..b84a262 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/nat/bsc_mgcp_utils.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/nat/bsc_mgcp_utils.c
@@ -663,6 +663,15 @@
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	if (mgcp_reset_transcoder(cfg) < 0) {
+		LOGP(DMGCP, LOGL_ERROR, "Failed to send packet to the transcoder.\n");
+		talloc_free(nat->bsc_endpoints);
+		nat->bsc_endpoints = NULL;
+		close(cfg->gw_fd.bfd.fd);
+		cfg->gw_fd.bfd.fd = -1;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }