diff --git a/bsc/MSC_ConnectionHandler.ttcn b/bsc/MSC_ConnectionHandler.ttcn
index aa54225..b3e6af6 100644
--- a/bsc/MSC_ConnectionHandler.ttcn
+++ b/bsc/MSC_ConnectionHandler.ttcn
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@
 /* Altsteps for handling of media related commands. Can be activated by a given
  * test case if it expects to see media related handling (i.e. voice calls) */
 altstep as_Media() runs on MSC_ConnHdlr {
-	[] as_Media_ipacc();
+	[not g_pars.ignore_ipa_media] as_Media_ipacc();
 	[] as_Media_mgw();
 }
 
@@ -760,7 +760,8 @@
 	boolean		expect_ho_fail_lchan_est,
 	boolean		inter_bsc_ho_in__ho_req_in_initial_sccp_cr,
 	boolean		ignore_mgw_mdcx,
-	boolean		fail_on_dlcx
+	boolean		fail_on_dlcx,
+	boolean		ignore_ipa_media
 };
 
 /* Note: Do not use valueof() to get a value of this template, use
@@ -808,7 +809,8 @@
 	expect_ho_fail_lchan_est := false,
 	inter_bsc_ho_in__ho_req_in_initial_sccp_cr := true,
 	ignore_mgw_mdcx := false,
-	fail_on_dlcx := true
+	fail_on_dlcx := true,
+	ignore_ipa_media := false
 }
 
 function f_create_chan_and_exp(template (present) PDU_BSSAP exp_l3_compl := ?)