diff --git a/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/msg/msg_mime.c b/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/msg/msg_mime.c
index f2704e830a..4fe75a24de 100644
--- a/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/msg/msg_mime.c
+++ b/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/msg/msg_mime.c
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ msg_multipart_t *msg_multipart_parse(su_home_t *home,
   msg_t msg[1] = {{{ SU_HOME_INIT(msg) }}};
   size_t len, m, blen;
   char *boundary, *p, *next, save;
-  char const *b, *end;
+  char *b, *end;
   msg_param_t param;
 
   p = pl->pl_data; len = pl->pl_len; end = p + len;
@@ -438,8 +438,11 @@ msg_multipart_t *msg_multipart_parse(su_home_t *home,
     *mmp = mp; mmp = &mp->mp_next;
 
     /* Put delimiter transport-padding CRLF here */
-    mp->mp_common->h_data = b;
+
+	*b = '\0';
     mp->mp_common->h_len = p - b;
+	b += strlen(boundary) - 2;
+    mp->mp_common->h_data = b;
 
     /* .. and body-part here */
     mp->mp_data = p;
@@ -449,14 +452,17 @@ msg_multipart_t *msg_multipart_parse(su_home_t *home,
       /* We found close-delimiter */
       assert(mp);
       if (!mp)
-	break;			/* error */
+		  break;			/* error */
       mp->mp_close_delim = (msg_payload_t *)
-	msg_header_alloc(msg_home(msg), msg_payload_class, 0);
+		  msg_header_alloc(msg_home(msg), msg_payload_class, 0);
       if (!mp->mp_close_delim)
-	break;			/* error */
+		  break;			/* error */
       /* Include also transport-padding and epilogue in the close-delimiter */
-      mp->mp_close_delim->pl_data = next;
+	  *next = '\0';
       mp->mp_close_delim->pl_len = p + len - next;
+	  next += strlen(boundary) - 2;
+      mp->mp_close_delim->pl_data = next;
+	  
       break;
     }
 
@@ -515,8 +521,8 @@ msg_multipart_t *msg_multipart_parse(su_home_t *home,
     mp->mp_data = boundary;
     mp->mp_len = (unsigned)blen; /* XXX */
 
-    assert(mp->mp_payload || mp->mp_separator);
-
+    if (!(mp->mp_payload || mp->mp_separator)) continue;
+	
     if (mp->mp_close_delim) {
       msg_header_t **tail;
 
diff --git a/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/nua/nua_session.c b/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/nua/nua_session.c
index 83e5f91658..032c0a04f2 100644
--- a/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/nua/nua_session.c
+++ b/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/nua/nua_session.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include <sofia-sip/sip_status.h>
 #include <sofia-sip/sip_util.h>
 #include <sofia-sip/su_uniqueid.h>
+#include <sofia-sip/msg_mime_protos.h>
 
 #define NTA_INCOMING_MAGIC_T struct nua_server_request
 #define NTA_OUTGOING_MAGIC_T struct nua_client_request
@@ -2114,7 +2115,7 @@ nua_session_server_init(nua_server_request_t *sr)
   msg_t *msg = sr->sr_response.msg;
   sip_t *sip = sr->sr_response.sip;
 
-  sip_t const *request = sr->sr_request.sip;
+  sip_t *request = (sip_t *) sr->sr_request.sip;
 
   if (!sr->sr_initial)
     sr->sr_usage = nua_dialog_usage_get(nh->nh_ds, nua_session_usage, NULL);
@@ -2135,6 +2136,54 @@ nua_session_server_init(nua_server_request_t *sr)
     /* XXX - soa should know what it supports */
     sip_add_dup(msg, sip, (sip_header_t *)a);
 
+	/* if we see there is a multipart content-type, 
+	   parse it into the sip structre and find the SDP and replace it 
+	   into the request as the requested content */
+	if (request->sip_content_type &&
+        su_casenmatch(request->sip_content_type->c_type, "multipart/", 10)) {
+		msg_multipart_t *mp, *mpp;
+
+		if (request->sip_multipart) {
+			mp = request->sip_multipart;
+		} else {
+			mp = msg_multipart_parse(msg_home(msg),
+									 request->sip_content_type,
+									 (sip_payload_t *)request->sip_payload);
+			request->sip_multipart = mp;
+		}
+
+		if (mp) {
+			int sdp = 0;
+			
+			/* extract the SDP and set the primary content-type and payload to that SDP as if it was the only content so SOA will work */
+			for(mpp = mp; mpp; mpp = mpp->mp_next) {
+				if (mpp->mp_content_type && mpp->mp_content_type->c_type && 
+					mpp->mp_payload && mpp->mp_payload->pl_data && 
+					su_casenmatch(mpp->mp_content_type->c_type, "application/sdp", 15)) {
+
+					request->sip_content_type = msg_content_type_dup(msg_home(msg), mpp->mp_content_type);
+					
+					if (request->sip_content_length) {
+						request->sip_content_length->l_length = mpp->mp_payload->pl_len;
+					}
+					
+					request->sip_payload->pl_data = su_strdup(msg_home(msg), mpp->mp_payload->pl_data);
+					request->sip_payload->pl_len = mpp->mp_payload->pl_len;
+
+					sdp++;
+
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+
+			/* insist on the existance of a SDP in the content or refuse the request */
+			if (!sdp) {
+				return SR_STATUS1(sr, SIP_406_NOT_ACCEPTABLE);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+
     /* Make sure caller uses application/sdp without compression */
     if (nta_check_session_content(NULL, request, a, TAG_END())) {
       sip_add_make(msg, sip, sip_accept_encoding_class, "");