--- a/console/linphonec.c	2013-05-10 15:07:00.000000000 +0200
+++ b/console/linphonec.c	2014-01-05 19:31:41.911495591 +0100
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #ifndef _WIN32_WCE
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <signal.h>
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@
 LPC_AUTH_STACK auth_stack;
 static int trace_level = 0;
 static char *logfile_name = NULL;
+static char *dtmf_path = NULL;
 static char configfile_name[PATH_MAX];
 static char zrtpsecrets[PATH_MAX];
 static const char *factory_configfile_name=NULL;
@@ -412,6 +414,38 @@
 	char *from=linphone_call_get_remote_address_as_string(call);
 	fprintf(stdout,"Receiving tone %c from %s\n",dtmf,from);
 	fflush(stdout);
+
+	if (dtmf_path != NULL && *dtmf_path != '\x00') {
+#if !defined(_WIN32_WCE)
+		pid_t pid;
+
+		linphonec_out("Spawning DTMF app.\n");
+
+		pid = fork();
+		if (pid < 0)
+			linphonec_out("DTMF app spawn failed.\n");
+		else if (pid == 0) {
+			char dtmfs[2];
+			dtmfs[0] = (char)dtmf;
+			dtmfs[1] = '\x00';
+
+			char * args[4];
+			args[0] = dtmf_path;
+			args[1] = dtmfs;
+			args[2] = from;
+			args[3] = NULL;
+
+			execv(dtmf_path, args);
+
+			exit(-1);
+		} else
+			if (waitpid(pid, NULL, 0) == -1)
+				linphonec_out("Waiting for DTMF app exit failed.\n");
+#else
+		linphonec_out("FIXME: implement spawning DTMF app on this platform.\n");
+#endif
+	}
+
 	ms_free(from);
 }
 
@@ -910,6 +944,7 @@
 "  -D                   enable video display only (disabled by default)\n"
 "  -S                   show general state messages (disabled by default)\n"
 "  --wid  windowid      force embedding of video window into provided windowid (disabled by default)\n"
+"  --dtmf path          spawn (synchronously) app on provided path on DTMF event with digit as first param and source as second (disabled by default)\n"
 "  -v or --version      display version and exits.\n");
 
   	exit(exit_status);
@@ -1270,6 +1305,12 @@
 				lpc_video_params.wid = window_id;
 			}
 		}
+		else if (strncmp ("--dtmf", argv[arg_num], 6) == 0)
+		{
+			arg_num++;
+			if (arg_num < argc)
+				dtmf_path = argv[arg_num];
+		}
 		else if (old_arg_num == arg_num)
 		{
 			fprintf (stderr, "ERROR: bad arguments\n");