diff --git a/resources/templates/conf/sip_profiles/external.xml.noload b/resources/templates/conf/sip_profiles/external.xml.noload
index 374224aa58..0fc85450bc 100644
--- a/resources/templates/conf/sip_profiles/external.xml.noload
+++ b/resources/templates/conf/sip_profiles/external.xml.noload
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@
 		<param name="force-register-db-domain" value="$${domain}" enabled="false"/>
 		<!-- ************************************************* -->
 
+		<!-- suppress CNG on this profile or per call with the 'suppress_cng' variable -->
+		<param name="suppress-cng" value="true" enabled="true"/>
+
 		<!--<param name="aggressive-nat-detection" value="true"/>-->
 		<param name="inbound-codec-negotiation" value="generous"/>
 		<param name="nonce-ttl" value="60"/>