diff --git a/src/org/jitsi/impl/neomedia/MediaServiceImpl.java b/src/org/jitsi/impl/neomedia/MediaServiceImpl.java
index 0da2349bd631243fb866365798ca264b004346a9..a14188885290bf766dbf97c4a4c320f490971c2d 100755
--- a/src/org/jitsi/impl/neomedia/MediaServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/org/jitsi/impl/neomedia/MediaServiceImpl.java
@@ -134,6 +134,12 @@ public class MediaServiceImpl
     private static final String ENCODING_CONFIG_PROP_PREFIX
         = "net.java.sip.communicator.impl.neomedia.codec.EncodingConfiguration";
 
+    /**
+     * The value which will be used for the canonical end-point identifier
+     * (CNAME) in RTCP packets sent by this running instance of libjitsi.
+     */
+    private static final String rtpCname = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+
     /**
      * The <tt>CaptureDevice</tt> user choices such as the default audio and
      * video capture devices.
@@ -1635,6 +1641,14 @@ public static boolean isMediaTypeSupportEnabled(MediaType mediaType)
                 && !Boolean.getBoolean(propertyName);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    public String getRtpCname()
+    {
+        return rtpCname;
+    }
+
     /**
      * The listener which will be notified for changes in the video container.
      * Whether the container is displayable or not we will stop the player
diff --git a/src/org/jitsi/service/neomedia/MediaService.java b/src/org/jitsi/service/neomedia/MediaService.java
index e44b3071d6460bed6b5d4b2a305e1a8ec5a99f1f..8426661f8ba80bd6ff4830cd01255cb9bc322f38 100644
--- a/src/org/jitsi/service/neomedia/MediaService.java
+++ b/src/org/jitsi/service/neomedia/MediaService.java
@@ -380,4 +380,14 @@ public Object getVideoPreviewComponent(
      * list of listeners interested in notifications from <tt>Recorder</tt>s
      */
     public void removeRecorderListener(Recorder.Listener listener);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the value which will be used for the canonical end-point
+     * identifier (CNAME) in RTCP packets sent by this running instance of
+     * libjitsi.
+     * @return the value which will be used for the canonical end-point
+     * identifier (CNAME) in RTCP packets sent by this running instance of
+     * libjitsi.
+     */
+    public String getRtpCname();
 }