diff --git a/resources/install/scripts/app/voicemail/index.lua b/resources/install/scripts/app/voicemail/index.lua
index ee9e79e5cd..2cddb544c1 100644
--- a/resources/install/scripts/app/voicemail/index.lua
+++ b/resources/install/scripts/app/voicemail/index.lua
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@
 			if (not vm_disk_quota) then
 				vm_disk_quota = session:getVariable("vm_disk_quota");
 			end
+			record_silence_threshold = session:getVariable("record-silence-threshold");
+			if (not record_silence_threshold) then
+				record_silence_threshold = 300;
+			end
 			voicemail_authorized = session:getVariable("voicemail_authorized");
 			if (not vm_message_ext) then vm_message_ext = 'wav'; end
 
diff --git a/resources/install/scripts/app/voicemail/resources/functions/record_greeting.lua b/resources/install/scripts/app/voicemail/resources/functions/record_greeting.lua
index da41ef98fb..efa6da0e36 100644
--- a/resources/install/scripts/app/voicemail/resources/functions/record_greeting.lua
+++ b/resources/install/scripts/app/voicemail/resources/functions/record_greeting.lua
@@ -63,11 +63,10 @@
 						--prepare to record the greeting
 							if (session:ready()) then
 								max_len_seconds = 30;
-								silence_threshold = 30;
 								silence_seconds = 5;
 								mkdir(voicemail_dir.."/"..voicemail_id);
 								-- syntax is session:recordFile(file_name, max_len_secs, silence_threshold, silence_secs)
-								result = session:recordFile(voicemail_dir.."/"..voicemail_id.."/greeting_"..greeting_id..".tmp.wav", max_len_seconds, silence_threshold, silence_seconds);
+								result = session:recordFile(voicemail_dir.."/"..voicemail_id.."/greeting_"..greeting_id..".tmp.wav", max_len_seconds, record_silence_threshold, silence_seconds);
 								--session:execute("record", voicemail_dir.."/"..uuid.." 180 200");
 							end
 					end
diff --git a/resources/install/scripts/app/voicemail/resources/functions/record_message.lua b/resources/install/scripts/app/voicemail/resources/functions/record_message.lua
index 4b830f5297..397e52c32e 100644
--- a/resources/install/scripts/app/voicemail/resources/functions/record_message.lua
+++ b/resources/install/scripts/app/voicemail/resources/functions/record_message.lua
@@ -143,10 +143,9 @@
 		--save the recording
 			-- syntax is session:recordFile(file_name, max_len_secs, silence_threshold, silence_secs)
 			max_len_seconds = 300;
-			silence_threshold = 30;
 			silence_seconds = 5;
 			if (storage_path == "http_cache") then
-				result = session:recordFile(storage_path.."/"..voicemail_id.."/msg_"..uuid.."."..vm_message_ext, max_len_seconds, silence_threshold, silence_seconds);
+				result = session:recordFile(storage_path.."/"..voicemail_id.."/msg_"..uuid.."."..vm_message_ext, max_len_seconds, record_silence_threshold, silence_seconds);
 			else
 				mkdir(voicemail_dir.."/"..voicemail_id);
 				if (vm_message_ext == "mp3") then
@@ -154,10 +153,10 @@
 					if (shout_exists == "true") then
 						freeswitch.consoleLog("notice", "using mod_shout for mp3 encoding\n");
 						--record in mp3 directly
-							result = session:recordFile(voicemail_dir.."/"..voicemail_id.."/msg_"..uuid..".mp3", max_len_seconds, silence_threshold, silence_seconds);
+							result = session:recordFile(voicemail_dir.."/"..voicemail_id.."/msg_"..uuid..".mp3", max_len_seconds, record_silence_threshold, silence_seconds);
 					else
 						--create initial wav recording
-							result = session:recordFile(voicemail_dir.."/"..voicemail_id.."/msg_"..uuid..".wav", max_len_seconds, silence_threshold, silence_seconds);
+							result = session:recordFile(voicemail_dir.."/"..voicemail_id.."/msg_"..uuid..".wav", max_len_seconds, record_silence_threshold, silence_seconds);
 						--use lame to encode, if available
 							if (file_exists("/usr/bin/lame")) then
 								freeswitch.consoleLog("notice", "using lame for mp3 encoding\n");
@@ -176,7 +175,7 @@
 							end
 					end
 				else
-					result = session:recordFile(voicemail_dir.."/"..voicemail_id.."/msg_"..uuid.."."..vm_message_ext, max_len_seconds, silence_threshold, silence_seconds);
+					result = session:recordFile(voicemail_dir.."/"..voicemail_id.."/msg_"..uuid.."."..vm_message_ext, max_len_seconds, record_silence_threshold, silence_seconds);
 				end
 			end