diff --git a/libs/freetdm/mod_freetdm/mod_freetdm.c b/libs/freetdm/mod_freetdm/mod_freetdm.c
index 63d4cd9644..865b52363f 100755
--- a/libs/freetdm/mod_freetdm/mod_freetdm.c
+++ b/libs/freetdm/mod_freetdm/mod_freetdm.c
@@ -2294,7 +2294,6 @@ static FIO_SIGNAL_CB_FUNCTION(on_fxo_signal)
 			}
 		}
 		break;
-	case FTDM_SIGEVENT_SIGSTATUS_CHANGED:
 	case FTDM_SIGEVENT_COLLECTED_DIGIT: /* Analog E&M */
 		{
 			int span_id = ftdm_channel_get_span_id(sigmsg->channel);
@@ -2336,6 +2335,9 @@ static FIO_SIGNAL_CB_FUNCTION(on_fxo_signal)
 			}
 		}
 		break;
+	case FTDM_SIGEVENT_SIGSTATUS_CHANGED:
+		/* span signaling status changed ... nothing to do here .. */
+		break;
 	default:
 		{
 			switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_WARNING, "Unhandled msg type %d for channel %d:%d\n",
diff --git a/libs/freetdm/src/ftmod/ftmod_analog_em/ftmod_analog_em.c b/libs/freetdm/src/ftmod/ftmod_analog_em/ftmod_analog_em.c
index c387d5a528..9d5dd60be7 100644
--- a/libs/freetdm/src/ftmod/ftmod_analog_em/ftmod_analog_em.c
+++ b/libs/freetdm/src/ftmod/ftmod_analog_em/ftmod_analog_em.c
@@ -196,6 +196,23 @@ static ftdm_status_t ftdm_analog_em_start(ftdm_span_t *span)
 	return ftdm_thread_create_detached(ftdm_analog_em_run, span);
 }
 
+static void ftdm_analog_set_chan_sig_status(ftdm_channel_t *ftdmchan, ftdm_signaling_status_t status)
+{
+	ftdm_sigmsg_t sig;
+	ftdm_log_chan(ftdmchan, FTDM_LOG_DEBUG, "Signalling link status changed to %s\n", ftdm_signaling_status2str(status));
+
+	memset(&sig, 0, sizeof(sig));
+	sig.chan_id = ftdmchan->chan_id;
+	sig.span_id = ftdmchan->span_id;
+	sig.channel = ftdmchan;
+	sig.event_id = FTDM_SIGEVENT_SIGSTATUS_CHANGED;
+	sig.ev_data.sigstatus.status = status;
+	if (ftdm_span_send_signal(ftdmchan->span, &sig) != FTDM_SUCCESS) {
+		ftdm_log_chan(ftdmchan, FTDM_LOG_ERROR, "Failed to change channel status to %s\n", ftdm_signaling_status2str(status));
+	}
+	return;
+}
+
 /**
  * \brief Stops EM span thread (monitor)
  * \param span Span to monitor
@@ -215,10 +232,16 @@ static ftdm_status_t ftdm_analog_em_stop(ftdm_span_t *span)
  * \param status	Pointer to set signalling status
  * \return Success or failure
  */
-
 static FIO_CHANNEL_GET_SIG_STATUS_FUNCTION(analog_em_get_channel_sig_status)
 {
-	ftdm_unused_arg(ftdmchan);
+	if (ftdm_test_flag(ftdmchan, FTDM_CHANNEL_IN_ALARM)) {
+		*status = FTDM_SIG_STATE_DOWN;
+		return FTDM_SUCCESS;
+	}
+	if (ftdm_test_flag(ftdmchan, FTDM_CHANNEL_SUSPENDED)) {
+		*status = FTDM_SIG_STATE_SUSPENDED;
+		return FTDM_SUCCESS;
+	}
 	*status = FTDM_SIG_STATE_UP;
 	return FTDM_SUCCESS;
 }
@@ -229,11 +252,82 @@ static FIO_CHANNEL_GET_SIG_STATUS_FUNCTION(analog_em_get_channel_sig_status)
  * \param status	Pointer to set signalling status
  * \return Success or failure
  */
-
 static FIO_SPAN_GET_SIG_STATUS_FUNCTION(analog_em_get_span_sig_status)
 {
-	ftdm_unused_arg(span);
-	*status = FTDM_SIG_STATE_UP;
+	ftdm_iterator_t *citer = NULL;
+	ftdm_iterator_t *chaniter = ftdm_span_get_chan_iterator(span, NULL);
+	if (!chaniter) {
+		ftdm_log(FTDM_LOG_CRIT, "Failed to allocate channel iterator for span %s!\n", span->name);
+		return FTDM_FAIL;
+	}
+	/* if ALL channels are in alarm, report DOWN, UP otherwise. */
+	*status = FTDM_SIG_STATE_DOWN;
+	for (citer = chaniter; citer; citer = ftdm_iterator_next(citer)) {
+		ftdm_channel_t *fchan = ftdm_iterator_current(citer);
+		ftdm_channel_lock(fchan);
+		if (!ftdm_test_flag(fchan, FTDM_CHANNEL_IN_ALARM)) {
+			if (!ftdm_test_flag(fchan, FTDM_CHANNEL_SUSPENDED)) {
+				*status = FTDM_SIG_STATE_UP;
+				ftdm_channel_unlock(fchan);
+				break;
+			} else {
+				*status = FTDM_SIG_STATE_SUSPENDED;
+			}
+		}
+		ftdm_channel_unlock(fchan);
+	}
+	ftdm_iterator_free(chaniter);
+	return FTDM_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+static FIO_CHANNEL_SET_SIG_STATUS_FUNCTION(analog_em_set_channel_sig_status)
+{
+	switch (status) {
+	case FTDM_SIG_STATE_DOWN:
+		ftdm_log_chan(ftdmchan, FTDM_LOG_WARNING, "Cannot bring channel down, perhaps you want to try '%s'\n", ftdm_signaling_status2str(FTDM_SIG_STATE_SUSPENDED));
+		return FTDM_FAIL;
+	case FTDM_SIG_STATE_SUSPENDED:
+		if (!ftdm_test_flag(ftdmchan, FTDM_CHANNEL_SUSPENDED)) {
+			ftdm_set_flag(ftdmchan, FTDM_CHANNEL_SUSPENDED);
+			ftdm_analog_set_chan_sig_status(ftdmchan, FTDM_SIG_STATE_SUSPENDED);
+		}
+		break;
+	case FTDM_SIG_STATE_UP:
+		if (ftdm_test_flag(ftdmchan, FTDM_CHANNEL_SUSPENDED)) {
+			ftdm_clear_flag(ftdmchan, FTDM_CHANNEL_SUSPENDED);
+			if (!ftdm_test_flag(ftdmchan, FTDM_CHANNEL_IN_ALARM)) {
+				ftdm_analog_set_chan_sig_status(ftdmchan, FTDM_SIG_STATE_UP);
+			}
+		}
+		break;
+	default:
+		ftdm_log_chan(ftdmchan, FTDM_LOG_WARNING, "Cannot set signaling status to unknown value '%d'\n", status);
+		return FTDM_FAIL;
+	}
+	return FTDM_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+static FIO_SPAN_SET_SIG_STATUS_FUNCTION(analog_em_set_span_sig_status)
+{
+	ftdm_iterator_t *chaniter = NULL;
+	ftdm_iterator_t *citer = NULL;
+
+	chaniter = ftdm_span_get_chan_iterator(span, NULL);
+	if (!chaniter) {
+		ftdm_log(FTDM_LOG_CRIT, "Failed to allocate channel iterator for span %s!\n", span->name);
+		return FTDM_FAIL;
+	}
+	/* iterate over all channels, setting them to the requested state */
+	for (citer = chaniter; citer; citer = ftdm_iterator_next(citer)) {
+		ftdm_channel_t *fchan = ftdm_iterator_current(citer);
+		/* we set channel's state through analog_em_set_channel_sig_status(), since it already takes care of notifying the user when appropriate */
+		ftdm_channel_lock(fchan);
+		if ((analog_em_set_channel_sig_status(fchan, status)) != FTDM_SUCCESS) {
+			ftdm_log_chan(fchan, FTDM_LOG_ERROR, "Failed to set signaling status to %s\n", ftdm_signaling_status2str(status));
+		}
+		ftdm_channel_unlock(fchan);
+	}
+	ftdm_iterator_free(chaniter);
 	return FTDM_SUCCESS;
 }
 
@@ -334,6 +428,8 @@ static FIO_SIG_CONFIGURE_FUNCTION(ftdm_analog_em_configure_span)
 	span->outgoing_call = analog_em_outgoing_call;
 	span->get_channel_sig_status = analog_em_get_channel_sig_status;
 	span->get_span_sig_status = analog_em_get_span_sig_status;
+	span->set_channel_sig_status = analog_em_set_channel_sig_status;
+	span->set_span_sig_status = analog_em_set_span_sig_status;
 	ftdm_span_load_tones(span, tonemap);
 	if (immediate_ringback || !ftdm_strlen_zero(ringback_file)) {
 		analog_data->immediate_ringback = FTDM_TRUE;
@@ -859,6 +955,12 @@ static __inline__ ftdm_status_t process_event(ftdm_span_t *span, ftdm_event_t *e
 	ftdm_mutex_lock(event->channel->mutex);
 	locked++;
 
+	if (ftdm_test_flag(event->channel, FTDM_CHANNEL_SUSPENDED)) {
+		ftdm_log(FTDM_LOG_WARNING, "Ignoring event %s on channel %d:%d in state %s, channel is suspended\n",
+				ftdm_oob_event2str(event->enum_id), event->channel->span_id, event->channel->chan_id, ftdm_channel_state2str(event->channel->state));
+		goto done;
+	}
+
 	switch(event->enum_id) {
 	case FTDM_OOB_ONHOOK:
 		{
@@ -893,6 +995,9 @@ static __inline__ ftdm_status_t process_event(ftdm_span_t *span, ftdm_event_t *e
 		}
 		break;
 	}
+
+done:
+
 	if (locked) {
 		ftdm_mutex_unlock(event->channel->mutex);
 	}