diff --git a/src/modules/app_lua/app_lua_sr.c b/src/modules/app_lua/app_lua_sr.c
index f6155dc7415..6edba5d7a79 100644
--- a/src/modules/app_lua/app_lua_sr.c
+++ b/src/modules/app_lua/app_lua_sr.c
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ static const luaL_Reg _sr_hdr_Map [] = {
 /**
  *
  */
-static int lua_sr_pv_get (lua_State *L)
+static int lua_sr_pv_get_val (lua_State *L, int rmode)
 {
 	str pvn;
 	pv_spec_t *pvs;
@@ -895,35 +895,56 @@ static int lua_sr_pv_get (lua_State *L)
 	env_L = sr_lua_env_get();
 
 	pvn.s = (char*)lua_tostring(L, -1);
-	if(pvn.s==NULL || env_L->msg==NULL)
-		return 0;
+	if(pvn.s==NULL || env_L->msg==NULL) {
+		if(rmode) {
+			lua_pushlstring(L, "<<null>>", 8);
+			return 1;
+		} else {
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
 
 	pvn.len = strlen(pvn.s);
 	LM_DBG("pv get: %s\n", pvn.s);
 	pl = pv_locate_name(&pvn);
-	if(pl != pvn.len)
-	{
+	if(pl != pvn.len) {
 		LM_ERR("invalid pv [%s] (%d/%d)\n", pvn.s, pl, pvn.len);
-		return 0;
+		if(rmode) {
+			lua_pushlstring(L, "<<null>>", 8);
+			return 1;
+		} else {
+			return 0;
+		}
 	}
 	pvs = pv_cache_get(&pvn);
-	if(pvs==NULL)
-	{
+	if(pvs==NULL) {
 		LM_ERR("cannot get pv spec for [%s]\n", pvn.s);
-		return 0;
+		if(rmode) {
+			lua_pushlstring(L, "<<null>>", 8);
+			return 1;
+		} else {
+			return 0;
+		}
 	}
 	memset(&val, 0, sizeof(pv_value_t));
-	if(pv_get_spec_value(env_L->msg, pvs, &val) != 0)
-	{
+	if(pv_get_spec_value(env_L->msg, pvs, &val) != 0) {
 		LM_ERR("unable to get pv value for [%s]\n", pvn.s);
-		return 0;
+		if(rmode) {
+			lua_pushlstring(L, "<<null>>", 8);
+			return 1;
+		} else {
+			return 0;
+		}
 	}
-	if(val.flags&PV_VAL_NULL)
-	{
-		return 0;
+	if(val.flags&PV_VAL_NULL) {
+		if(rmode) {
+			lua_pushlstring(L, "<<null>>", 8);
+			return 1;
+		} else {
+			return 0;
+		}
 	}
-	if(val.flags&PV_TYPE_INT)
-	{
+	if(val.flags&PV_TYPE_INT) {
 		lua_pushinteger(L, val.ri);
 		return 1;
 	}
@@ -931,6 +952,22 @@ static int lua_sr_pv_get (lua_State *L)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+/**
+ *
+ */
+static int lua_sr_pv_get (lua_State *L)
+{
+	return lua_sr_pv_get_val(L, 0);
+}
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+static int lua_sr_pv_getw (lua_State *L)
+{
+	return lua_sr_pv_get_val(L, 1);
+}
+
 /**
  *
  */
@@ -1137,6 +1174,7 @@ static int lua_sr_pv_is_null (lua_State *L)
  */
 static const luaL_Reg _sr_pv_Map [] = {
 	{"get",      lua_sr_pv_get},
+	{"getw",     lua_sr_pv_getw},
 	{"seti",     lua_sr_pv_seti},
 	{"sets",     lua_sr_pv_sets},
 	{"unset",    lua_sr_pv_unset},