diff --git a/docs/rtpengine-recording.md b/docs/rtpengine-recording.md
index 0c583b3d99..bad2837a70 100644
--- a/docs/rtpengine-recording.md
+++ b/docs/rtpengine-recording.md
@@ -307,12 +307,17 @@ sufficient for a standard installation of rtpengine.
 
     Forward raw RTP packets to a Unix socket. Disabled by default.
 
+- __\-\-tcp-send-to=__*IP*:*PORT*
+- __\-\-tcp-resample=__*INT*
 - __\-\-tls-send-to=__*IP*:*PORT*
 - __\-\-tls-resample=__*INT*
 
-    Send decoded audio over a TCP TLS connection to the specified destination.
+    Send decoded audio over a TCP or TLS connection to the specified destination.
     Audio is sent as raw mono 16-bit PCM in the given sample rate.
 
+    Only one of these option combinations (TCP or TLS) can be active at the
+    same time.
+
 - __\-\-notify-uri=__*URI*
 
     Enable HTTP notification about finished recordings to the specified URI, which
diff --git a/etc/rtpengine-recording.conf b/etc/rtpengine-recording.conf
index 681415de48..162f664b1b 100644
--- a/etc/rtpengine-recording.conf
+++ b/etc/rtpengine-recording.conf
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ table = 0
 ### TCP/TLS output of PCM audio
 # tls-send-to = 10.4.1.7:15413
 # tls-resample = 16000
+# tls-disable = 0
 
 ### mysql configuration for db storage
 # mysql-host = localhost
diff --git a/recording-daemon/main.c b/recording-daemon/main.c
index bbaa9a2e0d..1490cfea9e 100644
--- a/recording-daemon/main.c
+++ b/recording-daemon/main.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ char *forward_to = NULL;
 static char *tls_send_to = NULL;
 endpoint_t tls_send_to_ep;
 int tls_resample = 8000;
+bool tls_disable = false;
 char *notify_uri;
 gboolean notify_post;
 gboolean notify_nverify;
@@ -189,6 +190,7 @@ static void options(int *argc, char ***argv) {
 	g_autoptr(char) user_uid = NULL;
 	g_autoptr(char) group_gid = NULL;
 	g_autoptr(char) mix_method_str = NULL;
+	g_autoptr(char) tcp_send_to = NULL;
 
 	GOptionEntry e[] = {
 		{ "table",		't', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT,	&ktable,	"Kernel table rtpengine uses",		"INT"		},
@@ -214,8 +216,10 @@ static void options(int *argc, char ***argv) {
 		{ "mysql-pass",		0,   0,	G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,	&c_mysql_pass,	"MySQL connection credentials",		"PASSWORD"	},
 		{ "mysql-db",		0,   0,	G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,	&c_mysql_db,	"MySQL database name",			"STRING"	},
 		{ "forward-to", 	0,   0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,	&forward_to,	"Where to forward to (unix socket)",	"PATH"		},
+		{ "tcp-send-to", 	0,   0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,	&tcp_send_to,	"Where to send to (TCP destination)",	"IP:PORT"	},
 		{ "tls-send-to", 	0,   0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,	&tls_send_to,	"Where to send to (TLS destination)",	"IP:PORT"	},
-		{ "tls-resample", 	0,   0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT,	&tls_resample,	"Sampling rate for TLS PCM output",	"INT"		},
+		{ "tcp-resample", 	0,   0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT,	&tls_resample,	"Sampling rate for TCP/TLS PCM output",	"INT"		},
+		{ "tls-resample", 	0,   0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT,	&tls_resample,	"Sampling rate for TCP/TLS PCM output",	"INT"		},
 		{ "notify-uri", 	0,   0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,	&notify_uri,	"Notify destination for finished outputs","URI"		},
 		{ "notify-post", 	0,   0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,	&notify_post,	"Use POST instead of GET",		NULL		},
 		{ "notify-no-verify", 	0,   0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,	&notify_nverify,"Don't verify HTTPS peer certificate",	NULL		},
@@ -241,9 +245,16 @@ static void options(int *argc, char ***argv) {
 	if (output_format == NULL)
 		output_format = g_strdup("wav");
 
+	if (tcp_send_to) {
+		if (tls_send_to)
+			die("Cannot have both 'tcp-send-to' and 'tls-send-to' active at the same time");
+		tls_send_to = tcp_send_to;
+		tls_disable = true;
+	}
+
 	if (tls_send_to) {
 		if (endpoint_parse_any_getaddrinfo_full(&tls_send_to_ep, tls_send_to))
-			die("Failed to parse 'tls-send-to' option");
+			die("Failed to parse 'tcp-send-to' or 'tls-send-to' option");
 	}
 
 	if (!strcmp(output_format, "none")) {
diff --git a/recording-daemon/main.h b/recording-daemon/main.h
index c2cc636634..35b07c03f6 100644
--- a/recording-daemon/main.h
+++ b/recording-daemon/main.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ extern int c_mysql_port;
 extern char *forward_to;
 extern endpoint_t tls_send_to_ep;
 extern int tls_resample;
+extern bool tls_disable;
 extern char *notify_uri;
 extern gboolean notify_post;
 extern gboolean notify_nverify;
diff --git a/recording-daemon/packet.c b/recording-daemon/packet.c
index 6ccecfdcf0..920bff2c2f 100644
--- a/recording-daemon/packet.c
+++ b/recording-daemon/packet.c
@@ -90,12 +90,14 @@ static void ssrc_tls_shutdown(ssrc_t *ssrc) {
 	streambuf_destroy(ssrc->tls_fwd_stream);
 	ssrc->tls_fwd_stream = NULL;
 	resample_shutdown(&ssrc->tls_fwd_resampler);
-	if (ssrc->ssl)
+	if (ssrc->ssl) {
 		SSL_free(ssrc->ssl);
-	ssrc->ssl = NULL;
-	if (ssrc->ssl_ctx)
+		ssrc->ssl = NULL;
+	}
+	if (ssrc->ssl_ctx) {
 		SSL_CTX_free(ssrc->ssl_ctx);
-	ssrc->ssl_ctx = NULL;
+		ssrc->ssl_ctx = NULL;
+	}
 	close_socket(&ssrc->tls_fwd_sock);
 	ssrc->sent_intro = 0;
 }
@@ -108,32 +110,39 @@ void ssrc_tls_state(ssrc_t *ssrc) {
 	if (ssrc->tls_fwd_poller.state == PS_CONNECTING) {
 		int status = connect_socket_retry(&ssrc->tls_fwd_sock);
 		if (status == 0) {
-			dbg("TLS connection to %s doing handshake",
-				endpoint_print_buf(&tls_send_to_ep));
-			ssrc->tls_fwd_poller.state = PS_HANDSHAKE;
-			if ((ret = SSL_connect(ssrc->ssl)) == 1) {
-				dbg("TLS connection to %s established",
-						endpoint_print_buf(&tls_send_to_ep));
+			if (tls_disable) {
 				ssrc->tls_fwd_poller.state = PS_OPEN;
 				streambuf_writeable(ssrc->tls_fwd_stream);
+			} else {
+				dbg("TLS connection to %s doing handshake",
+					endpoint_print_buf(&tls_send_to_ep));
+				ssrc->tls_fwd_poller.state = PS_HANDSHAKE;
+				if ((ret = SSL_connect(ssrc->ssl)) == 1) {
+					dbg("TLS connection to %s established",
+							endpoint_print_buf(&tls_send_to_ep));
+					ssrc->tls_fwd_poller.state = PS_OPEN;
+					streambuf_writeable(ssrc->tls_fwd_stream);
+				}
+				else
+					ssrc_tls_check_blocked(ssrc->ssl, ret);
 			}
-			else
-				ssrc_tls_check_blocked(ssrc->ssl, ret);
 		}
 		else if (status < 0) {
-			ilog(LOG_ERR, "Failed to connect TLS socket: %s", strerror(errno));
+			ilog(LOG_ERR, "Failed to connect TLS/TCP socket: %s", strerror(errno));
 			ssrc_tls_shutdown(ssrc);
 		}
 	}
 	else if (ssrc->tls_fwd_poller.state == PS_HANDSHAKE) {
-		if ((ret = SSL_connect(ssrc->ssl)) == 1) {
-			dbg("TLS connection to %s established",
-					endpoint_print_buf(&tls_send_to_ep));
-			ssrc->tls_fwd_poller.state = PS_OPEN;
-			streambuf_writeable(ssrc->tls_fwd_stream);
+		if (!tls_disable) {
+			if ((ret = SSL_connect(ssrc->ssl)) == 1) {
+				dbg("TLS connection to %s established",
+						endpoint_print_buf(&tls_send_to_ep));
+				ssrc->tls_fwd_poller.state = PS_OPEN;
+				streambuf_writeable(ssrc->tls_fwd_stream);
+			}
+			else
+				ssrc_tls_check_blocked(ssrc->ssl, ret);
 		}
-		else
-			ssrc_tls_check_blocked(ssrc->ssl, ret);
 	}
 	else if (ssrc->tls_fwd_poller.state == PS_WRITE_BLOCKED) {
 		ssrc->tls_fwd_poller.state = PS_OPEN;
@@ -244,26 +253,30 @@ static ssrc_t *ssrc_get(stream_t *stream, unsigned long ssrc) {
 	if ((stream->forwarding_on || mf->forwarding_on) && !ret->tls_fwd_stream && tls_send_to_ep.port) {
 		// initialise the connection
 		ZERO(ret->tls_fwd_poller);
-		dbg("Starting TLS connection to %s", endpoint_print_buf(&tls_send_to_ep));
+		if (!tls_disable) {
+			dbg("Starting TLS connection to %s", endpoint_print_buf(&tls_send_to_ep));
 #if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10100000L
-		ret->ssl_ctx = SSL_CTX_new(TLS_client_method());
+			ret->ssl_ctx = SSL_CTX_new(TLS_client_method());
 #else
-		ret->ssl_ctx = SSL_CTX_new(SSLv23_client_method());
+			ret->ssl_ctx = SSL_CTX_new(SSLv23_client_method());
 #endif
-		if (!ret->ssl_ctx) {
-			ilog(LOG_ERR, "Failed to create TLS context");
-			ssrc_tls_shutdown(ret);
-			goto tls_out;
-		}
-		ret->ssl = SSL_new(ret->ssl_ctx);
-		if (!ret->ssl) {
-			ilog(LOG_ERR, "Failed to create TLS connection");
-			ssrc_tls_shutdown(ret);
-			goto tls_out;
+			if (!ret->ssl_ctx) {
+				ilog(LOG_ERR, "Failed to create TLS context");
+	    			ssrc_tls_shutdown(ret);
+				goto tls_out;
+			}
+			ret->ssl = SSL_new(ret->ssl_ctx);
+			if (!ret->ssl) {
+				ilog(LOG_ERR, "Failed to create TLS connection");
+				ssrc_tls_shutdown(ret);
+				goto tls_out;
+			}
+		} else {
+			dbg("Starting TCP connection to %s", endpoint_print_buf(&tls_send_to_ep));
 		}
 		int status = connect_socket_nb(&ret->tls_fwd_sock, SOCK_STREAM, &tls_send_to_ep);
 		if (status < 0) {
-			ilog(LOG_ERR, "Failed to open/connect TLS socket to %s: %s",
+			ilog(LOG_ERR, "Failed to open/connect TLS/TCP socket to %s: %s",
 				endpoint_print_buf(&tls_send_to_ep),
 				strerror(errno));
 			ssrc_tls_shutdown(ret);
@@ -271,13 +284,16 @@ static ssrc_t *ssrc_get(stream_t *stream, unsigned long ssrc) {
 		}
 
 		ret->tls_fwd_poller.state = PS_CONNECTING;
-		if (SSL_set_fd(ret->ssl, ret->tls_fwd_sock.fd) != 1) {
-			ilog(LOG_ERR, "Failed to set TLS fd");
-			ssrc_tls_shutdown(ret);
-			goto tls_out;
+		if (!tls_disable) {
+			if (SSL_set_fd(ret->ssl, ret->tls_fwd_sock.fd) != 1) {
+				ilog(LOG_ERR, "Failed to set TLS fd");
+				ssrc_tls_shutdown(ret);
+				goto tls_out;
+			}
+			ret->tls_fwd_stream = streambuf_new_ptr(&ret->tls_fwd_poller, ret->ssl, &ssrc_tls_funcs);
+		} else {
+			ret->tls_fwd_stream = streambuf_new(&ret->tls_fwd_poller, ret->tls_fwd_sock.fd);
 		}
-		ret->tls_fwd_stream = streambuf_new_ptr(&ret->tls_fwd_poller, ret->ssl, &ssrc_tls_funcs);
-
 		ssrc_tls_state(ret);
 
 		ret->tls_fwd_format = (format_t) {