diff --git a/resources/prosody-plugins/mod_filter_iq_rayo.lua b/resources/prosody-plugins/mod_filter_iq_rayo.lua
index 6b69c90c4..a71af0692 100644
--- a/resources/prosody-plugins/mod_filter_iq_rayo.lua
+++ b/resources/prosody-plugins/mod_filter_iq_rayo.lua
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ if token_util == nil then
     return;
 end
 
+-- configuration to limit number of outgoing calls
+local LIMIT_OUTGOING_CALLS = module:get_option_number("max_number_outgoing_calls", -1);
+
+-- Header names to use to push extra data extracted from token, if any
+local OUT_INITIATOR_USER_ATTR_NAME = "X-outbound-call-initiator-user";
+local OUT_INITIATOR_GROUP_ATTR_NAME = "X-outbound-call-initiator-group";
+
 -- filters rayo iq in case of requested from not jwt authenticated sessions
 -- or if the session has features in user context and it doesn't mention
 -- feature "outbound-call" to be enabled
@@ -39,11 +46,120 @@ module:hook("pre-iq/full", function(event)
                             (dial.attr.to == 'jitsi_meet_transcribe' and 'transcription'
                                 or 'outbound-call'))
             then
-                module:log("info",
+                module:log("warn",
                     "Filtering stanza dial, stanza:%s", tostring(stanza));
                 session.send(st.error_reply(stanza, "auth", "forbidden"));
                 return true;
             end
+
+            -- now lets check any limits if configured
+            if LIMIT_OUTGOING_CALLS > 0
+                and get_concurrent_outgoing_count(
+                        session.jitsi_meet_context_user["id"],
+                        session.jitsi_meet_context_group) >= LIMIT_OUTGOING_CALLS
+            then
+                module:log("warn",
+                    "Filtering stanza dial, stanza:%s, outgoing calls limit reached", tostring(stanza));
+                session.send(st.error_reply(stanza, "cancel", "resource-constraint"));
+                return true;
+            end
+
+            -- now lets insert token information if any
+            if session and session.jitsi_meet_context_user then
+                -- First remove any 'header' element if it already
+                -- exists, so it cannot be spoofed by a client
+                stanza:maptags(
+                    function(tag)
+                        if tag.name == "header"
+                                and (tag.attr.name == OUT_INITIATOR_USER_ATTR_NAME
+                                        or tag.attr.name == OUT_INITIATOR_GROUP_ATTR_NAME) then
+                            return nil
+                        end
+                        return tag
+                    end
+                )
+
+                local dial = stanza:get_child('dial', 'urn:xmpp:rayo:1');
+                -- adds initiator user id from token
+                dial:tag("header", {
+                    xmlns = "urn:xmpp:rayo:1",
+                    name = OUT_INITIATOR_USER_ATTR_NAME,
+                    value = session.jitsi_meet_context_user["id"] });
+                dial:up();
+
+                -- Add the initiator group information if it is present
+                if session.jitsi_meet_context_group then
+                    dial:tag("header", {
+                        xmlns = "urn:xmpp:rayo:1",
+                        name = OUT_INITIATOR_GROUP_ATTR_NAME,
+                        value = session.jitsi_meet_context_group });
+                    dial:up();
+                end
+            end
         end
     end
 end);
+
+--- Finds and returns the number of concurrent outgoing calls for a user
+-- @param context_user the user id extracted from the token
+-- @param context_group the group id extracted from the token
+-- @return returns the count of concurrent calls
+function get_concurrent_outgoing_count(context_user, context_group)
+    local count = 0;
+    for _, host in pairs(hosts) do
+        local component = host;
+        if component then
+            local muc = component.modules.muc
+            local rooms = nil;
+            if muc and rawget(muc,"rooms") then
+                -- We're running 0.9.x or 0.10 (old MUC API)
+                return muc.rooms;
+            elseif muc and rawget(muc,"live_rooms") then
+                -- We're running >=0.11 (new MUC API)
+                rooms = muc.live_rooms();
+            elseif muc and rawget(muc,"each_room") then
+                -- We're running trunk<0.11 (each_room is later [DEPRECATED])
+                rooms = muc.each_room(true);
+            end
+
+            -- now lets iterate over rooms and occupants and search for
+            -- call initiated by the user
+            if rooms then
+                for room in rooms do
+                    for _, occupant in room:each_occupant() do
+                        for _, presence in occupant:each_session() do
+
+                            local initiator = presence:get_child('initiator', 'http://jitsi.org/protocol/jigasi');
+
+                            local found_user = false;
+                            local found_group = false;
+
+                            if initiator then
+                                initiator:maptags(function (tag)
+                                    if tag.name == "header"
+                                        and tag.attr.name == OUT_INITIATOR_USER_ATTR_NAME then
+                                        found_user = tag.attr.value == context_user;
+                                    elseif tag.name == "header"
+                                        and tag.attr.name == OUT_INITIATOR_GROUP_ATTR_NAME then
+                                        found_group = tag.attr.value == context_group;
+                                    end
+
+                                    return tag;
+                                end );
+                                -- if found a jigasi participant initiated by the concurrent
+                                -- participant, count it
+                                if found_user
+                                    and (context_group == nil or found_group) then
+                                    count = count + 1;
+                                end
+                            end
+                        end
+                    end
+                end
+            end
+        end
+    end
+
+    return count;
+end
+