diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 118d059..172c2e7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 0.8.4dev
 ========
+  27-Dec-2020:  - plugin_stripheaders: deal with mode header field
   17-Sep-2020:  - fix: buffer overflow in process_aclist if a
                   wrong syntax in config file was used for ACLs.
                 - Improved string handling on some more places.
+
 0.8.3
 =====
   25-Aug-2020:  - Released 0.8.3
diff --git a/doc/siproxd.conf.example b/doc/siproxd.conf.example
index 5ac9922..3c89444 100644
--- a/doc/siproxd.conf.example
+++ b/doc/siproxd.conf.example
@@ -448,16 +448,21 @@ plugin_regex_replace = \1:001
 #
 # unconditionally strip the specified SIP header from the packet.
 # May be used to workaround IP fragmentation by removing "unimportant"
-# SIP headers - this is clearly a ugly hack but sometimes saves on
+# SIP headers - this is clearly a ugly hack but sometimes saves one
 # from headache.
 # Format is <header>[:<value>], the :<value> part is optional - if not 
 # present the full header will be removed.
+# NOTE: not all headers are surrently supported due to how libosip
+#       does store them internally.
 #
 # remove entire header (all values attached to this header)
 plugin_stripheader_remove = Allow
 plugin_stripheader_remove = User-Agent
 # remove only a particular value from a header (no spaces allowed)
 plugin_stripheader_remove = Supported:100rel
+# remove all Record-Route headers (only full removal is supported)
+plugin_stripheader_remove = Record-Route
+
 
 ######################################################################
 # Plugin_codecfilter
diff --git a/src/plugin_stripheader.c b/src/plugin_stripheader.c
index c69c17e..78da55c 100644
--- a/src/plugin_stripheader.c
+++ b/src/plugin_stripheader.c
@@ -112,6 +112,12 @@ int  PLUGIN_PROCESS(int stage, sip_ticket_t *ticket){
           header_remove = strdup(plugin_cfg.header_remove.string[i]);
       }
 
+      /*
+       * some headers are stored in their own struncture in the SIP message structure
+       * -> special cases
+       * and other headers are stored in a generic header structure 
+       * -> generic headers
+       */
 
       /* special case Allow header */
       if (strcasecmp(header_remove, "allow") == 0) {
@@ -121,7 +127,7 @@ int  PLUGIN_PROCESS(int stage, sip_ticket_t *ticket){
                        pos, &allow)) != -1) {
              if (--dlc <= 0) { ERROR("deadlock counter has triggered. Likely a bug in code."); return STS_FAILURE;}
              if (header_remove_args == NULL) {
-                /* remova all values for header */
+                /* remove all values for header */
                 DEBUGC(DBCLASS_PLUGIN, "%s: removing Allow header pos=%i, val=%s", name, 
                        pos, allow->value);
                 osip_list_remove(&ticket->sipmsg->allows, pos);
@@ -141,6 +147,24 @@ int  PLUGIN_PROCESS(int stage, sip_ticket_t *ticket){
              }
           }
 
+      /* special case: Record-Route headers */
+      } else if (strcasecmp(header_remove, "record-route") == 0) {
+         osip_record_route_t *rroute=NULL;
+         pos=0;
+         while ((pos = osip_message_get_record_route(ticket->sipmsg, 
+                       pos, &rroute)) != -1) {
+             if (--dlc <= 0) { ERROR("deadlock counter has triggered. Likely a bug in code."); return STS_FAILURE;}
+             /* remove all values for header */
+             char *tmpstr=NULL;
+             osip_record_route_to_str(rroute, &tmpstr);
+             DEBUGC(DBCLASS_PLUGIN, "%s: removing Record-Route header pos=%i, val=%s", name, 
+                    pos, tmpstr);
+             osip_free(tmpstr);
+             osip_list_remove(&ticket->sipmsg->record_routes, pos);
+             osip_record_route_free(rroute);
+             rroute=NULL;
+          }
+
       /* generic headers */
       } else {
          osip_header_t *h=NULL;