diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_voicemail/mod_voicemail.c b/src/mod/applications/mod_voicemail/mod_voicemail.c
index 968a9d57f7..0fe46155bc 100644
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_voicemail/mod_voicemail.c
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_voicemail/mod_voicemail.c
@@ -629,6 +629,7 @@ vm_profile_t *profile_set_config(vm_profile_t *profile)
 	SWITCH_CONFIG_SET_ITEM(profile->config[i++], "email_date-fmt", SWITCH_CONFIG_STRING, CONFIG_RELOADABLE,
 						   &profile->date_fmt, "%A, %B %d %Y, %I:%M %p", &profile->config_str_pool, NULL, NULL);
 	SWITCH_CONFIG_SET_ITEM(profile->config[i++], "odbc-dsn", SWITCH_CONFIG_STRING, 0, &profile->odbc_dsn, NULL, &profile->config_str_pool, NULL, NULL);
+	SWITCH_CONFIG_SET_ITEM(profile->config[i++], "dbname", SWITCH_CONFIG_STRING, 0, &profile->dbname, NULL, &profile->config_str_pool, NULL, NULL);
 	SWITCH_CONFIG_SET_ITEM_CALLBACK(profile->config[i++], "email_template-file", SWITCH_CONFIG_CUSTOM, CONFIG_RELOADABLE,
 									NULL, NULL, profile, vm_config_email_callback, NULL, NULL);
 	SWITCH_CONFIG_SET_ITEM_CALLBACK(profile->config[i++], "email_notify-template-file", SWITCH_CONFIG_CUSTOM, CONFIG_RELOADABLE,
@@ -722,7 +723,9 @@ static vm_profile_t *load_profile(const char *profile_name)
 			}
 		}
 
-		profile->dbname = switch_core_sprintf(profile->pool, "voicemail_%s", profile_name);
+		if (zstr(profile->dbname)) {
+			profile->dbname = switch_core_sprintf(profile->pool, "voicemail_%s", profile_name);
+		}
 
 		if (!(dbh = vm_get_db_handle(profile))) {
 			switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_CRIT, "Cannot open DB!\n");