diff --git a/channels/chan_sip.c b/channels/chan_sip.c
index eaa19e72bc..5843ddb382 100644
--- a/channels/chan_sip.c
+++ b/channels/chan_sip.c
@@ -7299,7 +7299,8 @@ static int initialize_udptl(struct sip_pvt *p)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int ast_sipinfo_send(
+
+static int sipinfo_send(
 		struct ast_channel *chan,
 		struct ast_variable *headers,
 		const char *content_type,
@@ -33174,6 +33175,12 @@ static const struct ast_data_entry sip_data_providers[] = {
 	AST_DATA_ENTRY("asterisk/channel/sip/peers", &peers_data_provider),
 };
 
+static const struct ast_sip_api_tech chan_sip_api_provider = {
+	.version = AST_SIP_API_VERSION,
+	.name = "chan_sip",
+	.sipinfo_send = sipinfo_send,
+};
+
 /*! \brief PBX load module - initialization */
 static int load_module(void)
 {
@@ -33183,6 +33190,10 @@ static int load_module(void)
 		return AST_MODULE_LOAD_FAILURE;
 	}
 
+	if (ast_sip_api_provider_register(&chan_sip_api_provider)) {
+		return AST_MODULE_LOAD_FAILURE;
+	}
+
 	/* the fact that ao2_containers can't resize automatically is a major worry! */
 	/* if the number of objects gets above MAX_XXX_BUCKETS, things will slow down */
 	peers = ao2_t_container_alloc(HASH_PEER_SIZE, peer_hash_cb, peer_cmp_cb, "allocate peers");
@@ -33344,6 +33355,8 @@ static int unload_module(void)
 	struct ao2_iterator i;
 	int wait_count;
 
+	ast_sip_api_provider_unregister();
+
 	ast_websocket_remove_protocol("sip", sip_websocket_callback);
 
 	network_change_event_unsubscribe();
@@ -33519,7 +33532,7 @@ static int unload_module(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-AST_MODULE_INFO(ASTERISK_GPL_KEY, AST_MODFLAG_GLOBAL_SYMBOLS | AST_MODFLAG_LOAD_ORDER, "Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)",
+AST_MODULE_INFO(ASTERISK_GPL_KEY, AST_MODFLAG_LOAD_ORDER, "Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)",
 		.load = load_module,
 		.unload = unload_module,
 		.reload = reload,
diff --git a/channels/chan_sip.exports.in b/channels/chan_sip.exports.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e9972a723..0000000000
--- a/channels/chan_sip.exports.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-	global:
-		LINKER_SYMBOL_PREFIX*ast_sipinfo_send;
-	local:
-		*;
-};
diff --git a/include/asterisk/sip_api.h b/include/asterisk/sip_api.h
index 018785a8dc..89d7389b5d 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/sip_api.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/sip_api.h
@@ -26,6 +26,16 @@ extern "C" {
 #include "asterisk/optional_api.h"
 #include "asterisk/config.h"
 
+#define AST_SIP_API_VERSION 1
+
+struct ast_sip_api_tech {
+	const int version;
+	const char *name;
+	int (*sipinfo_send)(struct ast_channel *chan,
+			struct ast_variable *headers, const char *content_type,
+			const char *content, const char *useragent_filter);
+};
+
 /*!
  * \brief Send a customized SIP INFO request
  *
@@ -44,6 +54,23 @@ int ast_sipinfo_send(struct ast_channel *chan,
 		const char *content,
 		const char *useragent_filter);
 
+/*!
+ * \brief Register a SIP API provider
+ *
+ * This will fail if a provider has already registered or if the
+ * provider is using an incorrect version.
+ *
+ * \param provider The provider to register
+ * \retval 0 Success
+ * \retval -1 Failure
+ */
+int ast_sip_api_provider_register(const struct ast_sip_api_tech *provider);
+
+/*!
+ * \brief Unregister a SIP API provider
+ */
+void ast_sip_api_provider_unregister(void);
+
 #if defined(__cplusplus) || defined(c_plusplus)
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/main/sip_api.c b/main/sip_api.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b87a7fdbb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/sip_api.c
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * Asterisk -- An open source telephony toolkit.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2012, Digium, Inc.
+ *
+ * Mark Michelson <mmichelson@digium.com>
+ *
+ * See http://www.asterisk.org for more information about
+ * the Asterisk project. Please do not directly contact
+ * any of the maintainers of this project for assistance;
+ * the project provides a web site, mailing lists and IRC
+ * channels for your use.
+ *
+ * This program is free software, distributed under the terms of
+ * the GNU General Public License Version 2. See the LICENSE file
+ * at the top of the source tree.
+ */
+#include "asterisk.h"
+
+#include "asterisk/sip_api.h"
+#include "asterisk/logger.h"
+
+static const struct ast_sip_api_tech *api_provider;
+
+int ast_sipinfo_send(struct ast_channel *chan,
+		struct ast_variable *headers,
+		const char *content_type,
+		const char *content,
+		const char *useragent_filter)
+{
+	if (!api_provider) {
+		ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Unable to send custom SIP INFO. No API provider registered\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return api_provider->sipinfo_send(chan, headers, content_type, content, useragent_filter);
+}
+
+int ast_sip_api_provider_register(const struct ast_sip_api_tech *provider)
+{
+	if (api_provider) {
+		ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "SIP provider %s has already registered. Not registering provider %s\n",
+				api_provider->name, provider->name);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (provider->version != AST_SIP_API_VERSION) {
+		ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "SIP API provider version mismatch: Current version is %d but provider "
+				"uses version %d\n", AST_SIP_API_VERSION, provider->version);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	api_provider = provider;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void ast_sip_api_provider_unregister(void)
+{
+	api_provider = NULL;
+}