diff --git a/coreapi/address.c b/coreapi/address.c
index 764a8fb24..d9d772337 100644
--- a/coreapi/address.c
+++ b/coreapi/address.c
@@ -159,6 +159,13 @@ bool_t linphone_address_is_secure(const LinphoneAddress *uri){
 	return sal_address_is_secure(uri);
 }
 
+/**
+ * returns true if address is a routable sip address
+ */
+bool_t linphone_address_is_sip(const LinphoneAddress *uri){
+	return sal_address_is_sip(uri);
+}
+
 static bool_t strings_equals(const char *s1, const char *s2){
 	if (s1==NULL && s2==NULL) return TRUE;
 	if (s1!=NULL && s2!=NULL && strcmp(s1,s2)==0) return TRUE;
diff --git a/coreapi/bellesip_sal/sal_address_impl.c b/coreapi/bellesip_sal/sal_address_impl.c
index c4ff234d7..18e7dc84b 100644
--- a/coreapi/bellesip_sal/sal_address_impl.c
+++ b/coreapi/bellesip_sal/sal_address_impl.c
@@ -151,6 +151,11 @@ char *sal_address_as_string(const SalAddress *addr){
 	return ms_strdup(tmp);
 }
 
+bool_t sal_address_is_sip(const SalAddress *addr){
+	belle_sip_header_address_t* header_addr = BELLE_SIP_HEADER_ADDRESS(addr);
+	return belle_sip_header_address_get_uri(header_addr) != NULL;
+}
+
 char *sal_address_as_string_uri_only(const SalAddress *addr){
 	belle_sip_header_address_t* header_addr = BELLE_SIP_HEADER_ADDRESS(addr);
 	belle_sip_uri_t* sip_uri = belle_sip_header_address_get_uri(header_addr);
diff --git a/coreapi/linphonecore.c b/coreapi/linphonecore.c
index 8205d5f09..ef4133d87 100644
--- a/coreapi/linphonecore.c
+++ b/coreapi/linphonecore.c
@@ -2625,6 +2625,15 @@ void linphone_core_iterate(LinphoneCore *lc){
 	}
 }
 
+static LinphoneAddress* _linphone_core_destroy_addr_if_not_sip( LinphoneAddress* addr ){
+	if( linphone_address_is_sip(addr) ) {
+		return addr;
+	} else {
+		linphone_address_destroy(addr);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * Interpret a call destination as supplied by the user, and returns a fully qualified
  * LinphoneAddress.
@@ -2661,7 +2670,7 @@ LinphoneAddress * linphone_core_interpret_url(LinphoneCore *lc, const char *url)
 		tmpurl=enumres->sip_address[0];
 		uri=linphone_address_new(tmpurl);
 		enum_lookup_res_free(enumres);
-		return uri;
+		return _linphone_core_destroy_addr_if_not_sip(uri);
 	}
 	/* check if we have a "sip:" or a "sips:" */
 	if ( (strstr(url,"sip:")==NULL) && (strstr(url,"sips:")==NULL) ){
@@ -2672,7 +2681,7 @@ LinphoneAddress * linphone_core_interpret_url(LinphoneCore *lc, const char *url)
 			uri=linphone_address_new(tmpurl);
 			ms_free(tmpurl);
 			if (uri){
-				return uri;
+				return _linphone_core_destroy_addr_if_not_sip(uri);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -2688,12 +2697,12 @@ LinphoneAddress * linphone_core_interpret_url(LinphoneCore *lc, const char *url)
 			linphone_proxy_config_normalize_number(proxy,url,normalized_username,
 									sizeof(normalized_username));
 			linphone_address_set_username(uri,normalized_username);
-			return uri;
+			return _linphone_core_destroy_addr_if_not_sip(uri);
 		}else return NULL;
 	}
 	uri=linphone_address_new(url);
 	if (uri!=NULL){
-		return uri;
+		return _linphone_core_destroy_addr_if_not_sip(uri);
 	}
 
 	return NULL;
diff --git a/coreapi/linphonecore.h b/coreapi/linphonecore.h
index 8ff6cb69d..c8a259f25 100644
--- a/coreapi/linphonecore.h
+++ b/coreapi/linphonecore.h
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ LINPHONE_PUBLIC	void linphone_address_set_port(LinphoneAddress *uri, int port);
 /*remove tags, params etc... so that it is displayable to the user*/
 LINPHONE_PUBLIC	void linphone_address_clean(LinphoneAddress *uri);
 LINPHONE_PUBLIC bool_t linphone_address_is_secure(const LinphoneAddress *uri);
+LINPHONE_PUBLIC bool_t linphone_address_is_sip(const LinphoneAddress *uri);
 LINPHONE_PUBLIC LinphoneTransportType linphone_address_get_transport(const LinphoneAddress *uri);
 LINPHONE_PUBLIC void linphone_address_set_transport(LinphoneAddress *uri,LinphoneTransportType type);
 LINPHONE_PUBLIC	char *linphone_address_as_string(const LinphoneAddress *u);
diff --git a/include/sal/sal.h b/include/sal/sal.h
index 040ab9951..39085074f 100644
--- a/include/sal/sal.h
+++ b/include/sal/sal.h
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ void sal_address_set_transport_name(SalAddress* addr,const char* transport);
 void sal_address_set_params(SalAddress *addr, const char *params);
 void sal_address_set_uri_params(SalAddress *addr, const char *params);
 bool_t sal_address_is_ipv6(SalAddress *addr);
+bool_t sal_address_is_sip(const SalAddress *addr);
 void sal_address_set_password(SalAddress *addr, const char *passwd);
 const char *sal_address_get_password(const SalAddress *addr);
 void sal_address_set_header(SalAddress *addr, const char *header_name, const char *header_value);