diff --git a/coreapi/bellesip_sal/sal_op_publish.c b/coreapi/bellesip_sal/sal_op_publish.c
index 2445d20e4..c54d3f8e4 100644
--- a/coreapi/bellesip_sal/sal_op_publish.c
+++ b/coreapi/bellesip_sal/sal_op_publish.c
@@ -26,8 +26,13 @@ static void publish_refresher_listener ( const belle_sip_refresher_t* refresher
 	SalOp* op = (SalOp*)user_pointer;
 	/*belle_sip_response_t* response=belle_sip_transaction_get_response(BELLE_SIP_TRANSACTION(belle_sip_refresher_get_transaction(refresher)));*/
 	ms_message("Publish refresher  [%i] reason [%s] for proxy [%s]",status_code,reason_phrase,sal_op_get_proxy(op));
-
-
+	if (status_code==412){
+		/*resubmit the request after removing the SIP-If-Match*/
+		const belle_sip_client_transaction_t* last_publish_trans=belle_sip_refresher_get_transaction(op->refresher);
+		belle_sip_request_t* last_publish=belle_sip_transaction_get_request(BELLE_SIP_TRANSACTION(last_publish_trans));
+		belle_sip_message_remove_header((belle_sip_message_t*)last_publish,"SIP-If-Match");
+		belle_sip_refresher_refresh(op->refresher,BELLE_SIP_REFRESHER_REUSE_EXPIRES);
+	}
 }
 /*presence publish */
 int sal_publish_presence(SalOp *op, const char *from, const char *to, SalPresenceModel *presence){