diff --git a/coreapi/linphonecore_jni.cc b/coreapi/linphonecore_jni.cc
index 1b4a4e09f..084869204 100644
--- a/coreapi/linphonecore_jni.cc
+++ b/coreapi/linphonecore_jni.cc
@@ -5330,12 +5330,19 @@ JNIEXPORT jobject JNICALL Java_org_linphone_core_LinphoneCoreImpl_publish(JNIEnv
 
 // LpConfig
 extern "C" jlong Java_org_linphone_core_LpConfigImpl_newLpConfigImpl(JNIEnv *env, jobject thiz, jstring file) {
-		const char *cfile = env->GetStringUTFChars(file, NULL);
-		LpConfig *lp = lp_config_new(cfile);
+	const char *cfile = env->GetStringUTFChars(file, NULL);
+	LpConfig *lp = lp_config_new(cfile);
 	env->ReleaseStringUTFChars(file, cfile);
 	return (jlong) lp;
 }
 
+extern "C" jlong Java_org_linphone_core_LpConfigImpl_newLpConfigImplFromBuffer(JNIEnv *env, jobject thiz, jstring buffer) {
+	const char *cbuffer = env->GetStringUTFChars(buffer, NULL);
+	LpConfig *lp = lp_config_new_from_buffer(cbuffer);
+	env->ReleaseStringUTFChars(buffer, cbuffer);
+	return (jlong) lp;
+}
+
 extern "C" void Java_org_linphone_core_LpConfigImpl_sync(JNIEnv *env, jobject thiz, jlong lpc) {
 	LpConfig *lp = (LpConfig *)lpc;
 	lp_config_sync(lp);
diff --git a/java/common/org/linphone/core/LinphoneCoreFactory.java b/java/common/org/linphone/core/LinphoneCoreFactory.java
index 88a7651e4..a61e585d2 100644
--- a/java/common/org/linphone/core/LinphoneCoreFactory.java
+++ b/java/common/org/linphone/core/LinphoneCoreFactory.java
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ abstract public class LinphoneCoreFactory {
 	 */
 	abstract public LinphoneAddress createLinphoneAddress(String address) throws LinphoneCoreException;
 	abstract public LpConfig createLpConfig(String file);
+	abstract public LpConfig createLpConfigFromString(String buffer);
 	
 	/**
 	 * Enable verbose traces
diff --git a/java/impl/org/linphone/core/LinphoneCoreFactoryImpl.java b/java/impl/org/linphone/core/LinphoneCoreFactoryImpl.java
index 29f97aaa4..4b33bdf4b 100644
--- a/java/impl/org/linphone/core/LinphoneCoreFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/java/impl/org/linphone/core/LinphoneCoreFactoryImpl.java
@@ -85,7 +85,11 @@ public class LinphoneCoreFactoryImpl extends LinphoneCoreFactory {
 	
 	@Override
 	public LpConfig createLpConfig(String file) {
-		return new LpConfigImpl(file);
+		return LpConfigImpl.fromFile(file);
+	}
+	
+	public LpConfig createLpConfigFromString(String buffer) {
+		return LpConfigImpl.fromBuffer(buffer);
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/java/impl/org/linphone/core/LpConfigImpl.java b/java/impl/org/linphone/core/LpConfigImpl.java
index d2c24e93b..a11cea023 100644
--- a/java/impl/org/linphone/core/LpConfigImpl.java
+++ b/java/impl/org/linphone/core/LpConfigImpl.java
@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 */
 package org.linphone.core;
 
-
-
 class LpConfigImpl implements LpConfig {
 
-	private final long nativePtr;
+	private long nativePtr;
 	boolean ownPtr = false;
 	
 	public LpConfigImpl(long ptr) {
@@ -30,13 +28,34 @@ class LpConfigImpl implements LpConfig {
 	}
 	
 	private native long newLpConfigImpl(String file);
+	private native long newLpConfigImplFromBuffer(String buffer);
 	private native void delete(long ptr);
 	
+	@Deprecated
 	public LpConfigImpl(String file) {
 		nativePtr = newLpConfigImpl(file);
 		ownPtr = true;
 	}
 	
+	private LpConfigImpl() {
+		nativePtr = -1;
+		ownPtr = false;
+	}
+	
+	public static LpConfigImpl fromFile(String file) {
+		LpConfigImpl impl = new LpConfigImpl();
+		impl.nativePtr = impl.newLpConfigImpl(file);
+		impl.ownPtr = true;
+		return impl;
+	}
+	
+	public static LpConfigImpl fromBuffer(String buffer) {
+		LpConfigImpl impl = new LpConfigImpl();
+		impl.nativePtr = impl.newLpConfigImplFromBuffer(buffer);
+		impl.ownPtr = true;
+		return impl;
+	}
+	
 	protected void finalize() throws Throwable {
 		if(ownPtr) {
 			delete(nativePtr);