diff --git a/Classes/Utils/Utils.m b/Classes/Utils/Utils.m
index 364837765..dbcfae60e 100644
--- a/Classes/Utils/Utils.m
+++ b/Classes/Utils/Utils.m
@@ -485,9 +485,17 @@
 	// since user wants to escape plus, we assume it expects to have phone numbers by default
 	if (addr) {
 		if (cfg && (linphone_proxy_config_get_dial_escape_plus(cfg))) {
-			linphone_address_set_username(addr, normvalue);
+			if (linphone_proxy_config_is_phone_number(cfg, normvalue)) {
+				linphone_address_set_username(addr, normvalue);
+			} else {
+				linphone_address_set_display_name(addr, normvalue);
+			}
 		} else {
-			linphone_address_set_username(addr, value.UTF8String);
+			if (linphone_proxy_config_is_phone_number(cfg, value.UTF8String)) {
+				linphone_address_set_username(addr, value.UTF8String);
+			} else {
+				linphone_address_set_display_name(addr, value.UTF8String);
+			}
 		}
 	}