--- a/app.c
+++ b/app.c
@@ -114,7 +114,44 @@
 	return !status;
 }
 
+static int app_send_ussd_exec (attribute_unused struct ast_channel* channel, const char* data) 
+{ 
+        char*   parse; 
+        const char* msg; 
+        int status; 
+        void * msgid; 
 
+        AST_DECLARE_APP_ARGS (args, 
+                AST_APP_ARG (device); 
+                AST_APP_ARG (ussd); 
+        ); 
+
+        if (ast_strlen_zero (data)) 
+        { 
+                return -1; 
+        } 
+
+        parse = ast_strdupa (data); 
+
+        AST_STANDARD_APP_ARGS (args, parse); 
+
+        if (ast_strlen_zero (args.device)) 
+        { 
+                ast_log (LOG_ERROR, "NULL device for ussd -- USSD will not be sent\n"); 
+                return -1; 
+        } 
+
+        if (ast_strlen_zero (args.ussd)) 
+        { 
+                ast_log (LOG_ERROR, "NULL ussd command -- USSD will not be sent\n"); 
+                return -1; 
+        } 
+
+        msg = send_ussd(args.device, args.ussd, &status, &msgid); 
+        if(!status) 
+                ast_log (LOG_ERROR, "[%s] %s with id %p\n", args.device, msg, msgid); 
+        return !status; 
+} 
 
 static const struct dongle_application
 {
@@ -144,7 +181,15 @@
 		"  Message  - text of the message\n"
 		"  Validity - Validity period in minutes\n"
 		"  Report   - Boolean flag for report request\n"
-	}
+	},
+        { 
+                "DongleSendUSSD", 
+                app_send_ussd_exec, 
+                "DongleSendUSSD(Device,USSD)", 
+                "DongleSendUSSD(Device,USSD)\n" 
+                "  Device   - Id of device from dongle.conf\n" 
+                "  USSD     - ussd command\n" 
+        }
 };
 
 #if ASTERISK_VERSION_NUM >= 10800