diff --git a/code/client/cl_main.c b/code/client/cl_main.c
index 56343f88..98b86443 100644
--- a/code/client/cl_main.c
+++ b/code/client/cl_main.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ cvar_t	*cl_voipVADThreshold;
 cvar_t	*cl_voipSend;
 cvar_t	*cl_voipSendTarget;
 cvar_t	*cl_voipGainDuringCapture;
+cvar_t	*cl_voipCaptureMult;
 cvar_t	*cl_voipShowMeter;
 cvar_t	*voip;
 #endif
@@ -268,6 +269,7 @@ Record more audio from the hardware if required and encode it into Speex
 static
 void CL_CaptureVoip(void)
 {
+	const float audioMult = cl_voipCaptureMult->value;
 	const qboolean useVad = (cl_voipUseVAD->integer != 0);
 	qboolean initialFrame = qfalse;
 	qboolean finalFrame = qfalse;
@@ -304,6 +306,8 @@ void CL_CaptureVoip(void)
 			dontCapture = qtrue;  // playing back a demo.
 		else if ( voip->integer == 0 )
 			dontCapture = qtrue;  // client has VoIP support disabled.
+		else if ( audioMult == 0.0f )
+			dontCapture = qtrue;  // basically silenced incoming audio.
 
 		cl_voipSend->modified = qfalse;
 
@@ -362,8 +366,10 @@ void CL_CaptureVoip(void)
 
 				// check the "power" of this packet...
 				for (i = 0; i < clc.speexFrameSize; i++) {
-					const float s = fabs((float) sampptr[i]);
+					const float flsamp = (float) sampptr[i];
+					const float s = fabs(flsamp);
 					voipPower += s * s;
+					sampptr[i] = (int16_t) ((flsamp) * audioMult);
 				}
 
 				// encode raw audio samples into Speex data...
@@ -3089,6 +3095,7 @@ void CL_Init( void ) {
 	cl_voipSend = Cvar_Get ("cl_voipSend", "0", 0);
 	cl_voipSendTarget = Cvar_Get ("cl_voipSendTarget", "all", 0);
 	cl_voipGainDuringCapture = Cvar_Get ("cl_voipGainDuringCapture", "0.2", CVAR_ARCHIVE);
+	cl_voipCaptureMult = Cvar_Get ("cl_voipCaptureMult", "2.0", CVAR_ARCHIVE);
 	cl_voipUseVAD = Cvar_Get ("cl_voipUseVAD", "0", CVAR_ARCHIVE);
 	cl_voipVADThreshold = Cvar_Get ("cl_voipVADThreshold", "0.25", CVAR_ARCHIVE);
 	cl_voipShowMeter = Cvar_Get ("cl_voipShowMeter", "1", CVAR_ARCHIVE);
diff --git a/code/client/client.h b/code/client/client.h
index 3fbceff2..42d4b0a2 100644
--- a/code/client/client.h
+++ b/code/client/client.h
@@ -416,6 +416,7 @@ extern	cvar_t	*cl_voipVADThreshold;
 extern	cvar_t	*cl_voipSend;
 extern	cvar_t	*cl_voipSendTarget;
 extern	cvar_t	*cl_voipGainDuringCapture;
+extern	cvar_t	*cl_voipCaptureMult;
 extern	cvar_t	*cl_voipShowMeter;
 extern	cvar_t	*voip;
 #endif
diff --git a/voip-readme.txt b/voip-readme.txt
index 7b99eef3..05320c56 100644
--- a/voip-readme.txt
+++ b/voip-readme.txt
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ cl_voipShowMeter: Set to "1" (the default) to show a volume meter as you are
                   game can "hear" you. Set to "0" to disable the display of
                   the meter.
 
+cl_voipCaptureMult: Multiply recorded audio by this value after denoising.
+                    Defaults to 2.0 to _double_ the volume of your voice.
+                    This is to make you more audible if denoising eats away
+                    too much data. Set this to 1.0 to get no change, less to
+                    be quieter.
+
 
 
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