diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 6e27a66b..29518303 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ HISTORY
 
  ++ New features:
 
+   2011-05-14: Simon Goldschmidt (patch by Stéphane Lesage)
+  * tcpip.c/.h: patch #7449 allow tcpip callback from interrupt with static
+    memory message
+
 
  ++ Bugfixes:
 
diff --git a/src/api/tcpip.c b/src/api/tcpip.c
index 857e7d9b..42561c40 100644
--- a/src/api/tcpip.c
+++ b/src/api/tcpip.c
@@ -117,12 +117,6 @@ tcpip_thread(void *arg)
       break;
 #endif /* LWIP_NETIF_API */
 
-    case TCPIP_MSG_CALLBACK:
-      LWIP_DEBUGF(TCPIP_DEBUG, ("tcpip_thread: CALLBACK %p\n", (void *)msg));
-      msg->msg.cb.function(msg->msg.cb.ctx);
-      memp_free(MEMP_TCPIP_MSG_API, msg);
-      break;
-
 #if LWIP_TCPIP_TIMEOUT
     case TCPIP_MSG_TIMEOUT:
       LWIP_DEBUGF(TCPIP_DEBUG, ("tcpip_thread: TIMEOUT %p\n", (void *)msg));
@@ -136,6 +130,17 @@ tcpip_thread(void *arg)
       break;
 #endif /* LWIP_TCPIP_TIMEOUT */
 
+    case TCPIP_MSG_CALLBACK:
+      LWIP_DEBUGF(TCPIP_DEBUG, ("tcpip_thread: CALLBACK %p\n", (void *)msg));
+      msg->msg.cb.function(msg->msg.cb.ctx);
+      memp_free(MEMP_TCPIP_MSG_API, msg);
+      break;
+
+    case TCPIP_MSG_CALLBACK_STATIC:
+      LWIP_DEBUGF(TCPIP_DEBUG, ("tcpip_thread: CALLBACK_STATIC %p\n", (void *)msg));
+      msg->msg.cb.function(msg->msg.cb.ctx);
+      break;
+
     default:
       LWIP_DEBUGF(TCPIP_DEBUG, ("tcpip_thread: invalid message: %d\n", msg->type));
       LWIP_ASSERT("tcpip_thread: invalid message", 0);
@@ -392,6 +397,52 @@ tcpip_netifapi_lock(struct netifapi_msg* netifapimsg)
 #endif /* !LWIP_TCPIP_CORE_LOCKING */
 #endif /* LWIP_NETIF_API */
 
+/**
+ * Allocate a structure for a static callback message and initialize it.
+ * This is intended to be used to send "static" messages from interrupt context.
+ *
+ * @param function the function to call
+ * @param ctx parameter passed to function
+ * @return a struct pointer to pass to tcpip_trycallback().
+ */
+struct tcpip_callback_msg* tcpip_callbackmsg_new(tcpip_callback_fn function, void *ctx)
+{
+  struct tcpip_msg *msg = (struct tcpip_msg *)memp_malloc(MEMP_TCPIP_MSG_API);
+  if (msg == NULL) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  msg->type = TCPIP_MSG_CALLBACK;
+  msg->msg.cb.function = function;
+  msg->msg.cb.ctx = ctx;
+  return (struct tcpip_callback_msg*)msg;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Free a callback message allocated by tcpip_callbackmsg_new().
+ *
+ * @param msg the message to free
+ */
+void tcpip_callbackmsg_delete(struct tcpip_callback_msg* msg)
+{
+  memp_free(MEMP_TCPIP_MSG_API, msg);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Try to post a callback-message to the tcpip_thread mbox
+ * This is intended to be used to send "static" messages from interrupt context.
+ *
+ * @param msg pointer to the message to post
+ * @return sys_mbox_trypost() return code
+ */
+err_t
+tcpip_trycallback(struct tcpip_callback_msg* msg)
+{
+  if (!sys_mbox_valid(&mbox)) {
+    return ERR_VAL;
+  }
+  return sys_mbox_trypost(&mbox, msg);
+}
+
 /**
  * Initialize this module:
  * - initialize all sub modules
diff --git a/src/include/lwip/tcpip.h b/src/include/lwip/tcpip.h
index 995ba8ad..637476e1 100644
--- a/src/include/lwip/tcpip.h
+++ b/src/include/lwip/tcpip.h
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ typedef void (*tcpip_init_done_fn)(void *arg);
 /** Function prototype for functions passed to tcpip_callback() */
 typedef void (*tcpip_callback_fn)(void *ctx);
 
+/* Forward declarations */
+struct tcpip_callback_msg;
+
 void tcpip_init(tcpip_init_done_fn tcpip_init_done, void *arg);
 
 #if LWIP_NETCONN
@@ -98,6 +101,10 @@ err_t tcpip_netifapi_lock(struct netifapi_msg *netifapimsg);
 err_t tcpip_callback_with_block(tcpip_callback_fn function, void *ctx, u8_t block);
 #define tcpip_callback(f, ctx)              tcpip_callback_with_block(f, ctx, 1)
 
+struct tcpip_callback_msg* tcpip_callbackmsg_new(tcpip_callback_fn function, void *ctx);
+void   tcpip_callbackmsg_delete(struct tcpip_callback_msg* msg);
+err_t  tcpip_trycallback(struct tcpip_callback_msg* msg);
+
 /* free pbufs or heap memory from another context without blocking */
 err_t pbuf_free_callback(struct pbuf *p);
 err_t mem_free_callback(void *m);
@@ -119,7 +126,8 @@ enum tcpip_msg_type {
   TCPIP_MSG_TIMEOUT,
   TCPIP_MSG_UNTIMEOUT,
 #endif /* LWIP_TCPIP_TIMEOUT */
-  TCPIP_MSG_CALLBACK
+  TCPIP_MSG_CALLBACK,
+  TCPIP_MSG_CALLBACK_STATIC
 };
 
 struct tcpip_msg {