diff --git a/src/config/config.ts b/src/config/config.ts
index 41ebc2a89..dfb9d87bd 100644
--- a/src/config/config.ts
+++ b/src/config/config.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ export type WarelayConfig = {
   inbound?: {
     allowFrom?: string[]; // E.164 numbers allowed to trigger auto-reply (without whatsapp:)
     samePhoneMarker?: string; // Prefix for same-phone mode messages (default: "[same-phone]")
+    samePhoneResponsePrefix?: string; // Prefix auto-added to replies in same-phone mode (e.g., "🦞")
     transcribeAudio?: {
       // Optional CLI to turn inbound audio into text; templated args, must output transcript to stdout.
       command: string[];
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ const WarelaySchema = z.object({
     .object({
       allowFrom: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
       samePhoneMarker: z.string().optional(),
+      samePhoneResponsePrefix: z.string().optional(),
       transcribeAudio: z
         .object({
           command: z.array(z.string()),
diff --git a/src/web/auto-reply.ts b/src/web/auto-reply.ts
index d350d40b8..96428a9f3 100644
--- a/src/web/auto-reply.ts
+++ b/src/web/auto-reply.ts
@@ -594,6 +594,15 @@ export async function monitorWebProvider(
           );
           return;
         }
+        // Apply same-phone response prefix if configured and in same-phone mode
+        const samePhoneResponsePrefix = cfg.inbound?.samePhoneResponsePrefix;
+        if (isSamePhoneMode && samePhoneResponsePrefix && replyResult.text) {
+          // Only add prefix if not already present
+          if (!replyResult.text.startsWith(samePhoneResponsePrefix)) {
+            replyResult.text = `${samePhoneResponsePrefix} ${replyResult.text}`;
+          }
+        }
+
         try {
           await deliverWebReply({
             replyResult,