diff --git a/btle/custom/custom_helper.cpp b/btle/custom/custom_helper.cpp
index ca71615..324d593 100644
--- a/btle/custom/custom_helper.cpp
+++ b/btle/custom/custom_helper.cpp
@@ -203,6 +203,8 @@ error_t custom_add_in_characteristic(uint16_t    service_handle,
                                      uint8_t    *p_data,
                                      uint16_t    min_length,
                                      uint16_t    max_length,
+                                     const uint8_t *userDescriptionDescriptorValuePtr,
+                                     uint16_t    userDescriptionDescriptorValueLen,
                                      bool        readAuthorization,
                                      bool        writeAuthorization,
                                      ble_gatts_char_handles_t *p_char_handle)
@@ -226,6 +228,11 @@ error_t custom_add_in_characteristic(uint16_t    service_handle,
     char_md.char_props = char_props;
     char_md.p_cccd_md  =
         (char_props.notify || char_props.indicate) ? &cccd_md : NULL;
+    if ((userDescriptionDescriptorValueLen > 0) && (userDescriptionDescriptorValuePtr != NULL)) {
+        char_md.p_char_user_desc        = const_cast<uint8_t *>(userDescriptionDescriptorValuePtr);
+        char_md.char_user_desc_max_size = userDescriptionDescriptorValueLen;
+        char_md.char_user_desc_size     = userDescriptionDescriptorValueLen;
+    }
 
     /* Attribute declaration */
     ble_gatts_attr_md_t attr_md = {0};
diff --git a/btle/custom/custom_helper.h b/btle/custom/custom_helper.h
index 10732b2..40a8971 100644
--- a/btle/custom/custom_helper.h
+++ b/btle/custom/custom_helper.h
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ error_t custom_add_in_characteristic(uint16_t                  service_handle,
                                      uint8_t                  *p_data,
                                      uint16_t                  min_length,
                                      uint16_t                  max_length,
+                                     const uint8_t            *userDescriptionDescriptorValuePtr,
+                                     uint16_t                  userDescriptionDescriptorValueLen,
                                      bool                      readAuthorization,
                                      bool                      writeAuthorization,
                                      ble_gatts_char_handles_t *p_char_handle);
diff --git a/nRF51GattServer.cpp b/nRF51GattServer.cpp
index 48b7ecf..18ff4b0 100644
--- a/nRF51GattServer.cpp
+++ b/nRF51GattServer.cpp
@@ -69,6 +69,19 @@ ble_error_t nRF51GattServer::addService(GattService &service)
 
         nordicUUID = custom_convert_to_nordic_uuid(p_char->getValueAttribute().getUUID());
 
+        /* The user-description descriptor is a special case which needs to be
+         * handled at the time of adding the characteristic. The following block
+         * is meant to discover its presence. */
+        const uint8_t *userDescriptionDescriptorValuePtr = NULL;
+        uint16_t userDescriptionDescriptorValueLen = 0;
+        for (uint8_t j = 0; j < p_char->getDescriptorCount(); j++) {
+            GattAttribute *p_desc = p_char->getDescriptor(j);
+            if (p_desc->getUUID() == BLE_UUID_DESCRIPTOR_CHAR_USER_DESC) {
+                userDescriptionDescriptorValuePtr = p_desc->getValuePtr();
+                userDescriptionDescriptorValueLen = p_desc->getLength();
+            }
+        }
+
         ASSERT ( ERROR_NONE ==
                  custom_add_in_characteristic(BLE_GATT_HANDLE_INVALID,
                                               &nordicUUID,
@@ -76,6 +89,8 @@ ble_error_t nRF51GattServer::addService(GattService &service)
                                               p_char->getValueAttribute().getValuePtr(),
                                               p_char->getValueAttribute().getInitialLength(),
                                               p_char->getValueAttribute().getMaxLength(),
+                                              userDescriptionDescriptorValuePtr,
+                                              userDescriptionDescriptorValueLen,
                                               p_char->isReadAuthorizationEnabled(),
                                               p_char->isWriteAuthorizationEnabled(),
                                               &nrfCharacteristicHandles[characteristicCount]),
@@ -91,6 +106,10 @@ ble_error_t nRF51GattServer::addService(GattService &service)
         /* ToDo: Make sure we don't overflow the array */
         for (uint8_t j = 0; j < p_char->getDescriptorCount(); j++) {
             GattAttribute *p_desc = p_char->getDescriptor(j);
+            /* skip the user-description-descriptor here; this has already been handled when adding the characteristic (above). */
+            if (p_desc->getUUID() == BLE_UUID_DESCRIPTOR_CHAR_USER_DESC) {
+                continue;
+            }
 
             nordicUUID = custom_convert_to_nordic_uuid(p_desc->getUUID());