diff --git a/spa/plugins/bluez5/a2dp-sink.c b/spa/plugins/bluez5/a2dp-sink.c
index f73d14526..4c735d4a9 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/bluez5/a2dp-sink.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/bluez5/a2dp-sink.c
@@ -812,6 +812,7 @@ static const struct spa_dict_item node_info_items[] = {
 	{ SPA_KEY_MEDIA_CLASS, "Audio/Sink" },
 	{ SPA_KEY_NODE_DRIVER, "true" },
 	{ SPA_KEY_NODE_LATENCY, "512/48000" },
+	{ SPA_KEY_NODE_PAUSE_ON_IDLE, "false" },
 };
 
 static void emit_node_info(struct impl *this, bool full)
diff --git a/spa/plugins/bluez5/a2dp-source.c b/spa/plugins/bluez5/a2dp-source.c
index 364836a7b..c55328104 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/bluez5/a2dp-source.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/bluez5/a2dp-source.c
@@ -641,6 +641,7 @@ static const struct spa_dict_item node_info_items[] = {
 	{ SPA_KEY_MEDIA_CLASS, "Stream/Output/Audio" },
 	{ SPA_KEY_NODE_DRIVER, "true" },
 	{ SPA_KEY_NODE_LATENCY, "512/48000" },
+	{ SPA_KEY_NODE_PAUSE_ON_IDLE, "false" },
 };
 
 static void emit_node_info(struct impl *this, bool full)
diff --git a/spa/plugins/bluez5/sco-sink.c b/spa/plugins/bluez5/sco-sink.c
index fde9fcc8a..0bcf6b6f7 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/bluez5/sco-sink.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/bluez5/sco-sink.c
@@ -664,6 +664,7 @@ static const struct spa_dict_item node_info_items[] = {
 	{ SPA_KEY_DEVICE_API, "bluez5" },
 	{ SPA_KEY_MEDIA_CLASS, "Audio/Sink" },
 	{ SPA_KEY_NODE_DRIVER, "true" },
+	{ SPA_KEY_NODE_PAUSE_ON_IDLE, "false" },
 };
 
 static void emit_node_info(struct impl *this, bool full)
diff --git a/spa/plugins/bluez5/sco-source.c b/spa/plugins/bluez5/sco-source.c
index e22474f25..338b81422 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/bluez5/sco-source.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/bluez5/sco-source.c
@@ -673,6 +673,7 @@ static const struct spa_dict_item node_info_items[] = {
 	{ SPA_KEY_DEVICE_API, "bluez5" },
 	{ SPA_KEY_MEDIA_CLASS, "Audio/Source" },
 	{ SPA_KEY_NODE_DRIVER, "true" },
+	{ SPA_KEY_NODE_PAUSE_ON_IDLE, "false" },
 };
 
 static void emit_node_info(struct impl *this, bool full)
diff --git a/src/daemon/media-session.d/bluez-monitor.conf b/src/daemon/media-session.d/bluez-monitor.conf
index 4dfd457a0..07d96770f 100644
--- a/src/daemon/media-session.d/bluez-monitor.conf
+++ b/src/daemon/media-session.d/bluez-monitor.conf
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ rules = [
                 #node.nick = 			null
                 #priority.driver = 		100
                 #priority.session = 		100
-                #node.pause-on-idle = 		true
+                #node.pause-on-idle = 		false
                 #resample.quality = 		4
                 #channelmix.normalize =		false
                 #channelmix.mix-lfe = 		false