diff --git a/spa/include/spa/utils/keys.h b/spa/include/spa/utils/keys.h
index 59dfc1139..f60d3a3ec 100644
--- a/spa/include/spa/utils/keys.h
+++ b/spa/include/spa/utils/keys.h
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ extern "C" {
 #define SPA_KEY_API_BLUEZ5_CLASS	"api.bluez5.class"		/**< a bluetooth class */
 #define SPA_KEY_API_BLUEZ5_ICON		"api.bluez5.icon"		/**< a bluetooth icon */
 #define SPA_KEY_API_BLUEZ5_ROLE		"api.bluez5.role"		/**< "client" or "server" */
+#define SPA_KEY_API_BLUEZ5_MIN_LATENCY_MS	\
+					"api.bluez5.min-latency-ms"	/**< minimum possible latency, in milliseconds */
 
 /** keys for jack api */
 #define SPA_KEY_API_JACK		"api.jack"			/**< key for the JACK api */
diff --git a/spa/plugins/bluez5/decode-buffer.h b/spa/plugins/bluez5/decode-buffer.h
index 776c2a0ce..beb34cfe0 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/bluez5/decode-buffer.h
+++ b/spa/plugins/bluez5/decode-buffer.h
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ struct spa_bt_decode_buffer
 
 	int64_t duration_ns;
 	int64_t next_nsec;
+	int32_t min_latency;
+
 	int32_t delay;
 	int32_t delay_frac;
 	uint32_t prev_samples;
@@ -252,6 +254,11 @@ static inline void spa_bt_decode_buffer_set_max_extra_latency(struct spa_bt_deco
 	this->max_extra = samples;
 }
 
+static inline void spa_bt_decode_buffer_set_min_latency(struct spa_bt_decode_buffer *this, int32_t samples)
+{
+	this->min_latency = samples;
+}
+
 static inline int32_t spa_bt_decode_buffer_get_auto_latency(struct spa_bt_decode_buffer *this)
 {
 	const int32_t duration = this->duration_ns * this->rate / SPA_NSEC_PER_SEC;
@@ -264,6 +271,7 @@ static inline int32_t spa_bt_decode_buffer_get_auto_latency(struct spa_bt_decode
 					SPA_CLAMP((int)this->rate / 50, 1, INT32_MAX)),
 			duration, max_buf - 2*packet_size);
 
+	target = SPA_MAX(target, this->min_latency);
 	return SPA_MIN(target, duration + SPA_CLAMP(this->max_extra, 0, INT32_MAX - duration));
 }
 
diff --git a/spa/plugins/bluez5/media-source.c b/spa/plugins/bluez5/media-source.c
index 01bb4f2fd..73ea6c44e 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/bluez5/media-source.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/bluez5/media-source.c
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ struct impl {
 	unsigned int decode_buffer_target;
 
 	unsigned int node_latency;
+	uint32_t min_latency_ms;
 
 	int fd;
 	struct spa_source source;
@@ -1039,6 +1040,11 @@ static int transport_start(struct impl *this)
 				port->current_format.info.raw.rate * 80 / 1000);
 	}
 
+	if (this->min_latency_ms) {
+		spa_bt_decode_buffer_set_min_latency(&port->buffer,
+				this->min_latency_ms * port->current_format.info.raw.rate / 1000);
+	}
+
 	this->delay.buffer = -1;
 	this->delay.duration = 0;
 	this->update_delay_event = spa_loop_utils_add_event(this->loop_utils, update_delay_event, this);
@@ -2249,6 +2255,8 @@ impl_init(const struct spa_handle_factory *factory,
 			spa_scnprintf(this->props.rate, sizeof(this->props.rate), "%s", str);
 			this->props.has_rate = true;
 		}
+		if ((str = spa_dict_lookup(info, SPA_KEY_API_BLUEZ5_MIN_LATENCY_MS)) != NULL)
+			spa_atou32(str, &this->min_latency_ms, 0);
 	}
 
 	if (this->is_duplex) {