diff --git a/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm-sink.c b/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm-sink.c
index c8abe4009..9d106d8ce 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm-sink.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm-sink.c
@@ -881,6 +881,10 @@ impl_init(const struct spa_handle_factory *factory,
 			this->default_format = spa_alsa_format_from_name(s, strlen(s));
 		} else if (spa_streq(k, SPA_KEY_AUDIO_POSITION)) {
 			spa_alsa_parse_position(&this->default_pos, s, strlen(s));
+		} else if (spa_streq(k, "latency.internal.rate")) {
+			this->process_latency.rate = atoi(s);
+		} else if (spa_streq(k, "latency.internal.ns")) {
+			this->process_latency.ns = atoi(s);
 		} else if (spa_streq(k, "api.alsa.period-size")) {
 			this->default_period_size = atoi(s);
 		} else if (spa_streq(k, "api.alsa.headroom")) {
diff --git a/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm-source.c b/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm-source.c
index 3d248b03d..b0d1d408b 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm-source.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/alsa/alsa-pcm-source.c
@@ -891,6 +891,10 @@ impl_init(const struct spa_handle_factory *factory,
 			this->default_format = spa_alsa_format_from_name(s, strlen(s));
 		} else if (spa_streq(k, SPA_KEY_AUDIO_POSITION)) {
 			spa_alsa_parse_position(&this->default_pos, s, strlen(s));
+		} else if (spa_streq(k, "latency.internal.rate")) {
+			this->process_latency.rate = atoi(s);
+		} else if (spa_streq(k, "latency.internal.ns")) {
+			this->process_latency.ns = atoi(s);
 		} else if (spa_streq(k, "api.alsa.period-size")) {
 			this->default_period_size = atoi(s);
 		} else if (spa_streq(k, "api.alsa.headroom")) {
diff --git a/src/daemon/media-session.d/alsa-monitor.conf b/src/daemon/media-session.d/alsa-monitor.conf
index acef7d4ec..04ebbd83f 100644
--- a/src/daemon/media-session.d/alsa-monitor.conf
+++ b/src/daemon/media-session.d/alsa-monitor.conf
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ rules = [
                 #session.suspend-timeout-seconds = 5      # 0 disables suspend
                 #monitor.channel-volumes = false
 
+                #latency.internal.rate  = 256            # internal latency in samples
+                #latency.internal.ns    = 256            # internal latency in nanoseconds
+
                 #api.alsa.period-size   = 1024
                 #api.alsa.headroom      = 0
                 #api.alsa.start-delay   = 0