diff --git a/spa/plugins/bluez5/bluez5-dbus.c b/spa/plugins/bluez5/bluez5-dbus.c
index db1d8272c..9839f3181 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/bluez5/bluez5-dbus.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/bluez5/bluez5-dbus.c
@@ -191,12 +191,15 @@ struct spa_bt_metadata {
 struct spa_bt_bis {
 	struct spa_list link;
 	char qos_preset[255];
+	int retransmissions;
+	int retransmissions_set;
 	int channel_allocation;
 	struct spa_list metadata_list;
 };
 
-#define BROADCAST_CODE_LEN	16
-#define BD_ADDR_STR_LEN		17
+#define BROADCAST_CODE_LEN		16
+#define BD_ADDR_STR_LEN			17
+#define NUM_BCAST_RETRANSMISSIONS_MAX	254
 
 struct spa_bt_big {
 	struct spa_list link;
@@ -6189,6 +6192,7 @@ static void configure_bis(struct spa_bt_monitor *monitor,
 	uint8_t caps [CC_MAX_LEN];
 	uint8_t metadata [METADATA_MAX_LEN];
 	uint8_t caps_size, metadata_size = 0;
+	uint8_t retransmissions;
 	struct bap_codec_qos qos;
 	struct spa_bt_metadata *metadata_entry;
 	struct spa_dict settings;
@@ -6232,6 +6236,11 @@ static void configure_bis(struct spa_bt_monitor *monitor,
 		return;
 	}
 
+	if (bis->retransmissions_set)
+		retransmissions = (uint8_t) bis->retransmissions;
+	else
+		retransmissions = qos.retransmission;
+
 	msg = dbus_message_new_method_call(BLUEZ_SERVICE,
 				object_path,
 				interface_name,
@@ -6275,7 +6284,7 @@ static void configure_bis(struct spa_bt_monitor *monitor,
 	append_basic_variant_dict_entry(&qos_dict, "Framing", DBUS_TYPE_BYTE, "y", &qos.framing);
 	append_basic_variant_dict_entry(&qos_dict, "PHY", DBUS_TYPE_BYTE, "y", &qos.phy);
 	append_basic_variant_dict_entry(&qos_dict, "SDU", DBUS_TYPE_UINT16, "q", &qos.sdu);
-	append_basic_variant_dict_entry(&qos_dict, "Retransmissions", DBUS_TYPE_BYTE, "y", &qos.retransmission);
+	append_basic_variant_dict_entry(&qos_dict, "Retransmissions", DBUS_TYPE_BYTE, "y", &retransmissions);
 	append_basic_variant_dict_entry(&qos_dict, "Latency", DBUS_TYPE_UINT16, "q", &qos.latency);
 	append_basic_variant_dict_entry(&qos_dict, "PresentationDelay", DBUS_TYPE_UINT32, "u", &qos.delay);
 
@@ -7126,6 +7135,15 @@ static void parse_broadcast_source_config(struct spa_bt_monitor *monitor, const
 							if (spa_json_get_string(&it[1], bis_entry->qos_preset, sizeof(bis_entry->qos_preset)) <= 0)
 								goto parse_failed;
 							spa_log_debug(monitor->log, "bis_entry->qos_preset %s", bis_entry->qos_preset);
+						} else if (spa_streq(bis_key, "retransmissions")) {
+							if (spa_json_get_int(&it[2], &bis_entry->retransmissions) <= 0)
+								goto parse_failed;
+							if (bis_entry->retransmissions > NUM_BCAST_RETRANSMISSIONS_MAX)
+								goto parse_failed;
+							if (bis_entry->retransmissions < 0)
+								goto parse_failed;
+							bis_entry->retransmissions_set = 1;
+							spa_log_debug(monitor->log, "bis_entry->retransmissions %d", bis_entry->retransmissions);
 						} else if (spa_streq(bis_key, "audio_channel_allocation")) {
 							if (spa_json_get_int(&it[1], &bis_entry->channel_allocation) <= 0)
 								goto parse_failed;