diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/00_MQTT.pm b/fhem/FHEM/00_MQTT.pm
index cb7ef7904..c7bbffd3a 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/00_MQTT.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/00_MQTT.pm
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ sub Client_Define($$) {
 
   $client->{NOTIFYDEV} = $client->{DEF} if $client->{DEF};
   $client->{qos} = MQTT_QOS_AT_MOST_ONCE;
+  $client->{retain} = 0;
   $client->{subscribe} = [];
   $client->{subscribeExpr} = [];
   
@@ -459,6 +460,14 @@ sub client_attr($$$$$) {
       }
       last;
     };
+    $attribute eq "retain" and do {
+      if ($command eq "set") {
+        $client->{retain} = $value; 
+      } else {
+        $client->{retain} = 0;
+      }
+      last;
+    };
     $attribute eq "IODev" and do {
       if ($main::init_done) {
         if ($command eq "set") {
diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/10_MQTT_BRIDGE.pm b/fhem/FHEM/10_MQTT_BRIDGE.pm
index 8a89e2ea9..3bedea8f5 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/10_MQTT_BRIDGE.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/10_MQTT_BRIDGE.pm
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ sub MQTT_BRIDGE_Initialize($) {
   $hash->{AttrList} =
     "IODev ".
     "qos:".join(",",keys %MQTT::qos)." ".
+    "retain:0,1 ".
     "publish-topic-base ".
     "publishState ".
     "publishReading_.* ".
@@ -108,12 +109,12 @@ sub Notify() {
     my $msgid;
     if (defined $3 and $3 ne "") {
       if (defined $hash->{publishReadings}->{$1}) {
-        $msgid = send_publish($hash->{IODev}, topic => $hash->{publishReadings}->{$1}, message => $3, qos => $hash->{qos});
+        $msgid = send_publish($hash->{IODev}, topic => $hash->{publishReadings}->{$1}, message => $3, qos => $hash->{qos}, retain => $hash->{retain});
         readingsSingleUpdate($hash,"transmission-state","outgoing publish sent",1);
       }
     } else {
       if (defined $hash->{publishState}) {
-        $msgid = send_publish($hash->{IODev}, topic => $hash->{publishState}, message => $1, qos => $hash->{qos});
+        $msgid = send_publish($hash->{IODev}, topic => $hash->{publishState}, message => $1, qos => $hash->{qos}, retain => $hash->{retain});
         readingsSingleUpdate($hash,"transmission-state","outgoing publish sent",1);
       }
     }
diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/10_MQTT_DEVICE.pm b/fhem/FHEM/10_MQTT_DEVICE.pm
index b379c3c16..eaec71f10 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/10_MQTT_DEVICE.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/10_MQTT_DEVICE.pm
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ sub MQTT_DEVICE_Initialize($) {
   $hash->{AttrList} =
     "IODev ".
     "qos:".join(",",keys %MQTT::qos)." ".
+    "retain:0,1 ".
     "publishSet ".
     "publishSet_.* ".
     "subscribeReading_.* ".
@@ -83,10 +84,10 @@ sub Set($@) {
   my $value = $a[2];
   my $msgid;
   if (defined $value) {
-    $msgid = send_publish($hash->{IODev}, topic => $hash->{publishSets}->{$command}->{topic}, message => $value, qos => $hash->{qos});
+    $msgid = send_publish($hash->{IODev}, topic => $hash->{publishSets}->{$command}->{topic}, message => $value, qos => $hash->{qos}, retain => $hash->{retain});
     readingsSingleUpdate($hash,$command,$value,1);
   } else {
-    $msgid = send_publish($hash->{IODev}, topic => $hash->{publishSets}->{""}->{topic}, message => $command, qos => $hash->{qos});
+    $msgid = send_publish($hash->{IODev}, topic => $hash->{publishSets}->{""}->{topic}, message => $command, qos => $hash->{qos}, retain => $hash->{retain});
     readingsSingleUpdate($hash,"state",$command,1);
   }
   $hash->{message_ids}->{$msgid}++ if defined $msgid;