diff --git a/smallrye-reactive-messaging-mqtt/src/main/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/mqtt/MqttConnector.java b/smallrye-reactive-messaging-mqtt/src/main/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/mqtt/MqttConnector.java
index f00e0b5cfe..0677325780 100644
--- a/smallrye-reactive-messaging-mqtt/src/main/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/mqtt/MqttConnector.java
+++ b/smallrye-reactive-messaging-mqtt/src/main/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/mqtt/MqttConnector.java
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 @ConnectorAttribute(name = "merge", direction = OUTGOING, description = "Whether the connector should allow multiple upstreams", type = "boolean", defaultValue = "false")
 @ConnectorAttribute(name = "buffer-size", direction = INCOMING, description = "The size buffer of incoming messages waiting to be processed", type = "int", defaultValue = "128")
 @ConnectorAttribute(name = "unsubscribe-on-disconnection", direction = INCOMING_AND_OUTGOING, description = "This flag restore the old behavior to unsubscribe from the broken on disconnection", type = "boolean", defaultValue = "false")
+@ConnectorAttribute(name = "retain", direction = OUTGOING, description = "Whether the published message should be retained", type = "boolean", defaultValue = "false")
 public class MqttConnector implements InboundConnector, OutboundConnector, HealthReporter {
 
     static final String CONNECTOR_NAME = "smallrye-mqtt";
diff --git a/smallrye-reactive-messaging-mqtt/src/main/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/mqtt/MqttSink.java b/smallrye-reactive-messaging-mqtt/src/main/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/mqtt/MqttSink.java
index c6ae829528..e101b58b50 100644
--- a/smallrye-reactive-messaging-mqtt/src/main/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/mqtt/MqttSink.java
+++ b/smallrye-reactive-messaging-mqtt/src/main/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/mqtt/MqttSink.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ public class MqttSink {
     private final String topic;
     private final int qos;
     private final boolean healthEnabled;
+    private final boolean retain;
 
     private final Flow.Subscriber<? extends Message<?>> sink;
 
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ public MqttSink(Vertx vertx, MqttConnectorOutgoingConfiguration config,
         topic = config.getTopic().orElse(channel);
         qos = config.getQos();
         healthEnabled = config.getHealthEnabled();
+        retain = config.getRetain();
 
         sink = MultiUtils.via(m -> m.onSubscription()
                 .call(() -> {
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@ private Uni<? extends Message<?>> send(Message<?> msg) {
             isRetain = mm.isRetain();
         } else {
             actualTopicToBeUsed = this.topic;
-            isRetain = false;
+            isRetain = this.retain;
             actualQoS = MqttQoS.valueOf(this.qos);
         }
 
diff --git a/smallrye-reactive-messaging-mqtt/src/test/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/mqtt/MqttSinkTest.java b/smallrye-reactive-messaging-mqtt/src/test/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/mqtt/MqttSinkTest.java
index 46c72134e1..69d6f202d8 100644
--- a/smallrye-reactive-messaging-mqtt/src/test/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/mqtt/MqttSinkTest.java
+++ b/smallrye-reactive-messaging-mqtt/src/test/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/mqtt/MqttSinkTest.java
@@ -5,14 +5,17 @@
 import static org.hamcrest.core.Is.is;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.Flow.Subscriber;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.reactive.messaging.Message;
+import org.eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3.MqttMessage;
 import org.jboss.weld.environment.se.Weld;
 import org.jboss.weld.environment.se.WeldContainer;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
@@ -147,6 +150,42 @@ public void testABeanProducingNullPayloadsSentToMQTT() throws InterruptedExcepti
 
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testSinkUsingRawWithRetain() throws InterruptedException {
+        String topic = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+        CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+        List<MqttMessage> expected = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<>();
+        usage.consumeRaw(topic, 10, 10, TimeUnit.SECONDS,
+                latch::countDown,
+                (top, msg) -> expected.add(msg));
+
+        Map<String, Object> config = new HashMap<>();
+        config.put("channel-name", topic);
+        config.put("topic", topic);
+        config.put("host", address);
+        config.put("port", port);
+        config.put("retain", true);
+        MqttSink sink = new MqttSink(vertx, new MqttConnectorOutgoingConfiguration(new MapBasedConfig(config)), null);
+
+        Subscriber<? extends Message<?>> subscriber = sink.getSink();
+        Multi.createFrom().range(1_234, 1_244)
+                .map(Message::of)
+                .subscribe((Subscriber<? super Message<Integer>>) subscriber);
+
+        assertThat(latch.await(1, TimeUnit.MINUTES)).isTrue();
+        await().untilAsserted(() -> assertThat(expected).hasSize(10)
+                .allSatisfy(m -> assertThat(m.isRetained()).isFalse()));
+
+        List<MqttMessage> expectedRetained = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<>();
+        usage.consumeRaw(topic, 10, 10, TimeUnit.SECONDS,
+                latch::countDown,
+                (top, msg) -> expectedRetained.add(msg));
+
+        await().pollDelay(2, TimeUnit.SECONDS).untilAsserted(() -> assertThat(expectedRetained).hasSize(1)
+                .allSatisfy(m -> assertThat(m.isRetained()).isTrue()));
+
+    }
+
     private MapBasedConfig getConfig() {
         String prefix = "mp.messaging.outgoing.sink.";
         Map<String, Object> config = new HashMap<>();