diff --git a/qt-ozwdaemon/mqttpublisher.cpp b/qt-ozwdaemon/mqttpublisher.cpp
index 759a6a0..a3faa02 100644
--- a/qt-ozwdaemon/mqttpublisher.cpp
+++ b/qt-ozwdaemon/mqttpublisher.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ mqttpublisher::mqttpublisher(QSettings *settings, QObject *parent) :
     this->m_client->setHostname(settings->value("MQTTServer", "127.0.0.1").toString());
     this->m_client->setPort(static_cast<quint16>(settings->value("MQTTPort", 1883).toInt()));
     this->m_client->setClientId(QString("qt-openzwave-%1").arg(settings->value("Instance", 1).toInt()));
+    this->m_client->setKeepAlive(360);
     if (settings->contains("MQTTUsername")) {
         QString mqttpass = qgetenv("MQTT_PASSWORD");