diff --git a/airpurifier.conf.sample b/airpurifier.conf.sample
index 35c8274..7d54848 100644
--- a/airpurifier.conf.sample
+++ b/airpurifier.conf.sample
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 mqtt_ip         = "1.2.3.5"                           # MQTT broker IP or hostname
+mqtt_port       = 1883                                # MQTT broker port
 mqtt_topic      = "testing/airPurifierBridge"         # MQTT topic to use
 
 miot_ip         ="1.2.3.4"                            # Xiaomi arpurfier 3H IP or hostname
diff --git a/miotAirpurifierBridge.py b/miotAirpurifierBridge.py
index bb9b773..979c7cc 100644
--- a/miotAirpurifierBridge.py
+++ b/miotAirpurifierBridge.py
@@ -126,9 +126,9 @@ ap = miio.airpurifier_miot.AirPurifierMiot(ip=miot_ip, token=miot_token)
 
 ## The MQTT Client object
 mqtt_clientId = "apBridge_" + socket.gethostname() + "_" + configfile
-log(1, "Connecting to MQTT broker " + mqtt_ip + " as " + mqtt_clientId)
+log(1, "Connecting to MQTT broker " + mqtt_ip + ":" + str(mqtt_port) + " as " + mqtt_clientId)
 mqttClient = paho.Client(mqtt_clientId)
-mqttClient.connect(mqtt_ip)
+mqttClient.connect(mqtt_ip, port=mqtt_port)
 time.sleep(5)