diff --git a/apps/emqx_connector/i18n/emqx_connector_mqtt_schema.conf b/apps/emqx_connector/i18n/emqx_connector_mqtt_schema.conf
index 395967dec..7690596e7 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_connector/i18n/emqx_connector_mqtt_schema.conf
+++ b/apps/emqx_connector/i18n/emqx_connector_mqtt_schema.conf
@@ -40,7 +40,25 @@ MQTT 桥的模式。 可用的类型有“cluster_singleton”，“cluster_shar
         label: {
               en: "Broker IP And Port"
               zh: "Broker主机和端口"
-            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    bridge_mode {
+        desc {
+            en: """
+If enable bridge mode.
+NOTE: This setting is only for MQTT protocol version older than 5.0, and the remote MQTT
+broker MUST support this feature.
+    """
+            zh: """
+是否启用 Bridge Mode。
+注意：此设置只针对 MQTT 协议版本 < 5.0 有效，并且需要远程 MQTT Broker 支持 Bridge Mode。
+    """
+        }
+        label {
+            en: "Bridge Mode"
+            zh: "Bridge 模式"
+        }
     }
 
     proto_ver {
diff --git a/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_mqtt.erl b/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_mqtt.erl
index 456137d90..e0e750c3d 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_mqtt.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_mqtt.erl
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ basic_config(#{
     server := Server,
     reconnect_interval := ReconnIntv,
     proto_ver := ProtoVer,
+    bridge_mode := BridgeMode,
     username := User,
     password := Password,
     clean_start := CleanStart,
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ basic_config(#{
         %% When the load balancing server enables mqtt connection packet inspection,
         %% non-standard mqtt connection packets will be filtered out by LB.
         %% So let's disable bridge_mode.
-        bridge_mode => false,
+        bridge_mode => BridgeMode,
         username => User,
         password => Password,
         clean_start => CleanStart,
diff --git a/apps/emqx_connector/src/mqtt/emqx_connector_mqtt_schema.erl b/apps/emqx_connector/src/mqtt/emqx_connector_mqtt_schema.erl
index 25dc4a50f..e4eea39db 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_connector/src/mqtt/emqx_connector_mqtt_schema.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_connector/src/mqtt/emqx_connector_mqtt_schema.erl
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ fields("connector") ->
                     desc => ?DESC("proto_ver")
                 }
             )},
+        {bridge_mode,
+            sc(
+                boolean(),
+                #{
+                    default => false,
+                    desc => ?DESC("bridge_mode")
+                }
+            )},
         {username,
             sc(
                 binary(),