diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index 330bc252..9919c002 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 Broker:
 - Fix potential duplicate Will messages being sent when a will delay interval
   has been set.
+- Fix message expiry interval property not being honoured in
+  `mosquitto_broker_publish` and `mosquitto_broker_publish_copy`.
 
 
 2.0.5 - 2021-01-11
diff --git a/src/loop.c b/src/loop.c
index 14663c87..aa1367d8 100644
--- a/src/loop.c
+++ b/src/loop.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ Contributors:
 
 #include "mosquitto_broker_internal.h"
 #include "memory_mosq.h"
+#include "mqtt_protocol.h"
 #include "packet_mosq.h"
 #include "send_mosq.h"
 #include "sys_tree.h"
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ void lws__sul_callback(struct lws_sorted_usec_list *l)
 static struct lws_sorted_usec_list sul;
 #endif
 
-static int single_publish(struct mosquitto *context, struct mosquitto_message_v5 *msg)
+static int single_publish(struct mosquitto *context, struct mosquitto_message_v5 *msg, uint32_t message_expiry)
 {
 	struct mosquitto_msg_store *stored;
 	uint16_t mid;
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ static int single_publish(struct mosquitto *context, struct mosquitto_message_v5
 		msg->properties = NULL;
 	}
 
-	if(db__message_store(context, stored, 0, 0, mosq_mo_broker)) return 1;
+	if(db__message_store(context, stored, message_expiry, 0, mosq_mo_broker)) return 1;
 
 	if(msg->qos){
 		mid = mosquitto__mid_generate(context);
@@ -106,20 +107,50 @@ static int single_publish(struct mosquitto *context, struct mosquitto_message_v5
 }
 
 
+static void read_message_expiry_interval(mosquitto_property **proplist, uint32_t *message_expiry)
+{
+	mosquitto_property *p, *previous = NULL;
+
+	*message_expiry = 0;
+
+	if(!proplist) return;
+
+	p = *proplist;
+	while(p){
+		if(p->identifier == MQTT_PROP_MESSAGE_EXPIRY_INTERVAL){
+			*message_expiry = p->value.i32;
+			if(p == *proplist){
+				*proplist = p->next;
+			}else{
+				previous->next = p->next;
+			}
+			property__free(&p);
+			return;
+
+		}
+		previous = p;
+		p = p->next;
+	}
+}
+
 void queue_plugin_msgs(void)
 {
 	struct mosquitto_message_v5 *msg, *tmp;
 	struct mosquitto *context;
+	uint32_t message_expiry;
 
 	DL_FOREACH_SAFE(db.plugin_msgs, msg, tmp){
 		DL_DELETE(db.plugin_msgs, msg);
+
+		read_message_expiry_interval(&msg->properties, &message_expiry);
+
 		if(msg->clientid){
 			HASH_FIND(hh_id, db.contexts_by_id, msg->clientid, strlen(msg->clientid), context);
 			if(context){
-				single_publish(context, msg);
+				single_publish(context, msg, message_expiry);
 			}
 		}else{
-			db__messages_easy_queue(NULL, msg->topic, (uint8_t)msg->qos, (uint32_t)msg->payloadlen, msg->payload, msg->retain, 0, &msg->properties);
+			db__messages_easy_queue(NULL, msg->topic, (uint8_t)msg->qos, (uint32_t)msg->payloadlen, msg->payload, msg->retain, message_expiry, &msg->properties);
 		}
 		mosquitto__free(msg->topic);
 		mosquitto__free(msg->payload);