diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8a410a1..3891fe3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # emqtt-bench changelog
 
+## 0.4.13
+
+* Add `--retry-interval` option to `pub` command and use `0` as default value (0 means disable resend).
+
 ## 0.4.5
 
 * Default value for `--inflight` option is changed from `0` (no back-pressure) to `1`.
diff --git a/src/emqtt_bench.erl b/src/emqtt_bench.erl
index 4853081..abe9c44 100644
--- a/src/emqtt_bench.erl
+++ b/src/emqtt_bench.erl
@@ -131,6 +131,11 @@
           "Control where the log output goes. "
           "console: directly to the console      "
           "null: quietly, don't output any logs."
+         },
+         {retry_interval, undefined, "retry-interval", {integer, 0},
+          "Publisher's resend interval (in seconds) if the expected "
+          "acknowledgement for a inflight packet is not "
+          "received within this interval. Default value 0 means no resend."
          }
         ]).
 
@@ -328,7 +333,7 @@ main(pub, Opts) ->
                   StrPayload ->
                     unicode:characters_to_binary(StrPayload)
               end,
-    MsgLimit = consumer_pub_msg_fun_init(proplists:get_value(limit, Opts)),
+    MsgLimit = pub_limit_fun_init(proplists:get_value(limit, Opts)),
     PublishSignalPid =
         case proplists:get_value(wait_before_publishing, Opts) of
             true ->
@@ -752,16 +757,21 @@ schedule_next_publish(Interval) ->
     end,
     ok.
 
-consumer_pub_msg_fun_init(0) ->
+pub_limit_fun_init(0) ->
     fun() -> true end;
-consumer_pub_msg_fun_init(N) when is_integer(N), N > 0 ->
+pub_limit_fun_init(N) when is_integer(N), N > 0 ->
     Ref = counters:new(1, []),
     counters:put(Ref, 1, N),
     fun() ->
         case counters:get(Ref, 1) of
-            0 -> false;
+            0 ->
+                false;
+            X when X < 0 ->
+                %% this means PUBLISH overrun the limit option, due to race
+                false;
             _ ->
-                counters:sub(Ref, 1, 1), true
+                counters:sub(Ref, 1, 1),
+                true
         end
     end.
 
@@ -884,6 +894,8 @@ mqtt_opts([{inflight, InFlight0}|Opts], Acc) ->
                    _ -> InFlight0
                end,
     mqtt_opts(Opts, [{max_inflight, InFlight} | Acc]);
+mqtt_opts([{retry_interval, IntervalSeconds}|Opts], Acc) ->
+    mqtt_opts(Opts, [{retry_interval, IntervalSeconds}|Acc]);
 mqtt_opts([_|Opts], Acc) ->
     mqtt_opts(Opts, Acc).