diff --git a/apps/bttester/src/btp/btp_mesh.h b/apps/bttester/src/btp/btp_mesh.h
index b51706ab1b..096c398060 100644
--- a/apps/bttester/src/btp/btp_mesh.h
+++ b/apps/bttester/src/btp/btp_mesh.h
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ struct btp_mesh_lpn_set_cmd {
 
 #define BTP_MESH_MODEL_SEND            0x0f
 struct btp_mesh_model_send_cmd {
+    uint8_t ttl;
     uint16_t src;
     uint16_t dst;
     uint8_t payload_len;
diff --git a/apps/bttester/src/btp_mesh.c b/apps/bttester/src/btp_mesh.c
index 2dc3eb4d4c..2825329aa6 100644
--- a/apps/bttester/src/btp_mesh.c
+++ b/apps/bttester/src/btp_mesh.c
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ model_send(const void *cmd, uint16_t cmd_len,
         .net_idx = net.net_idx,
         .app_idx = BT_MESH_KEY_DEV,
         .addr = sys_le16_to_cpu(cp->dst),
-        .send_ttl = BT_MESH_TTL_DEFAULT,
+        .send_ttl = cp->ttl,
     };
 
     src = sys_le16_to_cpu(cp->src);