diff --git a/components/bt/host/nimble/nimble b/components/bt/host/nimble/nimble
index da9c22cb53..d8f6a3bdd9 160000
--- a/components/bt/host/nimble/nimble
+++ b/components/bt/host/nimble/nimble
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit da9c22cb53d60ba5d4f9283145e10dc9a8171ec2
+Subproject commit d8f6a3bdd9c0d23f6f87b0af491e500cbeae3922
diff --git a/components/bt/host/nimble/nimble.rej b/components/bt/host/nimble/nimble.rej
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f4d6b6b420
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/bt/host/nimble/nimble.rej
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+--- components/bt/host/nimble/nimble
++++ components/bt/host/nimble/nimble
+@@ -1 +1 @@
+-Subproject commit e2d7a766fb3927d008902611b3985e8595864c55
++Subproject commit e2d7a766fb3927d008902611b3985e8595864c55-dirty
diff --git a/components/bt/host/nimble/port/include/esp_nimble_cfg.h b/components/bt/host/nimble/port/include/esp_nimble_cfg.h
index 82737794fb..52fd07fc05 100644
--- a/components/bt/host/nimble/port/include/esp_nimble_cfg.h
+++ b/components/bt/host/nimble/port/include/esp_nimble_cfg.h
@@ -1627,4 +1627,12 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
+#ifndef MYNEWT_VAL_BLE_ENABLE_CONN_REATTEMPT
+#ifdef CONFIG_BT_NIMBLE_ENABLE_CONN_REATTEMPT
+#define MYNEWT_VAL_BLE_ENABLE_CONN_REATTEMPT CONFIG_BT_NIMBLE_ENABLE_CONN_REATTEMPT
+#else
+#define MYNEWT_VAL_BLE_ENABLE_CONN_REATTEMPT (0)
+#endif
+#endif
+
 #endif