diff --git a/profiles/input/device.c b/profiles/input/device.c
index 1b28cdc174b1..b622ee8cd681 100644
--- a/profiles/input/device.c
+++ b/profiles/input/device.c
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ struct input_device {
 	unsigned int		report_req_timer;
 	uint32_t		report_rsp_id;
 	bool			virtual_cable_unplug;
+	unsigned int		idle_timer;
 };
 
 static int idle_timeout = 0;
@@ -139,6 +140,9 @@ static void input_device_free(struct input_device *idev)
 		g_free(idev->req);
 	}
 
+	if (idev->idle_timer)
+		timeout_remove(idev->idle_timer);
+
 	if (idev->reconnect_timer > 0)
 		timeout_remove(idev->reconnect_timer);
 
@@ -156,8 +160,54 @@ static void virtual_cable_unplug(struct input_device *idev)
 	idev->virtual_cable_unplug = false;
 }
 
-static bool hidp_send_message(GIOChannel *chan, uint8_t hdr,
-					const uint8_t *data, size_t size)
+static int uhid_disconnect(struct input_device *idev, bool force)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	if (!bt_uhid_created(idev->uhid))
+		return 0;
+
+	/* Only destroy the node if virtual cable unplug flag has been set */
+	if (!idev->virtual_cable_unplug && !force)
+		return 0;
+
+	bt_uhid_unregister_all(idev->uhid);
+
+	err = bt_uhid_destroy(idev->uhid);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		error("bt_uhid_destroy: %s", strerror(-err));
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+static bool input_device_idle_timeout(gpointer user_data)
+{
+	struct input_device *idev = user_data;
+
+	idev->idle_timer = 0;
+
+	DBG("path=%s", idev->path);
+
+	uhid_disconnect(idev, true);
+	connection_disconnect(idev, 0);
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+static void input_device_idle_reset(struct input_device *idev)
+{
+	timeout_remove(idev->idle_timer);
+
+	if (idle_timeout)
+		idev->idle_timer = timeout_add_seconds(idle_timeout,
+					input_device_idle_timeout, idev,
+					NULL);
+}
+
+static bool hidp_send_message(struct input_device *idev, GIOChannel *chan,
+				uint8_t hdr, const uint8_t *data, size_t size)
 {
 	int fd;
 	ssize_t len;
@@ -191,6 +241,8 @@ static bool hidp_send_message(GIOChannel *chan, uint8_t hdr,
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	input_device_idle_reset(idev);
+
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -200,13 +252,13 @@ static bool hidp_send_ctrl_message(struct input_device *idev, uint8_t hdr,
 	if (hdr == (HIDP_TRANS_HID_CONTROL | HIDP_CTRL_VIRTUAL_CABLE_UNPLUG))
 		idev->virtual_cable_unplug = true;
 
-	return hidp_send_message(idev->ctrl_io, hdr, data, size);
+	return hidp_send_message(idev, idev->ctrl_io, hdr, data, size);
 }
 
 static bool hidp_send_intr_message(struct input_device *idev, uint8_t hdr,
 					const uint8_t *data, size_t size)
 {
-	return hidp_send_message(idev->intr_io, hdr, data, size);
+	return hidp_send_message(idev, idev->intr_io, hdr, data, size);
 }
 
 static bool uhid_send_get_report_reply(struct input_device *idev,
@@ -297,6 +349,8 @@ static bool hidp_recv_intr_data(GIOChannel *chan, struct input_device *idev)
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	input_device_idle_reset(idev);
+
 	hdr = data[0];
 	if (hdr != (HIDP_TRANS_DATA | HIDP_DATA_RTYPE_INPUT)) {
 		DBG("unsupported HIDP protocol header 0x%02x", hdr);
@@ -313,28 +367,6 @@ static bool hidp_recv_intr_data(GIOChannel *chan, struct input_device *idev)
 	return true;
 }
 
-static int uhid_disconnect(struct input_device *idev, bool force)
-{
-	int err;
-
-	if (!bt_uhid_created(idev->uhid))
-		return 0;
-
-	/* Only destroy the node if virtual cable unplug flag has been set */
-	if (!idev->virtual_cable_unplug && !force)
-		return 0;
-
-	bt_uhid_unregister_all(idev->uhid);
-
-	err = bt_uhid_destroy(idev->uhid);
-	if (err < 0) {
-		error("bt_uhid_destroy: %s", strerror(-err));
-		return err;
-	}
-
-	return err;
-}
-
 static gboolean intr_watch_cb(GIOChannel *chan, GIOCondition cond, gpointer data)
 {
 	struct input_device *idev = data;
@@ -520,6 +552,8 @@ static bool hidp_recv_ctrl_message(GIOChannel *chan, struct input_device *idev)
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	input_device_idle_reset(idev);
+
 	hdr = data[0];
 	type = hdr & HIDP_HEADER_TRANS_MASK;
 	param = hdr & HIDP_HEADER_PARAM_MASK;
diff --git a/profiles/input/input.conf b/profiles/input/input.conf
index 00a34eb63de1..fc20c58b6b32 100644
--- a/profiles/input/input.conf
+++ b/profiles/input/input.conf
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 # Set idle timeout (in minutes) before the connection will
 # be disconnect (defaults to 0 for no timeout)
-#IdleTimeout=30
+#IdleTimeout=0
 
 # Enable HID protocol handling in userspace input profile
 # Defaults to true (Use UHID instead of kernel HIDP)
