diff --git a/mesh/mesh-main.conf b/mesh/mesh-main.conf
index aca9e6fa5..01f4c3d23 100644
--- a/mesh/mesh-main.conf
+++ b/mesh/mesh-main.conf
@@ -41,3 +41,110 @@
 # Setting this value to zero means there's no timeout.
 # Defaults to 60.
 #ProvTimeout = 60
+
+
+[SARTransmitter]
+
+# Transmission interval step between segments of a message.
+# Interval is measured in milliseconds and calculated using the following
+# formula:
+#
+#   (SegIntervalStep + 1) * 10 ms.
+#
+# Valid range 0-15.
+# Defaults to 5.
+#SegIntervalStep = 5
+
+# Maximum number of retransmissions of segments to a unicast destination.
+# Valid range 0-15.
+# Defaults to 2.
+#UnicastRetransCount = 2
+
+# Maximum number of retransmissions of segments to a unicast destination when no
+# acknowledgment is newly received during the retransmission interval.
+# This value sould be set to greater than AckRetransCount on a peer node.
+# Valid range 0-15.
+# Defaults to 2.
+#UnicastRetransWithoutProgressCount = 2
+
+# Retransmission interval step between segments of a meesage to a unicast
+# destination.
+# Interval is measured in milliseconds and calculated using the following
+# formula:
+#
+#   (UnicastRetransIntervalStep + 1) * 25 ms
+#
+# Valid range 0-15.
+# Defaults to 7.
+#UnicastRetransIntervalStep = 7
+
+# Interval step between segments of a message to a unicast destination that
+# increases proportionally to (ttl - 1) when ttl is over 0.
+# Increment is measured in milliseconds and calculated using the following
+# formula:
+#
+#   (UnicastRetransIntervalIncrement + 1) * 25 ms
+#
+# Valid range 0-15.
+# Defaults to 1.
+#UnicastRetransIntervalIncrement = 1
+
+# Maximum number of retransmissions of segments to a multicast destination.
+# Valid range 0-15.
+# Defaults to 2.
+#MulticastRetransCount = 2
+
+# Retransmission interval step between segments of a meesage to a multicast
+# destination.
+# Interval is measured in milliseconds and calculated using the following
+# formula:
+#
+#   (MulticastRetransIntervalStep + 1) * 25 ms
+#
+# Valid range 0-15.
+# Defaults to 8.
+#MulticastRetransIntervalStep = 8
+
+[SARReceiver]
+
+# Threshold number of segments in a message to retransmit acknowledgment
+# messages. If the number of segments in a message exceeds SegmentsThreshold,
+# retransmit the Acknowledgment message by AckRetransCount.
+# Valid range 0-31.
+# Defaults to 3
+#SegmentsThreshold = 3
+
+# Interval increment between acknowledgment messages.
+# Increment is measured in segments and calculated using the following formula:
+#
+#   AckDelayIncrement + 1.5
+#
+# Valid range 0-7
+# Defaults to 1
+#AckDelayIncrement = 1
+
+# Maximum number of retransmissions of acknowledgment messages.
+# Valid range 0-3
+# Defaults to 0
+#AckRetransCount = 0
+
+# Timeout to discard a segmented message when no more new segments of the
+# message are coming in.
+# Timeout is measured in seconds and calculated using the following formula:
+#
+#   (DiscardTimeout + 1) * 5 sec
+#
+# Valid range 0-15
+# Defaults to 1
+#DiscardTimeout = 1
+
+# Interval between received segments of a message. This is used to control rate
+# of transmission of acknowledgment messages.
+# Increment is measured in milliseconds and calculated using the following
+# formula:
+#
+#   (ReceiverSegIntervalStep + 1) * 10 ms
+#
+# Valid range 0-15
+# Defaults to 5
+#ReceiverSegIntervalStep = 5
diff --git a/mesh/mesh.c b/mesh/mesh.c
index f89230b6c..17236c110 100644
--- a/mesh/mesh.c
+++ b/mesh/mesh.c
@@ -248,16 +248,11 @@ void mesh_get_sar_receiver(void *sar_rxr)
 	memcpy(sar_rxr, &mesh_sar_rxr, sizeof(struct mesh_sar_receiver));
 }
 
-static void parse_settings(const char *mesh_conf_fname)
+static void parse_mesh_general(const struct l_settings *settings)
 {
-	struct l_settings *settings;
 	char *str;
 	uint32_t value;
 
-	settings = l_settings_new();
-	if (!l_settings_load_from_file(settings, mesh_conf_fname))
-		goto done;
-
 	str = l_settings_get_string(settings, "General", "Beacon");
 	if (str) {
 		if (!strcasecmp(str, "true"))
@@ -290,6 +285,79 @@ static void parse_settings(const char *mesh_conf_fname)
 	if (l_settings_get_uint(settings, "General", "ProvTimeout", &value))
 		mesh.prov_timeout = value;
 
+}
+
+static void parse_mesh_sar(const struct l_settings *settings)
+{
+	uint32_t value;
+
+	if (l_settings_get_uint(settings, "SARTransmitter", "SegIntervalStep",
+							&value) && value <= 15)
+		mesh_sar_txr.seg_int_step = value;
+
+	if (l_settings_get_uint(settings, "SARTransmitter",
+							"UnicastRetransCount",
+							&value) && value <= 15)
+		mesh_sar_txr.unicast_rtx_cnt = value;
+
+	if (l_settings_get_uint(settings, "SARTransmitter",
+					"UnicastRetransWithoutProgressCount",
+							&value) && value <= 15)
+		mesh_sar_txr.unicast_rtx_without_prog_cnt = value;
+
+	if (l_settings_get_uint(settings, "SARTransmitter",
+						"UnicastRetransIntervalStep",
+							&value) && value <= 15)
+		mesh_sar_txr.unicast_rtx_int_step = value;
+
+	if (l_settings_get_uint(settings, "SARTransmitter",
+					"UnicastRetransIntervalIncrement",
+							&value) && value <= 15)
+		mesh_sar_txr.unicast_rtx_int_inc = value;
+
+	if (l_settings_get_uint(settings, "SARTransmitter",
+							"MulticastRetransCount",
+							&value) && value <= 15)
+		mesh_sar_txr.multicast_rtx_cnt = value;
+
+	if (l_settings_get_uint(settings, "SARTransmitter",
+						"MulticastRetransIntervalStep",
+							&value) && value <= 15)
+		mesh_sar_txr.multicast_rtx_int_step = value;
+
+	if (l_settings_get_uint(settings, "SARReceiver", "SegmentsThreshold",
+							&value) && value <= 31)
+		mesh_sar_rxr.seg_threshold = value;
+
+	if (l_settings_get_uint(settings, "SARReceiver", "AckDelayIncrement",
+							&value) && value <= 7)
+		mesh_sar_rxr.ack_delay_inc = value;
+
+	if (l_settings_get_uint(settings, "SARReceiver", "AckRetransCount",
+							&value) && value <= 3)
+		mesh_sar_rxr.ack_rtx_cnt = value;
+
+	if (l_settings_get_uint(settings, "SARReceiver", "DiscardTimeout",
+							&value) && value <= 15)
+		mesh_sar_rxr.discard_timeout = value;
+
+	if (l_settings_get_uint(settings, "SARReceiver",
+						"ReceiverSegIntervalStep",
+							&value) && value <= 15)
+		mesh_sar_rxr.receiver_seg_int_step = value;
+}
+
+static void parse_settings(const char *mesh_conf_fname)
+{
+	struct l_settings *settings;
+
+	settings = l_settings_new();
+	if (!l_settings_load_from_file(settings, mesh_conf_fname))
+		goto done;
+
+	parse_mesh_general(settings);
+	parse_mesh_sar(settings);
+
 done:
 	l_settings_free(settings);
 }
