diff --git a/ardupilot_methodic_configurator/backend_flightcontroller.py b/ardupilot_methodic_configurator/backend_flightcontroller.py
index 4e0120cb2..2689a3419 100644
--- a/ardupilot_methodic_configurator/backend_flightcontroller.py
+++ b/ardupilot_methodic_configurator/backend_flightcontroller.py
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ def __create_connection_with_retry(  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments, too-m
                 timeout=timeout,
                 retries=retries,
                 progress_callback=progress_callback,
+                autoreconnect=True,
             )
             logging_debug(_("Waiting for MAVLink heartbeat"))
             if not self.master: