diff --git a/src/profile.c b/src/profile.c
index 9f98d65..c745811 100644
--- a/src/profile.c
+++ b/src/profile.c
@@ -562,6 +562,7 @@ struct ext_profile {
 
 	guint id;
 
+	BtIOMode mode;
 	BtIOSecLevel sec_level;
 	bool authorize;
 
@@ -1260,6 +1261,7 @@ static uint32_t ext_start_servers(struct ext_profile *ext,
 		io = bt_io_listen(connect, confirm, l2cap, NULL, &err,
 					BT_IO_OPT_SOURCE_BDADDR,
 					adapter_get_address(adapter),
+					BT_IO_OPT_MODE, ext->mode,
 					BT_IO_OPT_PSM, psm,
 					BT_IO_OPT_SEC_LEVEL, ext->sec_level,
 					BT_IO_OPT_INVALID);
@@ -1891,6 +1893,7 @@ static struct default_settings {
 	const char	*remote_uuid;
 	int		channel;
 	int		psm;
+	BtIOMode	mode;
 	BtIOSecLevel	sec_level;
 	bool		authorize;
 	bool		auto_connect;
@@ -1942,6 +1945,7 @@ static struct default_settings {
 		.name		= "Object Push",
 		.channel	= OPP_DEFAULT_CHANNEL,
 		.psm		= BTD_PROFILE_PSM_AUTO,
+		.mode		= BT_IO_MODE_ERTM,
 		.sec_level	= BT_IO_SEC_LOW,
 		.authorize	= false,
 		.get_record	= get_opp_record,
@@ -1951,6 +1955,7 @@ static struct default_settings {
 		.name		= "File Transfer",
 		.channel	= FTP_DEFAULT_CHANNEL,
 		.psm		= BTD_PROFILE_PSM_AUTO,
+		.mode		= BT_IO_MODE_ERTM,
 		.get_record	= get_ftp_record,
 		.version	= 0x0102,
 	}, {
@@ -1991,6 +1996,7 @@ static void ext_set_defaults(struct ext_profile *ext)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
 
+	ext->mode = BT_IO_MODE_BASIC;
 	ext->sec_level = BT_IO_SEC_MEDIUM;
 	ext->authorize = true;
 	ext->enable_client = true;
@@ -2020,6 +2026,9 @@ static void ext_set_defaults(struct ext_profile *ext)
 		if (settings->sec_level)
 			ext->sec_level = settings->sec_level;
 
+		if (settings->mode)
+			ext->mode = settings->mode;
+
 		if (settings->auto_connect)
 			ext->p.auto_connect = true;