diff --git a/src/wifi/model/wifi-mac.cc b/src/wifi/model/wifi-mac.cc
index 203e68b69..75bf089d5 100644
--- a/src/wifi/model/wifi-mac.cc
+++ b/src/wifi/model/wifi-mac.cc
@@ -146,6 +146,14 @@ WifiMac::GetTypeId()
                 UintegerValue(1024),
                 MakeUintegerAccessor(&WifiMac::GetMpduBufferSize, &WifiMac::SetMpduBufferSize),
                 MakeUintegerChecker<uint16_t>(1, 1024))
+            .AddAttribute(
+                "FrameRetryLimit",
+                "The maximum number of transmission attempts of a frame that are made before a "
+                "failure condition is indicated. This corresponds to the dot11ShortRetryLimit "
+                "parameter in the standard.",
+                UintegerValue(7),
+                MakeUintegerAccessor(&WifiMac::GetFrameRetryLimit, &WifiMac::SetFrameRetryLimit),
+                MakeUintegerChecker<uint32_t>(1, 65535))
             .AddAttribute("VO_MaxAmsduSize",
                           "Maximum length in bytes of an A-MSDU for AC_VO access class "
                           "(capped to 7935 for HT PPDUs and 11398 for VHT/HE/EHT PPDUs). "
@@ -2037,6 +2045,19 @@ WifiMac::GetMpduBufferSize() const
     return m_mpduBufferSize;
 }
 
+void
+WifiMac::SetFrameRetryLimit(uint32_t limit)
+{
+    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << limit);
+    m_frameRetryLimit = limit;
+}
+
+uint32_t
+WifiMac::GetFrameRetryLimit() const
+{
+    return m_frameRetryLimit;
+}
+
 void
 WifiMac::SetVoBlockAckThreshold(uint8_t threshold)
 {
diff --git a/src/wifi/model/wifi-mac.h b/src/wifi/model/wifi-mac.h
index 5711faebd..b0ce6cc1d 100644
--- a/src/wifi/model/wifi-mac.h
+++ b/src/wifi/model/wifi-mac.h
@@ -751,6 +751,18 @@ class WifiMac : public Object
      */
     uint16_t GetMpduBufferSize() const;
 
+    /**
+     * Set the frame retry limit.
+     *
+     * @param limit the frame retry limit
+     */
+    void SetFrameRetryLimit(uint32_t limit);
+
+    /**
+     * @return the frame retry limit
+     */
+    uint32_t GetFrameRetryLimit() const;
+
     /**
      * Get the TID-to-Link Mapping negotiated with the given MLD (if any) for the given direction.
      * An empty mapping indicates the default mapping.
@@ -1200,7 +1212,8 @@ class WifiMac : public Object
     uint32_t m_beMaxAmpduSize; ///< maximum A-MPDU size for AC_BE (in bytes)
     uint32_t m_bkMaxAmpduSize; ///< maximum A-MPDU size for AC_BK (in bytes)
 
-    uint16_t m_mpduBufferSize; //!< BlockAck buffer size (in number of MPDUs)
+    uint16_t m_mpduBufferSize;  //!< BlockAck buffer size (in number of MPDUs)
+    uint32_t m_frameRetryLimit; //!< the frame retry limit
 
     UniformRandomBitGenerator m_shuffleLinkIdsGen; //!< random number generator to shuffle link IDs