diff --git a/src/driver/mongodb/MongoConnectionOptions.ts b/src/driver/mongodb/MongoConnectionOptions.ts
index 7bc99323590..fdbf2ba7220 100644
--- a/src/driver/mongodb/MongoConnectionOptions.ts
+++ b/src/driver/mongodb/MongoConnectionOptions.ts
@@ -343,4 +343,9 @@ export interface MongoConnectionOptions extends BaseConnectionOptions {
      * Automatic Client-Side Field Level Encryption configuration.
      */
     readonly autoEncryption?: any;
+
+    /**
+     * Enables or disables the ability to retry writes upon encountering transient network errors.
+     */
+    readonly retryWrites?: boolean;
 }