diff --git a/docs/03-customization.md b/docs/03-customization.md
index c7235ef1..12c7ed64 100644
--- a/docs/03-customization.md
+++ b/docs/03-customization.md
@@ -51,3 +51,12 @@ The following variables control various aspects of each plugin behavior:
 | SOUND_SPOTIFY_DISABLE_NORMALISATION                                            | Disable volume normalization in Spotify.                                                                                                                                                                                        | Disabled if the variable exists regardless of its value.                | ---      |
 | SOUND_SPOTIFY_ENABLE_CACHE                                                     | Enable the audio cache in Spotify. Note that over time the cache can take up large amounts of disk space.                                                                                                                       | Enabled if the variable exists regardless of its value.                 | ---      |
 | SOUND_SPOTIFY_BITRATE                                                          | Spotify playback bitrate.                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Bitrate in kbps: `96`, `160` or `320`                                   | 160      |
+
+## AirPlay
+
+AirPlay is based on [Shairport Sync](https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync).
+It supports various options that override [options provided by Shairport](https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync/blob/master/scripts/shairport-sync.conf)
+
+| Variable                        | Description                                                                                                                                                                         | Options                                                          | Defaults |
+| ------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- |
+| SOUND_AIRPLAY_LATENCY_OFFSET    | This is added to the latency requested by the player to delay or advance the output by a fixed amount. Latency adjustments should be small, not more than about ± 250 milliseconds. | Time in seconds. Example: `0.250`. Negative values are supported | 0        |
diff --git a/plugins/airplay/start.sh b/plugins/airplay/start.sh
index 9d586385..9f389c90 100644
--- a/plugins/airplay/start.sh
+++ b/plugins/airplay/start.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,18 @@ SOUND_DEVICE_NAME=${SOUND_DEVICE_NAME:-"balenaSound AirPlay $(echo "$BALENA_DEVI
 echo "Starting AirPlay plugin..."
 echo "Device name: $SOUND_DEVICE_NAME"
 
+# Check if LATENCY_OFFSET is set
+if [[ -n "$SOUND_AIRPLAY_LATENCY_OFFSET" ]]; then
+    # File to modify
+    file="/etc/shairport-sync.conf"
+
+    # Use sed to replace the value in the specified line
+    sed -i "s|//[[:space:]]*audio_backend_latency_offset_in_seconds[[:space:]]*=.*;|	audio_backend_latency_offset_in_seconds = $SOUND_AIRPLAY_LATENCY_OFFSET;|" "$file"
+
+    echo "Updated audio_backend_latency_offset_in_seconds to $SOUND_AIRPLAY_LATENCY_OFFSET in $file"
+fi
+
+
 # Start AirPlay
 echo "Starting Shairport Sync"
 exec shairport-sync \