diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fab5f090d..2552d70a7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 - Berry `webserver.remove_route` to revert `webserver.on` (#23452)
 - Berry `compile` and `tasmota.compile` option to compile in local context (#23457)
 - Support for AP33772S USB PD Sink Controller as used in CentyLab RotoPD
+- Berry mqtt publish rule processing
 
 ### Breaking Changed
 
diff --git a/RELEASENOTES.md b/RELEASENOTES.md
index c6be100fc..873153e0b 100644
--- a/RELEASENOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASENOTES.md
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ The latter links can be used for OTA upgrades too like ``OtaUrl https://ota.tasm
 - WebUI heap status [#23356](https://github.com/arendst/Tasmota/issues/23356)
 - Optional Wifi strength indicator in WebUI status line [#23352](https://github.com/arendst/Tasmota/issues/23352)
 - Wireguard VPN [#23347](https://github.com/arendst/Tasmota/issues/23347)
+- Berry mqtt publish rule processing
 - Berry support for `sortedmap` [#23441](https://github.com/arendst/Tasmota/issues/23441)
 - Berry `introspect.module` option to not cache module entry [#23451](https://github.com/arendst/Tasmota/issues/23451)
 - Berry `webserver.remove_route` to revert `webserver.on` [#23452](https://github.com/arendst/Tasmota/issues/23452)
diff --git a/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_10_rules.ino b/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_10_rules.ino
index dae5cfd95..b9580911f 100644
--- a/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_10_rules.ino
+++ b/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_10_rules.ino
@@ -869,14 +869,14 @@ String RuleLoadFile(const char* fname) {
 
 /*******************************************************************************************/
 
-bool RulesProcessEvent(const char *json_event)
-{
+bool RulesProcessEvent(const char *json_event) {
 #ifdef USE_BERRY
   // events are passed to Berry before Rules engine
   callBerryRule(json_event, Rules.teleperiod);
 #endif  // USE_BERRY
 
   if (Rules.busy) { return false; }
+  if (!strlen(json_event)) { return true; }
 
   Rules.busy = true;
   bool serviced = false;
diff --git a/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_52_3_berry_mqtt.ino b/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_52_3_berry_mqtt.ino
index 6cb6c4e2e..53e692975 100644
--- a/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_52_3_berry_mqtt.ino
+++ b/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_52_3_berry_mqtt.ino
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ extern "C" {
       be_pop(vm, be_top(vm));   // clear stack to avoid any indirect warning message in subsequent calls to Berry
 
       MqttPublishPayload(topic, payload, is_binary ? len : 0 /*if string don't send length*/, retain);
+      if (!is_binary) {
+        XdrvRulesProcess(0, payload);  // Process rules on berry publish
+      }
 
       be_return_nil(vm); // Return
     }