diff --git a/doc/connectivity/networking/api/mqtt.rst b/doc/connectivity/networking/api/mqtt.rst
index c2fb612e1cc2..a8eaaf288b9d 100644
--- a/doc/connectivity/networking/api/mqtt.rst
+++ b/doc/connectivity/networking/api/mqtt.rst
@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@ Note, that TLS credentials referenced by the ``m_sec_tags`` array must be
 registered in the system first. For more information on how to do that, refer
 to :ref:`secure sockets documentation <secure_sockets_interface>`.
 
-Finally, ``set_native_tls`` can be optionally set to enable native TLS support instead of offloading TLS operations to the modem.
+Finally, ``set_native_tls`` can be optionally set to enable native TLS support
+instead of offloading TLS operations to an offloaded socket.
 
 An example of how to use TLS with MQTT is also present in
 :zephyr:code-sample:`mqtt-publisher` sample application.
diff --git a/include/zephyr/net/mqtt.h b/include/zephyr/net/mqtt.h
index 797f8f339d7f..fc9271f4debb 100644
--- a/include/zephyr/net/mqtt.h
+++ b/include/zephyr/net/mqtt.h
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ struct mqtt_sec_config {
 	/** Indicates the preference for copying certificates to the heap. */
 	int cert_nocopy;
 
-	/** Set socket to native TLS */
+	/** Set socket to use native TLS (used with socket offloading). */
 	bool set_native_tls;
 };
 
diff --git a/subsys/net/lib/mqtt/mqtt_transport_socket_tls.c b/subsys/net/lib/mqtt/mqtt_transport_socket_tls.c
index 617dec4b4d26..13bd7c23faba 100644
--- a/subsys/net/lib/mqtt/mqtt_transport_socket_tls.c
+++ b/subsys/net/lib/mqtt/mqtt_transport_socket_tls.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ int mqtt_client_tls_connect(struct mqtt_client *client)
 	int type = SOCK_STREAM;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (tls_config->set_native_tls) {
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NET_SOCKETS_OFFLOAD_DISPATCHER) && tls_config->set_native_tls) {
 		type |= SOCK_NATIVE_TLS;
 	}
 
@@ -37,6 +37,18 @@ int mqtt_client_tls_connect(struct mqtt_client *client)
 
 	NET_DBG("Created socket %d", client->transport.tls.sock);
 
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NET_SOCKETS_OFFLOAD_DISPATCHER) && tls_config->set_native_tls) {
+		int tls_native = 1;
+
+		ret = zsock_setsockopt(client->transport.tls.sock, SOL_TLS,
+				       TLS_NATIVE, &tls_native,
+				       sizeof(tls_native));
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			NET_ERR("Failed to set native TLS (%d)", -errno);
+			goto error;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (client->transport.if_name != NULL) {
 		struct ifreq ifname = { 0 };