diff --git a/src/modules/land_detector/MulticopterLandDetector.cpp b/src/modules/land_detector/MulticopterLandDetector.cpp
index 615141d7be..e34a89287a 100644
--- a/src/modules/land_detector/MulticopterLandDetector.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/land_detector/MulticopterLandDetector.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ MulticopterLandDetector::MulticopterLandDetector() : LandDetector(),
 	_paramHandle.maxRotation = param_find("LNDMC_ROT_MAX");
 	_paramHandle.maxVelocity = param_find("LNDMC_XY_VEL_MAX");
 	_paramHandle.maxClimbRate = param_find("LNDMC_Z_VEL_MAX");
+	_paramHandle.throttleRange = param_find("LNDMC_THR_RANGE");
 	_paramHandle.minThrottle = param_find("MPC_THR_MIN");
 	_paramHandle.hoverThrottleAuto = param_find("MPC_THR_HOVER");
 	_paramHandle.minManThrottle = param_find("MPC_MANTHR_MIN");
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ void MulticopterLandDetector::_update_params()
 	_params.maxRotation_rad_s = math::radians(_params.maxRotation_rad_s);
 	param_get(_paramHandle.minThrottle, &_params.minThrottle);
 	param_get(_paramHandle.hoverThrottleAuto, &_params.hoverThrottleAuto);
+	param_get(_paramHandle.throttleRange, &_params.throttleRange);
 	param_get(_paramHandle.minManThrottle, &_params.minManThrottle);
 	param_get(_paramHandle.freefall_acc_threshold, &_params.freefall_acc_threshold);
 	param_get(_paramHandle.freefall_trigger_time, &_params.freefall_trigger_time);
@@ -144,7 +146,8 @@ bool MulticopterLandDetector::_get_ground_contact_state()
 	const uint64_t now = hrt_absolute_time();
 
 	// 10% of throttle range between min and hover
-	float sys_min_throttle = _params.minThrottle + (_params.hoverThrottleAuto - _params.minThrottle) * 0.1f;
+	float sys_min_throttle = _params.minThrottle + (_params.hoverThrottleAuto - _params.minThrottle) *
+				 _params.throttleRange;
 
 	// Determine the system min throttle based on flight mode
 	if (!_control_mode.flag_control_altitude_enabled) {
diff --git a/src/modules/land_detector/MulticopterLandDetector.h b/src/modules/land_detector/MulticopterLandDetector.h
index e10528ccc7..8513a6f49b 100644
--- a/src/modules/land_detector/MulticopterLandDetector.h
+++ b/src/modules/land_detector/MulticopterLandDetector.h
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ private:
 		param_t maxRotation;
 		param_t minThrottle;
 		param_t hoverThrottleAuto;
+		param_t throttleRange;
 		param_t minManThrottle;
 		param_t freefall_acc_threshold;
 		param_t freefall_trigger_time;
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ private:
 		float maxRotation_rad_s;
 		float minThrottle;
 		float hoverThrottleAuto;
+		float throttleRange;
 		float minManThrottle;
 		float freefall_acc_threshold;
 		float freefall_trigger_time;
diff --git a/src/modules/land_detector/land_detector_params.c b/src/modules/land_detector/land_detector_params.c
index 7ca07b8d2d..1297f45d60 100644
--- a/src/modules/land_detector/land_detector_params.c
+++ b/src/modules/land_detector/land_detector_params.c
@@ -88,6 +88,22 @@ PARAM_DEFINE_FLOAT(LNDMC_ROT_MAX, 20.0f);
  */
 PARAM_DEFINE_FLOAT(LNDMC_FFALL_THR, 2.0f);
 
+/**
+ * Multicopter sub-hover throttle scaling
+ *
+ * The range between throttle_min and throttle_hover is scaled
+ * by this parameter to define how close to minimum throttle
+ * the current throttle value needs to be in order to get
+ * accepted as landed.
+ *
+ * @min 0.05
+ * @max 0.5
+ * @decimal 2
+ *
+ * @group Land Detector
+ */
+PARAM_DEFINE_FLOAT(LNDMC_THR_RANGE, 0.1f);
+
 /**
  * Multicopter free-fall trigger time
  *