Significance Mechanosensitive (MS) channels embedded in the membrane provide an efficient system to rapidly convert mechanical tension into a biological signal. Here we show that the plasma-membrane mechanosensitive channel MscS-LIKE 10 (MSL10) responds to pulsed membrane stretching with rapid activation and relaxation kinetics allowing fast adjustment of its activity to fluctuations in membrane tension. Under sinusoidal membrane mechanical stimulation, we found that MSL10 amplifies oscillatory signals near 1 Hz which corresponds to the frequencies of plant motions in the wind. Together with its localization in aerial organs, our results indicate that the MSL10 represents a molecular component for the perception of oscillations triggered by the wind in plants.