The weaving machine transmission (1) for the control of the stroke of a sley shaft (8) comprises a roller lever (4) and a sley shaft (8) between which there is an active connection, with the roller lever (4) and the sley shaft (8) being arranged so as to be pivotal and mutually rotatable about a common axis (A), with a joint arrangement (6) forming the active connection between the roller lever (4) and the sley shaft (8) and with the joint arrangement (6) being designed such that the length of the active connection can be varied by means of an adjusting apparatus (13) which acts on the joint arrangement (6).