diff --git a/srcpkgs/apache-kafka/files/apache-kafka-zookeeper/log/run b/srcpkgs/apache-kafka/files/apache-kafka-zookeeper/log/run
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..043340b6125
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/apache-kafka/files/apache-kafka-zookeeper/log/run
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec logger -t apache-kafka-zookeeper -p 'daemon.info'
diff --git a/srcpkgs/apache-kafka/files/apache-kafka-zookeeper/run b/srcpkgs/apache-kafka/files/apache-kafka-zookeeper/run
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1fcaf44eeb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/apache-kafka/files/apache-kafka-zookeeper/run
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+[ -r ./conf ] && . ./conf
+exec /usr/lib/kafka/bin/zookeeper-server-start.sh ${PROPERTIES_FILE:-/usr/lib/kafka/config/zookeeper.properties}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/apache-kafka/files/apache-kafka.sh b/srcpkgs/apache-kafka/files/apache-kafka.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ed60441924d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/apache-kafka/files/apache-kafka.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+export PATH=$PATH:/usr/lib/kafka/bin
diff --git a/srcpkgs/apache-kafka/files/apache-kafka/log/run b/srcpkgs/apache-kafka/files/apache-kafka/log/run
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..94f6f1f9164
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/apache-kafka/files/apache-kafka/log/run
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec logger -t apache-kafka -p 'daemon.info'
diff --git a/srcpkgs/apache-kafka/files/apache-kafka/run b/srcpkgs/apache-kafka/files/apache-kafka/run
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7f888a35e8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/apache-kafka/files/apache-kafka/run
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+[ -r ./conf ] && . ./conf
+exec /usr/lib/kafka/bin/kafka-server-start.sh ${PROPERTIES_FILE:-/usr/lib/kafka/config/server.properties}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/apache-kafka/template b/srcpkgs/apache-kafka/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..11813e31a89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/apache-kafka/template
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Template file for 'apache-kafka'
+pkgname=apache-kafka
+version=2.3.0
+revision=1
+wrksrc="kafka-${version}-src"
+hostmakedepends="gradle"
+depends="virtual?java-runtime"
+short_desc="Distributed Streaming Platform"
+maintainer="Kyle Nusbaum <knusbaum+void@sdf.org>"
+license="Apache-2.0"
+homepage="https://kafka.apache.org"
+distfiles="http://apache.mirrors.ionfish.org/kafka/${version}/kafka-${version}-src.tgz"
+checksum=d32cbd619e1a7fb4deae2402fa1dce56d909af19ad690c82e2d495fb5c4cfdc0
+
+do_configure() {
+	gradle
+}
+
+do_build() {
+	./gradlew releaseTarGz
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vmkdir usr/lib/kafka
+	tar -xf core/build/distributions/kafka_2.12-${version}.tgz -C ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/kafka --strip 1
+	rm -Rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/kafka/bin/windows
+
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/etc/profile.d
+	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/apache-kafka.sh 0755 etc/profile.d/
+
+	vsv apache-kafka-zookeeper
+	vsv apache-kafka
+}