diff --git a/docs/Flight_recorder_mode_KafkaSink.md b/docs/Flight_recorder_mode_KafkaSink.md
index 5252307..3105d10 100644
--- a/docs/Flight_recorder_mode_KafkaSink.md
+++ b/docs/Flight_recorder_mode_KafkaSink.md
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ Configuration - KafkaSink parameters:
 --conf spark.sparkmeasure.kafkaTopic = Kafka topic
        Example: --conf spark.sparkmeasure.kafkaTopic=sparkmeasure-stageinfo
        Note: the topic will be created if it does not yet exist
+--conf spark.sparkmeasure.kafka.* = Other kafka properties
+       Example: --conf spark.sparkmeasure.kafka.ssl.keystore.location=/var/private/ssl/kafka.server.keystore.jks
 ```
 
 This code depends on "kafka-clients". If you deploy sparkMeasure from maven central,
diff --git a/src/main/scala/ch/cern/sparkmeasure/KafkaSink.scala b/src/main/scala/ch/cern/sparkmeasure/KafkaSink.scala
index 5a2c807..02208d4 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/ch/cern/sparkmeasure/KafkaSink.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/ch/cern/sparkmeasure/KafkaSink.scala
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ import scala.util.Try
  * example: --conf spark.sparkmeasure.kafkaBroker=kafka.your-site.com:9092
  * spark.sparkmeasure.kafkaTopic = Kafka topic
  * example: --conf spark.sparkmeasure.kafkaTopic=sparkmeasure-stageinfo
+ * spark.sparkmeasure.kafka.* = Other kafka properties
+ * example: --conf spark.sparkmeasure.kafka.ssl.keystore.location=/var/private/ssl/kafka.server.keystore.jks
  *
  * This code depends on "kafka clients", you may need to add the dependency:
  * --packages org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:3.2.1
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ class KafkaSink(conf: SparkConf) extends SparkListener {
   logger.warn("Custom monitoring listener with Kafka sink initializing. Now attempting to connect to Kafka topic")
 
   // Initialize Kafka connection
-  val (broker, topic) = Utils.parseKafkaConfig(conf, logger)
+  val (broker, topic, properties) = Utils.parseKafkaConfig(conf, logger)
   private var producer: Producer[String, Array[Byte]] = _
 
   var appId: String = SparkSession.getActiveSession match {
@@ -248,6 +250,7 @@ class KafkaSink(conf: SparkConf) extends SparkListener {
         props.put("key.serializer", "org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer")
         props.put("value.serializer", classOf[ByteArraySerializer].getName)
         props.put("client.id", "spark-measure")
+        properties.foreach{ case (k, v) => props.put(k, v) }
         producer = new KafkaProducer(props)
       }
     )
@@ -343,4 +346,4 @@ class KafkaSinkExtended(conf: SparkConf) extends KafkaSink(conf) {
     )
     report(point2)
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/main/scala/ch/cern/sparkmeasure/Utils.scala b/src/main/scala/ch/cern/sparkmeasure/Utils.scala
index e5ff6fa..eba8898 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/ch/cern/sparkmeasure/Utils.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/ch/cern/sparkmeasure/Utils.scala
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ object Utils {
     influxdbStagemetrics
   }
 
-  def parseKafkaConfig(conf: SparkConf, logger: Logger): (String, String) = {
+  def parseKafkaConfig(conf: SparkConf, logger: Logger): (String, String, Map[String, String]) = {
     // handle Kafka broker and topic
     val broker = conf.get("spark.sparkmeasure.kafkaBroker", "")
     val topic = conf.get("spark.sparkmeasure.kafkaTopic", "")
@@ -255,7 +255,15 @@ object Utils {
       logger.info(s"Kafka broker: $broker")
       logger.info(s"Kafka topic: $topic")
     }
-    (broker, topic)
+
+    val prefix = "spark.sparkmeasure.kafka."
+    val kafkaParams: Map[String, String] = conf.getAll
+      .collect {
+        case (k, v) if k.startsWith(prefix) => k.stripPrefix(prefix) -> v
+      }
+      .toMap
+
+    (broker, topic, kafkaParams)
   }
 
   def parsePushGatewayConfig(conf: SparkConf, logger: Logger): PushgatewayConfig = {