diff --git a/infrastructure/helm-chart/templates/config/kafka.yaml b/infrastructure/helm-chart/templates/config/kafka.yaml
index a00933d800..3e1f6f26ea 100644
--- a/infrastructure/helm-chart/templates/config/kafka.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/helm-chart/templates/config/kafka.yaml
@@ -13,3 +13,7 @@ data:
 {{- end }}
   KAFKA_SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL: {{ .Values.config.kafka.schemaRegistryUrl }}
   KAFKA_COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS: "{{ .Values.config.kafka.commitInterval }}"
+  KAFKA_SASL_CA: |-
+    {{ .Values.config.kafka.saslCaCertificate | nindent 4 | trim }}
+  KAFKA_SASL_USERNAME: {{ .Values.config.kafka.saslUsername }}
+  KAFKA_SASL_PASSWORD: {{ .Values.config.kafka.saslPassword }}
diff --git a/infrastructure/helm-chart/templates/provisioning/job-kafka.yaml b/infrastructure/helm-chart/templates/provisioning/job-kafka.yaml
index a6dab65f1a..9a24e8d3e0 100644
--- a/infrastructure/helm-chart/templates/provisioning/job-kafka.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/helm-chart/templates/provisioning/job-kafka.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ spec:
         volumeMounts:
         - name: kafka-create-topics
           mountPath: /opt/provisioning
+        - name: kafka-config
+          mountPath: /opt/kafka/ca.pem
+          subPath: KAFKA_SASL_CA
       initContainers:
       - name: wait
         image: "{{ .Values.global.busyboxImage }}"
diff --git a/infrastructure/helm-chart/templates/provisioning/kafka-create-topics.yaml b/infrastructure/helm-chart/templates/provisioning/kafka-create-topics.yaml
index 29b06636b9..1ca795a783 100644
--- a/infrastructure/helm-chart/templates/provisioning/kafka-create-topics.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/helm-chart/templates/provisioning/kafka-create-topics.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ data:
     REPLICAS=${KAFKA_MINIMUM_REPLICAS:-1}
     AIRY_CORE_NAMESPACE=${AIRY_CORE_NAMESPACE:-}
     AUTH_JAAS=${AUTH_JAAS:-}
+    KAFKA_SASL_USERNAME=${KAFKA_SASL_USERNAME:-}
+    KAFKA_SASL_PASSWORD=${KAFKA_SASL_PASSWORD:-}
+    KAFKA_SASL_CA=${KAFKA_SASL_CA:-}
 
     if [ -n "${AIRY_CORE_NAMESPACE}" ]; then
       AIRY_CORE_NAMESPACE="${AIRY_CORE_NAMESPACE}."
@@ -45,6 +48,18 @@ data:
       echo "Using jaas authentication for connecting to Kafka"
     fi
 
+    if [ -n "${KAFKA_SASL_CA}" ]; then
+      cat <<EOF > /opt/kafka/jaas.config
+    security.protocol=SASL_SSL
+    sasl.mechanism=PLAIN
+    sasl.username=$KAFKA_SASL_USERNAME
+    sasl.password=$KAFKA_SASL_PASSWORD
+    sasl.ca.location=/opt/kafka/ca.pem
+    EOF
+      CONNECTION_OPTS+=(--command-config /opt/kafka/jaas.config)
+      echo "Using jaas authentication for connecting to Kafka"
+    fi
+
     echo "Creating Kafka topics"