diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index aefcc32..9ff19f1 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ RUN apt-get update -q && \
         newrelic-php5-common=${NEWRELIC_VERSION} \
         newrelic-daemon=${NEWRELIC_VERSION} \
         libyaml-dev \
+        librdkafka-dev \
     && \
     phpdismod pdo_pgsql && \
     phpdismod pgsql && \
@@ -98,6 +99,9 @@ RUN apt-get update -q && \
     # Install new PHP7-stable version of Redis \
     pecl install redis-3.1.0 && \
     echo "extension=redis.so" > $CONF_PHPMODS/redis.ini && \
+    # Install kafka extension
+    pecl install rdkafka-3.0.1 && \
+    echo "extension=rdkafka.so" > $CONF_PHPMODS/rdkafka.ini && \
     # Remove dev packages that were only in place just to compile extensions
     apt-get remove --purge -yq \
         php7.0-dev \
diff --git a/Dockerfile-alpine b/Dockerfile-alpine
index 31de319..1f41cbf 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-alpine
+++ b/Dockerfile-alpine
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ RUN apk update && \
       php7-xsl \
       php7-zip \
       php7-zlib \
+      librdkafka-dev@edge \
     && \
     # Alpine + Ubuntu use different versioned names --> now standardized \
     ln -s /usr/bin/php7 /usr/bin/php && \
@@ -126,6 +127,9 @@ RUN apk update && \
     # Install new PHP7-stable version of Redis \
     pecl install redis-3.1.0 && \
     echo ";extension=redis.so" > $CONF_PHPMODS/redis.ini && \
+    # Install kafka extension
+    pecl install rdkafka && \
+    echo ";extension=rdkafka.so" > $CONF_PHPMODS/rdkafka.ini && \
     rm -rf /usr/share/php7 && \
     apk del .phpize_deps && \
     /bin/bash -e /clean.sh
diff --git a/Dockerfile-edge b/Dockerfile-edge
index f68d8da..f2f2e4c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-edge
+++ b/Dockerfile-edge
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ RUN apt-get update -q && \
         newrelic-php5-common=${NEWRELIC_VERSION} \
         newrelic-daemon=${NEWRELIC_VERSION} \
         libyaml-dev \
+        librdkafka-dev \
     && \
     phpdismod pdo_pgsql && \
     phpdismod pgsql && \
@@ -97,6 +98,9 @@ RUN apt-get update -q && \
     # Install new PHP7-stable version of Redis <--- currently broken due to PHP 7.1.0-1 compatibility with version check
     # pecl install redis-3.1.0 && \
     # echo "extension=redis.so" > $CONF_PHPMODS/redis.ini && \
+    # Install kafka extension
+    pecl install rdkafka-3.0.1 && \
+    echo "extension=rdkafka.so" > $CONF_PHPMODS/rdkafka.ini && \
     # Remove dev packages that were only in place just to compile extensions
     apt-get remove --purge -yq \
         php7.1-dev \
diff --git a/Dockerfile-legacy b/Dockerfile-legacy
index 0cf5d8c..2065c47 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-legacy
+++ b/Dockerfile-legacy
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ RUN apt-get update -q && \
         newrelic-php5-common=${NEWRELIC_VERSION} \
         newrelic-daemon=${NEWRELIC_VERSION} \
         libyaml-dev \
+        librdkafka-dev \
     && \
     phpdismod pdo_pgsql && \
     phpdismod pgsql && \
@@ -98,6 +99,9 @@ RUN apt-get update -q && \
     # Install new PHP5-stable version of Redis \
     pecl install redis-3.1.0 && \
     echo "extension=redis.so" > $CONF_PHPMODS/redis.ini && \
+     # Install kafka extension
+    pecl install rdkafka-3.0.1 && \
+    echo "extension=rdkafka.so" > $CONF_PHPMODS/rdkafka.ini && \
     # Remove dev packages that were only in place just to compile extensions
     apt-get remove --purge -yq \
         php5.6-dev \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 05b59e0..4fd09ee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ Three variants are available:
   - pgsql~
   - phar
   - posix
+  - rdkafka~
   - redis~^
   - shmop
   - SimpleXML
diff --git a/container/root/tests/php-fpm/alpine.goss.yaml b/container/root/tests/php-fpm/alpine.goss.yaml
index c6216c9..b4abee9 100644
--- a/container/root/tests/php-fpm/alpine.goss.yaml
+++ b/container/root/tests/php-fpm/alpine.goss.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ command:
   php -n -d extension=session.so -d extension=redis.so -m | grep redis:
     exit-status: 0
     stderr: ['!/./']
+  php -n -d extension=rdkafka.so -m | grep rdkafka:
+    exit-status: 0
+    stderr: ['!/./']
 
 package:
   php7:
diff --git a/container/root/tests/php-fpm/base.goss.yaml b/container/root/tests/php-fpm/base.goss.yaml
index 6e990b8..a618d76 100644
--- a/container/root/tests/php-fpm/base.goss.yaml
+++ b/container/root/tests/php-fpm/base.goss.yaml
@@ -39,3 +39,6 @@ command:
   php -n -d extension=pdo.so -d extension=pdo_pgsql.so -m | grep pdo_pgsql:
     exit-status: 0
     stderr: ['!/./']
+  php -n -d extension=rdkafka.so -m | grep rdkafka:
+    exit-status: 0
+    stderr: ['!/./']
diff --git a/container/root/tests/php-fpm/ubuntu.goss.yaml b/container/root/tests/php-fpm/ubuntu.goss.yaml
index 9278f4b..9ab7f06 100644
--- a/container/root/tests/php-fpm/ubuntu.goss.yaml
+++ b/container/root/tests/php-fpm/ubuntu.goss.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ command:
   php -n -d extension=redis.so -m | grep redis:
     exit-status: 0
     stderr: ['!/./']
+  php -n -d extension=rdkafka.so -m | grep rdkafka:
+    exit-status: 0
+    stderr: ['!/./']
 
 package:
   php7.0: