diff --git a/socketio/__init__.py b/socketio/__init__.py
index b97db6f..b77e23d 100644
--- a/socketio/__init__.py
+++ b/socketio/__init__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from .base_manager import BaseManager
 from .pubsub_manager import PubSubManager
 from .kombu_manager import KombuManager
 from .redis_manager import RedisManager
+from .kafka_manager import KafkaManager
 from .zmq_manager import ZmqManager
 from .server import Server
 from .namespace import Namespace, ClientNamespace
@@ -29,8 +30,8 @@ else:  # pragma: no cover
 __version__ = '4.3.1dev'
 
 __all__ = ['__version__', 'Client', 'Server', 'BaseManager', 'PubSubManager',
-           'KombuManager', 'RedisManager', 'ZmqManager', 'Namespace',
-           'ClientNamespace', 'WSGIApp', 'Middleware']
+           'KombuManager', 'RedisManager', 'ZmqManager', 'KafkaManager',
+           'Namespace', 'ClientNamespace', 'WSGIApp', 'Middleware']
 if AsyncServer is not None:  # pragma: no cover
     __all__ += ['AsyncClient', 'AsyncServer', 'AsyncNamespace',
                 'AsyncClientNamespace', 'AsyncManager', 'AsyncRedisManager',
diff --git a/socketio/kafka_manager.py b/socketio/kafka_manager.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00a2e7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/socketio/kafka_manager.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import logging
+import pickle
+
+try:
+    import kafka
+except ImportError:
+    kafka = None
+
+from .pubsub_manager import PubSubManager
+
+logger = logging.getLogger('socketio')
+
+
+class KafkaManager(PubSubManager):  # pragma: no cover
+    """Kafka based client manager.
+
+    This class implements a Kafka backend for event sharing across multiple
+    processes.
+
+    To use a Kafka backend, initialize the :class:`Server` instance as
+    follows::
+
+        url = 'kafka://hostname:port'
+        server = socketio.Server(client_manager=socketio.KafkaManager(url))
+
+    :param url: The connection URL for the Kafka server. For a default Kafka
+                store running on the same host, use ``kafka://``.
+    :param channel: The channel name (topic) on which the server sends and
+                    receives notifications. Must be the same in all the
+                    servers.
+    :param write_only: If set ot ``True``, only initialize to emit events. The
+                       default of ``False`` initializes the class for emitting
+                       and receiving.
+    """
+    name = 'kafka'
+
+    def __init__(self, url='kafka://localhost:9092', channel='socketio',
+                 write_only=False):
+        if kafka is None:
+            raise RuntimeError('kafka-python package is not installed '
+                               '(Run "pip install kafka-python" in your '
+                               'virtualenv).')
+
+        super(KafkaManager, self).__init__(channel=channel,
+                                           write_only=write_only)
+
+        self.kafka_url = url[8:] if url != 'kafka://' else 'localhost:9092'
+        self.producer = kafka.KafkaProducer(bootstrap_servers=self.kafka_url)
+        self.consumer = kafka.KafkaConsumer(self.channel,
+                                            bootstrap_servers=self.kafka_url)
+
+    def _publish(self, data):
+        self.producer.send(self.channel, value=pickle.dumps(data))
+        self.producer.flush()
+
+    def _kafka_listen(self):
+        for message in self.consumer:
+            yield message
+
+    def _listen(self):
+        for message in self._kafka_listen():
+            if message.topic == self.channel:
+                yield pickle.loads(message.value)