diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 5d118055..74976426 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ jobs:
         run: tox -v -e ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}-linux-integration-py-redis -- -v
       - name: Run MongoDB integration tests
         run: tox -v -e ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}-linux-integration-py-mongodb -- -v
+      - name: Run kafka integration tests
+        if: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION != 'pypy3.7' && env.PYTHON_VERSION != 'pypy3.8' }}
+        run: tox -v -e ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}-linux-integration-py-kafka -- -v
 
   #################### Linters and checkers ####################
   lint:
diff --git a/docs/reference/kombu.transport.confluentkafka.rst b/docs/reference/kombu.transport.confluentkafka.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3b171a28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/reference/kombu.transport.confluentkafka.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+=========================================================
+ confluent-kafka Transport - ``kombu.transport.confluentkafka``
+=========================================================
+
+.. currentmodule:: kombu.transport.confluentkafka
+
+.. automodule:: kombu.transport.confluentkafka
+
+    .. contents::
+        :local:
+
+    Transport
+    ---------
+
+    .. autoclass:: Transport
+        :members:
+        :undoc-members:
+
+    Channel
+    -------
+
+    .. autoclass:: Channel
+        :members:
+        :undoc-members:
+
+    Message
+    -------
+
+    .. autoclass:: Message
+        :members:
+        :undoc-members:
diff --git a/kombu/transport/__init__.py b/kombu/transport/__init__.py
index e5631b48..8a217691 100644
--- a/kombu/transport/__init__.py
+++ b/kombu/transport/__init__.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ TRANSPORT_ALIASES = {
     'amqps': 'kombu.transport.pyamqp:SSLTransport',
     'pyamqp': 'kombu.transport.pyamqp:Transport',
     'librabbitmq': 'kombu.transport.librabbitmq:Transport',
+    'confluentkafka': 'kombu.transport.confluentkafka:Transport',
     'memory': 'kombu.transport.memory:Transport',
     'redis': 'kombu.transport.redis:Transport',
     'rediss': 'kombu.transport.redis:Transport',
diff --git a/kombu/transport/confluentkafka.py b/kombu/transport/confluentkafka.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5332a310
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kombu/transport/confluentkafka.py
@@ -0,0 +1,379 @@
+"""confluent-kafka transport module for Kombu.
+
+Kafka transport using confluent-kafka library.
+
+**References**
+
+- http://docs.confluent.io/current/clients/confluent-kafka-python
+
+**Limitations**
+
+The confluent-kafka transport does not support PyPy environment.
+
+Features
+========
+* Type: Virtual
+* Supports Direct: Yes
+* Supports Topic: Yes
+* Supports Fanout: No
+* Supports Priority: No
+* Supports TTL: No
+
+Connection String
+=================
+Connection string has the following format:
+
+.. code-block::
+
+    confluentkafka://[USER:PASSWORD@]KAFKA_ADDRESS[:PORT]
+
+Transport Options
+=================
+* ``connection_wait_time_seconds`` - Time in seconds to wait for connection
+  to succeed. Default ``5``
+* ``wait_time_seconds`` - Time in seconds to wait to receive messages.
+  Default ``5``
+* ``security_protocol`` - Protocol used to communicate with broker.
+  Visit https://github.com/edenhill/librdkafka/blob/master/CONFIGURATION.md for
+  an explanation of valid values. Default ``plaintext``
+* ``sasl_mechanism`` - SASL mechanism to use for authentication.
+  Visit https://github.com/edenhill/librdkafka/blob/master/CONFIGURATION.md for
+  an explanation of valid values.
+* ``num_partitions`` - Number of partitions to create. Default ``1``
+* ``replication_factor`` - Replication factor of partitions. Default ``1``
+* ``topic_config`` - Topic configuration. Must be a dict whose key-value pairs
+  correspond with attributes in the
+  http://kafka.apache.org/documentation.html#topicconfigs.
+* ``kafka_common_config`` - Configuration applied to producer, consumer and
+  admin client. Must be a dict whose key-value pairs correspond with attributes
+  in the https://github.com/edenhill/librdkafka/blob/master/CONFIGURATION.md.
+* ``kafka_producer_config`` - Producer configuration. Must be a dict whose
+  key-value pairs correspond with attributes in the
+  https://github.com/edenhill/librdkafka/blob/master/CONFIGURATION.md.
+* ``kafka_consumer_config`` - Consumer configuration. Must be a dict whose
+  key-value pairs correspond with attributes in the
+  https://github.com/edenhill/librdkafka/blob/master/CONFIGURATION.md.
+* ``kafka_admin_config`` - Admin client configuration. Must be a dict whose
+  key-value pairs correspond with attributes in the
+  https://github.com/edenhill/librdkafka/blob/master/CONFIGURATION.md.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from queue import Empty
+
+from kombu.transport import virtual
+from kombu.utils import cached_property
+from kombu.utils.encoding import str_to_bytes
+from kombu.utils.json import dumps, loads
+
+try:
+    import confluent_kafka
+    from confluent_kafka import Consumer, Producer, TopicPartition
+    from confluent_kafka.admin import AdminClient, NewTopic
+
+    KAFKA_CONNECTION_ERRORS = ()
+    KAFKA_CHANNEL_ERRORS = ()
+
+except ImportError:
+    confluent_kafka = None
+    KAFKA_CONNECTION_ERRORS = KAFKA_CHANNEL_ERRORS = ()
+
+from kombu.log import get_logger
+
+logger = get_logger(__name__)
+
+DEFAULT_PORT = 9092
+
+
+class NoBrokersAvailable(confluent_kafka.KafkaException):
+    """Kafka broker is not available exception."""
+
+    retriable = True
+
+
+class Message(virtual.Message):
+    """Message object."""
+
+    def __init__(self, payload, channel=None, **kwargs):
+        self.topic = payload.get('topic')
+        super().__init__(payload, channel=channel, **kwargs)
+
+
+class QoS(virtual.QoS):
+    """Quality of Service guarantees."""
+
+    _not_yet_acked = {}
+
+    def can_consume(self):
+        """Return true if the channel can be consumed from.
+
+        :returns: True, if this QoS object can accept a message.
+        :rtype: bool
+        """
+        return not self.prefetch_count or len(self._not_yet_acked) < self \
+            .prefetch_count
+
+    def can_consume_max_estimate(self):
+        if self.prefetch_count:
+            return self.prefetch_count - len(self._not_yet_acked)
+        else:
+            return 1
+
+    def append(self, message, delivery_tag):
+        self._not_yet_acked[delivery_tag] = message
+
+    def get(self, delivery_tag):
+        return self._not_yet_acked[delivery_tag]
+
+    def ack(self, delivery_tag):
+        if delivery_tag not in self._not_yet_acked:
+            return
+        message = self._not_yet_acked.pop(delivery_tag)
+        consumer = self.channel._get_consumer(message.topic)
+        consumer.commit()
+
+    def reject(self, delivery_tag, requeue=False):
+        """Reject a message by delivery tag.
+
+        If requeue is True, then the last consumed message is reverted so
+        it'll be refetched on the next attempt.
+        If False, that message is consumed and ignored.
+        """
+        if requeue:
+            message = self._not_yet_acked.pop(delivery_tag)
+            consumer = self.channel._get_consumer(message.topic)
+            for assignment in consumer.assignment():
+                topic_partition = TopicPartition(message.topic,
+                                                 assignment.partition)
+                [committed_offset] = consumer.committed([topic_partition])
+                consumer.seek(committed_offset)
+        else:
+            self.ack(delivery_tag)
+
+    def restore_unacked_once(self, stderr=None):
+        pass
+
+
+class Channel(virtual.Channel):
+    """Kafka Channel."""
+
+    QoS = QoS
+    Message = Message
+
+    default_wait_time_seconds = 5
+    default_connection_wait_time_seconds = 5
+    _client = None
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        self._kafka_consumers = {}
+        self._kafka_producers = {}
+
+        self._client = self._open()
+
+    def sanitize_queue_name(self, queue):
+        """Need to sanitize the name, celery sometimes pushes in @ signs."""
+        return str(queue).replace('@', '')
+
+    def _get_producer(self, queue):
+        """Create/get a producer instance for the given topic/queue."""
+        queue = self.sanitize_queue_name(queue)
+        producer = self._kafka_producers.get(queue, None)
+        if producer is None:
+            producer = Producer({
+                **self.common_config,
+                **(self.options.get('kafka_producer_config') or {}),
+            })
+            self._kafka_producers[queue] = producer
+
+        return producer
+
+    def _get_consumer(self, queue):
+        """Create/get a consumer instance for the given topic/queue."""
+        queue = self.sanitize_queue_name(queue)
+        consumer = self._kafka_consumers.get(queue, None)
+        if consumer is None:
+            consumer = Consumer({
+                'group.id': f'{queue}-consumer-group',
+                'auto.offset.reset': 'earliest',
+                'enable.auto.commit': False,
+                **self.common_config,
+                **(self.options.get('kafka_consumer_config') or {}),
+            })
+            consumer.subscribe([queue])
+            self._kafka_consumers[queue] = consumer
+
+        return consumer
+
+    def _put(self, queue, message, **kwargs):
+        """Put a message on the topic/queue."""
+        queue = self.sanitize_queue_name(queue)
+        producer = self._get_producer(queue)
+        producer.produce(queue, str_to_bytes(dumps(message)))
+        producer.flush()
+
+    def _get(self, queue, **kwargs):
+        """Get a message from the topic/queue."""
+        queue = self.sanitize_queue_name(queue)
+        consumer = self._get_consumer(queue)
+        message = None
+
+        try:
+            message = consumer.poll(self.wait_time_seconds)
+        except StopIteration:
+            pass
+
+        if not message:
+            raise Empty()
+
+        error = message.error()
+        if error:
+            logger.error(error)
+            raise Empty()
+
+        return {**loads(message.value()), 'topic': message.topic()}
+
+    def _delete(self, queue, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Delete a queue/topic."""
+        queue = self.sanitize_queue_name(queue)
+        self._kafka_consumers[queue].close()
+        self._kafka_consumers.pop(queue)
+        self.client.delete_topics([queue])
+
+    def _size(self, queue):
+        """Get the number of pending messages in the topic/queue."""
+        queue = self.sanitize_queue_name(queue)
+
+        consumer = self._kafka_consumers.get(queue, None)
+        if consumer is None:
+            return 0
+
+        size = 0
+        for assignment in consumer.assignment():
+            topic_partition = TopicPartition(queue, assignment.partition)
+            (_, end_offset) = consumer.get_watermark_offsets(topic_partition)
+            [committed_offset] = consumer.committed([topic_partition])
+            size += end_offset - committed_offset.offset
+        return size
+
+    def _new_queue(self, queue, **kwargs):
+        """Create a new topic if it does not exist."""
+        queue = self.sanitize_queue_name(queue)
+        if queue in self.client.list_topics().topics:
+            return
+
+        topic = NewTopic(
+            queue,
+            num_partitions=self.options.get('num_partitions', 1),
+            replication_factor=self.options.get('replication_factor', 1),
+            config=self.options.get('topic_config', {})
+        )
+        self.client.create_topics(new_topics=[topic])
+
+    def _has_queue(self, queue, **kwargs):
+        """Check if a topic already exists."""
+        queue = self.sanitize_queue_name(queue)
+        return queue in self.client.list_topics().topics
+
+    def _open(self):
+        client = AdminClient({
+            **self.common_config,
+            **(self.options.get('kafka_admin_config') or {}),
+        })
+
+        try:
+            # seems to be the only way to check connection
+            client.list_topics(timeout=self.wait_time_seconds)
+        except confluent_kafka.KafkaException as e:
+            raise NoBrokersAvailable(e)
+
+        return client
+
+    @property
+    def client(self):
+        if self._client is None:
+            self._client = self._open()
+        return self._client
+
+    @property
+    def options(self):
+        return self.connection.client.transport_options
+
+    @property
+    def conninfo(self):
+        return self.connection.client
+
+    @cached_property
+    def wait_time_seconds(self):
+        return self.options.get(
+            'wait_time_seconds', self.default_wait_time_seconds
+        )
+
+    @cached_property
+    def connection_wait_time_seconds(self):
+        return self.options.get(
+            'connection_wait_time_seconds',
+            self.default_connection_wait_time_seconds,
+        )
+
+    @cached_property
+    def common_config(self):
+        conninfo = self.connection.client
+        config = {
+            'bootstrap.servers':
+                f'{conninfo.hostname}:{int(conninfo.port) or DEFAULT_PORT}',
+        }
+        security_protocol = self.options.get('security_protocol', 'plaintext')
+        if security_protocol.lower() != 'plaintext':
+            config.update({
+                'security.protocol': security_protocol,
+                'sasl.username': conninfo.userid,
+                'sasl.password': conninfo.password,
+                'sasl.mechanism': self.options.get('sasl_mechanism'),
+            })
+
+        config.update(self.options.get('kafka_common_config') or {})
+        return config
+
+    def close(self):
+        super().close()
+        self._kafka_producers = {}
+
+        for consumer in self._kafka_consumers.values():
+            consumer.close()
+
+        self._kafka_consumers = {}
+
+
+class Transport(virtual.Transport):
+    """Kafka Transport."""
+
+    def as_uri(self, uri: str, include_password=False, mask='**') -> str:
+        pass
+
+    Channel = Channel
+
+    default_port = DEFAULT_PORT
+
+    driver_type = 'kafka'
+    driver_name = 'confluentkafka'
+
+    recoverable_connection_errors = (
+        NoBrokersAvailable,
+    )
+
+    def __init__(self, client, **kwargs):
+        if confluent_kafka is None:
+            raise ImportError('The confluent-kafka library is not installed')
+        super().__init__(client, **kwargs)
+
+    def driver_version(self):
+        return confluent_kafka.__version__
+
+    def establish_connection(self):
+        return super().establish_connection()
+
+    def close_connection(self, connection):
+        return super().close_connection(connection)
diff --git a/requirements/extras/confluentkafka.txt b/requirements/extras/confluentkafka.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..52bd32e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements/extras/confluentkafka.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+confluent-kafka
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements/test-ci-windows.txt b/requirements/test-ci-windows.txt
index 264b39ca..c4764a4b 100644
--- a/requirements/test-ci-windows.txt
+++ b/requirements/test-ci-windows.txt
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ codecov
 -r extras/zookeeper.txt
 -r extras/brotli.txt
 -r extras/zstd.txt
--r extras/sqlalchemy.txt
+-r extras/sqlalchemy.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements/test-ci.txt b/requirements/test-ci.txt
index 4c07caa3..6e461a92 100644
--- a/requirements/test-ci.txt
+++ b/requirements/test-ci.txt
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ codecov
 -r extras/zookeeper.txt
 -r extras/brotli.txt
 -r extras/zstd.txt
--r extras/sqlalchemy.txt
+-r extras/sqlalchemy.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/t/integration/test_kafka.py b/t/integration/test_kafka.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2303d887
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/integration/test_kafka.py
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import pytest
+
+import kombu
+
+from .common import (BaseExchangeTypes, BaseFailover, BaseMessage,
+                     BasicFunctionality)
+
+
+def get_connection(hostname, port):
+    return kombu.Connection(
+        f'confluentkafka://{hostname}:{port}',
+    )
+
+
+def get_failover_connection(hostname, port):
+    return kombu.Connection(
+        f'confluentkafka://localhost:12345;confluentkafka://{hostname}:{port}',
+        connect_timeout=10,
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def invalid_connection():
+    return kombu.Connection('confluentkafka://localhost:12345')
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def connection():
+    return get_connection(
+        hostname='localhost',
+        port='9092'
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def failover_connection():
+    return get_failover_connection(
+        hostname='localhost',
+        port='9092'
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.env('kafka')
+@pytest.mark.flaky(reruns=5, reruns_delay=2)
+class test_KafkaBasicFunctionality(BasicFunctionality):
+    pass
+
+
+@pytest.mark.env('kafka')
+@pytest.mark.flaky(reruns=5, reruns_delay=2)
+class test_KafkaBaseExchangeTypes(BaseExchangeTypes):
+
+    @pytest.mark.skip('fanout is not implemented')
+    def test_fanout(self, connection):
+        pass
+
+
+@pytest.mark.env('kafka')
+@pytest.mark.flaky(reruns=5, reruns_delay=2)
+class test_KafkaFailover(BaseFailover):
+    pass
+
+
+@pytest.mark.env('kafka')
+@pytest.mark.flaky(reruns=5, reruns_delay=2)
+class test_KafkaMessage(BaseMessage):
+    pass
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 99988014..b465f45d 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ envlist =
     {pypy3.7,pypy3.8,3.7,3.8,3.9,3.10}-linux-integration-py-amqp
     {pypy3.7,pypy3.8,3.7,3.8,3.9,3.10}-linux-integration-redis
     {pypy3.7,pypy3.8,3.7,3.8,3.9,3.10}-linux-integration-mongodb
+    {3.7,3.8,3.9,3.10}-linux-integration-kafka
     flake8
-    flakeplus
     apicheck
     pydocstyle
 
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ deps=
     apicheck,pypy3.7,pypy3.8,3.7,3.8,3.9,3.10: -r{toxinidir}/requirements/default.txt
     apicheck,pypy3.7,pypy3.8,3.7,3.8,3.9,3.10: -r{toxinidir}/requirements/test.txt
     apicheck,pypy3.7,pypy3.8,3.7-linux,3.8-linux,3.9-linux,3.10-linux: -r{toxinidir}/requirements/test-ci.txt
+    apicheck,3.7-linux,3.8-linux,3.9-linux,3.10-linux: -r{toxinidir}/requirements/extras/confluentkafka.txt
     3.7-windows,3.8-windows,3.9-windows,3.10-windows: -r{toxinidir}/requirements/test-ci-windows.txt
     apicheck,linkcheck: -r{toxinidir}/requirements/docs.txt
     flake8,flakeplus,pydocstyle,mypy: -r{toxinidir}/requirements/pkgutils.txt
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ commands =
     integration-py-amqp: py.test -xv -E py-amqp t/integration {posargs:-n2}
     integration-redis: py.test -xv -E redis t/integration {posargs:-n2}
     integration-mongodb: py.test -xv -E mongodb t/integration {posargs:-n2}
+    integration-kafka: py.test -xv -E kafka t/integration {posargs:-n2}
 
 basepython =
     pypy3.7: pypy3.7
@@ -45,6 +47,8 @@ docker =
     integration-py-amqp: rabbitmq
     integration-redis: redis
     integration-mongodb: mongodb
+    integration-kafka: zookeeper
+    integration-kafka: kafka
 
 dockerenv =
     PYAMQP_INTEGRATION_INSTANCE=1
@@ -77,6 +81,33 @@ healthcheck_timeout = 10
 healthcheck_retries = 30
 healthcheck_start_period = 5
 
+[docker:zookeeper]
+image = bitnami/zookeeper:latest
+ports = 2181:2181/tcp
+healthcheck_interval = 10
+healthcheck_timeout = 10
+healthcheck_retries = 30
+healthcheck_start_period = 5
+environment = ALLOW_ANONYMOUS_LOGIN=yes
+
+[docker:kafka]
+image = bitnami/kafka:latest
+ports =
+    9092:9092/tcp
+healthcheck_cmd = /bin/bash -c 'kafka-topics.sh --list --bootstrap-server 127.0.0.1:9092'
+healthcheck_interval = 10
+healthcheck_timeout = 10
+healthcheck_retries = 30
+healthcheck_start_period = 5
+links =
+    zookeeper:zookeeper
+environment =
+    KAFKA_BROKER_ID=1
+    KAFKA_CFG_LISTENERS=PLAINTEXT://:9092
+    KAFKA_CFG_ADVERTISED_LISTENERS=PLAINTEXT://127.0.0.1:9092
+    KAFKA_CFG_ZOOKEEPER_CONNECT=zookeeper:2181
+    ALLOW_PLAINTEXT_LISTENER=yes
+
 [testenv:apicheck]
 commands = pip install -U -r{toxinidir}/requirements/dev.txt
     sphinx-build -j2 -b apicheck -d {envtmpdir}/doctrees docs docs/_build/apicheck