diff --git a/transport/kafka/kafka.go b/transport/kafka/kafka.go
index 76f8fa2..f87ce8f 100644
--- a/transport/kafka/kafka.go
+++ b/transport/kafka/kafka.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	sarama "github.com/Shopify/sarama"
 	"github.com/netsampler/goflow2/transport"
@@ -18,11 +19,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 type KafkaDriver struct {
-	kafkaTLS   bool
-	kafkaSASL  bool
-	kafkaTopic string
-	kafkaSrv   string
-	kafkaBrk   string
+	kafkaTLS            bool
+	kafkaSASL           bool
+	kafkaTopic          string
+	kafkaSrv            string
+	kafkaBrk            string
+	kafkaMaxMsgBytes    int
+	kafkaFlushBytes     int
+	kafkaFlushFrequency time.Duration
 
 	kafkaLogErrors bool
 
@@ -41,6 +45,9 @@ func (d *KafkaDriver) Prepare() error {
 	flag.StringVar(&d.kafkaTopic, "transport.kafka.topic", "flow-messages", "Kafka topic to produce to")
 	flag.StringVar(&d.kafkaSrv, "transport.kafka.srv", "", "SRV record containing a list of Kafka brokers (or use brokers)")
 	flag.StringVar(&d.kafkaBrk, "transport.kafka.brokers", "127.0.0.1:9092,[::1]:9092", "Kafka brokers list separated by commas")
+	flag.IntVar(&d.kafkaMaxMsgBytes, "transport.kafka.maxmsgbytes", 1000000, "Kafka max message bytes")
+	flag.IntVar(&d.kafkaFlushBytes, "transport.kafka.flushbytes", int(sarama.MaxRequestSize), "Kafka flush bytes")
+	flag.DurationVar(&d.kafkaFlushFrequency, "transport.kafka.flushfreq", time.Second*5, "Kafka flush frequency")
 
 	flag.BoolVar(&d.kafkaLogErrors, "transport.kafka.log.err", false, "Log Kafka errors")
 	flag.BoolVar(&d.kafkaHashing, "transport.kafka.hashing", false, "Enable partition hashing")
@@ -61,6 +68,9 @@ func (d *KafkaDriver) Init(context.Context) error {
 	kafkaConfig.Version = kafkaConfigVersion
 	kafkaConfig.Producer.Return.Successes = false
 	kafkaConfig.Producer.Return.Errors = d.kafkaLogErrors
+	kafkaConfig.Producer.MaxMessageBytes = d.kafkaMaxMsgBytes
+	kafkaConfig.Producer.Flush.Bytes = d.kafkaFlushBytes
+	kafkaConfig.Producer.Flush.Frequency = d.kafkaFlushFrequency
 	if d.kafkaTLS {
 		rootCAs, err := x509.SystemCertPool()
 		if err != nil {