diff --git a/backend/extensions/Squidex.Extensions/Actions/Kafka/KafkaAction.cs b/backend/extensions/Squidex.Extensions/Actions/Kafka/KafkaAction.cs
index e1866bd99..1bf220cad 100644
--- a/backend/extensions/Squidex.Extensions/Actions/Kafka/KafkaAction.cs
+++ b/backend/extensions/Squidex.Extensions/Actions/Kafka/KafkaAction.cs
@@ -25,5 +25,20 @@ namespace Squidex.Extensions.Actions.Kafka
         [DataType(DataType.Text)]
         [Formattable]
         public string TopicName { get; set; }
+
+        [Display(Name = "Payload (Optional)", Description = "Leave it empty to use the full event as body.")]
+        [DataType(DataType.MultilineText)]
+        [Formattable]
+        public string Payload { get; set; }
+
+        [Display(Name = "Key", Description = "The message key, commonly used for partitioning.")]
+        [DataType(DataType.Text)]
+        [Formattable]
+        public string Key { get; set; }
+
+        [Display(Name = "Headers (Optional)", Description = "The message headers in the format '[Key]=[Value]', one entry per line.")]
+        [DataType(DataType.MultilineText)]
+        [Formattable]
+        public string Headers { get; set; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/backend/extensions/Squidex.Extensions/Actions/Kafka/KafkaActionHandler.cs b/backend/extensions/Squidex.Extensions/Actions/Kafka/KafkaActionHandler.cs
index 28d01719a..e7e248334 100644
--- a/backend/extensions/Squidex.Extensions/Actions/Kafka/KafkaActionHandler.cs
+++ b/backend/extensions/Squidex.Extensions/Actions/Kafka/KafkaActionHandler.cs
@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@
 // ==========================================================================
 
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Confluent.Kafka;
 using Squidex.Domain.Apps.Core.HandleRules;
 using Squidex.Domain.Apps.Core.Rules.EnrichedEvents;
 
@@ -26,21 +29,83 @@ namespace Squidex.Extensions.Actions.Kafka
 
         protected override (string Description, KafkaJob Data) CreateJob(EnrichedEvent @event, KafkaAction action)
         {
+            string value, key;
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(action.Payload))
+            {
+                value = Format(action.Payload, @event);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                value = ToEnvelopeJson(@event);
+            }
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(action.Key))
+            {
+                key = Format(action.Key, @event);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                key = @event.Name;
+            }
+
             var ruleJob = new KafkaJob
             {
                 TopicName = action.TopicName,
-                MessageKey = @event.Name,
-                MessageValue = ToEnvelopeJson(@event)
+                MessageKey = key,
+                MessageValue = value,
+                Headers = ParseHeaders(action.Headers, @event)
             };
 
             return (Description, ruleJob);
         }
 
+        private Dictionary<string, string> ParseHeaders(string headers, EnrichedEvent @event)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(headers))
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            var headersDictionary = new Dictionary<string, string>();
+
+            var lines = headers.Split('\n');
+
+            foreach (var line in lines)
+            {
+                var indexEqual = line.IndexOf('=');
+
+                if (indexEqual > 0 && indexEqual < line.Length - 1)
+                {
+                    var key = line.Substring(0, indexEqual);
+                    var val = line.Substring(indexEqual + 1);
+
+                    val = Format(val, @event);
+
+                    headersDictionary[key] = val;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return headersDictionary;
+        }
+
         protected override async Task<Result> ExecuteJobAsync(KafkaJob job, CancellationToken ct = default)
         {
             try
             {
-                await kafkaProducer.Send(job.TopicName, job.MessageKey, job.MessageValue);
+                var message = new Message<string, string> { Key = job.MessageKey, Value = job.MessageValue };
+
+                if (job.Headers?.Count > 0)
+                {
+                    message.Headers = new Headers();
+
+                    foreach (var header in job.Headers)
+                    {
+                        message.Headers.Add(header.Key, Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(header.Value));
+                    }
+                }
+
+                await kafkaProducer.Send(job.TopicName, message);
 
                 return Result.Success($"Event pushed to {job.TopicName} kafka topic.");
             }
@@ -58,5 +123,7 @@ namespace Squidex.Extensions.Actions.Kafka
         public string MessageKey { get; set; }
 
         public string MessageValue { get; set; }
+
+        public Dictionary<string, string> Headers { get; set; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/backend/extensions/Squidex.Extensions/Actions/Kafka/KafkaProducer.cs b/backend/extensions/Squidex.Extensions/Actions/Kafka/KafkaProducer.cs
index cc74e2b90..7f34fd2e3 100644
--- a/backend/extensions/Squidex.Extensions/Actions/Kafka/KafkaProducer.cs
+++ b/backend/extensions/Squidex.Extensions/Actions/Kafka/KafkaProducer.cs
@@ -77,10 +77,8 @@ namespace Squidex.Extensions.Actions.Kafka
                 .WriteProperty("reason", error.Reason));
         }
 
-        public async Task<DeliveryResult<string, string>> Send(string topicName, string key, string value)
+        public async Task<DeliveryResult<string, string>> Send(string topicName, Message<string, string> message)
         {
-            var message = new Message<string, string> { Key = key, Value = value };
-
             return await producer.ProduceAsync(topicName, message);
         }