diff --git a/src/main/java/org/aerogear/kafka/cdi/annotation/KafkaAdditionalConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/aerogear/kafka/cdi/annotation/KafkaAdditionalConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f344a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/aerogear/kafka/cdi/annotation/KafkaAdditionalConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2017 Red Hat, Inc, and individual contributors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.aerogear.kafka.cdi.annotation;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
+import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+
+/**
+ * Additional configuration annotation. Specifcy custom configuration for {@link KafkaConfig}.
+ */
+@Inherited
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Documented
+public @interface KafkaAdditionalConfig {
+    String key();
+    String value();
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/aerogear/kafka/cdi/annotation/KafkaConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/aerogear/kafka/cdi/annotation/KafkaConfig.java
index 5ed96b1..8ab7933 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/aerogear/kafka/cdi/annotation/KafkaConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/aerogear/kafka/cdi/annotation/KafkaConfig.java
@@ -31,4 +31,6 @@
 @Documented
 public @interface KafkaConfig {
     String bootstrapServers();
+
+    KafkaAdditionalConfig[] additionalConfig() default {};
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/aerogear/kafka/cdi/extension/KafkaExtension.java b/src/main/java/org/aerogear/kafka/cdi/extension/KafkaExtension.java
index be32541..93f95b0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/aerogear/kafka/cdi/extension/KafkaExtension.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/aerogear/kafka/cdi/extension/KafkaExtension.java
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 public class KafkaExtension<X> implements Extension {
 
     private String bootstrapServers = null;
+    private Properties additionalConfig = null;
     private final Set<AnnotatedMethod<?>> listenerMethods = newSetFromMap(new ConcurrentHashMap<>());
     private final Set<AnnotatedMethod<?>> streamProcessorMethods = newSetFromMap(new ConcurrentHashMap<>());
     private final Set<DelegationKafkaConsumer> managedConsumers = newSetFromMap(new ConcurrentHashMap<>());
@@ -81,6 +82,11 @@ public void kafkaConfig(@Observes @WithAnnotations(KafkaConfig.class) ProcessAnn
         if (kafkaConfig != null && bootstrapServers == null) {
             logger.info("setting bootstrap.servers IP for, {}", kafkaConfig.bootstrapServers());
             bootstrapServers = VerySimpleEnvironmentResolver.simpleBootstrapServerResolver(kafkaConfig.bootstrapServers());
+
+            additionalConfig = new Properties();
+            Arrays.stream(kafkaConfig.additionalConfig()).forEach(kafkaAdditionalConfig -> {
+                additionalConfig.put(kafkaAdditionalConfig.key(), kafkaAdditionalConfig.value());
+            });
         }
     }
 
@@ -120,7 +126,7 @@ public void afterDeploymentValidation(@Observes AfterDeploymentValidation adv, f
             final DelegationKafkaConsumer frameworkConsumer = (DelegationKafkaConsumer) bm.getReference(bean, DelegationKafkaConsumer.class, ctx);
 
             // hooking it all together
-            frameworkConsumer.initialize(bootstrapServers, consumerMethod, bm);
+            frameworkConsumer.initialize(bootstrapServers, consumerMethod, bm, additionalConfig);
 
             managedConsumers.add(frameworkConsumer);
             submitToExecutor(frameworkConsumer);
@@ -237,12 +243,14 @@ private void submitToExecutor(final DelegationKafkaConsumer delegationKafkaConsu
     }
 
     private org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.Producer createInjectionProducer(final String bootstrapServers, final Class<?> keySerializerClass, final Class<?> valSerializerClass, final Serializer<?> keySerializer, final Serializer<?> valSerializer ) {
-
         final Properties properties = new Properties();
+
         properties.put(BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS_CONFIG, bootstrapServers);
         properties.put(KEY_SERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG, keySerializerClass);
         properties.put(VALUE_SERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG, valSerializerClass);
 
+        properties.putAll(additionalConfig);
+
         return new InjectedKafkaProducer(properties, keySerializer, valSerializer);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/aerogear/kafka/impl/DelegationKafkaConsumer.java b/src/main/java/org/aerogear/kafka/impl/DelegationKafkaConsumer.java
index dcdbaf6..289a37f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/aerogear/kafka/impl/DelegationKafkaConsumer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/aerogear/kafka/impl/DelegationKafkaConsumer.java
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ private <K, V> void createKafkaConsumer(final Class<K> keyType, final Class<V> v
     }
 
 
-    public void initialize(final String bootstrapServers, final AnnotatedMethod annotatedMethod, final BeanManager beanManager) {
+    public void initialize(final String bootstrapServers, final AnnotatedMethod annotatedMethod, final BeanManager beanManager, Properties additionalConfig) {
         final Consumer consumerAnnotation = annotatedMethod.getAnnotation(Consumer.class);
 
         this.topics = Arrays.stream(consumerAnnotation.topics())
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ public void initialize(final String bootstrapServers, final AnnotatedMethod anno
         properties.put(KEY_DESERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG,  CafdiSerdes.serdeFrom(keyTypeClass).deserializer().getClass());
         properties.put(VALUE_DESERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG,CafdiSerdes.serdeFrom(valTypeClass).deserializer().getClass());
 
+        properties.putAll(additionalConfig);
+
         createKafkaConsumer(keyTypeClass, valTypeClass, properties);
         this.consumerRebalanceListener = createConsumerRebalanceListener(consumerAnnotation.consumerRebalanceListener());