diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/admin/MemberToRemove.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/admin/MemberToRemove.java
index 5ca5463d3f285..7c52315ed1c96 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/admin/MemberToRemove.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/admin/MemberToRemove.java
@@ -26,9 +26,16 @@
  */
 public class MemberToRemove {
     private final String groupInstanceId;
+    private final String memberId;
 
     public MemberToRemove(String groupInstanceId) {
         this.groupInstanceId = groupInstanceId;
+        this.memberId = null;
+    }
+
+    public MemberToRemove(String groupInstanceId, String memberId) {
+        this.groupInstanceId = groupInstanceId;
+        this.memberId = memberId;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -49,7 +56,7 @@ public int hashCode() {
     MemberIdentity toMemberIdentity() {
         return new MemberIdentity()
             .setGroupInstanceId(groupInstanceId)
-            .setMemberId(JoinGroupRequest.UNKNOWN_MEMBER_ID);
+            .setMemberId(memberId != null ? memberId : JoinGroupRequest.UNKNOWN_MEMBER_ID);
     }
 
     public String groupInstanceId() {
diff --git a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/admin/RemoveMembersFromConsumerGroupResultTest.java b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/admin/RemoveMembersFromConsumerGroupResultTest.java
index 1b0ac0ba0c462..da5f0ef002e92 100644
--- a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/admin/RemoveMembersFromConsumerGroupResultTest.java
+++ b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/admin/RemoveMembersFromConsumerGroupResultTest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import org.apache.kafka.common.internals.KafkaFutureImpl;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.message.LeaveGroupRequestData.MemberIdentity;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.protocol.Errors;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.requests.JoinGroupRequest;
 import org.apache.kafka.test.TestUtils;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@
 public class RemoveMembersFromConsumerGroupResultTest {
 
     private final MemberToRemove instanceOne = new MemberToRemove("instance-1");
-    private final MemberToRemove instanceTwo = new MemberToRemove("instance-2");
+    private final MemberToRemove instanceTwo = new MemberToRemove("instance-2", "member-id");
     private Set<MemberToRemove> membersToRemove;
     private Map<MemberIdentity, Errors> errorsMap;
 
@@ -105,6 +107,12 @@ public void testNoErrorConstructor() throws ExecutionException, InterruptedExcep
         assertNull(noErrorResult.memberResult(instanceTwo).get());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testMemberIdentityMemberId() {
+        assertEquals(JoinGroupRequest.UNKNOWN_MEMBER_ID, instanceOne.toMemberIdentity().memberId());
+        assertEquals("member-id", instanceTwo.toMemberIdentity().memberId());
+    }
+
     private RemoveMembersFromConsumerGroupResult createAndVerifyMemberLevelError() throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException {
         memberFutures.complete(errorsMap);
         assertFalse(memberFutures.isCompletedExceptionally());