diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index 5e3a2efd0c8..adbe33d0e6f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 - Add `network` condition to processors for matching IP addresses against CIDRs. {pull}10743[10743]
 - Add if/then/else support to processors. {pull}10744[10744]
 - Add `community_id` processor for computing network flow hashes. {pull}10745[10745]
+- Add output test to kafka output {pull}10834[10834]
 
 
 *Auditbeat*
diff --git a/libbeat/outputs/kafka/client.go b/libbeat/outputs/kafka/client.go
index a1f1955ff9c..3a1ba6d326b 100644
--- a/libbeat/outputs/kafka/client.go
+++ b/libbeat/outputs/kafka/client.go
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/outputs"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/outputs/codec"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/outputs/outil"
+	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/outputs/transport"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/publisher"
+	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/testing"
 )
 
 type client struct {
@@ -268,3 +270,18 @@ func (r *msgRef) dec() {
 		stats.Acked(r.total)
 	}
 }
+
+func (c *client) Test(d testing.Driver) {
+	if c.config.Net.TLS.Enable == true {
+		d.Warn("TLS", "Kafka output doesn't support TLS testing")
+	}
+
+	for _, host := range c.hosts {
+		d.Run("Kafka: "+host, func(d testing.Driver) {
+			netDialer := transport.TestNetDialer(d, c.config.Net.DialTimeout)
+			_, err := netDialer.Dial("tcp", host)
+			d.Error("dial up", err)
+		})
+	}
+
+}