diff --git a/lib/nodes/kafka.cpp b/lib/nodes/kafka.cpp
index 982d945a1..75ad0f2b8 100644
--- a/lib/nodes/kafka.cpp
+++ b/lib/nodes/kafka.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
  *********************************************************************************/
 
 #include <cstring>
+#include <sys/syslog.h>
 #include <librdkafka/rdkafkacpp.h>
 
 #include <villas/nodes/kafka.hpp>
@@ -37,7 +38,35 @@ static struct vlist clients;
 static pthread_t thread;
 static Logger logger;
 
-static void kafka_message(void *ctx, const rd_kafka_message_t *msg)
+static void kafka_logger_cb(const rd_kafka_t *rk, int level, const char *fac, const char *buf)
+{
+
+	switch (level) {
+		case LOG_EMERG:
+		case LOG_CRIT:
+		case LOG_ERR:
+			logger->error("{}: {}", fac, buf);
+			break;
+
+		case LOG_ALERT:
+		case LOG_WARNING:
+			logger->warn("{}: {}", fac, buf);
+			break;
+
+		case LOG_DEBUG:
+			logger->debug("{}: {}", fac, buf);
+			break;
+
+		case LOG_NOTICE:
+		case LOG_INFO:
+		default:
+			logger->info("{}: {}", fac, buf);
+			break;
+
+	}
+}
+
+static void kafka_message_cb(void *ctx, const rd_kafka_message_t *msg)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct vnode *n = (struct vnode *) ctx;
@@ -88,7 +117,7 @@ static void * kafka_loop_thread(void *ctx)
 			if (k->consumer.client) {
 				rd_kafka_message_t *msg = rd_kafka_consumer_poll(k->consumer.client, k->timeout * 1000);
 				if (msg) {
-					kafka_message((void *) n, msg);
+					kafka_message_cb((void *) n, msg);
 					rd_kafka_message_destroy(msg);
 				}
 			}
@@ -312,6 +341,8 @@ int kafka_start(struct vnode *n)
 	char *errstr;
 	rd_kafka_conf_t *rdkconf = rd_kafka_conf_new();
 
+	ret = rd_kafka_conf_set_log_cb(rdkconf, kafka_logger_cb);
+
 	ret = rd_kafka_conf_set(rdkconf, "client.id", k->client_id, errstr, sizeof(errstr))
 	if (ret != RD_KAFKA_CONF_OK)
 		goto kafka_config_error;
@@ -538,7 +569,7 @@ static void register_plugin() {
 	p.name			= "kafka";
 	p.description		= "Kafka event message streaming (rdkafka)";
 	p.type			= PluginType::NODE;
-	p.node.instances.state = State::DESTROYED;
+	p.node.instances.state	= State::DESTROYED;
 	p.node.vectorize	= 0;
 	p.node.size		= sizeof(struct kafka);
 	p.node.type.start	= kafka_type_start;