diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index 083fed1..16763b8 100644
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -1354,6 +1354,7 @@
     environ_cp['TF_NEED_GCP'] = '0'
     environ_cp['TF_NEED_HDFS'] = '0'
     environ_cp['TF_NEED_JEMALLOC'] = '0'
+    environ_cp['TF_NEED_KAFKA'] = '0'
     environ_cp['TF_NEED_OPENCL_SYCL'] = '0'
     environ_cp['TF_NEED_COMPUTECPP'] = '0'
     environ_cp['TF_NEED_OPENCL'] = '0'
@@ -1372,6 +1373,8 @@
                 'with_hdfs_support', True, 'hdfs')
   set_build_var(environ_cp, 'TF_NEED_S3', 'Amazon S3 File System',
                 'with_s3_support', True, 's3')
+  set_build_var(environ_cp, 'TF_NEED_KAFKA', 'Apache Kafka Platform',
+                'with_kafka_support', False, 'kafka')
   set_build_var(environ_cp, 'TF_ENABLE_XLA', 'XLA JIT', 'with_xla_support',
                 False, 'xla')
   set_build_var(environ_cp, 'TF_NEED_GDR', 'GDR', 'with_gdr_support',