diff --git a/bitnami/kafka/Chart.yaml b/bitnami/kafka/Chart.yaml
index 9fecc515ad..99c0d0622c 100644
--- a/bitnami/kafka/Chart.yaml
+++ b/bitnami/kafka/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: kafka
-version: 11.3.4
+version: 11.4.0
 appVersion: 2.5.0
 description: Apache Kafka is a distributed streaming platform.
 keywords:
diff --git a/bitnami/kafka/README.md b/bitnami/kafka/README.md
index 006f55687f..911bf471fa 100644
--- a/bitnami/kafka/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/kafka/README.md
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ The following tables lists the configurable parameters of the Kafka chart and th
 | `nameOverride`                                    | String to partially override kafka.fullname                                                                                       | `nil`                                                   |
 | `fullnameOverride`                                | String to fully override kafka.fullname                                                                                           | `nil`                                                   |
 | `clusterDomain`                                   | Default Kubernetes cluster domain                                                                                                 | `cluster.local`                                         |
+| `extraDeploy`                                     | Array of extra objects to deploy with the release                                                                                 | `nil` (evaluated as a template)                         |
 
 ### Kafka parameters
 
@@ -530,6 +531,83 @@ sidecars:
        containerPort: 1234
 ```
 
+### Deploying extra resources
+
+There are cases where you may want to deploy extra objects, such as Kafka Connect. For covering this case, the chart allows adding the full specification of other objects using the `extraDeploy` parameter. The following example would create a deployment including a Kafka Connect deployment so you can connnect Kafka with MongoDB:
+
+```yaml
+## Extra objects to deploy (value evaluated as a template)
+##
+extraDeploy: |-
+  - apiVersion: apps/v1
+    kind: Deployment
+    metadata:
+      name: {{ include "kafka.fullname" . }}-connect
+      labels: {{- include "kafka.labels" . | nindent 6 }}
+        app.kubernetes.io/component: connector
+    spec:
+      replicas: 1
+      selector:
+        matchLabels: {{- include "kafka.matchLabels" . | nindent 8 }}
+          app.kubernetes.io/component: connector
+      template:
+        metadata:
+          labels: {{- include "kafka.labels" . | nindent 10 }}
+            app.kubernetes.io/component: connector
+        spec:
+          containers:
+            - name: connect
+              image: KAFKA-CONNECT-IMAGE
+              imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+              ports:
+                - name: connector
+                  containerPort: 8083
+              volumeMounts:
+                - name: configuration
+                  mountPath: /opt/bitnami/kafka/config
+            volumes:
+              - name: configuration
+                configMap:
+                  name: {{ include "kafka.fullname" . }}-connect
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: ConfigMap
+    metadata:
+      name: {{ include "kafka.fullname" . }}-connect
+      labels: {{- include "kafka.labels" . | nindent 6 }}
+        app.kubernetes.io/component: connector
+    data:
+      connect-standalone.properties: |-
+        bootstrap.servers = {{ include "kafka.fullname" . }}-0.{{ include "kafka.fullname" . }}-headless.{{ .Release.Namespace }}.svc.{{ .Values.clusterDomain }}:{{ .Values.service.port }}
+        ...
+      mongodb.properties: |-
+        connection.uri=mongodb://root:password@mongodb-hostname:27017
+        ...
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: Service
+    metadata:
+      name: {{ include "kafka.fullname" . }}-connect
+      labels: {{- include "kafka.labels" . | nindent 6 }}
+        app.kubernetes.io/component: connector
+    spec:
+      ports:
+        - protocol: TCP
+          port: 8083
+          targetPort: connector
+      selector: {{- include "kafka.matchLabels" . | nindent 6 }}
+        app.kubernetes.io/component: connector
+```
+
+You can create the Kafka Connect image using the Dockerfile below:
+
+```Dockerfile
+FROM bitnami/kafka:latest
+# Download MongoDB Connector for Apache Kafka https://www.confluent.io/hub/mongodb/kafka-connect-mongodb
+RUN mkdir -p /opt/bitnami/kafka/plugins && \
+    cd /opt/bitnami/kafka/plugins && \
+    curl --remote-name --location --silent https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/mongodb/kafka/mongo-kafka-connect/1.2.0/mongo-kafka-connect-1.2.0-all.jar
+CMD /opt/bitnami/kafka/bin/connect-standalone.sh /opt/bitnami/kafka/config/connect-standalone.properties /opt/bitnami/kafka/config/mongo.properties
+```
+
 ## Persistence
 
 The [Bitnami Kafka](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-kafka) image stores the Kafka data at the `/bitnami/kafka` path of the container.
diff --git a/bitnami/kafka/templates/extra-list.yaml b/bitnami/kafka/templates/extra-list.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b83eb30d26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bitnami/kafka/templates/extra-list.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{{- if .Values.extraDeploy }}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: List
+items: {{- include "kafka.tplValue" (dict "value" .Values.extraDeploy "context" $) | nindent 2 }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/bitnami/kafka/templates/statefulset.yaml b/bitnami/kafka/templates/statefulset.yaml
index 656e7dbb3d..828638f889 100644
--- a/bitnami/kafka/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/bitnami/kafka/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ spec:
                   key: client-password
             {{- end }}
             {{- if .Values.auth.jaas.zookeeperUser }}
+            - name: KAFKA_ZOOKEEPER_PROTOCOL
+              value: "SASL"
             - name: KAFKA_ZOOKEEPER_USER
               value: {{ .Values.auth.jaas.zookeeperUser | quote }}
             - name: KAFKA_ZOOKEEPER_PASSWORD
diff --git a/bitnami/kafka/values-production.yaml b/bitnami/kafka/values-production.yaml
index 116a1d5605..dd3f5c45c9 100644
--- a/bitnami/kafka/values-production.yaml
+++ b/bitnami/kafka/values-production.yaml
@@ -209,6 +209,10 @@ extraEnvVars: []
 extraVolumes: []
 extraVolumeMounts: []
 
+## Extra objects to deploy (value evaluated as a template)
+##
+extraDeploy: []
+
 ## Authentication parameteres
 ## https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-kafka#security
 ##
diff --git a/bitnami/kafka/values.yaml b/bitnami/kafka/values.yaml
index 1547601f80..287a5bf3df 100644
--- a/bitnami/kafka/values.yaml
+++ b/bitnami/kafka/values.yaml
@@ -209,6 +209,10 @@ extraEnvVars: []
 extraVolumes: []
 extraVolumeMounts: []
 
+## Extra objects to deploy (value evaluated as a template)
+##
+extraDeploy: []
+
 ## Authentication parameteres
 ## https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-kafka#security
 ##