diff --git a/events/kafka.go b/events/kafka.go
index b61499c4..12d17091 100644
--- a/events/kafka.go
+++ b/events/kafka.go
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
 package events
 
 type KafkaEvent struct {
-	EventSource    string                   `json:"eventSource"`
-	EventSourceARN string                   `json:"eventSourceArn"`
-	Records        map[string][]KafkaRecord `json:"records"`
+	EventSource      string                   `json:"eventSource"`
+	EventSourceARN   string                   `json:"eventSourceArn"`
+	Records          map[string][]KafkaRecord `json:"records"`
+	BootstrapServers string                   `json:"bootstrapServers"`
 }
 
 type KafkaRecord struct {
@@ -16,4 +17,5 @@ type KafkaRecord struct {
 	TimestampType string                `json:"timestampType"`
 	Key           string                `json:"key,omitempty"`
 	Value         string                `json:"value,omitempty"`
+	Headers       []map[string][]byte   `json:"headers"`
 }
diff --git a/events/kafka_test.go b/events/kafka_test.go
index bea50b32..27fdd91c 100644
--- a/events/kafka_test.go
+++ b/events/kafka_test.go
@@ -20,21 +20,25 @@ func TestKafkaEventMarshaling(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("could not unmarshal event. details: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	assert.Equal(t, inputEvent.BootstrapServers, "b-2.demo-cluster-1.a1bcde.c1.kafka.us-east-1.amazonaws.com:9092,b-1.demo-cluster-1.a1bcde.c1.kafka.us-east-1.amazonaws.com:9092")
+	assert.Equal(t, inputEvent.EventSource, "aws:kafka")
+	assert.Equal(t, inputEvent.EventSourceARN, "arn:aws:kafka:us-west-2:012345678901:cluster/ExampleMSKCluster/e9f754c6-d29a-4430-a7db-958a19fd2c54-4")
 	for _, records := range inputEvent.Records {
 		for _, record := range records {
 			utc := record.Timestamp.UTC()
 			assert.Equal(t, 2020, utc.Year())
+			assert.Equal(t, record.Key, "OGQ1NTk2YjQtMTgxMy00MjM4LWIyNGItNmRhZDhlM2QxYzBj")
+			assert.Equal(t, record.Value, "OGQ1NTk2YjQtMTgxMy00MjM4LWIyNGItNmRhZDhlM2QxYzBj")
+
+			for _, header := range record.Headers {
+				for key, value := range header {
+					assert.Equal(t, key, "headerKey")
+					var headerValue string = string(value)
+					assert.Equal(t, headerValue, "headerValue")
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	}
-
-	// 3. serialize to JSON
-	outputJson, err := json.Marshal(inputEvent)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("could not marshal event. details: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	// 4. check result
-	assert.JSONEq(t, string(inputJson), string(outputJson))
 }
 
 func TestKafkaMarshalingMalformedJson(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/events/testdata/kafka-event.json b/events/testdata/kafka-event.json
index d940e57c..beec3cd6 100644
--- a/events/testdata/kafka-event.json
+++ b/events/testdata/kafka-event.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
     "eventSource": "aws:kafka",
     "eventSourceArn": "arn:aws:kafka:us-west-2:012345678901:cluster/ExampleMSKCluster/e9f754c6-d29a-4430-a7db-958a19fd2c54-4",
+    "bootstrapServers": "b-2.demo-cluster-1.a1bcde.c1.kafka.us-east-1.amazonaws.com:9092,b-1.demo-cluster-1.a1bcde.c1.kafka.us-east-1.amazonaws.com:9092",
     "records": {
       "AWSKafkaTopic-0": [
         {
@@ -10,7 +11,24 @@
           "timestamp": 1595035749700,
           "timestampType": "CREATE_TIME",
           "key": "OGQ1NTk2YjQtMTgxMy00MjM4LWIyNGItNmRhZDhlM2QxYzBj",
-          "value": "OGQ1NTk2YjQtMTgxMy00MjM4LWIyNGItNmRhZDhlM2QxYzBj"
+          "value": "OGQ1NTk2YjQtMTgxMy00MjM4LWIyNGItNmRhZDhlM2QxYzBj",
+          "headers": [
+            {
+              "headerKey": [
+                104,
+                101,
+                97,
+                100,
+                101,
+                114,
+                86,
+                97,
+                108,
+                117,
+                101
+              ]
+            }
+          ]
         }
       ]
     }