diff --git a/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/rule/engine/kafka/TbKafkaNode.java b/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/rule/engine/kafka/TbKafkaNode.java
index b9c7d53b1d..fa7efd2dac 100644
--- a/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/rule/engine/kafka/TbKafkaNode.java
+++ b/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/rule/engine/kafka/TbKafkaNode.java
@@ -17,14 +17,11 @@ package org.thingsboard.rule.engine.kafka;
 
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.BooleanUtils;
-import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.KafkaProducer;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.Producer;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerConfig;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerRecord;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.RecordMetadata;
-import org.apache.kafka.common.errors.TimeoutException;
-import org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.header.Headers;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.header.internals.RecordHeader;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.header.internals.RecordHeaders;
@@ -76,7 +73,7 @@ public class TbKafkaNode implements TbNode {
     private boolean addMetadataKeyValuesAsKafkaHeaders;
     private Charset toBytesCharset;
 
-    private Producer<?, String> producer;
+    private Producer<String, String> producer;
     private Throwable initError;
 
     @Override
@@ -115,12 +112,20 @@ public class TbKafkaNode implements TbNode {
     @Override
     public void onMsg(TbContext ctx, TbMsg msg) {
         String topic = TbNodeUtils.processPattern(config.getTopicPattern(), msg);
+        String keyPattern = config.getKeyPattern();
         try {
             if (initError != null) {
                 ctx.tellFailure(msg, new RuntimeException("Failed to initialize Kafka rule node producer: " + initError.getMessage()));
             } else {
                 ctx.getExternalCallExecutor().executeAsync(() -> {
-                    publish(ctx, msg, topic);
+                    publish(
+                            ctx,
+                            msg,
+                            topic,
+                            keyPattern == null || keyPattern.isEmpty()
+                                    ? null
+                                    : TbNodeUtils.processPattern(config.getKeyPattern(), msg)
+                    );
                     return null;
                 });
             }
@@ -129,16 +134,16 @@ public class TbKafkaNode implements TbNode {
         }
     }
 
-    protected void publish(TbContext ctx, TbMsg msg, String topic) {
+    protected void publish(TbContext ctx, TbMsg msg, String topic, String key) {
         try {
             if (!addMetadataKeyValuesAsKafkaHeaders) {
                 //TODO: external system executor
-                producer.send(new ProducerRecord<>(topic, msg.getData()),
+                producer.send(new ProducerRecord<>(topic, key, msg.getData()),
                         (metadata, e) -> processRecord(ctx, msg, metadata, e));
             } else {
                 Headers headers = new RecordHeaders();
-                msg.getMetaData().values().forEach((key, value) -> headers.add(new RecordHeader(TB_MSG_MD_PREFIX + key, value.getBytes(toBytesCharset))));
-                producer.send(new ProducerRecord<>(topic, null, null, null, msg.getData(), headers),
+                msg.getMetaData().values().forEach((k, v) -> headers.add(new RecordHeader(TB_MSG_MD_PREFIX + k, v.getBytes(toBytesCharset))));
+                producer.send(new ProducerRecord<>(topic, null, null, key, msg.getData(), headers),
                         (metadata, e) -> processRecord(ctx, msg, metadata, e));
             }
         } catch (Exception e) {
diff --git a/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/rule/engine/kafka/TbKafkaNodeConfiguration.java b/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/rule/engine/kafka/TbKafkaNodeConfiguration.java
index 2db833b6a2..0e696f3c25 100644
--- a/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/rule/engine/kafka/TbKafkaNodeConfiguration.java
+++ b/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/rule/engine/kafka/TbKafkaNodeConfiguration.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 public class TbKafkaNodeConfiguration implements NodeConfiguration<TbKafkaNodeConfiguration> {
 
     private String topicPattern;
+    private String keyPattern;
     private String bootstrapServers;
     private int retries;
     private int batchSize;