diff --git a/global-requirements.txt b/global-requirements.txt
index 73b7bc6f51..a1079edfef 100644
--- a/global-requirements.txt
+++ b/global-requirements.txt
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ PyECLib>=1.3.1                          # BSD
 pyghmi>=1.0.9  # Apache-2.0
 pyinotify>=0.9.6;sys_platform!='win32' and sys_platform!='darwin' and sys_platform!='sunos5' # MIT
 PyJWT>=1.0.1  # MIT
+pykafka>=2.5.0 # Apache 2.0 License
 pykmip>=0.5.0  # Apache 2.0 License
 pyldap>=2.4.20 # PSF
 pylxd>=2.2.2  # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/upper-constraints.txt b/upper-constraints.txt
index 0213cffb10..4e2ae94d41 100644
--- a/upper-constraints.txt
+++ b/upper-constraints.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Pillow===4.0.0
 Pint===0.7.2
 PuLP===1.6.1
 PyJWT===1.4.2
+PyKafka===2.5.0
 PyKMIP===0.6.0
 PyMySQL===0.7.9
 PyYAML===3.12