diff --git a/openstack/hermes/templates/log-router-configmap.yaml b/openstack/hermes/templates/log-router-configmap.yaml
index 6e13cb228e9..7a9e0dfe14e 100644
--- a/openstack/hermes/templates/log-router-configmap.yaml
+++ b/openstack/hermes/templates/log-router-configmap.yaml
@@ -27,4 +27,9 @@ data:
   LOG_ROUTER_S3_PREFIX: {{ .Values.logRouter.s3.prefix | quote }}
   LOG_ROUTER_SWIFT_ENABLED: {{ .Values.logRouter.swift.enabled | quote }}
   LOG_ROUTER_SWIFT_SERVICE_TYPE: {{ .Values.logRouter.swift.service_type | quote }}
+{{- if .Values.logRouter.kafkaForwarding.enabled }}
+  LOG_ROUTER_KAFKA_FORWARDING_BROKERS: {{ required ".Values.logRouter.kafkaForwarding.brokers must be set when kafkaForwarding.enabled=true" .Values.logRouter.kafkaForwarding.brokers | quote }}
+  LOG_ROUTER_KAFKA_FORWARDING_TOPIC: {{ required ".Values.logRouter.kafkaForwarding.topic must be set when kafkaForwarding.enabled=true" .Values.logRouter.kafkaForwarding.topic | quote }}
+  LOG_ROUTER_KAFKA_FORWARDING_TLS: {{ .Values.logRouter.kafkaForwarding.tls | quote }}
+{{- end }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/openstack/hermes/values.yaml b/openstack/hermes/values.yaml
index 6a9eaf332ee..1a52549ef9a 100644
--- a/openstack/hermes/values.yaml
+++ b/openstack/hermes/values.yaml
@@ -264,6 +264,12 @@ logRouter:
   wal:
     storage: 10Gi
 
+  kafkaForwarding:
+    enabled: false
+    brokers: ""
+    topic: ""
+    tls: false
+
   resources:
     requests:
       memory: "256Mi"