diff --git a/events/kafka.go b/events/kafka.go
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+++ b/events/kafka.go
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+// Copyright 2020 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+
+package events
+
+type KafkaEvent struct {
+	EventSource    string                   `json:"eventSource"`
+	EventSourceARN string                   `json:"eventSourceArn"`
+	Records        map[string][]KafkaRecord `json:"records"`
+}
+
+type KafkaRecord struct {
+	Topic         string                `json:"topic"`
+	Partition     int64                 `json:"partition"`
+	Offset        int64                 `json:"offset"`
+	Timestamp     MilliSecondsEpochTime `json:"timestamp"`
+	TimestampType string                `json:"timestampType"`
+	Key           string                `json:"key,omitempty"`
+	Value         string                `json:"value,omitempty"`
+}
diff --git a/events/kafka_test.go b/events/kafka_test.go
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+++ b/events/kafka_test.go
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+// Copyright 2020 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+package events
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/aws/aws-lambda-go/events/test"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestKafkaEventMarshaling(t *testing.T) {
+
+	// 1. read JSON from file
+	inputJson := test.ReadJSONFromFile(t, "./testdata/kafka-event.json")
+
+	// 2. de-serialize into Go object
+	var inputEvent KafkaEvent
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(inputJson, &inputEvent); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("could not unmarshal event. details: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	for _, records := range inputEvent.Records {
+		for _, record := range records {
+			utc := record.Timestamp.UTC()
+			assert.Equal(t, 2020, utc.Year())
+		}
+	}
+
+	// 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) {
+	test.TestMalformedJson(t, KafkaEvent{})
+}
diff --git a/events/testdata/kafka-event.json b/events/testdata/kafka-event.json
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+{
+    "eventSource": "aws:kafka",
+    "eventSourceArn": "arn:aws:kafka:us-west-2:012345678901:cluster/ExampleMSKCluster/e9f754c6-d29a-4430-a7db-958a19fd2c54-4",
+    "records": {
+      "AWSKafkaTopic-0": [
+        {
+          "topic": "AWSKafkaTopic",
+          "partition": 0,
+          "offset": 0,
+          "timestamp": 1595035749700,
+          "timestampType": "CREATE_TIME",
+          "key": "OGQ1NTk2YjQtMTgxMy00MjM4LWIyNGItNmRhZDhlM2QxYzBj",
+          "value": "OGQ1NTk2YjQtMTgxMy00MjM4LWIyNGItNmRhZDhlM2QxYzBj"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  }