diff --git a/kafka/admin/kafka.py b/kafka/admin/kafka.py
index a278fa5e6..cdfa40e09 100644
--- a/kafka/admin/kafka.py
+++ b/kafka/admin/kafka.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from kafka.protocol.admin import (
     CreateTopicsRequest, DeleteTopicsRequest, DescribeConfigsRequest, AlterConfigsRequest, CreatePartitionsRequest,
     ListGroupsRequest, DescribeGroupsRequest)
+from kafka.protocol.commit import GroupCoordinatorRequest
 from kafka.protocol.metadata import MetadataRequest
 from kafka.version import __version__
 
@@ -259,6 +260,44 @@ def _refresh_controller_id(self):
                 "Kafka Admin interface cannot determine the controller using MetadataRequest_v{}."
                 .format(version))
 
+    def _find_group_coordinator_id(self, group_id):
+        """Find the broker node_id of the coordinator of the given group.
+
+        Sends a FindCoordinatorRequest message to the cluster. Will block until
+        the FindCoordinatorResponse is received. Any errors are immediately
+        raised.
+
+        :param group_id: The consumer group ID. This is typically the group
+            name as a string.
+        :return: The node_id of the broker that is the coordinator.
+        """
+        # Note: Java may change how this is implemented in KAFKA-6791.
+        #
+        # TODO add support for dynamically picking version of
+        # GroupCoordinatorRequest which was renamed to FindCoordinatorRequest.
+        # When I experimented with this, GroupCoordinatorResponse_v1 didn't
+        # match GroupCoordinatorResponse_v0 and I couldn't figure out why.
+        gc_request = GroupCoordinatorRequest[0](group_id)
+        gc_response = self._send_request_to_node(self._client.least_loaded_node(), gc_request)
+        # use the extra error checking in add_group_coordinator() rather than
+        # immediately returning the group coordinator.
+        success = self._client.cluster.add_group_coordinator(group_id, gc_response)
+        if not success:
+            error_type = Errors.for_code(gc_response.error_code)
+            assert error_type is not Errors.NoError
+            # Note: When error_type.retriable, Java will retry... see
+            # KafkaAdminClient's handleFindCoordinatorError method
+            raise error_type(
+                "Could not identify group coordinator for group_id '{}' from response '{}'."
+                .format(group_id, gc_response))
+        group_coordinator = self._client.cluster.coordinator_for_group(group_id)
+        # will be None if the coordinator was never populated, which should never happen here
+        assert group_coordinator is not None
+        # will be -1 if add_group_coordinator() failed... but by this point the
+        # error should have been raised.
+        assert group_coordinator != -1
+        return group_coordinator
+
     def _send_request_to_node(self, node, request):
         """Send a kafka protocol message to a specific broker.  Will block until the message result is received.