diff --git a/cmd/agent/app/builder.go b/cmd/agent/app/builder.go
index a79400d7d94..66ab15137cb 100644
--- a/cmd/agent/app/builder.go
+++ b/cmd/agent/app/builder.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/apache/thrift/lib/go/thrift"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/uber/jaeger-lib/metrics"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 
@@ -235,6 +234,6 @@ func CreateCollectorProxy(
 	case reporter.TCHANNEL:
 		return tchannel.NewCollectorProxy(tchanBuilder, mFactory, logger)
 	default:
-		return nil, errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("unknown reporter type %s", string(opts.ReporterType)))
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown reporter type %s", string(opts.ReporterType))
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kafka/auth/config.go b/pkg/kafka/auth/config.go
index 09f5ae82c02..130155b1384 100644
--- a/pkg/kafka/auth/config.go
+++ b/pkg/kafka/auth/config.go
@@ -15,40 +15,48 @@
 package auth
 
 import (
-	"log"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/Shopify/sarama"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
-const none = "none"
-const kerberos = "kerberos"
+const (
+	none     = "none"
+	kerberos = "kerberos"
+	tls      = "tls"
+)
 
 var authTypes = []string{
 	none,
 	kerberos,
+	tls,
 }
 
 // AuthenticationConfig describes the configuration properties needed authenticate with kafka cluster
 type AuthenticationConfig struct {
 	Authentication string
 	Kerberos       KerberosConfig
+	TLS            TLSConfig
 }
 
 //SetConfiguration set configure authentication into sarama config structure
-func (config *AuthenticationConfig) SetConfiguration(saramaConfig *sarama.Config) {
+func (config *AuthenticationConfig) SetConfiguration(saramaConfig *sarama.Config) error {
 	authentication := strings.ToLower(config.Authentication)
 	if strings.Trim(authentication, " ") == "" {
 		authentication = none
 	}
 	switch authentication {
+	case none:
+		return nil
 	case kerberos:
 		setKerberosConfiguration(&config.Kerberos, saramaConfig)
-	case none:
-		return
+		return nil
+	case tls:
+		return setTLSConfiguration(&config.TLS, saramaConfig)
 	default:
-		log.Fatalf("Unknown/Unsupported authentication method %s to kafka cluster.", config.Authentication)
+		return errors.Errorf("Unknown/Unsupported authentication method %s to kafka cluster.", config.Authentication)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -62,4 +70,8 @@ func (config *AuthenticationConfig) InitFromViper(configPrefix string, v *viper.
 	config.Kerberos.Password = v.GetString(configPrefix + kerberosPrefix + suffixKerberosPassword)
 	config.Kerberos.ConfigPath = v.GetString(configPrefix + kerberosPrefix + suffixKerberosConfig)
 	config.Kerberos.KeyTabPath = v.GetString(configPrefix + kerberosPrefix + suffixKerberosKeyTab)
+
+	config.TLS.CaPath = v.GetString(configPrefix + tlsPrefix + suffixTLSCA)
+	config.TLS.CertPath = v.GetString(configPrefix + tlsPrefix + suffixTLSCert)
+	config.TLS.KeyPath = v.GetString(configPrefix + tlsPrefix + suffixTLSKey)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kafka/auth/options.go b/pkg/kafka/auth/options.go
index 7cb3df11dd3..43a2e98b9b5 100644
--- a/pkg/kafka/auth/options.go
+++ b/pkg/kafka/auth/options.go
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	suffixAuthentication = ".authentication"
+	suffixAuthentication  = ".authentication"
+	defaultAuthentication = none
 
 	// Kerberos configuration options
 	kerberosPrefix            = ".kerberos"
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@ const (
 	suffixKerberosConfig      = ".config-file"
 	suffixKerberosKeyTab      = ".keytab-file"
 
-	defaultAuthentication      = none
 	defaultKerberosConfig      = "/etc/krb5.conf"
 	defaultKerberosUseKeyTab   = false
 	defaultKerberosServiceName = "kafka"
@@ -40,6 +40,16 @@ const (
 	defaultKerberosPassword    = ""
 	defaultKerberosUsername    = ""
 	defaultKerberosKeyTab      = "/etc/security/kafka.keytab"
+
+	// TLS configuration options
+	tlsPrefix     = ".tls"
+	suffixTLSCert = ".cert"
+	suffixTLSKey  = ".key"
+	suffixTLSCA   = ".ca"
+
+	defaultCAPath   = ""
+	defaultCertPath = ""
+	defaultKeyPath  = ""
 )
 
 func addKerberosFlags(configPrefix string, flagSet *flag.FlagSet) {
@@ -73,6 +83,22 @@ func addKerberosFlags(configPrefix string, flagSet *flag.FlagSet) {
 		"Path to keytab file. i.e /etc/security/kafka.keytab")
 }
 
+// AddFlags adds the flags for this package to the flagSet
+func addTLSFlags(configPrefix string, flagSet *flag.FlagSet) {
+	flagSet.String(
+		configPrefix+tlsPrefix+suffixTLSCA,
+		defaultCAPath,
+		"Path to the TLS CA for the Kafka connection")
+	flagSet.String(
+		configPrefix+tlsPrefix+suffixTLSCert,
+		defaultCertPath,
+		"Path to the TLS Certificate for the Kafka connection")
+	flagSet.String(
+		configPrefix+tlsPrefix+suffixTLSKey,
+		defaultKeyPath,
+		"Path to the TLS Key for the Kafka connection")
+}
+
 // AddFlags add configuration flags to a flagSet.
 func AddFlags(configPrefix string, flagSet *flag.FlagSet) {
 	flagSet.String(
@@ -81,4 +107,5 @@ func AddFlags(configPrefix string, flagSet *flag.FlagSet) {
 		"Authentication type used to authenticate with kafka cluster. e.g. "+strings.Join(authTypes, ", "),
 	)
 	addKerberosFlags(configPrefix, flagSet)
+	addTLSFlags(configPrefix, flagSet)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kafka/auth/tls.go b/pkg/kafka/auth/tls.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4d4b2be8912
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/kafka/auth/tls.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2019 The Jaeger Authors.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package auth
+
+import (
+	gotls "crypto/tls"
+	"crypto/x509"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/Shopify/sarama"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+// TLSConfig describes the configuration properties for TLS Connections to the Kafka Brokers
+type TLSConfig struct {
+	CertPath string
+	KeyPath  string
+	CaPath   string
+}
+
+func setTLSConfiguration(config *TLSConfig, saramaConfig *sarama.Config) error {
+	tlsConfig, err := config.getTLS()
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "error loading tls config")
+	}
+	saramaConfig.Net.TLS.Enable = true
+	saramaConfig.Net.TLS.Config = tlsConfig
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (tlsConfig TLSConfig) getTLS() (*gotls.Config, error) {
+	ca, err := loadCA(tlsConfig.CaPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "error reading ca")
+	}
+
+	cert, err := gotls.LoadX509KeyPair(filepath.Clean(tlsConfig.CertPath), filepath.Clean(tlsConfig.KeyPath))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "error loading certificate")
+	}
+
+	return &gotls.Config{
+		RootCAs:      ca,
+		Certificates: []gotls.Certificate{cert},
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func loadCA(caPath string) (*x509.CertPool, error) {
+	caBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Clean(caPath))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "error reading caFile %s", caPath)
+	}
+	certificates := x509.NewCertPool()
+	if ok := certificates.AppendCertsFromPEM(caBytes); !ok {
+		return nil, errors.Errorf("no ca certificates could be parsed")
+	}
+	return certificates, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/kafka/consumer/config.go b/pkg/kafka/consumer/config.go
index caa21818de0..eba0e847858 100644
--- a/pkg/kafka/consumer/config.go
+++ b/pkg/kafka/consumer/config.go
@@ -37,13 +37,14 @@ type Builder interface {
 
 // Configuration describes the configuration properties needed to create a Kafka consumer
 type Configuration struct {
+	auth.AuthenticationConfig
+	Consumer
+
 	Brokers         []string
 	Topic           string
 	GroupID         string
 	ClientID        string
 	ProtocolVersion string
-	Consumer
-	auth.AuthenticationConfig
 }
 
 // NewConsumer creates a new kafka consumer
@@ -58,6 +59,8 @@ func (c *Configuration) NewConsumer() (Consumer, error) {
 		}
 		saramaConfig.Config.Version = ver
 	}
-	c.AuthenticationConfig.SetConfiguration(&saramaConfig.Config)
+	if err := c.AuthenticationConfig.SetConfiguration(&saramaConfig.Config); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	return cluster.NewConsumer(c.Brokers, c.GroupID, []string{c.Topic}, saramaConfig)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/kafka/producer/config.go b/pkg/kafka/producer/config.go
index 729332ba716..1560bc3c122 100644
--- a/pkg/kafka/producer/config.go
+++ b/pkg/kafka/producer/config.go
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ func (c *Configuration) NewProducer() (sarama.AsyncProducer, error) {
 	saramaConfig.Producer.Compression = c.Compression
 	saramaConfig.Producer.CompressionLevel = c.CompressionLevel
 	saramaConfig.Producer.Return.Successes = true
-	c.AuthenticationConfig.SetConfiguration(saramaConfig)
 	if len(c.ProtocolVersion) > 0 {
 		ver, err := sarama.ParseKafkaVersion(c.ProtocolVersion)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -50,5 +49,8 @@ func (c *Configuration) NewProducer() (sarama.AsyncProducer, error) {
 		}
 		saramaConfig.Version = ver
 	}
+	if err := c.AuthenticationConfig.SetConfiguration(saramaConfig); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	return sarama.NewAsyncProducer(c.Brokers, saramaConfig)
 }