diff --git a/cmd/opentelemetry-collector/app/receiver/kafka/flags.go b/cmd/opentelemetry-collector/app/receiver/kafka/flags.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ed5056d35e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/opentelemetry-collector/app/receiver/kafka/flags.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2020 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 kafka
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+
+	ingesterApp "github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/cmd/ingester/app"
+)
+
+// AddFlags adds Ingester flags.
+func AddFlags(flags *flag.FlagSet) {
+	ingesterApp.AddFlags(flags)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/opentelemetry-collector/cmd/ingester/main.go b/cmd/opentelemetry-collector/cmd/ingester/main.go
index 2729ac71ace..87e758ca3ad 100644
--- a/cmd/opentelemetry-collector/cmd/ingester/main.go
+++ b/cmd/opentelemetry-collector/cmd/ingester/main.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	jflags "github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/cmd/flags"
 	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/cmd/opentelemetry-collector/app"
 	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/cmd/opentelemetry-collector/app/defaults"
+	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/cmd/opentelemetry-collector/app/receiver/kafka"
 	jconfig "github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/pkg/version"
 	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/plugin/storage"
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ func main() {
 	cmd := svc.Command()
 	jconfig.AddFlags(v,
 		cmd,
+		kafka.AddFlags,
 		app.AddComponentFlags,
 		storageFlags,
 	)