diff --git a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/cdc.go b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/cdc.go
index aa7623dffe9b..6d9b90dc679a 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/cdc.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/cdc.go
@@ -1346,24 +1346,51 @@ func (k kafkaManager) start(ctx context.Context, services ...string) {
 	k.restart(ctx, services...)
 }
 
-func (k kafkaManager) restart(ctx context.Context, services ...string) {
-	var startArgs string
-	if len(services) == 0 {
-		startArgs = "schema-registry"
+var kafkaServices = map[string][]string{
+	"zookeeper":       {"zookeeper"},
+	"kafka":           {"zookeeper", "kafka"},
+	"schema-registry": {"zookeeper", "kafka", "schema-registry"},
+}
+
+func (k kafkaManager) kafkaServicesForTargets(targets []string) []string {
+	var services []string
+	for _, tgt := range targets {
+		if s, ok := kafkaServices[tgt]; ok {
+			services = append(services, s...)
+		} else {
+			k.t.Fatalf("unknown kafka start target %q", tgt)
+		}
+	}
+	return services
+}
+
+func (k kafkaManager) restart(ctx context.Context, targetServices ...string) {
+	var services []string
+	if len(targetServices) == 0 {
+		services = kafkaServices["schema-registry"]
 	} else {
-		startArgs = strings.Join(services, " ")
+		services = k.kafkaServicesForTargets(targetServices)
 	}
 
 	k.c.Run(ctx, k.nodes, "touch", k.serverJAASConfig())
+	for _, svcName := range services {
+		// The confluent tool applies the KAFKA_OPTS to all
+		// services. Also, the kafka.logs.dir is used by each
+		// service, despite the name.
+		opts := fmt.Sprintf("-Djava.security.auth.login.config=%s -Dkafka.logs.dir=%s",
+			k.serverJAASConfig(),
+			fmt.Sprintf("logs/%s", svcName),
+		)
+		startCmd := fmt.Sprintf(
+			"CONFLUENT_CURRENT=%s CONFLUENT_HOME=%s KAFKA_OPTS='%s' %s local services %s start",
+			k.basePath(),
+			k.confluentHome(),
+			opts,
+			k.confluentBin(),
+			svcName)
+		k.c.Run(ctx, k.nodes, startCmd)
+	}
 
-	startCmd := fmt.Sprintf(
-		"CONFLUENT_CURRENT=%s CONFLUENT_HOME=%s KAFKA_OPTS=-Djava.security.auth.login.config=%s %s local services %s start",
-		k.basePath(),
-		k.confluentHome(),
-		k.serverJAASConfig(),
-		k.confluentBin(),
-		startArgs)
-	k.c.Run(ctx, k.nodes, startCmd)
 }
 
 func (k kafkaManager) makeCommand(exe string, args ...string) string {