diff --git a/extensions/kafka-client/deployment/src/main/resources/dev-ui/qwc-kafka-add-topic.js b/extensions/kafka-client/deployment/src/main/resources/dev-ui/qwc-kafka-add-topic.js
index ad8ca2104ee67..c26c0d9cb26ea 100644
--- a/extensions/kafka-client/deployment/src/main/resources/dev-ui/qwc-kafka-add-topic.js
+++ b/extensions/kafka-client/deployment/src/main/resources/dev-ui/qwc-kafka-add-topic.js
@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@ export class QwcKafkaAddTopic extends LitElement {
                         min="0" 
                         max="99">
                     </vaadin-integer-field>
+                    <vaadin-text-field
+                        label="Configurations"
+                        placeholder="key1=value1,key2=value2"
+                        value="${this._newTopic.configs}"
+                        step-buttons-visible
+                        @value-changed="${(e) => this._configsChanged(e)}">
+                    </vaadin-text-field>
                     ${this._renderButtons()}`;
     }
     
@@ -70,10 +77,11 @@ export class QwcKafkaAddTopic extends LitElement {
     }
     
     _reset(){
-        this._newTopic = new Object();
+        this._newTopic = {};
         this._newTopic.name = '';
         this._newTopic.partitions = 1;
         this._newTopic.replications = 1;        
+        this._newTopic.configs = undefined;
     }
 
     _cancel(){
@@ -89,11 +97,11 @@ export class QwcKafkaAddTopic extends LitElement {
 
     _submit(){
         if(this._newTopic.name.trim() !== ''){
-            
             this.jsonRpc.createTopic({
                 topicName: this._newTopic.name,
                 partitions: parseInt(this._newTopic.partitions),
-                replications: parseInt(this._newTopic.replications)
+                replications: parseInt(this._newTopic.replications),
+                configs: this._newTopic.configs
             }).then(jsonRpcResponse => { 
                 this._reset();
                 const success = new CustomEvent("kafka-topic-added-success", {
@@ -119,6 +127,17 @@ export class QwcKafkaAddTopic extends LitElement {
     _replicationsChanged(e){
         this._newTopic.replications = e.detail.value;
     }
+
+    _configsChanged(e){
+        this._newTopic.configs = Object.fromEntries(e.detail.value.split(',')
+            .reduce((configs, item) => {
+                const split = item.trim().split('=');
+                if (split.length > 1) {
+                    configs.set(split[0], split[1]);
+                }
+                return configs;
+            }, new Map()));
+    }
 }
 
 customElements.define('qwc-kafka-add-topic', QwcKafkaAddTopic);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/extensions/kafka-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kafka/client/runtime/KafkaAdminClient.java b/extensions/kafka-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kafka/client/runtime/KafkaAdminClient.java
index 0ced0504abcda..8f8486630e18c 100644
--- a/extensions/kafka-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kafka/client/runtime/KafkaAdminClient.java
+++ b/extensions/kafka-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kafka/client/runtime/KafkaAdminClient.java
@@ -70,23 +70,23 @@ public Collection<ConsumerGroupDescription> getConsumerGroups() throws Interrupt
                 .values();
     }
 
-    public boolean deleteTopic(String name) {
+    public boolean deleteTopic(final String name) {
         Collection<String> topics = new ArrayList<>();
         topics.add(name);
         DeleteTopicsResult dtr = client.deleteTopics(topics);
         return dtr.topicNameValues() != null;
     }
 
-    public boolean createTopic(KafkaCreateTopicRequest kafkaCreateTopicRq) {
+    public boolean createTopic(final KafkaCreateTopicRequest kafkaCreateTopicRq) {
         var partitions = Optional.ofNullable(kafkaCreateTopicRq.getPartitions()).orElse(1);
         var replications = Optional.ofNullable(kafkaCreateTopicRq.getReplications()).orElse((short) 1);
         var newTopic = new NewTopic(kafkaCreateTopicRq.getTopicName(), partitions, replications);
-
+        newTopic.configs(Optional.ofNullable(kafkaCreateTopicRq.getConfigs()).orElse(Map.of()));
         CreateTopicsResult ctr = client.createTopics(List.of(newTopic));
         return ctr.values() != null;
     }
 
-    public ListConsumerGroupOffsetsResult listConsumerGroupOffsets(String groupId) {
+    public ListConsumerGroupOffsetsResult listConsumerGroupOffsets(final String groupId) {
         return client.listConsumerGroupOffsets(groupId);
     }
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public Collection<AclBinding> getAclInfo() throws InterruptedException, Executio
         return client.describeAcls(filter, options).values().get();
     }
 
-    public Map<String, TopicDescription> describeTopics(Collection<String> topicNames)
+    public Map<String, TopicDescription> describeTopics(final Collection<String> topicNames)
             throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException {
         return client.describeTopics(topicNames)
                 .allTopicNames()
diff --git a/extensions/kafka-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kafka/client/runtime/devui/KafkaJsonRPCService.java b/extensions/kafka-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kafka/client/runtime/devui/KafkaJsonRPCService.java
index c9d37cbb001e4..b5fe4ebdd3fcf 100644
--- a/extensions/kafka-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kafka/client/runtime/devui/KafkaJsonRPCService.java
+++ b/extensions/kafka-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kafka/client/runtime/devui/KafkaJsonRPCService.java
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@ public List<KafkaTopic> getTopics() throws InterruptedException, ExecutionExcept
         return kafkaUiUtils.getTopics();
     }
 
-    public List<KafkaTopic> createTopic(String topicName, int partitions, int replications)
+    public List<KafkaTopic> createTopic(final String topicName, final int partitions, final int replications,
+            Map<String, String> configs)
             throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException {
 
-        KafkaCreateTopicRequest createTopicRequest = new KafkaCreateTopicRequest(topicName, partitions, (short) replications);
+        KafkaCreateTopicRequest createTopicRequest = new KafkaCreateTopicRequest(topicName, partitions, (short) replications,
+                configs);
         boolean created = kafkaAdminClient.createTopic(createTopicRequest);
         if (created) {
             return kafkaUiUtils.getTopics();
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ public List<KafkaTopic> createTopic(String topicName, int partitions, int replic
         throw new RuntimeException("Topic [" + topicName + "] not created");
     }
 
-    public List<KafkaTopic> deleteTopic(String topicName) throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException {
+    public List<KafkaTopic> deleteTopic(final String topicName) throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException {
         boolean deleted = kafkaAdminClient.deleteTopic(topicName);
         if (deleted) {
             return kafkaUiUtils.getTopics();
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ public List<KafkaTopic> deleteTopic(String topicName) throws InterruptedExceptio
         throw new RuntimeException("Topic [" + topicName + "] not deleted");
     }
 
-    public KafkaMessagePage topicMessages(String topicName) throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
+    public KafkaMessagePage topicMessages(final String topicName) throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
         List<Integer> partitions = getPartitions(topicName);
         KafkaOffsetRequest offsetRequest = new KafkaOffsetRequest(topicName, partitions, Order.NEW_FIRST);
         Map<Integer, Long> offset = kafkaUiUtils.getOffset(offsetRequest);
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ public KafkaMessagePage createMessage(String topicName, Integer partition, Strin
         return topicMessages(topicName);
     }
 
-    public List<Integer> getPartitions(String topicName) throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
+    public List<Integer> getPartitions(final String topicName) throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
         return new ArrayList<>(kafkaUiUtils.partitions(topicName));
     }
 
diff --git a/extensions/kafka-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kafka/client/runtime/devui/model/request/KafkaCreateTopicRequest.java b/extensions/kafka-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kafka/client/runtime/devui/model/request/KafkaCreateTopicRequest.java
index b099bb06ca3e9..883a6ba1ecaa4 100644
--- a/extensions/kafka-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kafka/client/runtime/devui/model/request/KafkaCreateTopicRequest.java
+++ b/extensions/kafka-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kafka/client/runtime/devui/model/request/KafkaCreateTopicRequest.java
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
 package io.quarkus.kafka.client.runtime.devui.model.request;
 
+import java.util.Map;
+
 public class KafkaCreateTopicRequest {
     private String topicName;
     private Integer partitions;
     private Short replications;
+    private Map<String, String> configs;
 
     public KafkaCreateTopicRequest() {
     }
 
-    public KafkaCreateTopicRequest(String topicName, Integer partitions, Short replications) {
+    public KafkaCreateTopicRequest(final String topicName, final Integer partitions, final Short replications,
+            final Map<String, String> configs) {
         this.topicName = topicName;
         this.partitions = partitions;
         this.replications = replications;
+        this.configs = configs;
     }
 
     public String getTopicName() {
@@ -25,4 +30,9 @@ public Integer getPartitions() {
     public Short getReplications() {
         return replications;
     }
+
+    public Map<String, String> getConfigs() {
+        return configs;
+    }
+
 }