diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/KeyValueItemWriter.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/KeyValueItemWriter.java
index df2fed925b..586a548a6a 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/KeyValueItemWriter.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/KeyValueItemWriter.java
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ public void write(List<? extends V> items) throws Exception {
 			K key = itemKeyMapper.convert(item);
 			writeKeyValue(key, item);
 		}
+		flush();
 	}
+	protected void flush() throws Exception {}
 
 	/**
 	 * Subclasses implement this method to write each item to key value store
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/kafka/KafkaItemWriter.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/kafka/KafkaItemWriter.java
index 75c6f2b040..f9ad5125d7 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/kafka/KafkaItemWriter.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/kafka/KafkaItemWriter.java
@@ -19,7 +19,12 @@
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemWriter;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.KeyValueItemWriter;
 import org.springframework.kafka.core.KafkaTemplate;
+import org.springframework.kafka.support.SendResult;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 
 /**
  * <p>
@@ -34,15 +39,24 @@
 public class KafkaItemWriter<K, T> extends KeyValueItemWriter<K, T> {
 
 	protected KafkaTemplate<K, T> kafkaTemplate;
+	private final List<ListenableFuture<SendResult<K, T>>> listenableFutures = new ArrayList<>();
 
 	@Override
 	protected void writeKeyValue(K key, T value) {
 		if (this.delete) {
-			this.kafkaTemplate.sendDefault(key, null);
+			listenableFutures.add(this.kafkaTemplate.sendDefault(key, null));
 		}
 		else {
-			this.kafkaTemplate.sendDefault(key, value);
+			listenableFutures.add(this.kafkaTemplate.sendDefault(key, value));
+		}
+	}
+	@Override
+	protected void flush() throws Exception{
+		kafkaTemplate.flush();
+		for(ListenableFuture<SendResult<K,T>> future: listenableFutures){
+			future.get();
 		}
+		listenableFutures.clear();
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/kafka/KafkaItemWriterTests.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/kafka/KafkaItemWriterTests.java
index cab3bb8647..19337af5b5 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/kafka/KafkaItemWriterTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/kafka/KafkaItemWriterTests.java
@@ -25,25 +25,31 @@
 
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
 import org.springframework.kafka.core.KafkaTemplate;
+import org.springframework.kafka.support.SendResult;
+import org.springframework.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 
 public class KafkaItemWriterTests {
 
 	@Mock
 	private KafkaTemplate<String, String> kafkaTemplate;
 
+	@Mock
+	private ListenableFuture<SendResult<String, String>> future;
+
 	private KafkaItemKeyMapper itemKeyMapper;
 
 	private KafkaItemWriter<String, String> writer;
 
 	@Before
 	public void setUp() throws Exception {
-		MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
+		MockitoAnnotations.openMocks(this);
 		when(this.kafkaTemplate.getDefaultTopic()).thenReturn("defaultTopic");
+		when(this.kafkaTemplate.sendDefault(any(), any())).thenReturn(future);
 		this.itemKeyMapper = new KafkaItemKeyMapper();
 		this.writer = new KafkaItemWriter<>();
 		this.writer.setKafkaTemplate(this.kafkaTemplate);
@@ -90,6 +96,8 @@ public void testBasicWrite() throws Exception {
 
 		verify(this.kafkaTemplate).sendDefault(items.get(0), items.get(0));
 		verify(this.kafkaTemplate).sendDefault(items.get(1), items.get(1));
+		verify(this.kafkaTemplate).flush();
+		verify(this.future, times(2)).get();
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -101,6 +109,8 @@ public void testBasicDelete() throws Exception {
 
 		verify(this.kafkaTemplate).sendDefault(items.get(0), null);
 		verify(this.kafkaTemplate).sendDefault(items.get(1), null);
+		verify(this.kafkaTemplate).flush();
+		verify(this.future, times(2)).get();
 	}
 
 	@Test