diff --git a/flink-connector-kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/connector/kafka/source/reader/FlinkKafkaMetricReporter.java b/flink-connector-kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/connector/kafka/source/reader/FlinkKafkaMetricReporter.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ff9d65f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flink-connector-kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/connector/kafka/source/reader/FlinkKafkaMetricReporter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package org.apache.flink.connector.kafka.source.reader;
+
+import org.apache.flink.connector.kafka.source.KafkaSourceOptions;
+import org.apache.flink.metrics.MetricGroup;
+
+import org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.KafkaMetric;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.metrics.MetricsReporter;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
+
+import static org.apache.flink.connector.kafka.source.metrics.KafkaSourceReaderMetrics.KAFKA_CONSUMER_METRIC_GROUP;
+import static org.apache.flink.connector.kafka.source.metrics.KafkaSourceReaderMetrics.KAFKA_SOURCE_READER_METRIC_GROUP;
+
+/**
+ * Handy metric reporter to hook into kafka metric reporters interface.
+ * This reports kafka metrics using flink metric group for the source operator
+ * and further scope KafkaSourceReader.KafkaConsumer.Native
+ * <br/>
+ * This metric reporter is enabled if `register.consumer.metrics` is true
+ * and if a metricGroup was found in config (kafka consumer props).
+ */
+public class FlinkKafkaMetricReporter implements MetricsReporter {
+    public static final String METRIC_GROUP_CONFIG = "flink_metric_group";
+    private static final String NATIVE_TAG = "Native";
+    private MetricGroup metricGroup;
+
+    @Override
+    public void init(List<KafkaMetric> metrics) {
+        if (metricGroup == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+        metrics.forEach(this::addGauge);
+    }
+
+    private void addGauge(KafkaMetric metric) {
+        if (metricGroup == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+        final var group = new AtomicReference<>(metricGroup);
+        final var name = metric.metricName();
+        name.tags().keySet().stream().sorted().forEach(
+                key -> group.set(group.get().addGroup(key, name.tags().get(key))));
+        group.get().gauge(name.name(), metric::metricValue);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void metricChange(KafkaMetric kafkaMetric) {
+        if (metricGroup != null) {
+            this.addGauge(kafkaMetric);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void metricRemoval(KafkaMetric kafkaMetric) {
+        // flink metric doesn't support removing metrics
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void configure(Map<String, ?> config) {
+        Object value = config.get(KafkaSourceOptions.REGISTER_KAFKA_CONSUMER_METRICS.key());
+        // kafka consumer metrics reporting is enabled by default
+        boolean enabled = true;
+        if (value instanceof Boolean) {
+            enabled = (Boolean) value;
+        } else if (value instanceof String) {
+            enabled = Boolean.parseBoolean((String) value);
+        }
+        Object metricGroup = config.get(METRIC_GROUP_CONFIG);
+        if (enabled && metricGroup instanceof MetricGroup) {
+            this.metricGroup = ((MetricGroup) metricGroup)
+                    .addGroup(KAFKA_SOURCE_READER_METRIC_GROUP)
+                    .addGroup(KAFKA_CONSUMER_METRIC_GROUP)
+                    .addGroup(NATIVE_TAG);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/flink-connector-kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/connector/kafka/source/reader/KafkaPartitionSplitReader.java b/flink-connector-kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/connector/kafka/source/reader/KafkaPartitionSplitReader.java
index 94940b8e7..66d43cab8 100644
--- a/flink-connector-kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/connector/kafka/source/reader/KafkaPartitionSplitReader.java
+++ b/flink-connector-kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/connector/kafka/source/reader/KafkaPartitionSplitReader.java
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ public KafkaPartitionSplitReader(
         Properties consumerProps = new Properties();
         consumerProps.putAll(props);
         consumerProps.setProperty(ConsumerConfig.CLIENT_ID_CONFIG, createConsumerClientId(props));
+        consumerProps.put(FlinkKafkaMetricReporter.METRIC_GROUP_CONFIG, context.metricGroup());
+        consumerProps.setProperty(ConsumerConfig.METRIC_REPORTER_CLASSES_CONFIG, FlinkKafkaMetricReporter.class.getName());
         setConsumerClientRack(consumerProps, rackIdSupplier);
         this.consumer = new KafkaConsumer<>(consumerProps);
         this.stoppingOffsets = new HashMap<>();