diff --git a/packages/datadog-instrumentations/src/kafkajs.js b/packages/datadog-instrumentations/src/kafkajs.js
index 1fb5316becd..395c69de057 100644
--- a/packages/datadog-instrumentations/src/kafkajs.js
+++ b/packages/datadog-instrumentations/src/kafkajs.js
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ const consumerCommitCh = channel('apm:kafkajs:consume:commit')
 const consumerFinishCh = channel('apm:kafkajs:consume:finish')
 const consumerErrorCh = channel('apm:kafkajs:consume:error')
 
+const batchConsumerStartCh = channel('apm:kafkajs:consume-batch:start')
+const batchConsumerFinishCh = channel('apm:kafkajs:consume-batch:finish')
+const batchConsumerErrorCh = channel('apm:kafkajs:consume-batch:error')
+
 function commitsFromEvent (event) {
   const { payload: { groupId, topics } } = event
   const commitList = []
@@ -96,6 +100,17 @@ addHook({ name: 'kafkajs', file: 'src/index.js', versions: ['>=1.4'] }, (BaseKaf
       return createConsumer.apply(this, arguments)
     }
 
+    const eachMessageExtractor = (args) => {
+      const { topic, partition, message } = args[0]
+      return { topic, partition, message, groupId }
+    }
+
+    const eachBatchExtractor = (args) => {
+      const { batch } = args[0]
+      const { topic, partition, messages } = batch
+      return { topic, partition, messages, groupId }
+    }
+
     const consumer = createConsumer.apply(this, arguments)
 
     consumer.on(consumer.events.COMMIT_OFFSETS, commitsFromEvent)
@@ -103,43 +118,64 @@ addHook({ name: 'kafkajs', file: 'src/index.js', versions: ['>=1.4'] }, (BaseKaf
     const run = consumer.run
 
     const groupId = arguments[0].groupId
-    consumer.run = function ({ eachMessage, ...runArgs }) {
-      if (typeof eachMessage !== 'function') return run({ eachMessage, ...runArgs })
+    consumer.run = function ({ eachMessage, eachBatch, ...runArgs }) {
+      eachMessage = wrapFunction(
+        eachMessage,
+        consumerStartCh,
+        consumerFinishCh,
+        consumerErrorCh,
+        eachMessageExtractor
+      )
+
+      eachBatch = wrapFunction(
+        eachBatch,
+        batchConsumerStartCh,
+        batchConsumerFinishCh,
+        batchConsumerErrorCh,
+        eachBatchExtractor
+      )
 
       return run({
-        eachMessage: function (...eachMessageArgs) {
-          const innerAsyncResource = new AsyncResource('bound-anonymous-fn')
-          return innerAsyncResource.runInAsyncScope(() => {
-            const { topic, partition, message } = eachMessageArgs[0]
-            consumerStartCh.publish({ topic, partition, message, groupId })
-            try {
-              const result = eachMessage.apply(this, eachMessageArgs)
-              if (result && typeof result.then === 'function') {
-                result.then(
-                  innerAsyncResource.bind(() => consumerFinishCh.publish(undefined)),
-                  innerAsyncResource.bind(err => {
-                    if (err) {
-                      consumerErrorCh.publish(err)
-                    }
-                    consumerFinishCh.publish(undefined)
-                  })
-                )
-              } else {
-                consumerFinishCh.publish(undefined)
-              }
-
-              return result
-            } catch (e) {
-              consumerErrorCh.publish(e)
-              consumerFinishCh.publish(undefined)
-              throw e
-            }
-          })
-        },
+        eachMessage,
+        eachBatch,
         ...runArgs
       })
     }
+
     return consumer
   })
   return Kafka
 })
+
+const wrapFunction = (fn, startCh, finishCh, errorCh, extractArgs) => {
+  return typeof fn === 'function'
+    ? function (...args) {
+      const innerAsyncResource = new AsyncResource('bound-anonymous-fn')
+      return innerAsyncResource.runInAsyncScope(() => {
+        const extractedArgs = extractArgs(args)
+        startCh.publish(extractedArgs)
+        try {
+          const result = fn.apply(this, args)
+          if (result && typeof result.then === 'function') {
+            result.then(
+              innerAsyncResource.bind(() => finishCh.publish(undefined)),
+              innerAsyncResource.bind(err => {
+                if (err) {
+                  errorCh.publish(err)
+                }
+                finishCh.publish(undefined)
+              })
+            )
+          } else {
+            finishCh.publish(undefined)
+          }
+          return result
+        } catch (e) {
+          errorCh.publish(e)
+          finishCh.publish(undefined)
+          throw e
+        }
+      })
+    }
+    : fn
+}
diff --git a/packages/datadog-plugin-kafkajs/src/batch-consumer.js b/packages/datadog-plugin-kafkajs/src/batch-consumer.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5a531267e9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/datadog-plugin-kafkajs/src/batch-consumer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+const ConsumerPlugin = require('../../dd-trace/src/plugins/consumer')
+const { getMessageSize } = require('../../dd-trace/src/datastreams/processor')
+const { DsmPathwayCodec } = require('../../dd-trace/src/datastreams/pathway')
+
+class KafkajsBatchConsumerPlugin extends ConsumerPlugin {
+  static get id () { return 'kafkajs' }
+  static get operation () { return 'consume-batch' }
+
+  start ({ topic, partition, messages, groupId }) {
+    if (!this.config.dsmEnabled) return
+    for (const message of messages) {
+      if (!message || !message.headers || !DsmPathwayCodec.contextExists(message.headers)) continue
+      const payloadSize = getMessageSize(message)
+      this.tracer.decodeDataStreamsContext(message.headers)
+      this.tracer
+        .setCheckpoint(['direction:in', `group:${groupId}`, `topic:${topic}`, 'type:kafka'], null, payloadSize)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = KafkajsBatchConsumerPlugin
diff --git a/packages/datadog-plugin-kafkajs/src/index.js b/packages/datadog-plugin-kafkajs/src/index.js
index 9e5aec80606..3d20e8af67e 100644
--- a/packages/datadog-plugin-kafkajs/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/datadog-plugin-kafkajs/src/index.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 const ProducerPlugin = require('./producer')
 const ConsumerPlugin = require('./consumer')
+const BatchConsumerPlugin = require('./batch-consumer')
 const CompositePlugin = require('../../dd-trace/src/plugins/composite')
 
 class KafkajsPlugin extends CompositePlugin {
@@ -9,7 +10,8 @@ class KafkajsPlugin extends CompositePlugin {
   static get plugins () {
     return {
       producer: ProducerPlugin,
-      consumer: ConsumerPlugin
+      consumer: ConsumerPlugin,
+      batchConsumer: BatchConsumerPlugin
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/datadog-plugin-kafkajs/test/index.spec.js b/packages/datadog-plugin-kafkajs/test/index.spec.js
index 1e63c8b01c6..3df303a95cf 100644
--- a/packages/datadog-plugin-kafkajs/test/index.spec.js
+++ b/packages/datadog-plugin-kafkajs/test/index.spec.js
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ describe('Plugin', () => {
           )
         })
 
-        describe('consumer', () => {
+        describe('consumer (eachMessage)', () => {
           let consumer
 
           beforeEach(async () => {
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ describe('Plugin', () => {
               expect(setDataStreamsContextSpy.args[0][0].hash).to.equal(expectedProducerHash)
             })
 
-            it('Should set a checkpoint on consume', async () => {
+            it('Should set a checkpoint on consume (eachMessage)', async () => {
               const runArgs = []
               await consumer.run({
                 eachMessage: async () => {
@@ -401,6 +401,20 @@ describe('Plugin', () => {
               }
             })
 
+            it('Should set a checkpoint on consume (eachBatch)', async () => {
+              const runArgs = []
+              await consumer.run({
+                eachBatch: async () => {
+                  runArgs.push(setDataStreamsContextSpy.lastCall.args[0])
+                }
+              })
+              await sendMessages(kafka, testTopic, messages)
+              await consumer.disconnect()
+              for (const runArg of runArgs) {
+                expect(runArg.hash).to.equal(expectedConsumerHash)
+              }
+            })
+
             it('Should set a message payload size when producing a message', async () => {
               const messages = [{ key: 'key1', value: 'test2' }]
               if (DataStreamsProcessor.prototype.recordCheckpoint.isSinonProxy) {