diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/preconfiguration/outputs.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/preconfiguration/outputs.test.ts
index 8f62d3d7e2280..fda7789356956 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/preconfiguration/outputs.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/preconfiguration/outputs.test.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,16 @@ describe('output preconfiguration', () => {
           hosts: ['http://es.co:80'],
           is_preconfigured: true,
         },
+        {
+          id: 'existing-kafka-output-1',
+          is_default: false,
+          is_default_monitoring: false,
+          name: 'Kafka Output 1',
+          // @ts-ignore
+          type: 'kafka',
+          hosts: ['kafka.co:80'],
+          is_preconfigured: true,
+        },
       ];
     });
   });
@@ -112,6 +122,25 @@ describe('output preconfiguration', () => {
     expect(spyAgentPolicyServicBumpAllAgentPoliciesForOutput).not.toBeCalled();
   });
 
+  it('should create preconfigured kafka output that does not exists', async () => {
+    const soClient = savedObjectsClientMock.create();
+    const esClient = elasticsearchServiceMock.createClusterClient().asInternalUser;
+    await createOrUpdatePreconfiguredOutputs(soClient, esClient, [
+      {
+        id: 'non-existing-kafka-output-1',
+        name: 'Output 1',
+        type: 'kafka',
+        is_default: false,
+        is_default_monitoring: false,
+        hosts: ['test.fr:2000'],
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    expect(mockedOutputService.create).toBeCalled();
+    expect(mockedOutputService.update).not.toBeCalled();
+    expect(spyAgentPolicyServicBumpAllAgentPoliciesForOutput).not.toBeCalled();
+  });
+
   it('should create a preconfigured output with ca_trusted_fingerprint that does not exists', async () => {
     const soClient = savedObjectsClientMock.create();
     const esClient = elasticsearchServiceMock.createClusterClient().asInternalUser;
@@ -238,6 +267,26 @@ describe('output preconfiguration', () => {
     expect(spyAgentPolicyServicBumpAllAgentPoliciesForOutput).toBeCalled();
   });
 
+  it('should update output if preconfigured kafka output exists and changed', async () => {
+    const soClient = savedObjectsClientMock.create();
+    const esClient = elasticsearchServiceMock.createClusterClient().asInternalUser;
+    soClient.find.mockResolvedValue({ saved_objects: [], page: 0, per_page: 0, total: 0 });
+    await createOrUpdatePreconfiguredOutputs(soClient, esClient, [
+      {
+        id: 'existing-kafka-output-1',
+        is_default: false,
+        is_default_monitoring: false,
+        name: 'Kafka Output 1',
+        type: 'kafka',
+        hosts: ['kafka.co:8080'],
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    expect(mockedOutputService.create).not.toBeCalled();
+    expect(mockedOutputService.update).toBeCalled();
+    expect(spyAgentPolicyServicBumpAllAgentPoliciesForOutput).toBeCalled();
+  });
+
   it('should not update output if preconfigured output exists and did not changed', async () => {
     const soClient = savedObjectsClientMock.create();
     const esClient = elasticsearchServiceMock.createClusterClient().asInternalUser;
@@ -258,6 +307,26 @@ describe('output preconfiguration', () => {
     expect(spyAgentPolicyServicBumpAllAgentPoliciesForOutput).toBeCalled();
   });
 
+  it('should not update output if preconfigured kafka output exists and did not change', async () => {
+    const soClient = savedObjectsClientMock.create();
+    const esClient = elasticsearchServiceMock.createClusterClient().asInternalUser;
+    soClient.find.mockResolvedValue({ saved_objects: [], page: 0, per_page: 0, total: 0 });
+    await createOrUpdatePreconfiguredOutputs(soClient, esClient, [
+      {
+        id: 'existing-kafka-output-1',
+        is_default: false,
+        is_default_monitoring: false,
+        name: 'Kafka Output 1',
+        type: 'kafka',
+        hosts: ['kafka.co:8080'],
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    expect(mockedOutputService.create).not.toBeCalled();
+    expect(mockedOutputService.update).toBeCalled();
+    expect(spyAgentPolicyServicBumpAllAgentPoliciesForOutput).toBeCalled();
+  });
+
   const SCENARIOS: Array<{ name: string; data: PreconfiguredOutput }> = [
     {
       name: 'no changes',
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/preconfiguration/outputs.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/preconfiguration/outputs.ts
index 511e90d1e19a5..5f8f1a13feda9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/preconfiguration/outputs.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/preconfiguration/outputs.ts
@@ -168,6 +168,34 @@ function isPreconfiguredOutputDifferentFromCurrent(
   existingOutput: Output,
   preconfiguredOutput: Partial<Output>
 ): boolean {
+  const kafkaFieldsAreDifferent = (): boolean => {
+    if (existingOutput.type !== 'kafka' || preconfiguredOutput.type !== 'kafka') {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    return (
+      isDifferent(existingOutput.client_id, preconfiguredOutput.client_id) ||
+      isDifferent(existingOutput.version, preconfiguredOutput.version) ||
+      isDifferent(existingOutput.key, preconfiguredOutput.key) ||
+      isDifferent(existingOutput.compression, preconfiguredOutput.compression) ||
+      isDifferent(existingOutput.compression_level, preconfiguredOutput.compression_level) ||
+      isDifferent(existingOutput.auth_type, preconfiguredOutput.auth_type) ||
+      isDifferent(existingOutput.connection_type, preconfiguredOutput.connection_type) ||
+      isDifferent(existingOutput.username, preconfiguredOutput.username) ||
+      isDifferent(existingOutput.password, preconfiguredOutput.password) ||
+      isDifferent(existingOutput.sasl, preconfiguredOutput.sasl) ||
+      isDifferent(existingOutput.partition, preconfiguredOutput.partition) ||
+      isDifferent(existingOutput.random, preconfiguredOutput.random) ||
+      isDifferent(existingOutput.round_robin, preconfiguredOutput.round_robin) ||
+      isDifferent(existingOutput.hash, preconfiguredOutput.hash) ||
+      isDifferent(existingOutput.topics, preconfiguredOutput.topics) ||
+      isDifferent(existingOutput.headers, preconfiguredOutput.headers) ||
+      isDifferent(existingOutput.timeout, preconfiguredOutput.timeout) ||
+      isDifferent(existingOutput.broker_timeout, preconfiguredOutput.broker_timeout) ||
+      isDifferent(existingOutput.required_acks, preconfiguredOutput.required_acks)
+    );
+  };
+
   return (
     !existingOutput.is_preconfigured ||
     isDifferent(existingOutput.is_default, preconfiguredOutput.is_default) ||
@@ -191,6 +219,7 @@ function isPreconfiguredOutputDifferentFromCurrent(
     ) ||
     isDifferent(existingOutput.config_yaml, preconfiguredOutput.config_yaml) ||
     isDifferent(existingOutput.proxy_id, preconfiguredOutput.proxy_id) ||
-    isDifferent(existingOutput.allow_edit ?? [], preconfiguredOutput.allow_edit ?? [])
+    isDifferent(existingOutput.allow_edit ?? [], preconfiguredOutput.allow_edit ?? []) ||
+    kafkaFieldsAreDifferent()
   );
 }