diff --git a/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/src/emqx_bridge_kafka_consumer_schema.erl b/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/src/emqx_bridge_kafka_consumer_schema.erl
index d4e76dfc8..a4bb48aec 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/src/emqx_bridge_kafka_consumer_schema.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/src/emqx_bridge_kafka_consumer_schema.erl
@@ -84,6 +84,17 @@ fields(source_parameters) ->
                     required => true,
                     desc => ?DESC(emqx_bridge_kafka, consumer_kafka_topic)
                 }
+            )},
+        {group_id,
+            mk(
+                binary(),
+                #{
+                    required => false,
+                    validator => [
+                        emqx_resource_validator:not_empty("Group id must not be empty")
+                    ],
+                    desc => ?DESC(group_id)
+                }
             )}
         | Fields
     ];
diff --git a/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/src/emqx_bridge_kafka_impl_consumer.erl b/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/src/emqx_bridge_kafka_impl_consumer.erl
index c4f66dfff..2f0aff68d 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/src/emqx_bridge_kafka_impl_consumer.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/src/emqx_bridge_kafka_impl_consumer.erl
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 ]).
 
 -ifdef(TEST).
--export([consumer_group_id/1]).
+-export([consumer_group_id/2]).
 -endif.
 
 -include_lib("emqx/include/logger.hrl").
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     parameters := source_parameters()
 }.
 -type source_parameters() :: #{
+    group_id => binary(),
     key_encoding_mode := encoding_mode(),
     max_batch_bytes := emqx_schema:bytesize(),
     max_rejoin_attempts := non_neg_integer(),
@@ -431,7 +432,7 @@ start_consumer(Config, ConnectorResId, SourceResId, ClientID) ->
     %% note: the group id should be the same for all nodes in the
     %% cluster, so that the load gets distributed between all
     %% consumers and we don't repeat messages in the same cluster.
-    GroupID = consumer_group_id(BridgeName),
+    GroupID = consumer_group_id(Params0, BridgeName),
     %% earliest or latest
     BeginOffset = OffsetResetPolicy0,
     OffsetResetPolicy =
@@ -623,8 +624,10 @@ log_when_error(Fun, Log) ->
             })
     end.
 
--spec consumer_group_id(atom() | binary()) -> binary().
-consumer_group_id(BridgeName0) ->
+-spec consumer_group_id(#{group_id => binary(), any() => term()}, atom() | binary()) -> binary().
+consumer_group_id(#{group_id := GroupId}, _BridgeName) when is_binary(GroupId) ->
+    GroupId;
+consumer_group_id(_ConsumerParams, BridgeName0) ->
     BridgeName = to_bin(BridgeName0),
     <<"emqx-kafka-consumer-", BridgeName/binary>>.
 
diff --git a/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/test/emqx_bridge_kafka_impl_consumer_SUITE.erl b/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/test/emqx_bridge_kafka_impl_consumer_SUITE.erl
index 56aabb1c3..24405eb9e 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/test/emqx_bridge_kafka_impl_consumer_SUITE.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/test/emqx_bridge_kafka_impl_consumer_SUITE.erl
@@ -1542,7 +1542,7 @@ t_receive_after_recovery(Config) ->
                 _Interval = 500,
                 _NAttempts = 20,
                 begin
-                    GroupId = emqx_bridge_kafka_impl_consumer:consumer_group_id(KafkaNameA),
+                    GroupId = emqx_bridge_kafka_impl_consumer:consumer_group_id(#{}, KafkaNameA),
                     {ok, [#{partitions := Partitions}]} = brod:fetch_committed_offsets(
                         KafkaClientId, GroupId
                     ),
diff --git a/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/test/emqx_bridge_kafka_tests.erl b/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/test/emqx_bridge_kafka_tests.erl
index 54f6f9efc..4de01c98d 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/test/emqx_bridge_kafka_tests.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/test/emqx_bridge_kafka_tests.erl
@@ -204,6 +204,41 @@ test_keepalive_validation(Name, Conf) ->
         [?_assertThrow(_, check(C)) || C <- InvalidConfs] ++
         [?_assertThrow(_, check_atom_key(C)) || C <- InvalidConfs].
 
+%% assert compatibility
+bridge_schema_json_test() ->
+    JSON = iolist_to_binary(emqx_dashboard_schema_api:bridge_schema_json()),
+    Map = emqx_utils_json:decode(JSON),
+    Path = [<<"components">>, <<"schemas">>, <<"bridge_kafka.post_producer">>, <<"properties">>],
+    ?assertMatch(#{<<"kafka">> := _}, emqx_utils_maps:deep_get(Path, Map)).
+
+custom_group_id_test() ->
+    BaseConfig = kafka_consumer_source_config(),
+    BadSourceConfig = emqx_utils_maps:deep_merge(
+        BaseConfig,
+        #{<<"parameters">> => #{<<"group_id">> => <<>>}}
+    ),
+    ?assertThrow(
+        {_, [
+            #{
+                path := "sources.kafka_consumer.my_consumer.parameters.group_id",
+                reason := "Group id must not be empty"
+            }
+        ]},
+        emqx_bridge_v2_testlib:parse_and_check(source, kafka_consumer, my_consumer, BadSourceConfig)
+    ),
+
+    CustomId = <<"custom_id">>,
+    OkSourceConfig = emqx_utils_maps:deep_merge(
+        BaseConfig,
+        #{<<"parameters">> => #{<<"group_id">> => CustomId}}
+    ),
+    ?assertMatch(
+        #{<<"parameters">> := #{<<"group_id">> := CustomId}},
+        emqx_bridge_v2_testlib:parse_and_check(source, kafka_consumer, my_consumer, OkSourceConfig)
+    ),
+
+    ok.
+
 %%===========================================================================
 %% Helper functions
 %%===========================================================================
@@ -355,9 +390,21 @@ kafka_consumer_hocon() ->
     "\n   }"
     "\n }".
 
-%% assert compatibility
-bridge_schema_json_test() ->
-    JSON = iolist_to_binary(emqx_dashboard_schema_api:bridge_schema_json()),
-    Map = emqx_utils_json:decode(JSON),
-    Path = [<<"components">>, <<"schemas">>, <<"bridge_kafka.post_producer">>, <<"properties">>],
-    ?assertMatch(#{<<"kafka">> := _}, emqx_utils_maps:deep_get(Path, Map)).
+kafka_consumer_source_config() ->
+    #{
+        <<"enable">> => true,
+        <<"connector">> => <<"my_connector">>,
+        <<"parameters">> =>
+            #{
+                <<"key_encoding_mode">> => <<"none">>,
+                <<"max_batch_bytes">> => <<"896KB">>,
+                <<"max_rejoin_attempts">> => <<"5">>,
+                <<"offset_reset_policy">> => <<"latest">>,
+                <<"topic">> => <<"please override">>,
+                <<"value_encoding_mode">> => <<"none">>
+            },
+        <<"resource_opts">> => #{
+            <<"health_check_interval">> => <<"2s">>,
+            <<"resume_interval">> => <<"2s">>
+        }
+    }.
diff --git a/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/test/emqx_bridge_v2_kafka_consumer_SUITE.erl b/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/test/emqx_bridge_v2_kafka_consumer_SUITE.erl
index 8568e2f62..1372bf71c 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/test/emqx_bridge_v2_kafka_consumer_SUITE.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/test/emqx_bridge_v2_kafka_consumer_SUITE.erl
@@ -351,3 +351,28 @@ t_bad_bootstrap_host(Config) ->
         )
     ),
     ok.
+
+t_custom_group_id(Config) ->
+    ?check_trace(
+        begin
+            #{<<"bootstrap_hosts">> := BootstrapHosts} = ?config(connector_config, Config),
+            CustomGroupId = <<"my_group_id">>,
+            {ok, {{_, 201, _}, _, _}} =
+                emqx_bridge_v2_testlib:create_bridge_api(
+                    Config,
+                    #{<<"parameters">> => #{<<"group_id">> => CustomGroupId}}
+                ),
+            [Endpoint] = emqx_bridge_kafka_impl:hosts(BootstrapHosts),
+            ?retry(100, 10, begin
+                {ok, Groups} = brod:list_groups(Endpoint, _ConnOpts = #{}),
+                ?assertMatch(
+                    [_],
+                    [Group || Group = {_, Id, _} <- Groups, Id == CustomGroupId],
+                    #{groups => Groups}
+                )
+            end),
+            ok
+        end,
+        []
+    ),
+    ok.
diff --git a/changes/ee/feat-12961.en.md b/changes/ee/feat-12961.en.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f70338751
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/ee/feat-12961.en.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added the option to customize group ids in advance for Kafka Consumer sources.
diff --git a/rel/i18n/emqx_bridge_kafka_consumer_schema.hocon b/rel/i18n/emqx_bridge_kafka_consumer_schema.hocon
index 6f29d7cc8..3ac6a4e2b 100644
--- a/rel/i18n/emqx_bridge_kafka_consumer_schema.hocon
+++ b/rel/i18n/emqx_bridge_kafka_consumer_schema.hocon
@@ -15,4 +15,9 @@ emqx_bridge_kafka_consumer_schema {
   config_connector.label:
   """Kafka Consumer Client Configuration"""
 
+  group_id.desc:
+  """Consumer group identifier to be used for this source.  If omitted, one based off the source name will be automatically generated."""
+  group_id.label:
+  """Custom Consumer Group Id"""
+
 }