diff --git a/nslsii/commandline/monitor2kafka.py b/nslsii/commandline/monitor2kafka.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43ee5c87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nslsii/commandline/monitor2kafka.py
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+"""
+caproto-monitor-to-kafka ...
+
+It can equivalently be invoked as:
+
+python3 -m nslsii.commandline.monitor2kafka ...
+
+For access to the underlying functionality from a Python script or interactive
+Python session, do not import this module; instead import caproto.sync.client.
+"""
+import argparse
+from caproto.sync.client import subscribe, block
+from caproto import SubscriptionType, __version__
+import msgpack
+import msgpack_numpy as mpn
+from confluent_kafka import Producer
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Publish a PV monitor to a kafka topic.",
+        epilog=f"caproto version {__version__}",
+    )
+    exit_group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "kafka_server", type=str, help="bootstrap server to connect to."
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("topic", type=str, help="The topic to publish to.")
+
+    parser.add_argument("pv_names", type=str, nargs="+", help="PV (channel) name")
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--verbose",
+        "-v",
+        action="count",
+        help="Show more log messages. (Use -vvv for even more.)",
+    )
+    exit_group.add_argument(
+        "--duration",
+        type=float,
+        default=None,
+        help=(
+            "Maximum number seconds to run before "
+            "exiting. Runs indefinitely by default."
+        ),
+    )
+    exit_group.add_argument(
+        "--maximum",
+        type=int,
+        default=None,
+        help=(
+            "Maximum number of monitor events to "
+            "process exiting. Unlimited by "
+            "default."
+        ),
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--timeout",
+        "-w",
+        type=float,
+        default=1,
+        help=("Timeout ('wait') in seconds for server " "responses."),
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-m",
+        type=str,
+        metavar="MASK",
+        default="va",
+        help=(
+            "Channel Access mask. Any combination of "
+            "'v' (value), 'a' (alarm), 'l' (log/archive), "
+            "'p' (property). Default is 'va'."
+        ),
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--priority",
+        "-p",
+        type=int,
+        default=0,
+        help="Channel Access Virtual Circuit priority. " "Lowest is 0; highest is 99.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-n",
+        action="store_true",
+        help=("Retrieve enums as integers (default is " "strings)."),
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--no-repeater",
+        action="store_true",
+        help=("Do not spawn a Channel Access repeater daemon " "process."),
+    )
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    mask = 0
+    if "v" in args.m:
+        mask |= SubscriptionType.DBE_VALUE
+    if "a" in args.m:
+        mask |= SubscriptionType.DBE_ALARM
+    if "l" in args.m:
+        mask |= SubscriptionType.DBE_LOG
+    if "p" in args.m:
+        mask |= SubscriptionType.DBE_PROPERTY
+
+    tokens = {"callback_count": 0}
+    producer = Producer({"bootstrap.servers": args.kafka_server})
+
+    def callback(sub, response):
+        tokens["callback_count"] += 1
+        payload = {
+            "pvname": sub.pv_name,
+            **{k: getattr(response, k) for k in ("data", "data_count", "data_type")},
+            "medatadata": {
+                k: getattr(response.metadata, k)
+                for k in ("status", "severity", "timestamp")
+            },
+        }
+        msg = msgpack.dumps(payload, default=mpn.encode)
+        producer.produce(topic=args.topic, key=sub.pv_name, value=msg)
+
+        if args.maximum is not None:
+            if tokens["callback_count"] >= args.maximum:
+                raise KeyboardInterrupt()
+
+    try:
+        subs = []
+        cbs = []
+        for pv_name in args.pv_names:
+            sub = subscribe(pv_name, mask=mask, priority=args.priority)
+            sub.add_callback(callback)
+            cbs.append(callback)  # Hold ref to keep it from being garbage collected.
+            subs.append(sub)
+        # Wait to be interrupted by KeyboardInterrupt.
+        block(
+            *subs,
+            duration=args.duration,
+            timeout=args.timeout,
+            force_int_enums=args.n,
+            repeater=not args.no_repeater,
+        )
+    except BaseException as exc:
+        if args.verbose:
+            # Show the full traceback.
+            raise
+        else:
+            # Print a one-line error message.
+            print(exc)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 31de79ae..234f49d3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 
 import versioneer
 import setuptools
@@ -10,21 +10,26 @@
 here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
 
 # Get the long description from the README file
-with open(path.join(here, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+with open(path.join(here, "README.md"), encoding="utf-8") as f:
     long_description = f.read()
 
-with open(path.join(here, 'requirements.txt')) as f:
+with open(path.join(here, "requirements.txt")) as f:
     requirements = f.read().splitlines()
 
 setuptools.setup(
-    name='nslsii',
+    name="nslsii",
     version=versioneer.get_version(),
     cmdclass=versioneer.get_cmdclass(),
     license="BSD (3-clause)",
     packages=setuptools.find_packages(),
     long_description=long_description,
-    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
-    description='Tools for data collection and analysis at NSLS-II',
-    author='Brookhaven National Laboratory',
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
+    description="Tools for data collection and analysis at NSLS-II",
+    author="Brookhaven National Laboratory",
     install_requires=requirements,
+    entry_points={
+        "console_scripts": [
+            "monitor-to-kafka = nslsii.commandline.monitor2kafka:main",
+        ],
+    },
 )