diff --git a/lambda-events/src/event/kafka/mod.rs b/lambda-events/src/event/kafka/mod.rs
index 5ca28b3d..187c58e6 100644
--- a/lambda-events/src/event/kafka/mod.rs
+++ b/lambda-events/src/event/kafka/mod.rs
@@ -55,6 +55,90 @@ pub struct KafkaRecord {
     pub other: serde_json::Map<String, Value>,
 }
 
+/// `KafkaEventResponse` is the outer structure to report batch item failures for `KafkaEvent`.
+#[non_exhaustive]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "builders", derive(Builder))]
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub struct KafkaEventResponse {
+    pub batch_item_failures: Vec<KafkaBatchItemFailure>,
+    /// Catchall to catch any additional fields that were present but not explicitly defined by this struct.
+    /// Enabled with Cargo feature `catch-all-fields`.
+    /// If `catch-all-fields` is disabled, any additional fields that are present will be ignored.
+    #[cfg(feature = "catch-all-fields")]
+    #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "catch-all-fields")))]
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "builders", builder(default))]
+    pub other: serde_json::Map<String, Value>,
+}
+
+impl KafkaEventResponse {
+    /// Add a failed Kafka item identifier to the batch response.
+    ///
+    /// Lambda retries the identified records when `ReportBatchItemFailures` is enabled on the
+    /// Kafka event source mapping. Returning an error from the handler still retries the whole
+    /// batch.
+    pub fn add_failure(&mut self, item_identifier: KafkaItemIdentifier) {
+        self.batch_item_failures.push(KafkaBatchItemFailure {
+            item_identifier,
+            ..Default::default()
+        });
+    }
+
+    /// Set all failed Kafka item identifiers in the batch response.
+    ///
+    /// This replaces any previously registered failures.
+    pub fn set_failures<I>(&mut self, item_identifiers: I)
+    where
+        I: IntoIterator<Item = KafkaItemIdentifier>,
+    {
+        self.batch_item_failures = item_identifiers
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|item_identifier| KafkaBatchItemFailure {
+                item_identifier,
+                ..Default::default()
+            })
+            .collect();
+    }
+}
+
+/// `KafkaBatchItemFailure` is an individual Kafka record which failed processing.
+#[non_exhaustive]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "builders", derive(Builder))]
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub struct KafkaBatchItemFailure {
+    pub item_identifier: KafkaItemIdentifier,
+    /// Catchall to catch any additional fields that were present but not explicitly defined by this struct.
+    /// Enabled with Cargo feature `catch-all-fields`.
+    /// If `catch-all-fields` is disabled, any additional fields that are present will be ignored.
+    #[cfg(feature = "catch-all-fields")]
+    #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "catch-all-fields")))]
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "builders", builder(default))]
+    pub other: serde_json::Map<String, Value>,
+}
+
+/// `KafkaItemIdentifier` identifies a Kafka record for a partial batch response.
+#[non_exhaustive]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "builders", derive(Builder))]
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub struct KafkaItemIdentifier {
+    /// The topic-partition key from the Kafka event's `records` map.
+    pub partition: String,
+    /// The Kafka record offset.
+    pub offset: i64,
+    /// Catchall to catch any additional fields that were present but not explicitly defined by this struct.
+    /// Enabled with Cargo feature `catch-all-fields`.
+    /// If `catch-all-fields` is disabled, any additional fields that are present will be ignored.
+    #[cfg(feature = "catch-all-fields")]
+    #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "catch-all-fields")))]
+    #[serde(flatten)]
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "builders", builder(default))]
+    pub other: serde_json::Map<String, Value>,
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
     use super::*;
@@ -68,4 +152,54 @@ mod test {
         let reparsed: KafkaEvent = serde_json::from_slice(output.as_bytes()).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(parsed, reparsed);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg(feature = "kafka")]
+    fn kafka_event_response_serializes_item_identifiers() {
+        let mut response = KafkaEventResponse::default();
+        response.add_failure(KafkaItemIdentifier {
+            partition: String::from("some.topic-3"),
+            offset: 42,
+            ..Default::default()
+        });
+
+        let serialized = serde_json::to_value(response).unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            serialized,
+            serde_json::json!({
+                "batchItemFailures": [{
+                    "itemIdentifier": {
+                        "partition": "some.topic-3",
+                        "offset": 42,
+                    }
+                }]
+            })
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg(feature = "kafka")]
+    fn kafka_event_response_sets_failures() {
+        let mut response = KafkaEventResponse::default();
+        response.set_failures([
+            KafkaItemIdentifier {
+                partition: String::from("some.topic-3"),
+                offset: 42,
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            KafkaItemIdentifier {
+                partition: String::from("some.topic-4"),
+                offset: 43,
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+        ]);
+
+        assert_eq!(response.batch_item_failures.len(), 2);
+        assert_eq!(
+            response.batch_item_failures[0].item_identifier.partition,
+            "some.topic-3"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(response.batch_item_failures[1].item_identifier.offset, 43);
+    }
 }