diff --git a/docs/modules/operation/pages/deep-dive/kafka-producer/configure-kafka.adoc b/docs/modules/operation/pages/deep-dive/kafka-producer/configure-kafka.adoc
index 81f88cd2ae23..14bd4f369258 100644
--- a/docs/modules/operation/pages/deep-dive/kafka-producer/configure-kafka.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/operation/pages/deep-dive/kafka-producer/configure-kafka.adoc
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ Set this to an empty string to disable forwarding nodes.
 Set this to an empty string to disable forwarding topologies.
 | nodes
 
-
 | topologyVertexTopic
 | Name of the topic used for topology vertices.
 | vertices
@@ -74,6 +73,11 @@ Set this to `false` to prevent suppressing these alarms.
 | startAlarmSyncWithCleanState
 | Set this to `true` to force the Kafka Streams client to start with a clean state on every boot.
 | false
+
+| alarmSync
+| Set this to `false` to disable synchronization of the alarms topics.
+This is automatically disabled when alarm forwarding is not enabled.
+| true
 |===
 
 == Configure filtering
@@ -169,3 +173,24 @@ admin@opennms()> config:update
 ----
 
 In the example above, we set the vertex and edge topics to be different by default.
+
+== Configure the alarm sync streams client
+
+When producing alarms to a topic, we also automatically enable a Kafka Stream client to help synchronize the contents of the topic and ensure eventual consistency with the database.
+
+The streams client takes different properties than the producer and requires a separate configuration map.
+
+We automatically pull known properties from the producer configuration, allowing it to work without further configuration in most cases.
+
+If your producer takes a special configuration directive, or you would like to tune the behavior of the stream client, you can set properties in `org.opennms.features.kafka.producer.streams`:
+
+[source, console]
+----
+$ ssh -p 8101 admin@localhost
+...
+admin@opennms()> config:edit org.opennms.features.kafka.producer.streams
+admin@opennms()> config:property-set default.dsl.store rocksDB
+admin@opennms()> config:update
+----
+
+Any property set in `org.opennms.features.kafka.producer.streams` will override those inherited from `org.opennms.features.kafka.producer.client`.
diff --git a/features/kafka/producer/src/main/java/org/opennms/features/kafka/producer/datasync/KafkaAlarmDataSync.java b/features/kafka/producer/src/main/java/org/opennms/features/kafka/producer/datasync/KafkaAlarmDataSync.java
index 38f5633c514f..09925891cacc 100644
--- a/features/kafka/producer/src/main/java/org/opennms/features/kafka/producer/datasync/KafkaAlarmDataSync.java
+++ b/features/kafka/producer/src/main/java/org/opennms/features/kafka/producer/datasync/KafkaAlarmDataSync.java
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.CommonClientConfigs;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.config.SecurityConfig;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.config.SslConfigs;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.Serdes;
 import org.apache.kafka.streams.KafkaStreams;
 import org.apache.kafka.streams.StoreQueryParameters;
@@ -285,18 +288,25 @@ public synchronized AlarmSyncResults handleAlarmSnapshot(List<OnmsAlarm> alarms)
         return results;
     }
 
+
+
     private Properties loadStreamsProperties() throws IOException {
         final Properties streamsProperties = new Properties();
         // Default values
         streamsProperties.put(StreamsConfig.APPLICATION_ID_CONFIG, "alarm-datasync");
         Path kafkaDir = Paths.get(System.getProperty("karaf.data"), "kafka");
         streamsProperties.put(StreamsConfig.STATE_DIR_CONFIG, kafkaDir.toString());
-        // Copy kafka server info from client properties
+        // Copy common properties from client configuration, which should save the user from having to configure
+        // properties for the stream client 99% of time
         final Dictionary<String, Object> clientProperties = configAdmin.getConfiguration(OpennmsKafkaProducer.KAFKA_CLIENT_PID).getProperties();
         if (clientProperties != null) {
-            streamsProperties.put(StreamsConfig.BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS_CONFIG, clientProperties.get(StreamsConfig.BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS_CONFIG));
+            copyPropIfNonNull(CommonClientConfigs.BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS_CONFIG, clientProperties, streamsProperties);
+            copyPropIfNonNull(CommonClientConfigs.SECURITY_PROTOCOL_CONFIG, clientProperties, streamsProperties);
+            copyPropIfNonNull(SslConfigs.SSL_TRUSTSTORE_LOCATION_CONFIG, clientProperties, streamsProperties);
+            copyPropIfNonNull(SslConfigs.SSL_TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD_CONFIG, clientProperties, streamsProperties);
         }
-        // Add all of the stream properties, overriding the bootstrap servers if set
+
+        // Now add all of the stream properties, overriding any of the properties inherited from the producer config
         final Dictionary<String, Object> properties = configAdmin.getConfiguration(KAFKA_STREAMS_PID).getProperties();
         if (properties != null) {
             final Enumeration<String> keys = properties.keys();
@@ -311,6 +321,13 @@ private Properties loadStreamsProperties() throws IOException {
         return streamsProperties;
     }
 
+    private static void copyPropIfNonNull(String propName, Dictionary<String, Object> sourceMap, Properties targetMap) {
+        Object propValue = sourceMap.get(propName);
+        if (propValue != null) {
+            targetMap.put(propName, propValue);
+        }
+    }
+
     public void setAlarmTopic(String alarmTopic) {
         this.alarmTopic = alarmTopic;
     }