diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 297b596..3fe7079 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Kafka heavily depends on zookeeper which is not part of this role. To install zo
 
 ## Role Variables
 
-Available variables listed and described along with default values in `defaults/main.yml`.
+Available variables listed and described along with default values in [defaults/main.yml](defaults/main.yml).
 
 ## Dependencies
 
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ Available variables listed and described along with default values in `defaults/
 
 ## Set up monitoring for Kafka
 
-For enabling monitoring via JMX you have to create an environment file and set the environment variables used in the kafka startup script like this:
+For enabling monitoring via JMX you have to create an environment file and set the environment variables used in the kafka startup script
+according to your needs:
 
 ```
 JMX_PORT=1099
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@ This file needs to be referenced in the `kafka_environment_file` then. Here is a
       vars:
         kafka_environment_file: /etc/kafka/custom.env
 
+An overview of the variables used by Kafka can be found in the [Kafka startup script](https://github.com/apache/kafka/blob/trunk/bin/kafka-run-class.sh).
+
 ## Development
 
 Use [docker-molecule](https://github.com/nl2go/docker-molecule) following the instructions to run [Molecule](https://molecule.readthedocs.io/en/stable/)
diff --git a/molecule/custom_environment/cleanup.yml b/molecule/custom_environment/cleanup.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea7e2eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/molecule/custom_environment/cleanup.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+- name: Cleanup test resources
+  hosts: localhost
+  tasks:
+    - name: Stop zookeeper container
+      docker_container:
+        name: zookeeper
+        image: confluentinc/cp-zookeeper:5.5.0
+        state: stopped
+        purge_networks: yes
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      run_once: true
diff --git a/molecule/custom_environment/converge.yml b/molecule/custom_environment/converge.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d5d668
--- /dev/null
+++ b/molecule/custom_environment/converge.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+- name: Configure hosts
+  hosts: all
+  become: yes
+  roles:
+    - role: ansible-role-kafka
+  vars:
+    kafka_environment_file: /etc/kafka/molecule.env
diff --git a/molecule/custom_environment/molecule.yml b/molecule/custom_environment/molecule.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc34a13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/molecule/custom_environment/molecule.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+---
+driver:
+  name: docker
+lint: |
+  set -e
+  yamllint .
+platforms:
+  - name: ubuntu18
+    image: ubuntu:18.04
+    dockerfile: ../resources/Dockerfile.j2
+    networks:
+      - name: kafka-network
+provisioner:
+  name: ansible
+  lint: |
+    set -e
+    ansible-lint
+  inventory:
+    group_vars:
+      all:
+        kafka_version: 2.5.0
+    host_vars:
+      ubuntu18:
+        kafka_zookeeper_connection_hosts:
+          - zookeeper:2181
+verifier:
+  name: ansible
+  lint: |
+    set -e
+    ansible-lint
+dependency:
+  name: galaxy
+  options:
+    role-file: molecule/resources/requirements.yml
diff --git a/molecule/custom_environment/prepare.yml b/molecule/custom_environment/prepare.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d04510
--- /dev/null
+++ b/molecule/custom_environment/prepare.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+---
+- name: Install required roles
+  hosts: all
+  roles:
+    - nl2go.openjdk
+  tasks:
+    - name: Prepare docker systemctl replacement script
+      get_url:
+        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gdraheim/docker-systemctl-replacement/master/files/docker/systemctl.py
+        dest: /usr/bin/systemctl
+        mode: '0775'
+    - name: Start zookeeper container
+      docker_container:
+        name: zookeeper
+        image: confluentinc/cp-zookeeper:5.5.0
+        env:
+          ZOOKEEPER_CLIENT_PORT: "2181"
+          ZOOKEEPER_TICK_TIME: "2000"
+        networks:
+          - name: kafka-network
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      run_once: true
+    - name: Install additional packages needed for testing
+      apt:
+        name:
+          - net-tools
+          - procps
+    - name: Set JMX_PORT environment variable
+      lineinfile:
+        path: /etc/kafka/molecule.env
+        regexp: '^JMX_PORT='
+        line: JMX_PORT=1099
+        create: yes
+    - name: Set KAFKA_JMX_OPTS environment variable
+      lineinfile:
+        path: /etc/kafka/molecule.env
+        regexp: '^KAFKA_JMX_OPTS='
+        line: 'KAFKA_JMX_OPTS="-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false"'
+        create: yes
+    - name: Set KAFKA_HEAP_OPTS environment variable
+      lineinfile:
+        path: /etc/kafka/molecule.env
+        regexp: '^KAFKA_HEAP_OPTS='
+        line: 'KAFKA_HEAP_OPTS="-Xmx192M"'
+        create: yes
diff --git a/molecule/custom_environment/verify.yml b/molecule/custom_environment/verify.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db506d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/molecule/custom_environment/verify.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+---
+- name: Verify kafka installation
+  hosts: all
+  tasks:
+    - name: Gather facts on listening ports
+      listen_ports_facts:
+    - name: Create list of listening ports
+      set_fact:
+        tcp_ports: "{{ ansible_facts.tcp_listen | map(attribute='port') | sort | list }}"
+    - name: Verify kafka port is in listening ports
+      assert:
+        that:
+          - 9092 in tcp_ports
+    - name: Verify JMX port is in listening ports
+      assert:
+        that:
+          - 1099 in tcp_ports
diff --git a/tasks/install.yml b/tasks/install.yml
index 8a5a149..3c63401 100644
--- a/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/tasks/install.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     state: present
     createhome: no
 
-- name: set kafka_archive_name variable
+- name: Set kafka_archive_name variable
   set_fact:
     kafka_archive_name: "kafka_{{ kafka_scala_version }}-{{ kafka_version }}"