diff --git a/conda/post-link.sh b/conda/post-link.sh
index aaf0608f9..24a9a62bb 100644
--- a/conda/post-link.sh
+++ b/conda/post-link.sh
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ $PREFIX/bin/pip install \
 'protobuf>=5.27.2,<6.0' \
 'influxdb3-python>=0.7,<1.0' \
 'pyiceberg[pyarrow,glue]>=0.7,<0.8' \
-'redis[hiredis]>=5.2.0,<6'
+'redis[hiredis]>=5.2.0,<6' \
+'paho-mqtt>=2.1.0,<3'
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1f64ba568..cbcdcb782 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ all = [
     "psycopg2-binary>=2.9.9,<3",
     "boto3>=1.35.65,<2.0",
     "boto3-stubs>=1.35.65,<2.0",
-    "redis[hiredis]>=5.2.0,<6"
+    "redis[hiredis]>=5.2.0,<6",
+    "paho-mqtt>=2.1.0,<3"
 ]
 
 avro = ["fastavro>=1.8,<2.0"]
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ pubsub = ["google-cloud-pubsub>=2.23.1,<3"]
 postgresql = ["psycopg2-binary>=2.9.9,<3"]
 kinesis = ["boto3>=1.35.65,<2.0", "boto3-stubs[kinesis]>=1.35.65,<2.0"]
 redis=["redis[hiredis]>=5.2.0,<6"]
+mqtt=["paho-mqtt>=2.1.0,<3"]
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 include = ["quixstreams*"]
diff --git a/quixstreams/sinks/community/mqtt.py b/quixstreams/sinks/community/mqtt.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..51a2284a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quixstreams/sinks/community/mqtt.py
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+import json
+from datetime import datetime
+from typing import Any, List, Tuple
+
+from quixstreams.models.types import HeaderValue
+from quixstreams.sinks.base.sink import BaseSink
+
+try:
+    import paho.mqtt.client as paho
+    from paho import mqtt
+except ImportError as exc:
+    raise ImportError(
+        'Package "paho-mqtt" is missing: ' "run pip install quixstreams[mqtt] to fix it"
+    ) from exc
+
+
+class MQTTSink(BaseSink):
+    """
+    A sink that publishes messages to an MQTT broker.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        mqtt_client_id: str,
+        mqtt_server: str,
+        mqtt_port: int,
+        mqtt_topic_root: str,
+        mqtt_username: str = None,
+        mqtt_password: str = None,
+        mqtt_version: str = "3.1.1",
+        tls_enabled: bool = True,
+        qos: int = 1,
+    ):
+        """
+        Initialize the MQTTSink.
+
+        :param mqtt_client_id: MQTT client identifier.
+        :param mqtt_server: MQTT broker server address.
+        :param mqtt_port: MQTT broker server port.
+        :param mqtt_topic_root: Root topic to publish messages to.
+        :param mqtt_username: Username for MQTT broker authentication. Defaults to None
+        :param mqtt_password: Password for MQTT broker authentication. Defaults to None
+        :param mqtt_version: MQTT protocol version ("3.1", "3.1.1", or "5"). Defaults to 3.1.1
+        :param tls_enabled: Whether to use TLS encryption. Defaults to True
+        :param qos: Quality of Service level (0, 1, or 2). Defaults to 1
+        """
+
+        super().__init__()
+
+        self.mqtt_version = mqtt_version
+        self.mqtt_username = mqtt_username
+        self.mqtt_password = mqtt_password
+        self.mqtt_topic_root = mqtt_topic_root
+        self.tls_enabled = tls_enabled
+        self.qos = qos
+
+        self.mqtt_client = paho.Client(
+            callback_api_version=paho.CallbackAPIVersion.VERSION2,
+            client_id=mqtt_client_id,
+            userdata=None,
+            protocol=self._mqtt_protocol_version(),
+        )
+
+        if self.tls_enabled:
+            self.mqtt_client.tls_set(
+                tls_version=mqtt.client.ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS
+            )  # we'll be using tls now
+
+        self.mqtt_client.reconnect_delay_set(5, 60)
+        self._configure_authentication()
+        self.mqtt_client.on_connect = self._mqtt_on_connect_cb
+        self.mqtt_client.on_disconnect = self._mqtt_on_disconnect_cb
+        self.mqtt_client.connect(mqtt_server, int(mqtt_port))
+
+    # setting callbacks for different events to see if it works, print the message etc.
+    def _mqtt_on_connect_cb(
+        self,
+        client: paho.Client,
+        userdata: any,
+        connect_flags: paho.ConnectFlags,
+        reason_code: paho.ReasonCode,
+        properties: paho.Properties,
+    ):
+        if reason_code == 0:
+            print("CONNECTED!")  # required for Quix to know this has connected
+        else:
+            print(f"ERROR ({reason_code.value}). {reason_code.getName()}")
+
+    def _mqtt_on_disconnect_cb(
+        self,
+        client: paho.Client,
+        userdata: any,
+        disconnect_flags: paho.DisconnectFlags,
+        reason_code: paho.ReasonCode,
+        properties: paho.Properties,
+    ):
+        print(
+            f"DISCONNECTED! Reason code ({reason_code.value}) {reason_code.getName()}!"
+        )
+
+    def _mqtt_protocol_version(self):
+        if self.mqtt_version == "3.1":
+            return paho.MQTTv31
+        elif self.mqtt_version == "3.1.1":
+            return paho.MQTTv311
+        elif self.mqtt_version == "5":
+            return paho.MQTTv5
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(f"Unsupported MQTT version: {self.mqtt_version}")
+
+    def _configure_authentication(self):
+        if self.mqtt_username:
+            self.mqtt_client.username_pw_set(self.mqtt_username, self.mqtt_password)
+
+    def _publish_to_mqtt(
+        self,
+        data: str,
+        key: bytes,
+        timestamp: datetime,
+        headers: List[Tuple[str, HeaderValue]],
+    ):
+        if isinstance(data, bytes):
+            data = data.decode("utf-8")  # Decode bytes to string using utf-8
+
+        json_data = json.dumps(data)
+        message_key_string = key.decode(
+            "utf-8"
+        )  # Convert to string using utf-8 encoding
+        # publish to MQTT
+        self.mqtt_client.publish(
+            self.mqtt_topic_root + "/" + message_key_string,
+            payload=json_data,
+            qos=self.qos,
+        )
+
+    def add(
+        self,
+        topic: str,
+        partition: int,
+        offset: int,
+        key: bytes,
+        value: bytes,
+        timestamp: datetime,
+        headers: List[Tuple[str, HeaderValue]],
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ):
+        self._publish_to_mqtt(value, key, timestamp, headers)
+
+    def _construct_topic(self, key):
+        if key:
+            key_str = key.decode("utf-8") if isinstance(key, bytes) else str(key)
+            return f"{self.mqtt_topic_root}/{key_str}"
+        else:
+            return self.mqtt_topic_root
+
+    def on_paused(self, topic: str, partition: int):
+        # not used
+        pass
+
+    def flush(self, topic: str, partition: str):
+        # not used
+        pass
+
+    def cleanup(self):
+        self.mqtt_client.loop_stop()
+        self.mqtt_client.disconnect()
+
+    def __del__(self):
+        self.cleanup()
diff --git a/tests/requirements.txt b/tests/requirements.txt
index 8032d747b..ba046b08d 100644
--- a/tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ protobuf>=5.27.2
 influxdb3-python>=0.7.0,<1.0
 pyiceberg[pyarrow,glue]>=0.7,<0.8
 redis[hiredis]>=5.2.0,<6
+paho-mqtt==2.1.0
diff --git a/tests/test_quixstreams/test_sinks/test_community/test_mqtt_sink.py b/tests/test_quixstreams/test_sinks/test_community/test_mqtt_sink.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..05b6b332b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_quixstreams/test_sinks/test_community/test_mqtt_sink.py
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+from datetime import datetime
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+import pytest
+
+from quixstreams.sinks.community.mqtt import MQTTSink
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def mqtt_sink_factory():
+    def factory(
+        mqtt_client_id: str = "test_client",
+        mqtt_server: str = "localhost",
+        mqtt_port: int = 1883,
+        mqtt_topic_root: str = "test/topic",
+        mqtt_username: str = None,
+        mqtt_password: str = None,
+        mqtt_version: str = "3.1.1",
+        tls_enabled: bool = True,
+        qos: int = 1,
+    ) -> MQTTSink:
+        with patch("paho.mqtt.client.Client") as MockClient:
+            mock_mqtt_client = MockClient.return_value
+            sink = MQTTSink(
+                mqtt_client_id=mqtt_client_id,
+                mqtt_server=mqtt_server,
+                mqtt_port=mqtt_port,
+                mqtt_topic_root=mqtt_topic_root,
+                mqtt_username=mqtt_username,
+                mqtt_password=mqtt_password,
+                mqtt_version=mqtt_version,
+                tls_enabled=tls_enabled,
+                qos=qos,
+            )
+            sink.mqtt_client = mock_mqtt_client
+            return sink, mock_mqtt_client
+
+    return factory
+
+
+class TestMQTTSink:
+    def test_mqtt_connect(self, mqtt_sink_factory):
+        sink, mock_mqtt_client = mqtt_sink_factory()
+        mock_mqtt_client.connect.assert_called_once_with("localhost", 1883)
+
+    def test_mqtt_tls_enabled(self, mqtt_sink_factory):
+        sink, mock_mqtt_client = mqtt_sink_factory(tls_enabled=True)
+        mock_mqtt_client.tls_set.assert_called_once()
+
+    def test_mqtt_tls_disabled(self, mqtt_sink_factory):
+        sink, mock_mqtt_client = mqtt_sink_factory(tls_enabled=False)
+        mock_mqtt_client.tls_set.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_mqtt_publish(self, mqtt_sink_factory):
+        sink, mock_mqtt_client = mqtt_sink_factory()
+        data = "test_data"
+        key = b"test_key"
+        timestamp = datetime.now()
+        headers = []
+
+        sink.add(
+            topic="test-topic",
+            partition=0,
+            offset=1,
+            key=key,
+            value=data.encode("utf-8"),
+            timestamp=timestamp,
+            headers=headers,
+        )
+
+        mock_mqtt_client.publish.assert_called_once_with(
+            "test/topic/test_key", payload='"test_data"', qos=1
+        )
+
+    def test_mqtt_authentication(self, mqtt_sink_factory):
+        sink, mock_mqtt_client = mqtt_sink_factory(
+            mqtt_username="user", mqtt_password="pass"
+        )
+        mock_mqtt_client.username_pw_set.assert_called_once_with("user", "pass")
+
+    def test_mqtt_disconnect_on_delete(self, mqtt_sink_factory):
+        sink, mock_mqtt_client = mqtt_sink_factory()
+        sink.cleanup()  # Explicitly call cleanup
+        mock_mqtt_client.loop_stop.assert_called_once()
+        mock_mqtt_client.disconnect.assert_called_once()