diff --git a/preset/kafka/options.go b/preset/kafka/options.go
index 090b5adf..9082c4fe 100644
--- a/preset/kafka/options.go
+++ b/preset/kafka/options.go
@@ -13,12 +13,22 @@ func WithVersion(version string) Option {
 
 // WithTopics makes sure that the provided topics are available when Kafka is
 // up and running.
+// Both topics from WithTopics and WithTopicConfigs will be added to Kafka.
 func WithTopics(topics ...string) Option {
 	return func(o *P) {
 		o.Topics = append(o.Topics, topics...)
 	}
 }
 
+// WithTopicConfigs makes sure that the provided topics with the given configs are available when Kafka is
+// up and running. Unlike WithTopics, this allows to also set partition count.
+// Both topics from WithTopics and WithTopicConfigs will be added to Kafka.
+func WithTopicConfigs(topics ...TopicConfig) Option {
+	return func(o *P) {
+		o.TopicConfigs = append(o.TopicConfigs, topics...)
+	}
+}
+
 // WithMessages makes sure that these messages can be consumed during the test
 // once the container is ready.
 func WithMessages(messages ...Message) Option {
diff --git a/preset/kafka/preset.go b/preset/kafka/preset.go
index ed65d317..f2999beb 100644
--- a/preset/kafka/preset.go
+++ b/preset/kafka/preset.go
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ func Preset(opts ...Option) gnomock.Preset {
 	return p
 }
 
+type TopicConfig struct {
+	Topic         string
+	NumPartitions int
+}
+
 // P is a Gnomock Preset implementation of Kafka.
 type P struct {
 	Version           string    `json:"version"`
@@ -70,6 +75,8 @@ type P struct {
 	Messages          []Message `json:"messages"`
 	MessagesFiles     []string  `json:"messages_files"`
 	UseSchemaRegistry bool      `json:"use_schema_registry"`
+
+	TopicConfigs []TopicConfig `json:"topic_configs"`
 }
 
 // Image returns an image that should be pulled to create this container.
@@ -106,7 +113,7 @@ func (p *P) Options() []gnomock.Option {
 		gnomock.WithEnv("SAMPLEDATA=0"),
 	}
 
-	if len(p.Topics) > 0 || len(p.Messages) > 0 {
+	if len(p.Topics) > 0 || len(p.TopicConfigs) > 0 || len(p.Messages) > 0 {
 		opts = append(opts, gnomock.WithInit(p.initf))
 	}
 
@@ -226,7 +233,7 @@ func (p *P) ingestMessageFiles(ctx context.Context, c *gnomock.Container, conn *
 		p.Topics = append(p.Topics, topic)
 	}
 
-	topics := make([]kafka.TopicConfig, 0, len(p.Topics))
+	topics := make([]kafka.TopicConfig, 0, len(p.Topics)+len(p.TopicConfigs))
 
 	for _, topic := range p.Topics {
 		topics = append(topics, kafka.TopicConfig{
@@ -236,6 +243,14 @@ func (p *P) ingestMessageFiles(ctx context.Context, c *gnomock.Container, conn *
 		})
 	}
 
+	for _, topic := range p.TopicConfigs {
+		topics = append(topics, kafka.TopicConfig{
+			Topic:             topic.Topic,
+			ReplicationFactor: 1, // cannot set more; cluster has just 1 node
+			NumPartitions:     topic.NumPartitions,
+		})
+	}
+
 	if err := conn.CreateTopics(topics...); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("can't create topics: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/preset/kafka/preset_test.go b/preset/kafka/preset_test.go
index b7f1720d..146d873a 100644
--- a/preset/kafka/preset_test.go
+++ b/preset/kafka/preset_test.go
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ func testPreset(version string) func(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		p := kafka.Preset(
-			kafka.WithTopics("topic-1", "topic-2"),
+			kafka.WithTopics("topic-1"),
+			kafka.WithTopicConfigs(kafka.TopicConfig{
+				Topic:         "topic-2",
+				NumPartitions: 3,
+			}),
 			kafka.WithMessages(messages...),
 			kafka.WithVersion(version),
 			kafka.WithMessagesFile("./testdata/messages.json"),
@@ -89,6 +93,26 @@ func testPreset(version string) func(t *testing.T) {
 		c, err := kafkaclient.Dial("tcp", container.Address(kafka.BrokerPort))
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
+		// Test that topic-1 exists, and topic-2 has all 3 partitions
+		topicReader := kafkaclient.NewReader(kafkaclient.ReaderConfig{
+			Brokers: []string{container.Address(kafka.BrokerPort)},
+			Topic:   "topic-1",
+		})
+		_, err = topicReader.ReadLag(ctx)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.NoError(t, topicReader.Close())
+
+		for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
+			topicReader := kafkaclient.NewReader(kafkaclient.ReaderConfig{
+				Brokers:   []string{container.Address(kafka.BrokerPort)},
+				Topic:     "topic-2",
+				Partition: i,
+			})
+			_, err = topicReader.ReadLag(ctx)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.NoError(t, topicReader.Close())
+		}
+
 		require.NoError(t, c.DeleteTopics("topic-1", "topic-2"))
 		require.Error(t, c.DeleteTopics("unknown-topic"))