diff --git a/registry/server/api_integration_test.go b/registry/server/api_integration_test.go
index c70591c7..fe46af76 100644
--- a/registry/server/api_integration_test.go
+++ b/registry/server/api_integration_test.go
@@ -110,12 +110,23 @@ func TestCreateTaggedTopic(t *testing.T) {
 			Topic:            &pb.Topic{Name: "many_partitions", Partitions: 24, Replication: 3},
 			TargetBrokerTags: []string{"key:value"},
 		},
+		3: {
+			Topic:            &pb.Topic{Name: "new_topic4", Partitions: 1, Replication: 1},
+			TargetBrokerTags: []string{"key:value"},
+			TargetBrokerIds:  []uint32{1001},
+		},
+		4: {
+			Topic:           &pb.Topic{Name: "new_topic5", Partitions: 1, Replication: 1},
+			TargetBrokerIds: []uint32{1001},
+		},
 	}
 
 	expectedErrors := map[int]error{
 		0: nil,
 		1: ErrInsufficientBrokers,
 		2: ErrInsufficientBrokers,
+		3: nil,
+		4: nil,
 	}
 
 	for i := 0; i < len(tests); i++ {
diff --git a/registry/server/api_topics.go b/registry/server/api_topics.go
index 93ed0d21..0b9b507d 100644
--- a/registry/server/api_topics.go
+++ b/registry/server/api_topics.go
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ var (
 	ErrTopicAlreadyExists = errors.New("topic already exists")
 	// ErrInsufficientBrokers error.
 	ErrInsufficientBrokers = errors.New("insufficient number of brokers")
+	// ErrInvalidBrokerId error.
+	ErrInvalidBrokerId = errors.New("invalid broker id")
 	// Misc.
 	allTopicsRegex = regexp.MustCompile(".*")
 )
@@ -185,7 +187,7 @@ func (s *Server) CreateTopic(ctx context.Context, req *pb.CreateTopicRequest) (*
 	// If we're targeting a specific set of brokers by tag, build
 	// a replica assignment.
 	var assignment kafkaadmin.ReplicaAssignment
-	if req.TargetBrokerTags != nil {
+	if req.TargetBrokerTags != nil || req.TargetBrokerIds != nil {
 		// Create a stub map with the provided request dimensions.
 		opts := kafkazk.Populate(
 			req.Topic.Name,
@@ -193,17 +195,45 @@ func (s *Server) CreateTopic(ctx context.Context, req *pb.CreateTopicRequest) (*
 			int(req.Topic.Replication),
 		)
 		pMap := kafkazk.NewPartitionMap(opts)
-
-		// Fetch brokers by tag.
+		// Fetch brokers by tag. If no tag was specified, this will return all the brokers:
 		reqParams := &pb.BrokerRequest{Tag: req.TargetBrokerTags}
 		resp, err := s.ListBrokers(ctx, reqParams)
 		if err != nil {
 			return empty, err
 		}
+		type Empty struct{}
+		selectedBrokerIds := make(map[uint32]Empty)
+		existingBrokers := make(map[uint32]Empty)
+
+		// Populate a map of existing brokers returned by the ListBrokers call:
+		for _, id := range resp.Ids {
+			existingBrokers[id] = Empty{}
+		}
 
-		targetBrokerIDs := make([]int, len(resp.Ids))
-		for i := range resp.Ids {
-			targetBrokerIDs[i] = int(resp.Ids[i])
+		for _, id := range req.TargetBrokerIds {
+			selectedBrokerIds[id] = Empty{}
+		}
+		// Validate that the passed broker ids actually exists or were part of the returned brokers.
+		// If that's not the case that's either because the specified broker id does not exist or does not
+		// contain passed broker tags. In this case return ErrInvalidBrokerId error.
+		if len(selectedBrokerIds) > 0 {
+			for id := range selectedBrokerIds {
+				if _, ok := existingBrokers[id]; !ok {
+					return nil, ErrInvalidBrokerId
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		var targetBrokerIDs []int
+		for brokerId := range existingBrokers {
+			// If we have specified a list of selected brokers, only consider that broker if it's in that list:
+			if len(selectedBrokerIds) > 0 {
+				if _, ok := selectedBrokerIds[brokerId]; ok {
+					targetBrokerIDs = append(targetBrokerIDs, int(brokerId))
+				}
+			} else {
+				// We haven't specified explicit broker ids. Select returned broker in that case:
+				targetBrokerIDs = append(targetBrokerIDs, int(brokerId))
+			}
 		}
 
 		if len(targetBrokerIDs) < int(req.Topic.Replication) {