diff --git a/debezium-embedded/src/main/java/io/debezium/embedded/EmbeddedEngine.java b/debezium-embedded/src/main/java/io/debezium/embedded/EmbeddedEngine.java
index 1344da042..9ea9b105d 100644
--- a/debezium-embedded/src/main/java/io/debezium/embedded/EmbeddedEngine.java
+++ b/debezium-embedded/src/main/java/io/debezium/embedded/EmbeddedEngine.java
@@ -21,8 +21,12 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.apache.kafka.common.config.ConfigDef;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.config.ConfigDef.Importance;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.config.ConfigDef.Type;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.config.ConfigDef.Width;
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.connector.ConnectorContext;
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.connector.Task;
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.errors.RetriableException;
@@ -176,6 +180,17 @@ public final class EmbeddedEngine implements DebeziumEngine<SourceRecord> {
             .withDescription("The Converter class that should be used to serialize and deserialize value data for offsets.")
             .withDefault(JsonConverter.class.getName());
 
+    /**
+     * A list of SMTs to be applied on the messages generated by the engine..
+     */
+    public static final Field TRANSFORMS = Field.create("transforms")
+            .withDisplayName("List of prefixes defining transformations.")
+            .withType(Type.STRING)
+            .withWidth(Width.MEDIUM)
+            .withImportance(Importance.LOW)
+            .withDescription("Optional list of single message transformations applied on the messages. "
+                    + "The transforms are defined using '<transform.prefix>.type' config option and configured using options '<transform.prefix>.<option>'");
+
     /**
      * The array of fields that are required by each connectors.
      */
@@ -532,6 +547,7 @@ public static Builder create() {
     private OffsetCommitPolicy offsetCommitPolicy;
 
     private SourceTask task;
+    private final Transformations transformations;
 
     private EmbeddedEngine(Configuration config, ClassLoader classLoader, Clock clock, DebeziumEngine.ChangeConsumer<SourceRecord> handler,
                            DebeziumEngine.CompletionCallback completionCallback, DebeziumEngine.ConnectorCallback connectorCallback,
@@ -563,6 +579,8 @@ private EmbeddedEngine(Configuration config, ClassLoader classLoader, Clock cloc
         }
         valueConverter.configure(valueConverterConfig.subset(INTERNAL_VALUE_CONVERTER_CLASS.name() + ".", true).asMap(), false);
 
+        transformations = new Transformations(config);
+
         // Create the worker config, adding extra fields that are required for validation of a worker config
         // but that are not used within the embedded engine (since the source records are never serialized) ...
         Map<String, String> embeddedConfig = config.asMap(ALL_FIELDS);
@@ -763,6 +781,11 @@ public Map<String, String> configs() {
                             try {
                                 if (changeRecords != null && !changeRecords.isEmpty()) {
                                     logger.debug("Received {} records from the task", changeRecords.size());
+                                    changeRecords = changeRecords.stream().map(transformations::transform).filter(x -> x != null).collect(Collectors.toList());
+                                }
+
+                                if (changeRecords != null && !changeRecords.isEmpty()) {
+                                    logger.debug("Received {} transformed records from the task", changeRecords.size());
 
                                     try {
                                         handler.handleBatch(changeRecords, committer);
diff --git a/debezium-embedded/src/main/java/io/debezium/embedded/Transformations.java b/debezium-embedded/src/main/java/io/debezium/embedded/Transformations.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fcadf349a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debezium-embedded/src/main/java/io/debezium/embedded/Transformations.java
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Debezium Authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache Software License version 2.0, available at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ */
+package io.debezium.embedded;
+
+import java.io.Closeable;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.kafka.connect.source.SourceRecord;
+import org.apache.kafka.connect.transforms.Transformation;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import io.debezium.DebeziumException;
+import io.debezium.config.Configuration;
+
+/**
+ * Composite class representing transformation chain.
+ *
+ * @author Jiri Pechanec
+ *
+ */
+public class Transformations implements Closeable {
+
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Transformations.class);
+
+    private static final String TYPE_SUFFIX = ".type";
+
+    private final Configuration config;
+    private final List<Transformation<SourceRecord>> transforms = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    public Transformations(Configuration config) {
+        this.config = config;
+        final String transformationList = config.getString(EmbeddedEngine.TRANSFORMS);
+        if (transformationList == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+        for (String transfName : transformationList.split(",")) {
+            transfName = transfName.trim();
+            final Transformation<SourceRecord> transformation = getTransformation(transfName);
+            transformation.configure(config.subset(transformationConfigNamespace(transfName), true).asMap());
+            transforms.add(transformation);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private String transformationConfigNamespace(final String name) {
+        return EmbeddedEngine.TRANSFORMS.name() + "." + name;
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    private Transformation<SourceRecord> getTransformation(String name) {
+        final Transformation<SourceRecord> transformation = config.getInstance(EmbeddedEngine.TRANSFORMS.name() + "." + name + TYPE_SUFFIX, Transformation.class);
+        if (transformation == null) {
+            throw new DebeziumException("Cannot instatiate transformation '" + name + "'");
+        }
+        return transformation;
+    }
+
+    public SourceRecord transform(SourceRecord record) {
+        for (Transformation<SourceRecord> t : transforms) {
+            record = t.apply(record);
+            if (record == null) {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        return record;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() throws IOException {
+        for (Transformation<SourceRecord> t : transforms) {
+            try {
+                t.close();
+            }
+            catch (Exception e) {
+                LOGGER.warn("Error while closing transformation", e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/debezium-embedded/src/test/java/io/debezium/embedded/EmbeddedEngineTest.java b/debezium-embedded/src/test/java/io/debezium/embedded/EmbeddedEngineTest.java
index 832c89d7c..1db677fb4 100644
--- a/debezium-embedded/src/test/java/io/debezium/embedded/EmbeddedEngineTest.java
+++ b/debezium-embedded/src/test/java/io/debezium/embedded/EmbeddedEngineTest.java
@@ -208,6 +208,68 @@ public void shouldRunDebeziumEngine() throws Exception {
         stopConnector();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void shouldExecuteSmt() throws Exception {
+        // Add initial content to the file ...
+        appendLinesToSource(NUMBER_OF_LINES);
+
+        final Properties props = new Properties();
+        props.setProperty("name", "debezium-engine");
+        props.setProperty("connector.class", "org.apache.kafka.connect.file.FileStreamSourceConnector");
+        props.setProperty(StandaloneConfig.OFFSET_STORAGE_FILE_FILENAME_CONFIG, OFFSET_STORE_PATH.toAbsolutePath().toString());
+        props.setProperty("offset.flush.interval.ms", "0");
+        props.setProperty("file", TEST_FILE_PATH.toAbsolutePath().toString());
+        props.setProperty("topic", "topicX");
+        props.setProperty("transforms", "router");
+        props.setProperty("transforms.router.type", "org.apache.kafka.connect.transforms.RegexRouter");
+        props.setProperty("transforms.router.regex", "(.*)");
+        props.setProperty("transforms.router.replacement", "trf$1");
+
+        CountDownLatch firstLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+        CountDownLatch allLatch = new CountDownLatch(6);
+
+        // create an engine with our custom class
+        final DebeziumEngine<SourceRecord> engine = DebeziumEngine.create(Connect.class)
+                .using(props)
+                .notifying((records, committer) -> {
+                    assertThat(records.size()).isGreaterThanOrEqualTo(NUMBER_OF_LINES);
+                    records.forEach(r -> assertThat(r.topic()).isEqualTo("trftopicX"));
+                    Integer groupCount = records.size() / NUMBER_OF_LINES;
+
+                    for (SourceRecord r : records) {
+                        committer.markProcessed(r);
+                    }
+
+                    committer.markBatchFinished();
+                    firstLatch.countDown();
+                    for (int i = 0; i < groupCount; i++) {
+                        allLatch.countDown();
+                    }
+                })
+                .using(this.getClass().getClassLoader())
+                .build();
+
+        ExecutorService exec = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(1);
+        exec.execute(() -> {
+            LoggingContext.forConnector(getClass().getSimpleName(), "", "engine");
+            engine.run();
+        });
+
+        firstLatch.await(5000, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+        assertThat(firstLatch.getCount()).isEqualTo(0);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+            // Add a few more lines, and then verify they are consumed ...
+            appendLinesToSource(NUMBER_OF_LINES);
+            Thread.sleep(10);
+        }
+        allLatch.await(5000, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+        assertThat(allLatch.getCount()).isEqualTo(0);
+
+        // Stop the connector ...
+        stopConnector();
+    }
+
     protected void appendLinesToSource(int numberOfLines) throws IOException {
         CharSequence[] lines = new CharSequence[numberOfLines];
         for (int i = 0; i != numberOfLines; ++i) {