diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6f6ae30..37a849c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 Gemfile.lock
 .bundle
 vendor
-derby.log
+derby.log
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fefad1c..040c0fc 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -97,6 +97,13 @@ Reading data from MySQL:
 	    jdbc_password => "password"
       # or jdbc_password_filepath => "/path/to/my/password_file"
 	    statement => "SELECT ..."
+	    use_column_value => true
+        tracking_column => tracking_number
+        last_run_storage => "zookeeper"
+      # or last_run_storage => "file"
+      # last_run_metadata_path => "/path/to/last_run_metadata_path"
+        last_run_zookeeper_path => "/last_run_zookeeper_path"
+        zk_ip_list => "zookeeper_host:zookeeper_port"
 	    jdbc_paging_enabled => "true"
 	    jdbc_page_size => "50000"
 	  }
diff --git a/lib/logstash/inputs/jdbc.rb b/lib/logstash/inputs/jdbc.rb
index aa47c0f..487b86d 100755
--- a/lib/logstash/inputs/jdbc.rb
+++ b/lib/logstash/inputs/jdbc.rb
@@ -157,9 +157,21 @@ module LogStash module Inputs class Jdbc < LogStash::Inputs::Base
   # exactly once.
   config :schedule, :validate => :string
 
+  # last run time storage ('file', 'zookeeper')
+  config :last_run_storage, :validate => :string, :default => "file"
+
   # Path to file with last run time
   config :last_run_metadata_path, :validate => :string, :default => "#{ENV['HOME']}/.logstash_jdbc_last_run"
 
+  # Path to zookeeper node with last run time
+  config :last_run_zookeeper_path, :validate => :string, :default => "/logstash_input_jdbc_last_run"
+
+  # Zookeeper ip list
+  config :zk_ip_list, :validate => :string, :default => "localhost:2181"
+
+  # Znode we created is permanent or ephemeral.
+  config :zk_ephemeral, :validate => :boolean, :default => false
+
   # Use an incremental column value rather than a timestamp
   config :use_column_value, :validate => :boolean, :default => false
 
@@ -213,7 +225,8 @@ def register
       end
     end
 
-    set_value_tracker(LogStash::PluginMixins::Jdbc::ValueTracking.build_last_value_tracker(self))
+    init_value_tracker
+
     set_statement_logger(LogStash::PluginMixins::Jdbc::CheckedCountLogger.new(@logger))
 
     @enable_encoding = !@charset.nil? || !@columns_charset.empty?
@@ -242,6 +255,16 @@ def register
     end
   end # def register
 
+  def init_value_tracker
+    if @last_run_storage.downcase == "file"
+      set_value_tracker(LogStash::PluginMixins::Jdbc::ValueTracking.build_last_value_tracker(self))
+    else
+      if @last_run_storage.downcase == "zookeeper"
+        set_value_tracker(LogStash::PluginMixins::Jdbc::ValueTrackingZookeeper.build_last_value_tracker(self))
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   # test injection points
   def set_statement_logger(instance)
     @statement_logger = instance
@@ -273,7 +296,14 @@ def stop
 
   def execute_query(queue)
     # update default parameters
-    @parameters['sql_last_value'] = @value_tracker.value
+    if @last_run_storage.downcase == "file"
+      @parameters['sql_last_value'] = @value_tracker.value
+    else
+      if @last_run_storage.downcase == "zookeeper"
+        @parameters['sql_last_value'] = @value_tracker.read_value
+      end
+    end
+    @event_sent = false
     execute_statement(@statement, @parameters) do |row|
       if enable_encoding?
         ## do the necessary conversions to string elements
@@ -282,8 +312,15 @@ def execute_query(queue)
       event = LogStash::Event.new(row)
       decorate(event)
       queue << event
+      @event_sent = true
+    end
+    begin
+      # save value if it's not the same as previous
+      @value_tracker.write if @parameters['sql_last_value'] != @value_tracker.value && @event_sent
+    rescue => e
+      @logger.error("Failed to write last value", :exception => e)
+      stop
     end
-    @value_tracker.write
   end
 
   private
diff --git a/lib/logstash/plugin_mixins/jdbc/jdbc.rb b/lib/logstash/plugin_mixins/jdbc/jdbc.rb
index da524ee..cfb4bb8 100644
--- a/lib/logstash/plugin_mixins/jdbc/jdbc.rb
+++ b/lib/logstash/plugin_mixins/jdbc/jdbc.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 require "time"
 require "date"
 require_relative "value_tracking"
+require_relative "value_tracking_zookeeper"
 require_relative "checked_count_logger"
 
 java_import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock
diff --git a/lib/logstash/plugin_mixins/jdbc/value_tracking_zookeeper.rb b/lib/logstash/plugin_mixins/jdbc/value_tracking_zookeeper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4e317b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/logstash/plugin_mixins/jdbc/value_tracking_zookeeper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+require "zk"
+
+module LogStash module PluginMixins module Jdbc
+  class ValueTrackingZookeeper
+
+    def self.build_last_value_tracker(plugin)
+      if plugin.use_column_value && plugin.tracking_column_type == "numeric"
+        # use this irrespective of the jdbc_default_timezone setting
+        klass = NumericValueTrackerZK
+      else
+        if plugin.jdbc_default_timezone.nil? || plugin.jdbc_default_timezone.empty?
+          # no TZ stuff for Sequel, use Time
+          klass = TimeValueTrackerZK
+        else
+          # Sequel does timezone handling on DateTime only
+          klass = DateTimeValueTrackerZK
+        end
+      end
+
+      handler = NullNodeHandler.new(plugin.last_run_zookeeper_path)
+      if plugin.record_last_run
+        handler = NodeHandler.new(plugin)
+      end
+      if plugin.clean_run
+        handler.clean
+      end
+      instance = klass.new(handler)
+      return instance
+    end
+
+    attr_reader :value
+
+    def initialize(handler)
+      @node_handler = handler
+      set_value(read_value)
+    end
+
+    def read_value
+      # override in subclass
+    end
+
+    def set_value(value)
+      # override in subclass
+    end
+
+    def write
+      @node_handler.write(@value)
+    end
+  end
+
+
+  class NumericValueTrackerZK < ValueTrackingZookeeper
+    def read_value
+      @val = @node_handler.read
+      return 0 if @val.nil?
+      @val.to_f.round(0)
+    end
+
+    def set_value(value)
+      return unless value.is_a?(Numeric)
+      @value = value
+    end
+  end
+
+  class DateTimeValueTrackerZK < ValueTrackingZookeeper
+    def read_value
+      @node_handler.read || DateTime.new(1970)
+    end
+
+    def set_value(value)
+      if value.respond_to?(:to_datetime)
+        @value = value.to_datetime
+      else
+        @value = DateTime.parse(value)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  class TimeValueTrackerZK < ValueTrackingZookeeper
+    def read_value
+      @node_handler.read || Time.at(0).utc
+    end
+
+    def set_value(value)
+      if value.respond_to?(:to_time)
+        @value = value.to_time
+      else
+        @value = DateTime.parse(value).to_time
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  class NodeHandler
+    def initialize(plugin)
+      @path = plugin.last_run_zookeeper_path
+      @zk_ip_list = plugin.zk_ip_list
+      @zk_ephemeral = plugin.zk_ephemeral
+
+      @zk = ZK.new(@zk_ip_list)
+      @exists = @zk.exists?(@path)
+      create_node
+    end
+
+    def clean
+      return unless @exists
+      @zk.delete(@path)
+      @exists = false
+    end
+
+    def read
+      return unless @exists
+      @zk.get(@path).first
+    end
+
+    def set_initial(initial)
+      @initial = initial
+    end
+
+    def create_node
+      unless @exists
+        if @zk_ephemeral
+          @zk.create(@path, :ephemeral => true)
+        else
+          @zk.create(@path)
+        end
+        @exists = true
+      end
+    end
+
+    def write(value)
+      @zk.set(@path, value.to_s)
+    end
+  end
+
+  class NullNodeHandler
+    def initialize(path)
+    end
+
+    def clean
+    end
+
+    def read
+    end
+
+    def write(value)
+    end
+  end
+end end end
diff --git a/logstash-input-jdbc.gemspec b/logstash-input-jdbc.gemspec
index 6d3a13e..e544484 100755
--- a/logstash-input-jdbc.gemspec
+++ b/logstash-input-jdbc.gemspec
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'tzinfo'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'tzinfo-data'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'rufus-scheduler'
+  s.add_runtime_dependency "zk", ">= 1.9.6"
 
   s.add_development_dependency 'logstash-devutils'
   s.add_development_dependency 'timecop'