diff --git a/lib/racecar/message.rb b/lib/racecar/message.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..500aa209
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/racecar/message.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+require "forwardable"
+
+module Racecar
+  class Message
+    extend Forwardable
+
+    def initialize(rdkafka_message)
+      @rdkafka_message = rdkafka_message
+    end
+
+    def_delegators :@rdkafka_message, :topic, :partition, :offset, :key, :value, :headers
+
+    def create_time
+      @rdkafka_message.timestamp
+    end
+
+    def ==(other)
+      @rdkafka_message == other.instance_variable_get(:@rdkafka_message)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/racecar/runner.rb b/lib/racecar/runner.rb
index 6fbb6d71..235160bb 100644
--- a/lib/racecar/runner.rb
+++ b/lib/racecar/runner.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require "rdkafka"
 require "racecar/pause"
+require "racecar/message"
 
 module Racecar
   class Runner
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ def process(message)
 
       @instrumenter.instrument("process_message.racecar", payload) do
         with_pause(message.topic, message.partition, message.offset..message.offset) do
-          processor.process(message)
+          processor.process(Racecar::Message.new(message))
           processor.deliver!
           consumer.store_offset(message)
         end
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ def process_batch(messages)
       @instrumenter.instrument("process_batch.racecar", payload) do
         first, last = messages.first, messages.last
         with_pause(first.topic, first.partition, first.offset..last.offset) do
-          processor.process_batch(messages)
+          processor.process_batch(messages.map {|message| Racecar::Message.new(message) })
           processor.deliver!
           consumer.store_offset(messages.last)
         end
diff --git a/spec/runner_spec.rb b/spec/runner_spec.rb
index 4869506e..e5ed6b24 100644
--- a/spec/runner_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/runner_spec.rb
@@ -439,8 +439,8 @@ def producer(*)
         topic: "greetings"
       )
 
-      expect(processor).to receive(:process_batch).with([kafka.received_messages["greetings"][0]])
-      expect(processor).to receive(:process_batch).with(kafka.received_messages["greetings"][1, 2])
+      expect(processor).to receive(:process_batch).with([Racecar::Message.new(kafka.received_messages["greetings"][0])])
+      expect(processor).to receive(:process_batch).with(kafka.received_messages["greetings"][1, 2].map {|message| Racecar::Message.new(message) })
 
       runner.run
     end