diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/utils/Utils.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/utils/Utils.java
index f2961a8f282..b23a9d72a4f 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/utils/Utils.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/utils/Utils.java
@@ -1648,9 +1648,24 @@ public final class Utils {
      * @param <V> the type of values stored in the map
      */
     public static <V> Map<String, V> entriesWithPrefix(Map<String, V> map, String prefix, boolean strip) {
+        return entriesWithPrefix(map, prefix, strip, false);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Find all key/value pairs whose keys begin with the given prefix, optionally removing that prefix
+     * from all resulting keys.
+     * @param map the map to filter key/value pairs from
+     * @param prefix the prefix to search keys for
+     * @param strip whether the keys of the returned map should not include the prefix
+     * @param allowMatchingLength whether to include keys that are exactly the same length as the prefix
+     * @return a {@link Map} containing a key/value pair for every key/value pair in the {@code map}
+     * parameter whose key begins with the given {@code prefix}; may be empty, but never null
+     * @param <V> the type of values stored in the map
+     */
+    public static <V> Map<String, V> entriesWithPrefix(Map<String, V> map, String prefix, boolean strip, boolean allowMatchingLength) {
         Map<String, V> result = new HashMap<>();
         for (Map.Entry<String, V> entry : map.entrySet()) {
-            if (entry.getKey().startsWith(prefix) && entry.getKey().length() > prefix.length()) {
+            if (entry.getKey().startsWith(prefix) && (allowMatchingLength || entry.getKey().length() > prefix.length())) {
                 if (strip)
                     result.put(entry.getKey().substring(prefix.length()), entry.getValue());
                 else
diff --git a/connect/mirror/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/mirror/MirrorMakerConfig.java b/connect/mirror/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/mirror/MirrorMakerConfig.java
index 8f9f06f058e..014d9767288 100644
--- a/connect/mirror/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/mirror/MirrorMakerConfig.java
+++ b/connect/mirror/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/mirror/MirrorMakerConfig.java
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ public class MirrorMakerConfig extends AbstractConfig {
     }
 
     private Map<String, String> stringsWithPrefix(String prefix) {
-        return Utils.entriesWithPrefix(rawProperties, prefix, false);
+        return Utils.entriesWithPrefix(rawProperties, prefix, false, true);
     }
 
     static Map<String, String> clusterConfigsWithPrefix(String prefix, Map<String, String> props) {
diff --git a/connect/mirror/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/mirror/MirrorMakerConfigTest.java b/connect/mirror/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/mirror/MirrorMakerConfigTest.java
index 163ebdd4b7b..03f3bd6aaa8 100644
--- a/connect/mirror/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/mirror/MirrorMakerConfigTest.java
+++ b/connect/mirror/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/mirror/MirrorMakerConfigTest.java
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ public class MirrorMakerConfigTest {
         assertEquals("b->a", aProps.get("client.id"));
         assertEquals("123", aProps.get("offset.storage.replication.factor"));
         assertEquals("__", aProps.get("replication.policy.separator"));
+        assertEquals("fake", aProps.get("config.providers"));
         Map<String, String> bProps = mirrorConfig.workerConfig(b);
         assertEquals("a->b", bProps.get("client.id"));
         assertEquals("456", bProps.get("status.storage.replication.factor"));