diff --git a/src/vnet/ip/ip.c b/src/vnet/ip/ip.c
index bceb529..062f5e7 100644
--- a/src/vnet/ip/ip.c
+++ b/src/vnet/ip/ip.c
@@ -155,6 +155,24 @@
   return (format (s, "unknown"));
 }
 
+uword
+unformat_ip_dscp (unformat_input_t * input, va_list * args)
+{
+  ip_dscp_t *dscp = va_arg (*args, ip_dscp_t *);
+
+  if (0)
+    ;
+#define _(n,v)                                                  \
+  else if (unformat (input, #v))                                \
+    *dscp = IP_DSCP_##v;
+  foreach_ip_dscp
+#undef _
+    else
+    return 0;
+
+  return 1;
+}
+
 u8 *
 format_ip_ecn (u8 * s, va_list * va)
 {
diff --git a/src/vnet/ip/ip6_packet.h b/src/vnet/ip/ip6_packet.h
index 7bbdd19..34bc7a8 100644
--- a/src/vnet/ip/ip6_packet.h
+++ b/src/vnet/ip/ip6_packet.h
@@ -310,31 +310,36 @@
   ip6_address_t src_address, dst_address;
 } ip6_header_t;
 
+#define IP6_PACKET_TC_MASK 0x0FF00000
+#define IP6_PACKET_DSCP_MASK 0x0FC00000
+#define IP6_PACKET_ECN_MASK 0x00300000
+
 always_inline ip_dscp_t
 ip6_traffic_class (const ip6_header_t * i)
 {
-  return (i->ip_version_traffic_class_and_flow_label & 0x0FF00000) >> 20;
+  return (i->ip_version_traffic_class_and_flow_label & IP6_PACKET_TC_MASK) >>
+    20;
 }
 
 static_always_inline ip_dscp_t
 ip6_traffic_class_network_order (const ip6_header_t * ip6)
 {
   return (clib_net_to_host_u32 (ip6->ip_version_traffic_class_and_flow_label)
-	  & 0x0ff00000) >> 20;
+	  & IP6_PACKET_TC_MASK) >> 20;
 }
 
 static_always_inline ip_dscp_t
 ip6_dscp_network_order (const ip6_header_t * ip6)
 {
   return (clib_net_to_host_u32 (ip6->ip_version_traffic_class_and_flow_label)
-	  & 0x0fc00000) >> 22;
+	  & IP6_PACKET_DSCP_MASK) >> 22;
 }
 
 static_always_inline ip_ecn_t
 ip6_ecn_network_order (const ip6_header_t * ip6)
 {
   return (clib_net_to_host_u32 (ip6->ip_version_traffic_class_and_flow_label)
-	  & 0x00300000) >> 20;
+	  & IP6_PACKET_ECN_MASK) >> 20;
 }
 
 static_always_inline void
diff --git a/src/vnet/ip/ip_packet.h b/src/vnet/ip/ip_packet.h
index 52a65e7..e1089ec 100644
--- a/src/vnet/ip/ip_packet.h
+++ b/src/vnet/ip/ip_packet.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 
 #include <vppinfra/byte_order.h>
 #include <vppinfra/error.h>
+#include <vppinfra/format.h>
 
 typedef enum ip_protocol
 {
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@
 } __clib_packed ip_dscp_t;
 
 extern u8 *format_ip_dscp (u8 * s, va_list * va);
+unformat_function_t unformat_ip_dscp;
 
 /**
  * IP DSCP bit shift