diff --git a/src/vnet/session/session.c b/src/vnet/session/session.c
index 852f87d..3643e91 100644
--- a/src/vnet/session/session.c
+++ b/src/vnet/session/session.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <vnet/dpo/load_balance.h>
 #include <vnet/fib/ip4_fib.h>
 #include <vlib/stats/stats.h>
+#include <vlib/dma/dma.h>
 
 session_main_t session_main;
 
@@ -1988,6 +1989,86 @@
   transport_enable_disable (vm, 0 /* is_en */ );
 }
 
+/* in this new callback, cookie hint the index */
+void
+session_dma_completion_cb (vlib_main_t *vm, struct vlib_dma_batch *batch)
+{
+  session_worker_t *wrk;
+  wrk = session_main_get_worker (vm->thread_index);
+  session_dma_transfer *dma_transfer;
+
+  dma_transfer = &wrk->dma_trans[wrk->trans_head];
+  vec_add (wrk->pending_tx_buffers, dma_transfer->pending_tx_buffers,
+	   vec_len (dma_transfer->pending_tx_buffers));
+  vec_add (wrk->pending_tx_nexts, dma_transfer->pending_tx_nexts,
+	   vec_len (dma_transfer->pending_tx_nexts));
+  vec_reset_length (dma_transfer->pending_tx_buffers);
+  vec_reset_length (dma_transfer->pending_tx_nexts);
+  wrk->trans_head++;
+  if (wrk->trans_head == wrk->trans_size)
+    wrk->trans_head = 0;
+  return;
+}
+
+static void
+session_prepare_dma_args (vlib_dma_config_t *args)
+{
+  args->max_transfers = DMA_TRANS_SIZE;
+  args->max_transfer_size = 65536;
+  args->features = 0;
+  args->sw_fallback = 1;
+  args->barrier_before_last = 1;
+  args->callback_fn = session_dma_completion_cb;
+}
+
+static void
+session_node_enable_dma (u8 is_en, int n_vlibs)
+{
+  vlib_dma_config_t args;
+  session_prepare_dma_args (&args);
+  session_worker_t *wrk;
+  vlib_main_t *vm;
+
+  int config_index = -1;
+
+  if (is_en)
+    {
+      vm = vlib_get_main_by_index (0);
+      config_index = vlib_dma_config_add (vm, &args);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      vm = vlib_get_main_by_index (0);
+      wrk = session_main_get_worker (0);
+      if (wrk->config_index >= 0)
+	vlib_dma_config_del (vm, wrk->config_index);
+    }
+  int i;
+  for (i = 0; i < n_vlibs; i++)
+    {
+      vm = vlib_get_main_by_index (i);
+      wrk = session_main_get_worker (vm->thread_index);
+      wrk->config_index = config_index;
+      if (is_en)
+	{
+	  if (config_index >= 0)
+	    wrk->dma_enabled = true;
+	  wrk->dma_trans = (session_dma_transfer *) clib_mem_alloc (
+	    sizeof (session_dma_transfer) * DMA_TRANS_SIZE);
+	  bzero (wrk->dma_trans,
+		 sizeof (session_dma_transfer) * DMA_TRANS_SIZE);
+	}
+      else
+	{
+	  if (wrk->dma_trans)
+	    clib_mem_free (wrk->dma_trans);
+	}
+      wrk->trans_head = 0;
+      wrk->trans_tail = 0;
+      wrk->trans_size = DMA_TRANS_SIZE;
+    }
+}
+
 void
 session_node_enable_disable (u8 is_en)
 {
@@ -2028,6 +2109,9 @@
 
   if (sm->use_private_rx_mqs)
     application_enable_rx_mqs_nodes (is_en);
+
+  if (sm->dma_enabled)
+    session_node_enable_dma (is_en, n_vlibs);
 }
 
 clib_error_t *
@@ -2170,6 +2254,8 @@
 	smm->use_private_rx_mqs = 1;
       else if (unformat (input, "no-adaptive"))
 	smm->no_adaptive = 1;
+      else if (unformat (input, "use-dma"))
+	smm->dma_enabled = 1;
       /*
        * Deprecated but maintained for compatibility
        */
diff --git a/src/vnet/session/session.h b/src/vnet/session/session.h
index 68ed843..a68e512 100644
--- a/src/vnet/session/session.h
+++ b/src/vnet/session/session.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <vnet/session/session_debug.h>
 #include <svm/message_queue.h>
 #include <svm/fifo_segment.h>
+#include <vlib/dma/dma.h>
 
 #define foreach_session_input_error                                    	\
 _(NO_SESSION, "No session drops")                                       \
@@ -85,6 +86,13 @@
   SESSION_WRK_F_ADAPTIVE = 1 << 0,
 } __clib_packed session_wrk_flag_t;
 
+#define DMA_TRANS_SIZE 1024
+typedef struct
+{
+  u32 *pending_tx_buffers;
+  u16 *pending_tx_nexts;
+} session_dma_transfer;
+
 typedef struct session_worker_
 {
   CLIB_CACHE_LINE_ALIGN_MARK (cacheline0);
@@ -155,6 +163,15 @@
   /** List head for first worker evts pending handling on main */
   clib_llist_index_t evts_pending_main;
 
+  int config_index;
+  u8 dma_enabled;
+  session_dma_transfer *dma_trans;
+  u16 trans_head;
+  u16 trans_tail;
+  u16 trans_size;
+  u16 batch_num;
+  vlib_dma_batch_t *batch;
+
 #if SESSION_DEBUG
   /** last event poll time by thread */
   clib_time_type_t last_event_poll;
@@ -237,6 +254,9 @@
   /** Session ssvm segment configs*/
   uword wrk_mqs_segment_size;
 
+  /** Session enable dma*/
+  u8 dma_enabled;
+
   /** Session table size parameters */
   u32 configured_v4_session_table_buckets;
   u32 configured_v4_session_table_memory;
diff --git a/src/vnet/session/session_node.c b/src/vnet/session/session_node.c
index 510ffa2..1908a58 100644
--- a/src/vnet/session/session_node.c
+++ b/src/vnet/session/session_node.c
@@ -899,13 +899,111 @@
   vlib_set_trace_count (vm, node, n_trace);
 }
 
-always_inline void
-session_tx_fifo_chain_tail (vlib_main_t * vm, session_tx_context_t * ctx,
-			    vlib_buffer_t * b, u16 * n_bufs, u8 peek_data)
+always_inline int
+session_tx_fill_dma_transfers (session_worker_t *wrk,
+			       session_tx_context_t *ctx, vlib_buffer_t *b)
 {
+  vlib_main_t *vm = wrk->vm;
+  u32 len_to_deq;
+  u8 *data0 = NULL;
+  int n_bytes_read, len_write;
+  svm_fifo_seg_t data_fs[2];
+
+  u32 n_segs = 2;
+  u16 n_transfers = 0;
+  /*
+   * Start with the first buffer in chain
+   */
+  b->error = 0;
+  b->flags = VNET_BUFFER_F_LOCALLY_ORIGINATED;
+  b->current_data = 0;
+  data0 = vlib_buffer_make_headroom (b, TRANSPORT_MAX_HDRS_LEN);
+  len_to_deq = clib_min (ctx->left_to_snd, ctx->deq_per_first_buf);
+
+  n_bytes_read = svm_fifo_segments (ctx->s->tx_fifo, ctx->sp.tx_offset,
+				    data_fs, &n_segs, len_to_deq);
+
+  len_write = n_bytes_read;
+  ASSERT (n_bytes_read == len_to_deq);
+
+  while (n_bytes_read)
+    {
+      wrk->batch_num++;
+      vlib_dma_batch_add (vm, wrk->batch, data0, data_fs[n_transfers].data,
+			  data_fs[n_transfers].len);
+      data0 += data_fs[n_transfers].len;
+      n_bytes_read -= data_fs[n_transfers].len;
+      n_transfers++;
+    }
+  return len_write;
+}
+
+always_inline int
+session_tx_fill_dma_transfers_tail (session_worker_t *wrk,
+				    session_tx_context_t *ctx,
+				    vlib_buffer_t *b, u32 len_to_deq, u8 *data)
+{
+  vlib_main_t *vm = wrk->vm;
+  int n_bytes_read, len_write;
+  svm_fifo_seg_t data_fs[2];
+  u32 n_segs = 2;
+  u16 n_transfers = 0;
+
+  n_bytes_read = svm_fifo_segments (ctx->s->tx_fifo, ctx->sp.tx_offset,
+				    data_fs, &n_segs, len_to_deq);
+
+  len_write = n_bytes_read;
+
+  ASSERT (n_bytes_read == len_to_deq);
+
+  while (n_bytes_read)
+    {
+      wrk->batch_num++;
+      vlib_dma_batch_add (vm, wrk->batch, data, data_fs[n_transfers].data,
+			  data_fs[n_transfers].len);
+      data += data_fs[n_transfers].len;
+      n_bytes_read -= data_fs[n_transfers].len;
+      n_transfers++;
+    }
+
+  return len_write;
+}
+
+always_inline int
+session_tx_copy_data (session_worker_t *wrk, session_tx_context_t *ctx,
+		      vlib_buffer_t *b, u32 len_to_deq, u8 *data0)
+{
+  int n_bytes_read;
+  if (PREDICT_TRUE (!wrk->dma_enabled))
+    n_bytes_read =
+      svm_fifo_peek (ctx->s->tx_fifo, ctx->sp.tx_offset, len_to_deq, data0);
+  else
+    n_bytes_read = session_tx_fill_dma_transfers (wrk, ctx, b);
+  return n_bytes_read;
+}
+
+always_inline int
+session_tx_copy_data_tail (session_worker_t *wrk, session_tx_context_t *ctx,
+			   vlib_buffer_t *b, u32 len_to_deq, u8 *data)
+{
+  int n_bytes_read;
+  if (PREDICT_TRUE (!wrk->dma_enabled))
+    n_bytes_read =
+      svm_fifo_peek (ctx->s->tx_fifo, ctx->sp.tx_offset, len_to_deq, data);
+  else
+    n_bytes_read =
+      session_tx_fill_dma_transfers_tail (wrk, ctx, b, len_to_deq, data);
+  return n_bytes_read;
+}
+
+always_inline void
+session_tx_fifo_chain_tail (session_worker_t *wrk, session_tx_context_t *ctx,
+			    vlib_buffer_t *b, u16 *n_bufs, u8 peek_data)
+{
+  vlib_main_t *vm = wrk->vm;
   vlib_buffer_t *chain_b, *prev_b;
   u32 chain_bi0, to_deq, left_from_seg;
-  u16 len_to_deq, n_bytes_read;
+  int len_to_deq, n_bytes_read;
   u8 *data, j;
 
   b->flags |= VLIB_BUFFER_TOTAL_LENGTH_VALID;
@@ -927,8 +1025,8 @@
       data = vlib_buffer_get_current (chain_b);
       if (peek_data)
 	{
-	  n_bytes_read = svm_fifo_peek (ctx->s->tx_fifo,
-					ctx->sp.tx_offset, len_to_deq, data);
+	  n_bytes_read =
+	    session_tx_copy_data_tail (wrk, ctx, b, len_to_deq, data);
 	  ctx->sp.tx_offset += n_bytes_read;
 	}
       else
@@ -985,13 +1083,12 @@
 }
 
 always_inline void
-session_tx_fill_buffer (vlib_main_t * vm, session_tx_context_t * ctx,
-			vlib_buffer_t * b, u16 * n_bufs, u8 peek_data)
+session_tx_fill_buffer (session_worker_t *wrk, session_tx_context_t *ctx,
+			vlib_buffer_t *b, u16 *n_bufs, u8 peek_data)
 {
   u32 len_to_deq;
   u8 *data0;
   int n_bytes_read;
-
   /*
    * Start with the first buffer in chain
    */
@@ -1004,8 +1101,7 @@
 
   if (peek_data)
     {
-      n_bytes_read = svm_fifo_peek (ctx->s->tx_fifo, ctx->sp.tx_offset,
-				    len_to_deq, data0);
+      n_bytes_read = session_tx_copy_data (wrk, ctx, b, len_to_deq, data0);
       ASSERT (n_bytes_read > 0);
       /* Keep track of progress locally, transport is also supposed to
        * increment it independently when pushing the header */
@@ -1052,6 +1148,7 @@
 	  ASSERT (n_bytes_read > 0);
 	}
     }
+
   b->current_length = n_bytes_read;
   ctx->left_to_snd -= n_bytes_read;
 
@@ -1059,7 +1156,7 @@
    * Fill in the remaining buffers in the chain, if any
    */
   if (PREDICT_FALSE (ctx->n_bufs_per_seg > 1 && ctx->left_to_snd))
-    session_tx_fifo_chain_tail (vm, ctx, b, n_bufs, peek_data);
+    session_tx_fifo_chain_tail (wrk, ctx, b, n_bufs, peek_data);
 }
 
 always_inline u8
@@ -1252,6 +1349,22 @@
     }
 }
 
+always_inline void
+session_tx_add_pending_buffer (session_worker_t *wrk, u32 bi, u32 next_index)
+{
+  if (PREDICT_TRUE (!wrk->dma_enabled))
+    {
+      vec_add1 (wrk->pending_tx_buffers, bi);
+      vec_add1 (wrk->pending_tx_nexts, next_index);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      session_dma_transfer *dma_transfer = &wrk->dma_trans[wrk->trans_tail];
+      vec_add1 (dma_transfer->pending_tx_buffers, bi);
+      vec_add1 (dma_transfer->pending_tx_nexts, next_index);
+    }
+}
+
 always_inline int
 session_tx_fifo_read_and_snd_i (session_worker_t * wrk,
 				vlib_node_runtime_t * node,
@@ -1393,17 +1506,15 @@
       b0 = vlib_get_buffer (vm, bi0);
       b1 = vlib_get_buffer (vm, bi1);
 
-      session_tx_fill_buffer (vm, ctx, b0, &n_bufs, peek_data);
-      session_tx_fill_buffer (vm, ctx, b1, &n_bufs, peek_data);
+      session_tx_fill_buffer (wrk, ctx, b0, &n_bufs, peek_data);
+      session_tx_fill_buffer (wrk, ctx, b1, &n_bufs, peek_data);
 
       ctx->transport_pending_bufs[ctx->n_segs_per_evt - n_left] = b0;
       ctx->transport_pending_bufs[ctx->n_segs_per_evt - n_left + 1] = b1;
       n_left -= 2;
 
-      vec_add1 (wrk->pending_tx_buffers, bi0);
-      vec_add1 (wrk->pending_tx_buffers, bi1);
-      vec_add1 (wrk->pending_tx_nexts, next_index);
-      vec_add1 (wrk->pending_tx_nexts, next_index);
+      session_tx_add_pending_buffer (wrk, bi0, next_index);
+      session_tx_add_pending_buffer (wrk, bi1, next_index);
     }
   while (n_left)
     {
@@ -1419,13 +1530,12 @@
 
       bi0 = ctx->tx_buffers[--n_bufs];
       b0 = vlib_get_buffer (vm, bi0);
-      session_tx_fill_buffer (vm, ctx, b0, &n_bufs, peek_data);
+      session_tx_fill_buffer (wrk, ctx, b0, &n_bufs, peek_data);
 
       ctx->transport_pending_bufs[ctx->n_segs_per_evt - n_left] = b0;
       n_left -= 1;
 
-      vec_add1 (wrk->pending_tx_buffers, bi0);
-      vec_add1 (wrk->pending_tx_nexts, next_index);
+      session_tx_add_pending_buffer (wrk, bi0, next_index);
     }
 
   /* Ask transport to push headers */
@@ -1825,6 +1935,13 @@
   n_tx_packets = vec_len (wrk->pending_tx_buffers);
   SESSION_EVT (SESSION_EVT_DSP_CNTRS, UPDATE_TIME, wrk);
 
+  if (PREDICT_FALSE (wrk->dma_enabled))
+    {
+      if (wrk->trans_head == ((wrk->trans_tail + 1) & (wrk->trans_size - 1)))
+	return 0;
+      wrk->batch = vlib_dma_batch_new (vm, wrk->config_index);
+    }
+
   /*
    *  Dequeue new internal mq events
    */
@@ -1894,6 +2011,20 @@
 	};
     }
 
+  if (PREDICT_FALSE (wrk->dma_enabled))
+    {
+      if (wrk->batch_num)
+	{
+	  vlib_dma_batch_set_cookie (vm, wrk->batch, wrk->trans_tail);
+	  wrk->batch_num = 0;
+	  wrk->trans_tail++;
+	  if (wrk->trans_tail == wrk->trans_size)
+	    wrk->trans_tail = 0;
+	}
+
+      vlib_dma_batch_submit (vm, wrk->batch);
+    }
+
   SESSION_EVT (SESSION_EVT_DSP_CNTRS, OLD_IO_EVTS, wrk);
 
   if (vec_len (wrk->pending_tx_buffers))