diff --git a/src/vnet/devices/tap/tap.c b/src/vnet/devices/tap/tap.c
index 2649f68..388cfa3 100644
--- a/src/vnet/devices/tap/tap.c
+++ b/src/vnet/devices/tap/tap.c
@@ -334,23 +334,25 @@
   vhost_mem->regions[0].memory_size = (1ULL << 47) - 4096;
   _IOCTL (vif->fd, VHOST_SET_MEM_TABLE, vhost_mem);
 
-  if ((args->error = virtio_vring_init (vm, vif, 0, args->rx_ring_sz)))
+  if ((args->error =
+       virtio_vring_init (vm, vif, RX_QUEUE (0), args->rx_ring_sz)))
     {
       args->rv = VNET_API_ERROR_INIT_FAILED;
       goto error;
     }
+  vif->num_rxqs = 1;
 
-  if ((args->error = virtio_vring_init (vm, vif, 1, args->tx_ring_sz)))
+  if ((args->error =
+       virtio_vring_init (vm, vif, TX_QUEUE (0), args->tx_ring_sz)))
     {
       args->rv = VNET_API_ERROR_INIT_FAILED;
       goto error;
     }
+  vif->num_txqs = 1;
 
   if (!args->mac_addr_set)
     ethernet_mac_address_generate (args->mac_addr);
 
-  vif->rx_ring_sz = args->rx_ring_sz != 0 ? args->rx_ring_sz : 256;
-  vif->tx_ring_sz = args->tx_ring_sz != 0 ? args->tx_ring_sz : 256;
   clib_memcpy (vif->mac_addr, args->mac_addr, 6);
 
   vif->host_if_name = args->host_if_name;
@@ -396,10 +398,12 @@
   vnet_hw_interface_set_rx_mode (vnm, vif->hw_if_index, 0,
 				 VNET_HW_INTERFACE_RX_MODE_DEFAULT);
   vif->per_interface_next_index = ~0;
-  virtio_vring_set_numa_node (vm, vif, 0);
+  virtio_vring_set_numa_node (vm, vif, RX_QUEUE (0));
   vif->flags |= VIRTIO_IF_FLAG_ADMIN_UP;
   vnet_hw_interface_set_flags (vnm, vif->hw_if_index,
 			       VNET_HW_INTERFACE_FLAG_LINK_UP);
+  vif->cxq_vring = NULL;
+
   if (thm->n_vlib_mains > 1)
     clib_spinlock_init (&vif->lockp);
   goto done;
@@ -415,8 +419,12 @@
     close (vif->tap_fd);
   if (vif->fd != -1)
     close (vif->fd);
-  vec_foreach_index (i, vif->vrings) virtio_vring_free (vm, vif, i);
-  vec_free (vif->vrings);
+  vec_foreach_index (i, vif->rxq_vrings) virtio_vring_free_rx (vm, vif,
+							       RX_QUEUE (i));
+  vec_foreach_index (i, vif->txq_vrings) virtio_vring_free_tx (vm, vif,
+							       TX_QUEUE (i));
+  vec_free (vif->rxq_vrings);
+  vec_free (vif->txq_vrings);
   clib_memset (vif, 0, sizeof (virtio_if_t));
   pool_put (vim->interfaces, vif);
 
@@ -455,7 +463,7 @@
   /* bring down the interface */
   vnet_hw_interface_set_flags (vnm, vif->hw_if_index, 0);
   vnet_sw_interface_set_flags (vnm, vif->sw_if_index, 0);
-  vnet_hw_interface_unassign_rx_thread (vnm, vif->hw_if_index, 0);
+  vnet_hw_interface_unassign_rx_thread (vnm, vif->hw_if_index, RX_QUEUE (0));
 
   ethernet_delete_interface (vnm, vif->hw_if_index);
   vif->hw_if_index = ~0;
@@ -465,8 +473,12 @@
   if (vif->fd != -1)
     close (vif->fd);
 
-  vec_foreach_index (i, vif->vrings) virtio_vring_free (vm, vif, i);
-  vec_free (vif->vrings);
+  vec_foreach_index (i, vif->rxq_vrings) virtio_vring_free_rx (vm, vif,
+							       RX_QUEUE (i));
+  vec_foreach_index (i, vif->txq_vrings) virtio_vring_free_tx (vm, vif,
+							       TX_QUEUE (i));
+  vec_free (vif->rxq_vrings);
+  vec_free (vif->txq_vrings);
 
   tm->tap_ids = clib_bitmap_set (tm->tap_ids, vif->id, 0);
   clib_spinlock_free (&vif->lockp);
@@ -528,6 +540,7 @@
   vnet_main_t *vnm = vnet_get_main ();
   virtio_main_t *mm = &virtio_main;
   virtio_if_t *vif;
+  virtio_vring_t *vring;
   vnet_hw_interface_t *hi;
   tap_interface_details_t *r_tapids = NULL;
   tap_interface_details_t *tapid = NULL;
@@ -544,8 +557,10 @@
     clib_memcpy(tapid->dev_name, hi->name,
                 MIN (ARRAY_LEN (tapid->dev_name) - 1,
                      strlen ((const char *) hi->name)));
-    tapid->rx_ring_sz = vif->rx_ring_sz;
-    tapid->tx_ring_sz = vif->tx_ring_sz;
+    vring = vec_elt_at_index (vif->rxq_vrings, RX_QUEUE_ACCESS(0));
+    tapid->rx_ring_sz = vring->size;
+    vring = vec_elt_at_index (vif->txq_vrings, TX_QUEUE_ACCESS(0));
+    tapid->tx_ring_sz = vring->size;
     clib_memcpy(tapid->host_mac_addr, vif->host_mac_addr, 6);
     if (vif->host_if_name)
       {
diff --git a/src/vnet/devices/virtio/device.c b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/device.c
index dbf5606..04cf9ec 100644
--- a/src/vnet/devices/virtio/device.c
+++ b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/device.c
@@ -245,15 +245,16 @@
 			    vlib_frame_t * frame, virtio_if_t * vif,
 			    int do_gso)
 {
-  u8 qid = 0;
   u16 n_left = frame->n_vectors;
-  virtio_vring_t *vring = vec_elt_at_index (vif->vrings, (qid << 1) + 1);
+  virtio_vring_t *vring;
+  u16 qid = vm->thread_index % vif->num_txqs;
+  vring = vec_elt_at_index (vif->txq_vrings, qid);
   u16 used, next, avail;
   u16 sz = vring->size;
   u16 mask = sz - 1;
   u32 *buffers = vlib_frame_vector_args (frame);
 
-  clib_spinlock_lock_if_init (&vif->lockp);
+  clib_spinlock_lock_if_init (&vring->lockp);
 
   if ((vring->used->flags & VIRTIO_RING_FLAG_MASK_INT) == 0 &&
       (vring->last_kick_avail_idx != vring->avail->idx))
@@ -298,7 +299,7 @@
       vlib_buffer_free (vm, buffers, n_left);
     }
 
-  clib_spinlock_unlock_if_init (&vif->lockp);
+  clib_spinlock_unlock_if_init (&vring->lockp);
 
   return frame->n_vectors - n_left;
 }
@@ -310,8 +311,8 @@
   virtio_main_t *nm = &virtio_main;
   vnet_interface_output_runtime_t *rund = (void *) node->runtime_data;
   virtio_if_t *vif = pool_elt_at_index (nm->interfaces, rund->dev_instance);
-
   vnet_main_t *vnm = vnet_get_main ();
+
   if (vnm->interface_main.gso_interface_count > 0)
     return virtio_interface_tx_inline (vm, node, frame, vif, 1 /* do_gso */ );
   else
@@ -352,7 +353,7 @@
   virtio_main_t *mm = &virtio_main;
   vnet_hw_interface_t *hw = vnet_get_hw_interface (vnm, hw_if_index);
   virtio_if_t *vif = pool_elt_at_index (mm->interfaces, hw->dev_instance);
-  virtio_vring_t *vring = vec_elt_at_index (vif->vrings, qid);
+  virtio_vring_t *vring = vec_elt_at_index (vif->rxq_vrings, qid);
 
   if (vif->type == VIRTIO_IF_TYPE_PCI && !(vif->support_int_mode))
     {
diff --git a/src/vnet/devices/virtio/node.c b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/node.c
index b2f8d04..686d90c 100644
--- a/src/vnet/devices/virtio/node.c
+++ b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/node.c
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
   vnet_main_t *vnm = vnet_get_main ();
   u32 thread_index = vm->thread_index;
   uword n_trace = vlib_get_trace_count (vm, node);
-  virtio_vring_t *vring = vec_elt_at_index (vif->vrings, 0);
+  virtio_vring_t *vring = vec_elt_at_index (vif->rxq_vrings, qid);
   u32 next_index = VNET_DEVICE_INPUT_NEXT_ETHERNET_INPUT;
   const int hdr_sz = vif->virtio_net_hdr_sz;
   u32 *to_next = 0;
@@ -364,15 +364,15 @@
 
   foreach_device_and_queue (dq, rt->devices_and_queues)
   {
-    virtio_if_t *mif;
-    mif = vec_elt_at_index (nm->interfaces, dq->dev_instance);
-    if (mif->flags & VIRTIO_IF_FLAG_ADMIN_UP)
+    virtio_if_t *vif;
+    vif = vec_elt_at_index (nm->interfaces, dq->dev_instance);
+    if (vif->flags & VIRTIO_IF_FLAG_ADMIN_UP)
       {
-	if (mif->gso_enabled)
-	  n_rx += virtio_device_input_inline (vm, node, frame, mif,
+	if (vif->gso_enabled)
+	  n_rx += virtio_device_input_inline (vm, node, frame, vif,
 					      dq->queue_id, 1);
 	else
-	  n_rx += virtio_device_input_inline (vm, node, frame, mif,
+	  n_rx += virtio_device_input_inline (vm, node, frame, vif,
 					      dq->queue_id, 0);
       }
   }
diff --git a/src/vnet/devices/virtio/pci.c b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/pci.c
index 020b088..dd2e1da 100644
--- a/src/vnet/devices/virtio/pci.c
+++ b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/pci.c
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
 static u32
 virtio_pci_get_mac (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif)
 {
-  if (vif->remote_features & VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_NET_F_MAC))
+  if (vif->features & VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_NET_F_MAC))
     {
       virtio_pci_legacy_read_config (vm, vif, vif->mac_addr,
 				     sizeof (vif->mac_addr), 0);
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
    * Minimal driver: assumes link is up
    */
   u16 status = 1;
-  if (vif->remote_features & VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_NET_F_STATUS))
+  if (vif->features & VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_NET_F_STATUS))
     virtio_pci_legacy_read_config (vm, vif, &status, sizeof (status),	/* mac */
 				   6);
   return status;
@@ -444,6 +444,118 @@
     }
 }
 
+struct virtio_ctrl_mq_status_hdr
+{
+  struct virtio_net_ctrl_hdr ctrl;
+  struct virtio_net_ctrl_mq num_mqs;
+  virtio_net_ctrl_ack status;
+};
+
+static int
+virtio_pci_enable_multiqueue (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif,
+			      u16 num_queues)
+{
+  virtio_main_t *vim = &virtio_main;
+  virtio_vring_t *vring = vif->cxq_vring;
+  u32 buffer_index;
+  vlib_buffer_t *b;
+  u16 used, next, avail;
+  u16 sz = vring->size;
+  u16 mask = sz - 1;
+  struct virtio_ctrl_mq_status_hdr mq_hdr, result;
+  virtio_net_ctrl_ack status = VIRTIO_NET_ERR;
+
+  mq_hdr.ctrl.class = VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_MQ;
+  mq_hdr.ctrl.cmd = VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_MQ_VQ_PAIRS_SET;
+  mq_hdr.status = VIRTIO_NET_ERR;
+  mq_hdr.num_mqs.virtqueue_pairs = num_queues;
+
+  used = vring->desc_in_use;
+  next = vring->desc_next;
+  avail = vring->avail->idx;
+  struct vring_desc *d = &vring->desc[next];
+
+  if (vlib_buffer_alloc (vm, &buffer_index, 1))
+    b = vlib_get_buffer (vm, buffer_index);
+  else
+    return VIRTIO_NET_ERR;
+  /*
+   * current_data may not be initialized with 0 and may contain
+   * previous offset.
+   */
+  b->current_data = 0;
+  clib_memcpy (vlib_buffer_get_current (b), &mq_hdr,
+	       sizeof (struct virtio_ctrl_mq_status_hdr));
+  d->flags = VRING_DESC_F_NEXT;
+  d->addr = vlib_buffer_get_current_pa (vm, b);
+  d->len = sizeof (struct virtio_net_ctrl_hdr);
+  vring->avail->ring[avail & mask] = next;
+  avail++;
+  next = (next + 1) & mask;
+  d->next = next;
+  used++;
+
+  d = &vring->desc[next];
+  d->flags = VRING_DESC_F_NEXT;
+  d->addr = vlib_buffer_get_current_pa (vm, b) +
+    STRUCT_OFFSET_OF (struct virtio_ctrl_mq_status_hdr, num_mqs);
+  d->len = sizeof (struct virtio_net_ctrl_mq);
+  next = (next + 1) & mask;
+  d->next = next;
+  used++;
+
+  d = &vring->desc[next];
+  d->flags = VRING_DESC_F_WRITE;
+  d->addr = vlib_buffer_get_current_pa (vm, b) +
+    STRUCT_OFFSET_OF (struct virtio_ctrl_mq_status_hdr, status);
+  d->len = sizeof (mq_hdr.status);
+  next = (next + 1) & mask;
+  used++;
+
+  CLIB_MEMORY_STORE_BARRIER ();
+  vring->avail->idx = avail;
+  vring->desc_next = next;
+  vring->desc_in_use = used;
+
+  if ((vring->used->flags & VIRTIO_RING_FLAG_MASK_INT) == 0)
+    {
+      virtio_kick (vm, vring, vif);
+    }
+
+  clib_memset (&result, 0, sizeof (result));
+  u16 last = vring->last_used_idx, n_left = 0;
+  n_left = vring->used->idx - last;
+
+  while (n_left)
+    {
+      struct vring_used_elem *e = &vring->used->ring[last & mask];
+      u16 slot = e->id;
+
+      d = &vring->desc[slot];
+      while (d->flags & VRING_DESC_F_NEXT)
+	{
+	  used--;
+	  slot = d->next;
+	  d = &vring->desc[slot];
+	}
+      used--;
+      last++;
+      n_left--;
+    }
+  vring->desc_in_use = used;
+  vring->last_used_idx = last;
+
+  CLIB_MEMORY_BARRIER ();
+  clib_memcpy (&result, vlib_buffer_get_current (b),
+	       sizeof (struct virtio_ctrl_mq_status_hdr));
+
+  virtio_log_debug (vim, vif, "multi-queue enable status on Ctrl queue : %u",
+		    result.status);
+  status = result.status;
+  vlib_buffer_free (vm, &buffer_index, 1);
+  return status;
+}
+
 static u8
 virtio_pci_queue_size_valid (u16 qsz)
 {
@@ -455,16 +567,18 @@
 }
 
 clib_error_t *
-virtio_pci_vring_init (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif, u16 idx)
+virtio_pci_control_vring_init (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif,
+			       u16 queue_num)
 {
   clib_error_t *error = 0;
+  virtio_main_t *vim = &virtio_main;
   u16 queue_size = 0;
   virtio_vring_t *vring;
   struct vring vr;
   u32 i = 0;
-  void *ptr;
+  void *ptr = NULL;
 
-  queue_size = virtio_pci_legacy_get_queue_num (vm, vif, idx);
+  queue_size = virtio_pci_legacy_get_queue_num (vm, vif, queue_num);
   if (!virtio_pci_queue_size_valid (queue_size))
     clib_warning ("queue size is not valid");
 
@@ -477,18 +591,87 @@
   if (queue_size == 0)
     queue_size = 256;
 
-  vec_validate_aligned (vif->vrings, idx, CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);
-  vring = vec_elt_at_index (vif->vrings, idx);
-
+  vec_validate_aligned (vif->cxq_vring, 0, CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);
+  vring = vec_elt_at_index (vif->cxq_vring, 0);
   i = vring_size (queue_size, VIRTIO_PCI_VRING_ALIGN);
   i = round_pow2 (i, VIRTIO_PCI_VRING_ALIGN);
-  ptr = vlib_physmem_alloc_aligned (vm, i, VIRTIO_PCI_VRING_ALIGN);
-  memset (ptr, 0, i);
+  ptr =
+    vlib_physmem_alloc_aligned_on_numa (vm, i, VIRTIO_PCI_VRING_ALIGN,
+					vif->numa_node);
+  if (!ptr)
+    return vlib_physmem_last_error (vm);
+  clib_memset (ptr, 0, i);
   vring_init (&vr, queue_size, ptr, VIRTIO_PCI_VRING_ALIGN);
   vring->desc = vr.desc;
   vring->avail = vr.avail;
   vring->used = vr.used;
-  vring->queue_id = idx;
+  vring->queue_id = queue_num;
+  vring->avail->flags = VIRTIO_RING_FLAG_MASK_INT;
+
+  ASSERT (vring->buffers == 0);
+
+  vring->size = queue_size;
+  virtio_log_debug (vim, vif, "control-queue: number %u, size %u", queue_num,
+		    queue_size);
+  virtio_pci_legacy_setup_queue (vm, vif, queue_num, ptr);
+  vring->kick_fd = -1;
+
+  return error;
+}
+
+clib_error_t *
+virtio_pci_vring_init (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif, u16 queue_num)
+{
+  clib_error_t *error = 0;
+  virtio_main_t *vim = &virtio_main;
+  vlib_thread_main_t *vtm = vlib_get_thread_main ();
+  u16 queue_size = 0;
+  virtio_vring_t *vring;
+  struct vring vr;
+  u32 i = 0;
+  void *ptr = NULL;
+
+  queue_size = virtio_pci_legacy_get_queue_num (vm, vif, queue_num);
+  if (!virtio_pci_queue_size_valid (queue_size))
+    clib_warning ("queue size is not valid");
+
+  if (!is_pow2 (queue_size))
+    return clib_error_return (0, "ring size must be power of 2");
+
+  if (queue_size > 32768)
+    return clib_error_return (0, "ring size must be 32768 or lower");
+
+  if (queue_size == 0)
+    queue_size = 256;
+
+  if (queue_num % 2)
+    {
+      if (TX_QUEUE_ACCESS (queue_num) > vtm->n_vlib_mains)
+	return error;
+      vec_validate_aligned (vif->txq_vrings, TX_QUEUE_ACCESS (queue_num),
+			    CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);
+      vring = vec_elt_at_index (vif->txq_vrings, TX_QUEUE_ACCESS (queue_num));
+      clib_spinlock_init (&vring->lockp);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      vec_validate_aligned (vif->rxq_vrings, RX_QUEUE_ACCESS (queue_num),
+			    CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);
+      vring = vec_elt_at_index (vif->rxq_vrings, RX_QUEUE_ACCESS (queue_num));
+    }
+  i = vring_size (queue_size, VIRTIO_PCI_VRING_ALIGN);
+  i = round_pow2 (i, VIRTIO_PCI_VRING_ALIGN);
+  ptr =
+    vlib_physmem_alloc_aligned_on_numa (vm, i, VIRTIO_PCI_VRING_ALIGN,
+					vif->numa_node);
+  if (!ptr)
+    return vlib_physmem_last_error (vm);
+  clib_memset (ptr, 0, i);
+  vring_init (&vr, queue_size, ptr, VIRTIO_PCI_VRING_ALIGN);
+  vring->desc = vr.desc;
+  vring->avail = vr.avail;
+  vring->used = vr.used;
+  vring->queue_id = queue_num;
   vring->avail->flags = VIRTIO_RING_FLAG_MASK_INT;
 
   ASSERT (vring->buffers == 0);
@@ -496,7 +679,7 @@
   ASSERT (vring->indirect_buffers == 0);
   vec_validate_aligned (vring->indirect_buffers, queue_size,
 			CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);
-  if (idx % 2)
+  if (queue_num % 2)
     {
       u32 n_alloc = 0;
       do
@@ -507,13 +690,18 @@
 				 queue_size - n_alloc);
 	}
       while (n_alloc != queue_size);
-      vif->tx_ring_sz = queue_size;
+      vif->num_txqs++;
+      virtio_log_debug (vim, vif, "tx-queue: number %u, size %u", queue_num,
+			queue_size);
     }
   else
-    vif->rx_ring_sz = queue_size;
+    {
+      vif->num_rxqs++;
+      virtio_log_debug (vim, vif, "rx-queue: number %u, size %u", queue_num,
+			queue_size);
+    }
   vring->size = queue_size;
-
-  virtio_pci_legacy_setup_queue (vm, vif, idx, ptr);
+  virtio_pci_legacy_setup_queue (vm, vif, queue_num, ptr);
   vring->kick_fd = -1;
 
   return error;
@@ -531,6 +719,8 @@
     | VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_NET_F_MAC)
     | VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF)
     | VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_NET_F_STATUS)
+    | VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ)
+    | VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_NET_F_MQ)
     | VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_F_NOTIFY_ON_EMPTY)
     | VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_F_ANY_LAYOUT)
     | VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_RING_F_INDIRECT_DESC);
@@ -542,8 +732,7 @@
 
   vif->features = req_features & vif->remote_features & supported_features;
 
-  if (vif->
-      remote_features & vif->features & VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU))
+  if (vif->features & VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU))
     {
       virtio_net_config_t config;
       virtio_pci_legacy_read_config (vm, vif, &config.mtu,
@@ -702,7 +891,7 @@
   u8 status = 0;
 
   if ((error = virtio_pci_read_caps (vm, vif)))
-    clib_error_return (error, "Device not supported");
+    clib_error_return (error, "Device is not supported");
 
   if (virtio_pci_reset_device (vm, vif) < 0)
     {
@@ -728,6 +917,9 @@
     }
   vif->status = status;
 
+  /*
+   * get or set the mac address
+   */
   if (virtio_pci_get_mac (vm, vif))
     {
       f64 now = vlib_time_now (vm);
@@ -743,15 +935,44 @@
 
   virtio_set_net_hdr_size (vif);
 
+  /*
+   * Initialize the virtqueues
+   */
   if ((error = virtio_pci_get_max_virtqueue_pairs (vm, vif)))
     goto error;
 
-  if ((error = virtio_pci_vring_init (vm, vif, 0)))
-    goto error;
+  for (int i = 0; i < vif->max_queue_pairs; i++)
+    {
+      if ((error = virtio_pci_vring_init (vm, vif, RX_QUEUE (i))))
+	virtio_log_warning (vim, vif, "%s (%u) %s", "error in rxq-queue",
+			    RX_QUEUE (i), "initialization");
 
-  if ((error = virtio_pci_vring_init (vm, vif, 1)))
-    goto error;
+      if ((error = virtio_pci_vring_init (vm, vif, TX_QUEUE (i))))
+	virtio_log_warning (vim, vif, "%s (%u) %s", "error in txq-queue",
+			    TX_QUEUE (i), "initialization");
+    }
 
+  if (vif->features & VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ))
+    {
+      if ((error =
+	   virtio_pci_control_vring_init (vm, vif, vif->max_queue_pairs * 2)))
+	{
+	  virtio_log_warning (vim, vif, "%s (%u) %s",
+			      "error in control-queue",
+			      vif->max_queue_pairs * 2, "initialization");
+	  if (vif->features & VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_NET_F_MQ))
+	    vif->features &= ~VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_NET_F_MQ);
+	}
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      virtio_log_debug (vim, vif, "control queue is not available");
+      vif->cxq_vring = NULL;
+    }
+
+  /*
+   * set the msix interrupts
+   */
   if (vif->msix_enabled == VIRTIO_MSIX_ENABLED)
     {
       if (virtio_pci_legacy_set_config_irq (vm, vif, 1) ==
@@ -761,6 +982,10 @@
 	  VIRTIO_MSI_NO_VECTOR)
 	virtio_log_warning (vim, vif, "queue vector 0 is not set");
     }
+
+  /*
+   * set the driver status OK
+   */
   virtio_pci_legacy_set_status (vm, vif, VIRTIO_CONFIG_STATUS_DRIVER_OK);
   vif->status = virtio_pci_legacy_get_status (vm, vif);
 error:
@@ -831,6 +1056,7 @@
     }
   vif->pci_dev_handle = h;
   vlib_pci_set_private_data (vm, h, vif->dev_instance);
+  vif->numa_node = vlib_pci_get_numa_node (vm, h);
 
   if ((error = vlib_pci_bus_master_enable (vm, h)))
     {
@@ -931,11 +1157,15 @@
   hw->flags |= VNET_HW_INTERFACE_FLAG_SUPPORTS_INT_MODE;
   vnet_hw_interface_set_input_node (vnm, vif->hw_if_index,
 				    virtio_input_node.index);
-  vnet_hw_interface_assign_rx_thread (vnm, vif->hw_if_index, 0, ~0);
-  virtio_vring_set_numa_node (vm, vif, 0);
-
-  vnet_hw_interface_set_rx_mode (vnm, vif->hw_if_index, 0,
-				 VNET_HW_INTERFACE_RX_MODE_POLLING);
+  u32 i = 0;
+  vec_foreach_index (i, vif->rxq_vrings)
+  {
+    vnet_hw_interface_assign_rx_thread (vnm, vif->hw_if_index, i, ~0);
+    virtio_vring_set_numa_node (vm, vif, RX_QUEUE (i));
+    /* Set default rx mode to POLLING */
+    vnet_hw_interface_set_rx_mode (vnm, vif->hw_if_index, i,
+				   VNET_HW_INTERFACE_RX_MODE_POLLING);
+  }
   if (virtio_pci_is_link_up (vm, vif) & VIRTIO_NET_S_LINK_UP)
     {
       vif->flags |= VIRTIO_IF_FLAG_ADMIN_UP;
@@ -944,6 +1174,13 @@
     }
   else
     vnet_hw_interface_set_flags (vnm, vif->hw_if_index, 0);
+
+  if ((vif->features & VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ)) &&
+      (vif->features & VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_NET_F_MQ)))
+    {
+      if (virtio_pci_enable_multiqueue (vm, vif, vif->max_queue_pairs))
+	virtio_log_warning (vim, vif, "multiqueue is not set");
+    }
   return;
 
 error:
@@ -964,31 +1201,51 @@
 
   vlib_pci_intr_disable (vm, vif->pci_dev_handle);
 
-  virtio_pci_legacy_del_queue (vm, vif, 0);
-  virtio_pci_legacy_del_queue (vm, vif, 1);
+  for (i = 0; i < vif->max_queue_pairs; i++)
+    {
+      virtio_pci_legacy_del_queue (vm, vif, RX_QUEUE (i));
+      virtio_pci_legacy_del_queue (vm, vif, TX_QUEUE (i));
+    }
+
+  if (vif->features & VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ))
+    virtio_pci_legacy_del_queue (vm, vif, vif->max_queue_pairs * 2);
 
   virtio_pci_legacy_reset (vm, vif);
 
   if (vif->hw_if_index)
     {
       vnet_hw_interface_set_flags (vnm, vif->hw_if_index, 0);
-      vnet_hw_interface_unassign_rx_thread (vnm, vif->hw_if_index, 0);
+      vec_foreach_index (i, vif->rxq_vrings)
+      {
+	vnet_hw_interface_unassign_rx_thread (vnm, vif->hw_if_index, i);
+      }
       ethernet_delete_interface (vnm, vif->hw_if_index);
     }
 
   vlib_pci_device_close (vm, vif->pci_dev_handle);
 
-  vec_foreach_index (i, vif->vrings)
+  vec_foreach_index (i, vif->rxq_vrings)
   {
-    virtio_vring_t *vring = vec_elt_at_index (vif->vrings, i);
+    virtio_vring_t *vring = vec_elt_at_index (vif->rxq_vrings, i);
     if (vring->kick_fd != -1)
       close (vring->kick_fd);
     if (vring->used)
       {
-	if ((i & 1) == 1)
-	  virtio_free_used_desc (vm, vring);
-	else
-	  virtio_free_rx_buffers (vm, vring);
+	virtio_free_rx_buffers (vm, vring);
+      }
+    vec_free (vring->buffers);
+    vec_free (vring->indirect_buffers);
+    vlib_physmem_free (vm, vring->desc);
+  }
+
+  vec_foreach_index (i, vif->txq_vrings)
+  {
+    virtio_vring_t *vring = vec_elt_at_index (vif->txq_vrings, i);
+    if (vring->kick_fd != -1)
+      close (vring->kick_fd);
+    if (vring->used)
+      {
+	virtio_free_used_desc (vm, vring);
       }
     if (vring->queue_id % 2)
       {
@@ -999,7 +1256,23 @@
     vlib_physmem_free (vm, vring->desc);
   }
 
-  vec_free (vif->vrings);
+  if (vif->cxq_vring != NULL)
+    {
+      u16 last = vif->cxq_vring->last_used_idx;
+      u16 n_left = vif->cxq_vring->used->idx - last;
+      while (n_left)
+	{
+	  last++;
+	  n_left--;
+	}
+
+      vif->cxq_vring->last_used_idx = last;
+      vlib_physmem_free (vm, vif->cxq_vring->desc);
+    }
+
+  vec_free (vif->rxq_vrings);
+  vec_free (vif->txq_vrings);
+  vec_free (vif->cxq_vring);
 
   if (vif->fd != -1)
     vif->fd = -1;
diff --git a/src/vnet/devices/virtio/virtio.c b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/virtio.c
index 2648f29..72499b6 100644
--- a/src/vnet/devices/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -81,9 +81,18 @@
   if (sz == 0)
     sz = 256;
 
-  vec_validate_aligned (vif->vrings, idx, CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);
-  vring = vec_elt_at_index (vif->vrings, idx);
-
+  if (idx % 2)
+    {
+      vec_validate_aligned (vif->txq_vrings, TX_QUEUE_ACCESS (idx),
+			    CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);
+      vring = vec_elt_at_index (vif->txq_vrings, TX_QUEUE_ACCESS (idx));
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      vec_validate_aligned (vif->rxq_vrings, RX_QUEUE_ACCESS (idx),
+			    CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);
+      vring = vec_elt_at_index (vif->rxq_vrings, RX_QUEUE_ACCESS (idx));
+    }
   i = sizeof (struct vring_desc) * sz;
   i = round_pow2 (i, CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);
   vring->desc = clib_mem_alloc_aligned (i, CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);
@@ -101,6 +110,7 @@
   vring->used = clib_mem_alloc_aligned (i, CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);
   clib_memset (vring->used, 0, i);
 
+  vring->queue_id = idx;
   ASSERT (vring->buffers == 0);
   vec_validate_aligned (vring->buffers, sz, CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);
   ASSERT (vring->indirect_buffers == 0);
@@ -168,29 +178,47 @@
 }
 
 clib_error_t *
-virtio_vring_free (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif, u32 idx)
+virtio_vring_free_rx (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif, u32 idx)
 {
-  virtio_vring_t *vring = vec_elt_at_index (vif->vrings, idx);
+  virtio_vring_t *vring =
+    vec_elt_at_index (vif->rxq_vrings, RX_QUEUE_ACCESS (idx));
 
   clib_file_del_by_index (&file_main, vring->call_file_index);
   close (vring->kick_fd);
   close (vring->call_fd);
   if (vring->used)
     {
-      if ((idx & 1) == 1)
-	virtio_free_used_desc (vm, vring);
-      else
-	virtio_free_rx_buffers (vm, vring);
+      virtio_free_rx_buffers (vm, vring);
       clib_mem_free (vring->used);
     }
   if (vring->desc)
     clib_mem_free (vring->desc);
   if (vring->avail)
     clib_mem_free (vring->avail);
-  if (vring->queue_id % 2)
+  vec_free (vring->buffers);
+  vec_free (vring->indirect_buffers);
+  return 0;
+}
+
+clib_error_t *
+virtio_vring_free_tx (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif, u32 idx)
+{
+  virtio_vring_t *vring =
+    vec_elt_at_index (vif->txq_vrings, TX_QUEUE_ACCESS (idx));
+
+  clib_file_del_by_index (&file_main, vring->call_file_index);
+  close (vring->kick_fd);
+  close (vring->call_fd);
+  if (vring->used)
     {
-      vlib_buffer_free_no_next (vm, vring->indirect_buffers, vring->size);
+      virtio_free_used_desc (vm, vring);
+      clib_mem_free (vring->used);
     }
+  if (vring->desc)
+    clib_mem_free (vring->desc);
+  if (vring->avail)
+    clib_mem_free (vring->avail);
+  vlib_buffer_free_no_next (vm, vring->indirect_buffers, vring->size);
   vec_free (vring->buffers);
   vec_free (vring->indirect_buffers);
   return 0;
@@ -201,10 +229,11 @@
 {
   vnet_main_t *vnm = vnet_get_main ();
   u32 thread_index;
-  virtio_vring_t *vring = vec_elt_at_index (vif->vrings, idx);
+  virtio_vring_t *vring =
+    vec_elt_at_index (vif->rxq_vrings, RX_QUEUE_ACCESS (idx));
   thread_index =
     vnet_get_device_input_thread_index (vnm, vif->hw_if_index,
-					vring->queue_id);
+					RX_QUEUE_ACCESS (idx));
   vring->buffer_pool_index =
     vlib_buffer_pool_get_default_for_numa (vm,
 					   vlib_mains
@@ -313,11 +342,15 @@
 			     feat_entry->bit);
 	  feat_entry++;
 	}
-      vec_foreach_index (i, vif->vrings)
+      vlib_cli_output (vm, "  Number of RX Virtqueue  %u", vif->num_rxqs);
+      vlib_cli_output (vm, "  Number of TX Virtqueue  %u", vif->num_txqs);
+      if (vif->cxq_vring != NULL
+	  && vif->features & VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ))
+	vlib_cli_output (vm, "  Number of CTRL Virtqueue 1");
+      vec_foreach_index (i, vif->rxq_vrings)
       {
-	// RX = 0, TX = 1
-	vring = vec_elt_at_index (vif->vrings, i);
-	vlib_cli_output (vm, "  Virtqueue (%s)", (i & 1) ? "TX" : "RX");
+	vring = vec_elt_at_index (vif->rxq_vrings, i);
+	vlib_cli_output (vm, "  Virtqueue (RX) %d", vring->queue_id);
 	vlib_cli_output (vm,
 			 "    qsz %d, last_used_idx %d, desc_next %d, desc_in_use %d",
 			 vring->size, vring->last_used_idx, vring->desc_next,
@@ -338,7 +371,6 @@
 			     "   id          addr         len  flags  next      user_addr\n");
 	    vlib_cli_output (vm,
 			     "  ===== ================== ===== ====== ===== ==================\n");
-	    vring = vif->vrings;
 	    for (j = 0; j < vring->size; j++)
 	      {
 		struct vring_desc *desc = &vring->desc[j];
@@ -350,6 +382,78 @@
 	      }
 	  }
       }
+      vec_foreach_index (i, vif->txq_vrings)
+      {
+	vring = vec_elt_at_index (vif->txq_vrings, i);
+	vlib_cli_output (vm, "  Virtqueue (TX) %d", vring->queue_id);
+	vlib_cli_output (vm,
+			 "    qsz %d, last_used_idx %d, desc_next %d, desc_in_use %d",
+			 vring->size, vring->last_used_idx, vring->desc_next,
+			 vring->desc_in_use);
+	vlib_cli_output (vm,
+			 "    avail.flags 0x%x avail.idx %d used.flags 0x%x used.idx %d",
+			 vring->avail->flags, vring->avail->idx,
+			 vring->used->flags, vring->used->idx);
+	if (type == VIRTIO_IF_TYPE_TAP)
+	  {
+	    vlib_cli_output (vm, "    kickfd %d, callfd %d", vring->kick_fd,
+			     vring->call_fd);
+	  }
+	if (show_descr)
+	  {
+	    vlib_cli_output (vm, "\n  descriptor table:\n");
+	    vlib_cli_output (vm,
+			     "   id          addr         len  flags  next      user_addr\n");
+	    vlib_cli_output (vm,
+			     "  ===== ================== ===== ====== ===== ==================\n");
+	    for (j = 0; j < vring->size; j++)
+	      {
+		struct vring_desc *desc = &vring->desc[j];
+		vlib_cli_output (vm,
+				 "  %-5d 0x%016lx %-5d 0x%04x %-5d 0x%016lx\n",
+				 j, desc->addr,
+				 desc->len,
+				 desc->flags, desc->next, desc->addr);
+	      }
+	  }
+      }
+      if (vif->cxq_vring != NULL
+	  && vif->features & VIRTIO_FEATURE (VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ))
+	{
+	  vring = vif->cxq_vring;
+	  vlib_cli_output (vm, "  Virtqueue (CTRL) %d", vring->queue_id);
+	  vlib_cli_output (vm,
+			   "    qsz %d, last_used_idx %d, desc_next %d, desc_in_use %d",
+			   vring->size, vring->last_used_idx,
+			   vring->desc_next, vring->desc_in_use);
+	  vlib_cli_output (vm,
+			   "    avail.flags 0x%x avail.idx %d used.flags 0x%x used.idx %d",
+			   vring->avail->flags, vring->avail->idx,
+			   vring->used->flags, vring->used->idx);
+	  if (type == VIRTIO_IF_TYPE_TAP)
+	    {
+	      vlib_cli_output (vm, "    kickfd %d, callfd %d", vring->kick_fd,
+			       vring->call_fd);
+	    }
+	  if (show_descr)
+	    {
+	      vlib_cli_output (vm, "\n  descriptor table:\n");
+	      vlib_cli_output (vm,
+			       "   id          addr         len  flags  next      user_addr\n");
+	      vlib_cli_output (vm,
+			       "  ===== ================== ===== ====== ===== ==================\n");
+	      for (j = 0; j < vring->size; j++)
+		{
+		  struct vring_desc *desc = &vring->desc[j];
+		  vlib_cli_output (vm,
+				   "  %-5d 0x%016lx %-5d 0x%04x %-5d 0x%016lx\n",
+				   j, desc->addr,
+				   desc->len,
+				   desc->flags, desc->next, desc->addr);
+		}
+	    }
+	}
+
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/vnet/devices/virtio/virtio.h b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/virtio.h
index f728196..1de7043 100644
--- a/src/vnet/devices/virtio/virtio.h
+++ b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/virtio.h
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@
 
 #define VIRTIO_FEATURE(X) (1ULL << X)
 
+#define TX_QUEUE(X) ((X*2) + 1)
+#define RX_QUEUE(X) (X*2)
+#define TX_QUEUE_ACCESS(X) (X/2)
+#define RX_QUEUE_ACCESS(X) (X/2)
+
 typedef enum
 {
   VIRTIO_IF_TYPE_TAP,
@@ -99,6 +104,7 @@
   struct vring_desc *desc;
   struct vring_used *used;
   struct vring_avail *avail;
+  clib_spinlock_t lockp;
   u16 desc_in_use;
   u16 desc_next;
   int kick_fd;
@@ -135,6 +141,7 @@
   u32 dev_instance;
   u32 hw_if_index;
   u32 sw_if_index;
+  u32 numa_node;
   u16 virtio_net_hdr_sz;
   virtio_if_type_t type;
   union
@@ -153,16 +160,16 @@
     int tap_fd;
     u32 pci_dev_handle;
   };
-  virtio_vring_t *vrings;
-
+  virtio_vring_t *rxq_vrings;
+  virtio_vring_t *txq_vrings;
   u64 features, remote_features;
 
   /* error */
   clib_error_t *error;
   u8 support_int_mode;		/* support interrupt mode */
   u16 max_queue_pairs;
-  u16 tx_ring_sz;
-  u16 rx_ring_sz;
+  u16 num_rxqs;
+  u16 num_txqs;
   u8 status;
   u8 mac_addr[6];
   u8 *host_if_name;
@@ -175,6 +182,7 @@
   u8 host_ip6_prefix_len;
   int gso_enabled;
   int ifindex;
+  virtio_vring_t *cxq_vring;
 } virtio_if_t;
 
 typedef struct
@@ -191,8 +199,10 @@
 
 clib_error_t *virtio_vring_init (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif, u16 idx,
 				 u16 sz);
-clib_error_t *virtio_vring_free (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif,
-				 u32 idx);
+clib_error_t *virtio_vring_free_rx (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif,
+				    u32 idx);
+clib_error_t *virtio_vring_free_tx (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif,
+				    u32 idx);
 void virtio_vring_set_numa_node (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_if_t * vif,
 				 u32 idx);
 extern void virtio_free_used_desc (vlib_main_t * vm, virtio_vring_t * vring);
diff --git a/src/vnet/devices/virtio/virtio_api.c b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/virtio_api.c
index 5035799..238c6ad 100644
--- a/src/vnet/devices/virtio/virtio_api.c
+++ b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/virtio_api.c
@@ -159,8 +159,10 @@
   mp->_vl_msg_id = htons (VL_API_SW_INTERFACE_VIRTIO_PCI_DETAILS);
   mp->pci_addr = htonl (vif->pci_addr.as_u32);
   mp->sw_if_index = htonl (vif->sw_if_index);
-  mp->rx_ring_sz = htons (vif->rx_ring_sz);
-  mp->tx_ring_sz = htons (vif->tx_ring_sz);
+  virtio_vring_t *vring = vec_elt_at_index (vif->rxq_vrings, 0);
+  mp->rx_ring_sz = htons (vring->size);
+  vring = vec_elt_at_index (vif->txq_vrings, 0);
+  mp->tx_ring_sz = htons (vring->size);
   clib_memcpy (mp->mac_addr, vif->mac_addr, 6);
   mp->features = clib_host_to_net_u64 (vif->features);