diff --git a/src/plugins/dpdk/device/dpdk.h b/src/plugins/dpdk/device/dpdk.h
index 9df7f39..dd43137 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dpdk/device/dpdk.h
+++ b/src/plugins/dpdk/device/dpdk.h
@@ -251,11 +251,12 @@
 #define DPDK_LINK_POLL_INTERVAL       (3.0)
 #define DPDK_MIN_LINK_POLL_INTERVAL   (0.001)	/* 1msec */
 
-#define foreach_dpdk_device_config_item \
-  _ (num_rx_queues) \
-  _ (num_tx_queues) \
-  _ (num_rx_desc) \
-  _ (num_tx_desc) \
+#define foreach_dpdk_device_config_item                                       \
+  _ (num_rx_queues)                                                           \
+  _ (num_tx_queues)                                                           \
+  _ (num_rx_desc)                                                             \
+  _ (num_tx_desc)                                                             \
+  _ (max_lro_pkt_size)                                                        \
   _ (rss_fn)
 
 typedef enum
@@ -301,6 +302,7 @@
   u8 *eal_init_args_str;
   u8 *uio_driver_name;
   u8 no_multi_seg;
+  u8 enable_lro;
   u8 enable_tcp_udp_checksum;
   u8 no_tx_checksum_offload;
   u8 enable_telemetry;
@@ -347,7 +349,7 @@
   u32 buffers[DPDK_RX_BURST_SZ];
   u16 next[DPDK_RX_BURST_SZ];
   u16 etype[DPDK_RX_BURST_SZ];
-  u16 flags[DPDK_RX_BURST_SZ];
+  u32 flags[DPDK_RX_BURST_SZ];
   vlib_buffer_t buffer_template;
 } dpdk_per_thread_data_t;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/dpdk/device/dpdk_priv.h b/src/plugins/dpdk/device/dpdk_priv.h
index a5a8a2a..7f595ae 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dpdk/device/dpdk_priv.h
+++ b/src/plugins/dpdk/device/dpdk_priv.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 #define DPDK_NB_RX_DESC_DEFAULT   1024
 #define DPDK_NB_TX_DESC_DEFAULT   1024
+#define DPDK_MAX_LRO_SIZE_DEFAULT 65536
 #define DPDK_NB_RX_DESC_VIRTIO    256
 #define DPDK_NB_TX_DESC_VIRTIO    256
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/dpdk/device/format.c b/src/plugins/dpdk/device/format.c
index 71f0d89..eb98730 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dpdk/device/format.c
+++ b/src/plugins/dpdk/device/format.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
   _ (PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_GOOD, "L4 cksum of RX pkt. is valid")                    \
   _ (PKT_RX_IEEE1588_PTP, "RX IEEE1588 L2 Ethernet PT Packet")                \
   _ (PKT_RX_IEEE1588_TMST, "RX IEEE1588 L2/L4 timestamped packet")            \
+  _ (PKT_RX_LRO, "LRO packet")                                                \
   _ (PKT_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED, "RX packet QinQ tags stripped")
 
 #define foreach_dpdk_pkt_type                                           \
diff --git a/src/plugins/dpdk/device/init.c b/src/plugins/dpdk/device/init.c
index f923da6..8c49ab8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dpdk/device/init.c
+++ b/src/plugins/dpdk/device/init.c
@@ -372,6 +372,19 @@
 	    xd->port_conf.rxmode.offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_TCP_CKSUM;
 	}
 
+      if (dm->conf->enable_lro)
+	{
+	  if (dev_info.rx_offload_capa & DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_TCP_LRO)
+	    {
+	      xd->port_conf.rxmode.offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_TCP_LRO;
+	      if (devconf->max_lro_pkt_size)
+		xd->port_conf.rxmode.max_lro_pkt_size =
+		  devconf->max_lro_pkt_size;
+	      else
+		xd->port_conf.rxmode.max_lro_pkt_size =
+		  DPDK_MAX_LRO_SIZE_DEFAULT;
+	    }
+	}
       if (dm->conf->no_multi_seg)
 	{
 	  xd->port_conf.txmode.offloads &= ~DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_MULTI_SEGS;
@@ -474,9 +487,16 @@
 
 	      xd->port_conf.intr_conf.rxq = 1;
 	      break;
+	    case VNET_DPDK_PMD_MLX5:
+	      if (dm->conf->no_tx_checksum_offload == 0)
+		{
+		  xd->port_conf.txmode.offloads |= DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_TCP_CKSUM;
+		  xd->port_conf.txmode.offloads |= DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_UDP_CKSUM;
+		  xd->flags |= DPDK_DEVICE_FLAG_TX_OFFLOAD |
+			       DPDK_DEVICE_FLAG_INTEL_PHDR_CKSUM;
+		}
 	    case VNET_DPDK_PMD_CXGBE:
 	    case VNET_DPDK_PMD_MLX4:
-	    case VNET_DPDK_PMD_MLX5:
 	    case VNET_DPDK_PMD_QEDE:
 	    case VNET_DPDK_PMD_BNXT:
 	      xd->port_type = port_type_from_speed_capa (&dev_info);
@@ -1270,6 +1290,9 @@
       else if (unformat (input, "rss-queues %U",
 			 unformat_bitmap_list, &devconf->rss_queues))
 	;
+      else if (unformat (input, "max-lro-pkt-size %u",
+			 &devconf->max_lro_pkt_size))
+	;
       else
 	{
 	  error = clib_error_return (0, "unknown input `%U'",
@@ -1376,6 +1399,8 @@
 
       else if (unformat (input, "no-multi-seg"))
 	conf->no_multi_seg = 1;
+      else if (unformat (input, "enable-lro"))
+	conf->enable_lro = 1;
       else if (unformat (input, "max-simd-bitwidth %U",
 			 unformat_max_simd_bitwidth, &conf->max_simd_bitwidth))
 	;
diff --git a/src/plugins/dpdk/device/node.c b/src/plugins/dpdk/device/node.c
index 2522285..c725681 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dpdk/device/node.c
+++ b/src/plugins/dpdk/device/node.c
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@
 #undef _
 };
 
-/* make sure all flags we need are stored in lower 8 bits */
-STATIC_ASSERT ((PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_BAD | PKT_RX_FDIR) <
-	       256, "dpdk flags not un lower byte, fix needed");
+/* make sure all flags we need are stored in lower 32 bits */
+STATIC_ASSERT ((u64) (PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_BAD | PKT_RX_FDIR | PKT_RX_LRO) <
+		 (1ULL << 32),
+	       "dpdk flags not in lower word, fix needed");
 
 static_always_inline uword
 dpdk_process_subseq_segs (vlib_main_t * vm, vlib_buffer_t * b,
@@ -145,31 +146,30 @@
       <code>xd->per_interface_next_index</code>
 */
 
-static_always_inline u16
-dpdk_ol_flags_extract (struct rte_mbuf **mb, u16 * flags, int count)
+static_always_inline u32
+dpdk_ol_flags_extract (struct rte_mbuf **mb, u32 *flags, int count)
 {
-  u16 rv = 0;
+  u32 rv = 0;
   int i;
   for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
     {
       /* all flags we are interested in are in lower 8 bits but
          that might change */
-      flags[i] = (u16) mb[i]->ol_flags;
+      flags[i] = (u32) mb[i]->ol_flags;
       rv |= flags[i];
     }
   return rv;
 }
 
 static_always_inline uword
-dpdk_process_rx_burst (vlib_main_t * vm, dpdk_per_thread_data_t * ptd,
-		       uword n_rx_packets, int maybe_multiseg,
-		       u16 * or_flagsp)
+dpdk_process_rx_burst (vlib_main_t *vm, dpdk_per_thread_data_t *ptd,
+		       uword n_rx_packets, int maybe_multiseg, u32 *or_flagsp)
 {
   u32 n_left = n_rx_packets;
   vlib_buffer_t *b[4];
   struct rte_mbuf **mb = ptd->mbufs;
   uword n_bytes = 0;
-  u16 *flags, or_flags = 0;
+  u32 *flags, or_flags = 0;
   vlib_buffer_t bt;
 
   mb = ptd->mbufs;
@@ -277,6 +277,65 @@
     }
 }
 
+static_always_inline u16
+dpdk_lro_find_l4_hdr_sz (vlib_buffer_t *b)
+{
+  u16 l4_hdr_sz = 0;
+  u16 current_offset = 0;
+  ethernet_header_t *e;
+  tcp_header_t *tcp;
+  u8 *data = vlib_buffer_get_current (b);
+  u16 ethertype;
+  e = (void *) data;
+  current_offset += sizeof (e[0]);
+  ethertype = clib_net_to_host_u16 (e->type);
+  if (ethernet_frame_is_tagged (ethertype))
+    {
+      ethernet_vlan_header_t *vlan = (ethernet_vlan_header_t *) (e + 1);
+      ethertype = clib_net_to_host_u16 (vlan->type);
+      current_offset += sizeof (*vlan);
+      if (ethertype == ETHERNET_TYPE_VLAN)
+	{
+	  vlan++;
+	  current_offset += sizeof (*vlan);
+	  ethertype = clib_net_to_host_u16 (vlan->type);
+	}
+    }
+  data += current_offset;
+  if (ethertype == ETHERNET_TYPE_IP4)
+    {
+      data += sizeof (ip4_header_t);
+      tcp = (void *) data;
+      l4_hdr_sz = tcp_header_bytes (tcp);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      /* FIXME: extension headers...*/
+      data += sizeof (ip6_header_t);
+      tcp = (void *) data;
+      l4_hdr_sz = tcp_header_bytes (tcp);
+    }
+  return l4_hdr_sz;
+}
+
+static_always_inline void
+dpdk_process_lro_offload (dpdk_device_t *xd, dpdk_per_thread_data_t *ptd,
+			  uword n_rx_packets)
+{
+  uword n;
+  vlib_buffer_t *b0;
+  for (n = 0; n < n_rx_packets; n++)
+    {
+      b0 = vlib_buffer_from_rte_mbuf (ptd->mbufs[n]);
+      if (ptd->flags[n] & PKT_RX_LRO)
+	{
+	  b0->flags |= VNET_BUFFER_F_GSO;
+	  vnet_buffer2 (b0)->gso_size = ptd->mbufs[n]->tso_segsz;
+	  vnet_buffer2 (b0)->gso_l4_hdr_sz = dpdk_lro_find_l4_hdr_sz (b0);
+	}
+    }
+}
+
 static_always_inline u32
 dpdk_device_input (vlib_main_t * vm, dpdk_main_t * dm, dpdk_device_t * xd,
 		   vlib_node_runtime_t * node, u32 thread_index, u16 queue_id)
@@ -289,7 +348,7 @@
   struct rte_mbuf **mb;
   vlib_buffer_t *b0;
   u16 *next;
-  u16 or_flags;
+  u32 or_flags;
   u32 n;
   int single_next = 0;
 
@@ -339,6 +398,9 @@
   else
     n_rx_bytes = dpdk_process_rx_burst (vm, ptd, n_rx_packets, 0, &or_flags);
 
+  if (PREDICT_FALSE ((or_flags & PKT_RX_LRO)))
+    dpdk_process_lro_offload (xd, ptd, n_rx_packets);
+
   if (PREDICT_FALSE (or_flags & PKT_RX_FDIR))
     {
       /* some packets will need to go to different next nodes */