diff --git a/src/vppinfra/vector/compress.h b/src/vppinfra/vector/compress.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d5d84e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vppinfra/vector/compress.h
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * Copyright(c) 2021 Cisco Systems, Inc.
+ */
+
+#ifndef included_vector_compress_h
+#define included_vector_compress_h
+#include <vppinfra/clib.h>
+#include <vppinfra/memcpy.h>
+
+static_always_inline u32 *
+clib_compress_u32_x64 (u32 *dst, u32 *src, u64 mask)
+{
+#if defined(CLIB_HAVE_VEC512_COMPRESS)
+  u32x16u *sv = (u32x16u *) src;
+  for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
+    {
+      int cnt = _popcnt32 ((u16) mask);
+      u32x16_compress_store (sv[i], mask, dst);
+      dst += cnt;
+      mask >>= 16;
+    }
+
+#elif defined(CLIB_HAVE_VEC256_COMPRESS)
+  u32x8u *sv = (u32x8u *) src;
+  for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++)
+    {
+      int cnt = _popcnt32 ((u8) mask);
+      u32x8_compress_store (sv[i], mask, dst);
+      dst += cnt;
+      mask >>= 8;
+    }
+#else
+  while (mask)
+    {
+      u16 bit = count_trailing_zeros (mask);
+      mask = clear_lowest_set_bit (mask);
+      dst++[0] = src[bit];
+    }
+#endif
+  return dst;
+}
+
+/** \brief Compress array of 32-bit elemments into destination array based on
+ * mask
+
+    @param dst destination array of u32 elements
+    @param src source array of u32 elements
+    @param mask array of u64 values representing compress mask
+    @param n_elts number of elements in the source array
+    @return number of elements stored in destionation array
+*/
+
+static_always_inline u32
+clib_compress_u32 (u32 *dst, u32 *src, u64 *mask, u32 n_elts)
+{
+  u32 *dst0 = dst;
+  while (n_elts >= 64)
+    {
+      if (mask[0] == ~0ULL)
+	{
+	  clib_memcpy_u32 (dst, src, 64);
+	  dst += 64;
+	}
+      else
+	dst = clib_compress_u32_x64 (dst, src, mask[0]);
+
+      mask++;
+      src += 64;
+      n_elts -= 64;
+    }
+
+  if (PREDICT_TRUE (n_elts == 0))
+    return dst - dst0;
+
+  return clib_compress_u32_x64 (dst, src, mask[0] & pow2_mask (n_elts)) - dst0;
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/vppinfra/vector/mask_compare.h b/src/vppinfra/vector/mask_compare.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cac48a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vppinfra/vector/mask_compare.h
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * Copyright(c) 2021 Cisco Systems, Inc.
+ */
+
+#ifndef included_vector_mask_compare_h
+#define included_vector_mask_compare_h
+#include <vppinfra/clib.h>
+#include <vppinfra/memcpy.h>
+
+static_always_inline u64
+clib_mask_compare_u16_x64 (u16 v, u16 *a, u32 n_elts)
+{
+  u64 mask = 0;
+#if defined(CLIB_HAVE_VEC512)
+  u16x32 v32 = u16x32_splat (v);
+  u16x32u *av = (u16x32u *) a;
+  mask = ((u64) u16x32_is_equal_mask (av[0], v32) |
+	  (u64) u16x32_is_equal_mask (av[1], v32) << 32);
+#elif defined(CLIB_HAVE_VEC256)
+  u16x16 v16 = u16x16_splat (v);
+  u16x16u *av = (u16x16u *) a;
+  i8x32 x;
+
+  x = i8x32_pack (v16 == av[0], v16 == av[1]);
+  mask = i8x32_msb_mask ((i8x32) u64x4_permute (x, 0, 2, 1, 3));
+  x = i8x32_pack (v16 == av[2], v16 == av[3]);
+  mask |= (u64) i8x32_msb_mask ((i8x32) u64x4_permute (x, 0, 2, 1, 3)) << 32;
+#elif defined(CLIB_HAVE_VEC128) && defined(__ARM_NEON)
+  u16x8 v8 = u16x8_splat (v);
+  u16x8 m = { 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 };
+  u16x8u *av = (u16x8u *) a;
+
+  /* compare each u16 elemment with v8, result gives 0xffff in each element
+     of the resulting vector if comparison result is true.
+     Bitwise AND with m will give us one bit set for true result and offset
+     of that bit represend element index. Finally vaddvq_u16() gives us sum
+     of all elements of the vector which will give us u8 bitmap. */
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++)
+    mask |= (u64) vaddvq_u16 ((av[i] == v8) & m) << (i * 8);
+
+#elif defined(CLIB_HAVE_VEC128) && defined(CLIB_HAVE_VEC128_MSB_MASK)
+  u16x8 v8 = u16x8_splat (v);
+  u16x8u *av = (u16x8u *) a;
+  mask = ((u64) i8x16_msb_mask (i8x16_pack (v8 == av[0], v8 == av[1])) |
+	  (u64) i8x16_msb_mask (i8x16_pack (v8 == av[2], v8 == av[3])) << 16 |
+	  (u64) i8x16_msb_mask (i8x16_pack (v8 == av[4], v8 == av[5])) << 32 |
+	  (u64) i8x16_msb_mask (i8x16_pack (v8 == av[6], v8 == av[7])) << 48);
+#else
+  for (int i = 0; i < n_elts; i++)
+    if (a[i] == v)
+      mask |= 1ULL << i;
+#endif
+  return mask;
+}
+
+/** \brief Compare 16-bit elemments with provied value and return bitmap
+
+    @param v value to compare elements with
+    @param a array of u16 elements
+    @param mask array of u64 where reuslting mask will be stored
+    @param n_elts number of elements in the array
+    @return none
+*/
+
+static_always_inline void
+clib_mask_compare_u16 (u16 v, u16 *a, u64 *mask, u32 n_elts)
+{
+  while (n_elts >= 64)
+    {
+      mask++[0] = clib_mask_compare_u16_x64 (v, a, 64);
+      n_elts -= 64;
+      a += 64;
+    }
+
+  if (PREDICT_TRUE (n_elts == 0))
+    return;
+
+  mask[0] = clib_mask_compare_u16_x64 (v, a, n_elts) & pow2_mask (n_elts);
+}
+
+static_always_inline u64
+clib_mask_compare_u32_x64 (u32 v, u32 *a, u32 n_elts)
+{
+  u64 mask = 0;
+#if defined(CLIB_HAVE_VEC512)
+  u32x16 v16 = u32x16_splat (v);
+  u32x16u *av = (u32x16u *) a;
+  mask = ((u64) u32x16_is_equal_mask (av[0], v16) |
+	  (u64) u32x16_is_equal_mask (av[1], v16) << 16 |
+	  (u64) u32x16_is_equal_mask (av[2], v16) << 32 |
+	  (u64) u32x16_is_equal_mask (av[3], v16) << 48);
+#elif defined(CLIB_HAVE_VEC256)
+  u32x8 v8 = u32x8_splat (v);
+  u32x8u *av = (u32x8u *) a;
+  u32x8 m = { 0, 4, 1, 5, 2, 6, 3, 7 };
+  i8x32 c;
+
+  c = i8x32_pack (i16x16_pack ((i32x8) (v8 == av[0]), (i32x8) (v8 == av[1])),
+		  i16x16_pack ((i32x8) (v8 == av[2]), (i32x8) (v8 == av[3])));
+  mask = i8x32_msb_mask ((i8x32) u32x8_permute ((u32x8) c, m));
+
+  c = i8x32_pack (i16x16_pack ((i32x8) (v8 == av[4]), (i32x8) (v8 == av[5])),
+		  i16x16_pack ((i32x8) (v8 == av[6]), (i32x8) (v8 == av[7])));
+  mask |= (u64) i8x32_msb_mask ((i8x32) u32x8_permute ((u32x8) c, m)) << 32;
+
+#elif defined(CLIB_HAVE_VEC128) && defined(__ARM_NEON)
+  u32x4 v4 = u32x4_splat (v);
+  u32x4 m = { 1, 2, 4, 8 };
+  u32x4u *av = (u32x4u *) a;
+
+  /* compare each u32 elemment with v4, result gives -1 in each element
+     of the resulting vector if comparison result is true.
+     Bitwise AND with m will give us one bit set for true result and offset
+     of that bit represend element index. Finally vaddvq_u32() gives us sum
+     of all elements of the vector which will give us u8 bitmap. */
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++)
+    mask |= (u64) vaddvq_u32 ((av[i] == v4) & m) << (i * 4);
+
+#elif defined(CLIB_HAVE_VEC128) && defined(CLIB_HAVE_VEC128_MSB_MASK)
+  u32x4 v4 = u32x4_splat (v);
+  u32x4u *av = (u32x4u *) a;
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
+    {
+      i16x8 p1 = i16x8_pack (v4 == av[0], v4 == av[1]);
+      i16x8 p2 = i16x8_pack (v4 == av[2], v4 == av[3]);
+      mask |= (u64) i8x16_msb_mask (i8x16_pack (p1, p2)) << (i * 16);
+      av += 4;
+    }
+
+#else
+  for (int i = 0; i < n_elts; i++)
+    if (a[i] == v)
+      mask |= 1ULL << i;
+#endif
+  return mask;
+}
+
+/** \brief Compare 32-bit elemments with provied value and return bitmap
+
+    @param v value to compare elements with
+    @param a array of u32 elements
+    @param mask array of u64 where reuslting mask will be stored
+    @param n_elts number of elements in the array
+    @return none
+*/
+
+static_always_inline void
+clib_mask_compare_u32 (u32 v, u32 *a, u64 *bitmap, u32 n_elts)
+{
+  while (n_elts >= 64)
+    {
+      bitmap++[0] = clib_mask_compare_u32_x64 (v, a, 64);
+      n_elts -= 64;
+      a += 64;
+    }
+
+  if (PREDICT_TRUE (n_elts == 0))
+    return;
+
+  bitmap[0] = clib_mask_compare_u32_x64 (v, a, n_elts) & pow2_mask (n_elts);
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/vppinfra/vector/test/compress.c b/src/vppinfra/vector/test/compress.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e3eba9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vppinfra/vector/test/compress.c
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * Copyright(c) 2021 Cisco Systems, Inc.
+ */
+
+#include <vppinfra/format.h>
+#include <vppinfra/vector/test/test.h>
+#include <vppinfra/vector/compress.h>
+
+__clib_test_fn u32
+clib_compress_u32_wrapper (u32 *dst, u32 *src, u64 *mask, u32 n_elts)
+{
+  return clib_compress_u32 (dst, src, mask, n_elts);
+}
+
+typedef struct
+{
+  u64 mask[10];
+  u32 n_elts;
+} compress_test_t;
+
+static compress_test_t tests[] = {
+  { .mask = { 1 }, .n_elts = 1 },
+  { .mask = { 2 }, .n_elts = 2 },
+  { .mask = { 3 }, .n_elts = 2 },
+  { .mask = { 0, 1 }, .n_elts = 66 },
+  { .mask = { 0, 2 }, .n_elts = 69 },
+  { .mask = { 0, 3 }, .n_elts = 66 },
+  { .mask = { ~0ULL, ~0ULL, ~0ULL, ~0ULL }, .n_elts = 62 },
+  { .mask = { ~0ULL, ~0ULL, ~0ULL, ~0ULL }, .n_elts = 255 },
+  { .mask = { ~0ULL, 1, 1, ~0ULL }, .n_elts = 256 },
+};
+
+static clib_error_t *
+test_clib_compress_u32 (clib_error_t *err)
+{
+  u32 src[513];
+  u32 dst[513];
+  u32 i, j;
+
+  for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_LEN (src); i++)
+    src[i] = i;
+
+  for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_LEN (tests); i++)
+    {
+      compress_test_t *t = tests + i;
+      u32 *dp = dst;
+      u32 r;
+
+      for (j = 0; j < ARRAY_LEN (dst); j++)
+	dst[j] = 0xa5a5a5a5;
+
+      r = clib_compress_u32_wrapper (dst, src, t->mask, t->n_elts);
+
+      for (j = 0; j < t->n_elts; j++)
+	{
+	  if ((t->mask[j >> 6] & (1ULL << (j & 0x3f))) == 0)
+	    continue;
+
+	  if (dp[0] != src[j])
+	    return clib_error_return (err,
+				      "wrong data in testcase %u at "
+				      "(dst[%u] = 0x%x, src[%u] = 0x%x)",
+				      i, dp - dst, dp[0], j, src[j]);
+	  dp++;
+	}
+
+      if (dst[dp - dst + 1] != 0xa5a5a5a5)
+	return clib_error_return (err, "buffer overrun in testcase %u", i);
+
+      if (dp - dst != r)
+	return clib_error_return (err, "wrong number of elts in testcase %u",
+				  i);
+    }
+
+  return err;
+}
+
+REGISTER_TEST (clib_compress_u32) = {
+  .name = "clib_compress_u32",
+  .fn = test_clib_compress_u32,
+};
diff --git a/src/vppinfra/vector/test/mask_compare.c b/src/vppinfra/vector/test/mask_compare.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64df0ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vppinfra/vector/test/mask_compare.c
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * Copyright(c) 2021 Cisco Systems, Inc.
+ */
+
+#include <vppinfra/format.h>
+#include <vppinfra/vector/test/test.h>
+#include <vppinfra/vector/mask_compare.h>
+
+__clib_test_fn void
+clib_mask_compare_u16_wrapper (u16 v, u16 *a, u64 *mask, u32 n_elts)
+{
+  clib_mask_compare_u16 (v, a, mask, n_elts);
+}
+
+__clib_test_fn void
+clib_mask_compare_u32_wrapper (u32 v, u32 *a, u64 *mask, u32 n_elts)
+{
+  clib_mask_compare_u32 (v, a, mask, n_elts);
+}
+
+static clib_error_t *
+test_clib_mask_compare_u16 (clib_error_t *err)
+{
+  u16 array[513];
+  u64 mask[10];
+  u32 i, j;
+
+  for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_LEN (array); i++)
+    array[i] = i;
+
+  for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_LEN (array); i++)
+    {
+      for (j = 0; j < ARRAY_LEN (mask); j++)
+	mask[j] = 0xa5a5a5a5a5a5a5a5;
+
+      clib_mask_compare_u16_wrapper (i, array, mask, i + 1);
+
+      for (j = 0; j < (i >> 6); j++)
+	{
+	  if (mask[j])
+	    return clib_error_return (err, "mask at position %u not zero", j);
+	}
+      if (mask[j] != 1ULL << (i & 0x3f))
+	return clib_error_return (err,
+				  "mask at position %u is %lx, expected %lx",
+				  j, mask[j], 1ULL << (i % 64));
+
+      if (mask[j + 1] != 0xa5a5a5a5a5a5a5a5)
+	return clib_error_return (err, "mask overrun at position %u", j + 1);
+    }
+  return err;
+}
+
+REGISTER_TEST (clib_mask_compare_u16) = {
+  .name = "clib_mask_compare_u16",
+  .fn = test_clib_mask_compare_u16,
+};
+
+static clib_error_t *
+test_clib_mask_compare_u32 (clib_error_t *err)
+{
+  u32 array[513];
+  u64 mask[10];
+  u32 i, j;
+
+  for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_LEN (array); i++)
+    array[i] = i;
+
+  for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_LEN (array); i++)
+    {
+      for (j = 0; j < ARRAY_LEN (mask); j++)
+	mask[j] = 0xa5a5a5a5a5a5a5a5;
+
+      clib_mask_compare_u32_wrapper (i, array, mask, i + 1);
+
+      for (j = 0; j < (i >> 6); j++)
+	{
+	  if (mask[j])
+	    return clib_error_return (err, "mask at position %u not zero", j);
+	}
+      if (mask[j] != 1ULL << (i & 0x3f))
+	return clib_error_return (err,
+				  "mask at position %u is %lx, expected %lx",
+				  j, mask[j], 1ULL << (i % 64));
+
+      if (mask[j + 1] != 0xa5a5a5a5a5a5a5a5)
+	return clib_error_return (err, "mask overrun at position %u", j + 1);
+    }
+  return err;
+}
+
+REGISTER_TEST (clib_mask_compare_u32) = {
+  .name = "clib_mask_compare_u32",
+  .fn = test_clib_mask_compare_u32,
+};
diff --git a/src/vppinfra/vector/test/test.c b/src/vppinfra/vector/test/test.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e90bac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vppinfra/vector/test/test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * Copyright(c) 2021 Cisco Systems, Inc.
+ */
+
+#include <vppinfra/format.h>
+#include <vppinfra/vector/test/test.h>
+
+test_registration_t *test_registrations[CLIB_MARCH_TYPE_N_VARIANTS] = {};
+
+int
+main (int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+  clib_mem_init (0, 64ULL << 20);
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < CLIB_MARCH_TYPE_N_VARIANTS; i++)
+    {
+      test_registration_t *r = test_registrations[i];
+
+      if (r == 0)
+	continue;
+
+      fformat (stdout, "\nMultiarch Variant: %U\n", format_march_variant, i);
+      fformat (stdout,
+	       "-------------------------------------------------------\n");
+      while (r)
+	{
+	  clib_error_t *err;
+	  err = (r->fn) (0);
+	  fformat (stdout, "%-50s %s\n", r->name, err ? "FAIL" : "PASS");
+	  if (err)
+	    {
+	      clib_error_report (err);
+	      fformat (stdout, "\n");
+	    }
+
+	  r = r->next;
+	}
+    }
+
+  fformat (stdout, "\n");
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/vppinfra/vector/test/test.h b/src/vppinfra/vector/test/test.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc499fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vppinfra/vector/test/test.h
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * Copyright(c) 2021 Cisco Systems, Inc.
+ */
+
+#ifndef included_test_test_h
+#define included_test_test_h
+
+#include <vppinfra/cpu.h>
+
+typedef clib_error_t *(test_fn_t) (clib_error_t *);
+
+typedef struct test_registration_
+{
+  char *name;
+  u8 multiarch : 1;
+  test_fn_t *fn;
+  struct test_registration_ *next;
+} test_registration_t;
+
+extern test_registration_t *test_registrations[CLIB_MARCH_TYPE_N_VARIANTS];
+
+#define __clib_test_fn static __clib_noinline __clib_section (".test_wrapper")
+
+#define REGISTER_TEST(x)                                                      \
+  test_registration_t CLIB_MARCH_SFX (__test_##x);                            \
+  static void __clib_constructor CLIB_MARCH_SFX (__test_registration_##x) (   \
+    void)                                                                     \
+  {                                                                           \
+    test_registration_t *r = &CLIB_MARCH_SFX (__test_##x);                    \
+    r->next = test_registrations[CLIB_MARCH_SFX (CLIB_MARCH_VARIANT_TYPE)];   \
+    test_registrations[CLIB_MARCH_SFX (CLIB_MARCH_VARIANT_TYPE)] = r;         \
+  }                                                                           \
+  test_registration_t CLIB_MARCH_SFX (__test_##x)
+
+#endif