diff --git a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
index 0984650..6290f16 100644
--- a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
+++ b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #define PKT_TX_VLAN_PKT      (1ULL << 55) /**< TX packet is a 802.1q VLAN packet. */
 #define PKT_TX_IP_CKSUM      (1ULL << 54) /**< IP cksum of TX pkt. computed by NIC. */
+#define PKT_TX_VXLAN_CKSUM   (1ULL << 50) /**< TX checksum of VxLAN computed by NIC */
 #define PKT_TX_IPV4_CSUM     PKT_TX_IP_CKSUM /**< Alias of PKT_TX_IP_CKSUM. */
 #define PKT_TX_IPV4          PKT_RX_IPV4_HDR /**< IPv4 with no IP checksum offload. */
 #define PKT_TX_IPV6          PKT_RX_IPV6_HDR /**< IPv6 packet */
@@ -196,6 +197,20 @@ struct rte_mbuf {
 			uint16_t l2_len:7;      /**< L2 (MAC) Header Length. */
 		};
 	};
+
+	/* fields to support tunnelling packet TX offloads */
+	union {
+		/**< combined inner l2/l3 lengths as single var */
+		uint16_t inner_l2_l3_len;
+
+		struct {
+			/**< inner L3 (IP) Header Length. */
+			uint16_t inner_l3_len:9;
+
+			/**< L2 (MAC) Header Length. */
+			uint16_t inner_l2_len:7;
+		};
+	};
 } __rte_cache_aligned;
 
 /**
@@ -546,6 +561,7 @@ static inline void rte_pktmbuf_reset(struct rte_mbuf *m)
 	m->next = NULL;
 	m->pkt_len = 0;
 	m->l2_l3_len = 0;
+	m->inner_l2_l3_len = 0;
 	m->vlan_tci = 0;
 	m->nb_segs = 1;
 	m->port = 0xff;
@@ -615,6 +631,7 @@ static inline void rte_pktmbuf_attach(struct rte_mbuf *mi, struct rte_mbuf *md)
 	mi->port = md->port;
 	mi->vlan_tci = md->vlan_tci;
 	mi->l2_l3_len = md->l2_l3_len;
+	mi->inner_l2_l3_len = md->inner_l2_l3_len;
 	mi->hash = md->hash;
 
 	mi->next = NULL;
diff --git a/lib/librte_pmd_i40e/i40e_rxtx.c b/lib/librte_pmd_i40e/i40e_rxtx.c
index 369bc3b..7a880bb 100644
--- a/lib/librte_pmd_i40e/i40e_rxtx.c
+++ b/lib/librte_pmd_i40e/i40e_rxtx.c
@@ -411,11 +411,14 @@ i40e_rxd_ptype_to_pkt_flags(uint64_t qword)
 }
 
 static inline void
-i40e_txd_enable_checksum(uint32_t ol_flags,
+i40e_txd_enable_checksum(uint64_t ol_flags,
 			uint32_t *td_cmd,
 			uint32_t *td_offset,
 			uint8_t l2_len,
-			uint8_t l3_len)
+			uint16_t l3_len,
+			uint8_t inner_l2_len,
+			uint16_t inner_l3_len,
+			uint32_t *cd_tunneling)
 {
 	if (!l2_len) {
 		PMD_DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "L2 length set to 0");
@@ -428,6 +431,27 @@ i40e_txd_enable_checksum(uint32_t ol_flags,
 		return;
 	}
 
+	/* VxLAN packet TX checksum offload */
+	if (unlikely(ol_flags & PKT_TX_VXLAN_CKSUM)) {
+		uint8_t l4tun_len;
+
+		l4tun_len = ETHER_VXLAN_HLEN + inner_l2_len;
+
+		if (ol_flags & PKT_TX_IPV4_CSUM)
+			*cd_tunneling |= I40E_TX_CTX_EXT_IP_IPV4;
+		else if (ol_flags & PKT_TX_IPV6)
+			*cd_tunneling |= I40E_TX_CTX_EXT_IP_IPV6;
+
+		/* Now set the ctx descriptor fields */
+		*cd_tunneling |= (l3_len >> 2) <<
+				I40E_TXD_CTX_QW0_EXT_IPLEN_SHIFT |
+				I40E_TXD_CTX_UDP_TUNNELING |
+				(l4tun_len >> 1) <<
+				I40E_TXD_CTX_QW0_NATLEN_SHIFT;
+
+		l3_len = inner_l3_len;
+	}
+
 	/* Enable L3 checksum offloads */
 	if (ol_flags & PKT_TX_IPV4_CSUM) {
 		*td_cmd |= I40E_TX_DESC_CMD_IIPT_IPV4_CSUM;
@@ -1077,7 +1101,10 @@ i40e_recv_scattered_pkts(void *rx_queue,
 static inline uint16_t
 i40e_calc_context_desc(uint64_t flags)
 {
-	uint16_t mask = 0;
+	uint64_t mask = 0ULL;
+
+	if (flags | PKT_TX_VXLAN_CKSUM)
+		mask |= PKT_TX_VXLAN_CKSUM;
 
 #ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_IEEE1588
 	mask |= PKT_TX_IEEE1588_TMST;
@@ -1098,6 +1125,7 @@ i40e_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
 	volatile struct i40e_tx_desc *txr;
 	struct rte_mbuf *tx_pkt;
 	struct rte_mbuf *m_seg;
+	uint32_t cd_tunneling_params;
 	uint16_t tx_id;
 	uint16_t nb_tx;
 	uint32_t td_cmd;
@@ -1106,7 +1134,9 @@ i40e_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
 	uint32_t td_tag;
 	uint64_t ol_flags;
 	uint8_t l2_len;
-	uint8_t l3_len;
+	uint16_t l3_len;
+	uint8_t inner_l2_len;
+	uint16_t inner_l3_len;
 	uint16_t nb_used;
 	uint16_t nb_ctx;
 	uint16_t tx_last;
@@ -1134,7 +1164,9 @@ i40e_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
 
 		ol_flags = tx_pkt->ol_flags;
 		l2_len = tx_pkt->l2_len;
+		inner_l2_len = tx_pkt->inner_l2_len;
 		l3_len = tx_pkt->l3_len;
+		inner_l3_len = tx_pkt->inner_l3_len;
 
 		/* Calculate the number of context descriptors needed. */
 		nb_ctx = i40e_calc_context_desc(ol_flags);
@@ -1182,15 +1214,17 @@ i40e_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
 		td_cmd |= I40E_TX_DESC_CMD_ICRC;
 
 		/* Enable checksum offloading */
+		cd_tunneling_params = 0;
 		i40e_txd_enable_checksum(ol_flags, &td_cmd, &td_offset,
-							l2_len, l3_len);
+						l2_len, l3_len, inner_l2_len,
+						inner_l3_len,
+						&cd_tunneling_params);
 
 		if (unlikely(nb_ctx)) {
 			/* Setup TX context descriptor if required */
 			volatile struct i40e_tx_context_desc *ctx_txd =
 				(volatile struct i40e_tx_context_desc *)\
 							&txr[tx_id];
-			uint32_t cd_tunneling_params = 0;
 			uint16_t cd_l2tag2 = 0;
 			uint64_t cd_type_cmd_tso_mss =
 				I40E_TX_DESC_DTYPE_CONTEXT;
