diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/sfc_efx.rst b/doc/guides/nics/sfc_efx.rst
index 2cca287..36d0974 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/sfc_efx.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/sfc_efx.rst
@@ -152,6 +152,13 @@ whitelist option like "-w 02:00.0,arg1=value1,...".
 Case-insensitive 1/y/yes/on or 0/n/no/off may be used to specify
 boolean parameters value.
 
+- ``perf_profile`` [auto|throughput|low-latency] (default **throughput**)
+
+  Choose hardware tunning to be optimized for either throughput or
+  low-latency.
+  **auto** allows NIC firmware to make a choice based on
+  installed licences and firmware variant configured using **sfboot**.
+
 - ``debug_init`` [bool] (default **n**)
 
   Enable extra logging during device intialization and startup.
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc.h b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc.h
index 0064fcb..d0aafa3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc.h
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc.h
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ struct sfc_adapter {
 
 	unsigned int			txq_max_entries;
 
+	uint32_t			evq_flags;
 	unsigned int			evq_count;
 	struct sfc_evq_info		*evq_info;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ethdev.c
index 12309ee..1df227e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ethdev.c
@@ -464,5 +464,6 @@ static struct eth_driver sfc_efx_pmd = {
 RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PCI(net_sfc_efx, sfc_efx_pmd.pci_drv);
 RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PCI_TABLE(net_sfc_efx, pci_id_sfc_efx_map);
 RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PARAM_STRING(net_sfc_efx,
+	SFC_KVARG_PERF_PROFILE "=" SFC_KVARG_VALUES_PERF_PROFILE " "
 	SFC_KVARG_MCDI_LOGGING "=" SFC_KVARG_VALUES_BOOL " "
 	SFC_KVARG_DEBUG_INIT "=" SFC_KVARG_VALUES_BOOL);
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ev.c b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ev.c
index 96b95cc..34c1127 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ev.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "sfc_ev.h"
 #include "sfc_rx.h"
 #include "sfc_tx.h"
+#include "sfc_kvargs.h"
 
 
 /* Initial delay when waiting for event queue init complete event */
@@ -365,9 +366,7 @@ sfc_ev_qstart(struct sfc_adapter *sa, unsigned int sw_index)
 
 	/* Create the common code event queue */
 	rc = efx_ev_qcreate(sa->nic, sw_index, esmp, evq_info->entries,
-			    0 /* unused on EF10 */, 0,
-			    EFX_EVQ_FLAGS_TYPE_THROUGHPUT |
-			    EFX_EVQ_FLAGS_NOTIFY_DISABLED,
+			    0 /* unused on EF10 */, 0, evq_info->flags,
 			    &evq->common);
 	if (rc != 0)
 		goto fail_ev_qcreate;
@@ -600,6 +599,25 @@ sfc_ev_qinit_info(struct sfc_adapter *sa, unsigned int sw_index)
 	SFC_ASSERT(rte_is_power_of_2(max_entries));
 
 	evq_info->max_entries = max_entries;
+	evq_info->flags = sa->evq_flags | EFX_EVQ_FLAGS_NOTIFY_DISABLED;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+sfc_kvarg_perf_profile_handler(__rte_unused const char *key,
+			       const char *value_str, void *opaque)
+{
+	uint64_t *value = opaque;
+
+	if (strcasecmp(value_str, SFC_KVARG_PERF_PROFILE_THROUGHPUT) == 0)
+		*value = EFX_EVQ_FLAGS_TYPE_THROUGHPUT;
+	else if (strcasecmp(value_str, SFC_KVARG_PERF_PROFILE_LOW_LATENCY) == 0)
+		*value = EFX_EVQ_FLAGS_TYPE_LOW_LATENCY;
+	else if (strcasecmp(value_str, SFC_KVARG_PERF_PROFILE_AUTO) == 0)
+		*value = EFX_EVQ_FLAGS_TYPE_AUTO;
+	else
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -620,6 +638,16 @@ sfc_ev_init(struct sfc_adapter *sa)
 
 	sfc_log_init(sa, "entry");
 
+	sa->evq_flags = EFX_EVQ_FLAGS_TYPE_THROUGHPUT;
+	rc = sfc_kvargs_process(sa, SFC_KVARG_PERF_PROFILE,
+				sfc_kvarg_perf_profile_handler,
+				&sa->evq_flags);
+	if (rc != 0) {
+		sfc_err(sa, "invalid %s parameter value",
+			SFC_KVARG_PERF_PROFILE);
+		goto fail_kvarg_perf_profile;
+	}
+
 	sa->evq_count = sfc_ev_qcount(sa);
 	sa->mgmt_evq_index = 0;
 	rte_spinlock_init(&sa->mgmt_evq_lock);
@@ -660,6 +688,8 @@ sfc_ev_init(struct sfc_adapter *sa)
 
 fail_evqs_alloc:
 	sa->evq_count = 0;
+
+fail_kvarg_perf_profile:
 	sfc_log_init(sa, "failed %d", rc);
 	return rc;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ev.h b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ev.h
index 110f3b6..346e3ec 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ev.h
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ struct sfc_evq_info {
 	unsigned int		max_entries;
 	/* Real number of EVQ entries, less or equal to max_entries */
 	unsigned int		entries;
+	/* Event queue creation flags */
+	uint32_t		flags;
 	/* NUMA-aware EVQ data structure used on datapath */
 	struct sfc_evq		*evq;
 };
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_kvargs.c b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_kvargs.c
index bbbd026..2ced47c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_kvargs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_kvargs.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ sfc_kvargs_parse(struct sfc_adapter *sa)
 	const char **params = (const char *[]){
 		SFC_KVARG_DEBUG_INIT,
 		SFC_KVARG_MCDI_LOGGING,
+		SFC_KVARG_PERF_PROFILE,
 		NULL,
 	};
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_kvargs.h b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_kvargs.h
index ffce851..2fea9c7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_kvargs.h
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_kvargs.h
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #define SFC_KVARG_MCDI_LOGGING		"mcdi_logging"
 
+#define SFC_KVARG_PERF_PROFILE		"perf_profile"
+
+#define SFC_KVARG_PERF_PROFILE_AUTO		"auto"
+#define SFC_KVARG_PERF_PROFILE_THROUGHPUT	"throughput"
+#define SFC_KVARG_PERF_PROFILE_LOW_LATENCY	"low-latency"
+#define SFC_KVARG_VALUES_PERF_PROFILE \
+	"[" SFC_KVARG_PERF_PROFILE_AUTO "|" \
+	    SFC_KVARG_PERF_PROFILE_THROUGHPUT "|" \
+	    SFC_KVARG_PERF_PROFILE_LOW_LATENCY "]"
+
 struct sfc_adapter;
 
 int sfc_kvargs_parse(struct sfc_adapter *sa);
