diff --git a/test/test/test_eventdev_sw.c b/test/test/test_eventdev_sw.c
index 89e17b4..fd6447e 100644
--- a/test/test/test_eventdev_sw.c
+++ b/test/test/test_eventdev_sw.c
@@ -100,6 +100,69 @@ rte_gen_arp(int portid, struct rte_mempool *mp)
 	return m;
 }
 
+static void
+xstats_print(void)
+{
+	const uint32_t XSTATS_MAX = 1024;
+	uint32_t i;
+	uint32_t ids[XSTATS_MAX];
+	uint64_t values[XSTATS_MAX];
+	struct rte_event_dev_xstats_name xstats_names[XSTATS_MAX];
+
+	for (i = 0; i < XSTATS_MAX; i++)
+		ids[i] = i;
+
+	/* Device names / values */
+	int ret = rte_event_dev_xstats_names_get(evdev,
+					RTE_EVENT_DEV_XSTATS_DEVICE, 0,
+					xstats_names, ids, XSTATS_MAX);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		printf("%d: xstats names get() returned error\n",
+			__LINE__);
+		return;
+	}
+	ret = rte_event_dev_xstats_get(evdev,
+					RTE_EVENT_DEV_XSTATS_DEVICE,
+					0, ids, values, ret);
+	if (ret > (signed int)XSTATS_MAX)
+		printf("%s %d: more xstats available than space\n",
+				__func__, __LINE__);
+	for (i = 0; (signed int)i < ret; i++) {
+		printf("%d : %s : %"PRIu64"\n",
+				i, xstats_names[i].name, values[i]);
+	}
+
+	/* Port names / values */
+	ret = rte_event_dev_xstats_names_get(evdev,
+					RTE_EVENT_DEV_XSTATS_PORT, 0,
+					xstats_names, ids, XSTATS_MAX);
+	ret = rte_event_dev_xstats_get(evdev,
+					RTE_EVENT_DEV_XSTATS_PORT, 1,
+					ids, values, ret);
+	if (ret > (signed int)XSTATS_MAX)
+		printf("%s %d: more xstats available than space\n",
+				__func__, __LINE__);
+	for (i = 0; (signed int)i < ret; i++) {
+		printf("%d : %s : %"PRIu64"\n",
+				i, xstats_names[i].name, values[i]);
+	}
+
+	/* Queue names / values */
+	ret = rte_event_dev_xstats_names_get(evdev,
+					RTE_EVENT_DEV_XSTATS_QUEUE, 0,
+					xstats_names, ids, XSTATS_MAX);
+	ret = rte_event_dev_xstats_get(evdev,
+					RTE_EVENT_DEV_XSTATS_QUEUE,
+					1, ids, values, ret);
+	if (ret > (signed int)XSTATS_MAX)
+		printf("%s %d: more xstats available than space\n",
+				__func__, __LINE__);
+	for (i = 0; (signed int)i < ret; i++) {
+		printf("%d : %s : %"PRIu64"\n",
+				i, xstats_names[i].name, values[i]);
+	}
+}
+
 /* initialization and config */
 static inline int
 init(struct test *t, int nb_queues, int nb_ports)
@@ -2600,6 +2663,324 @@ unordered_basic(struct test *t)
 	return parallel_basic(t, 0);
 }
 
+static int
+holb(struct test *t) /* test to check we avoid basic head-of-line blocking */
+{
+	const struct rte_event new_ev = {
+			.op = RTE_EVENT_OP_NEW
+			/* all other fields zero */
+	};
+	struct rte_event ev = new_ev;
+	unsigned int rx_port = 0; /* port we get the first flow on */
+	char rx_port_used_stat[64];
+	char rx_port_free_stat[64];
+	char other_port_used_stat[64];
+
+	if (init(t, 1, 2) < 0 ||
+			create_ports(t, 2) < 0 ||
+			create_atomic_qids(t, 1) < 0) {
+		printf("%d: Error initializing device\n", __LINE__);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	int nb_links = rte_event_port_link(evdev, t->port[1], NULL, NULL, 0);
+	if (rte_event_port_link(evdev, t->port[0], NULL, NULL, 0) != 1 ||
+			nb_links != 1) {
+		printf("%d: Error links queue to ports\n", __LINE__);
+		goto err;
+	}
+	if (rte_event_dev_start(evdev) < 0) {
+		printf("%d: Error with start call\n", __LINE__);
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	/* send one packet and see where it goes, port 0 or 1 */
+	if (rte_event_enqueue_burst(evdev, t->port[0], &ev, 1) != 1) {
+		printf("%d: Error doing first enqueue\n", __LINE__);
+		goto err;
+	}
+	rte_event_schedule(evdev);
+
+	if (rte_event_dev_xstats_by_name_get(evdev, "port_0_cq_ring_used", NULL)
+			!= 1)
+		rx_port = 1;
+
+	snprintf(rx_port_used_stat, sizeof(rx_port_used_stat),
+			"port_%u_cq_ring_used", rx_port);
+	snprintf(rx_port_free_stat, sizeof(rx_port_free_stat),
+			"port_%u_cq_ring_free", rx_port);
+	snprintf(other_port_used_stat, sizeof(other_port_used_stat),
+			"port_%u_cq_ring_used", rx_port ^ 1);
+	if (rte_event_dev_xstats_by_name_get(evdev, rx_port_used_stat, NULL)
+			!= 1) {
+		printf("%d: Error, first event not scheduled\n", __LINE__);
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	/* now fill up the rx port's queue with one flow to cause HOLB */
+	do {
+		ev = new_ev;
+		if (rte_event_enqueue_burst(evdev, t->port[0], &ev, 1) != 1) {
+			printf("%d: Error with enqueue\n", __LINE__);
+			goto err;
+		}
+		rte_event_schedule(evdev);
+	} while (rte_event_dev_xstats_by_name_get(evdev,
+				rx_port_free_stat, NULL) != 0);
+
+	/* one more packet, which needs to stay in IQ - i.e. HOLB */
+	ev = new_ev;
+	if (rte_event_enqueue_burst(evdev, t->port[0], &ev, 1) != 1) {
+		printf("%d: Error with enqueue\n", __LINE__);
+		goto err;
+	}
+	rte_event_schedule(evdev);
+
+	/* check that the other port still has an empty CQ */
+	if (rte_event_dev_xstats_by_name_get(evdev, other_port_used_stat, NULL)
+			!= 0) {
+		printf("%d: Error, second port CQ is not empty\n", __LINE__);
+		goto err;
+	}
+	/* check IQ now has one packet */
+	if (rte_event_dev_xstats_by_name_get(evdev, "qid_0_iq_0_used", NULL)
+			!= 1) {
+		printf("%d: Error, QID does not have exactly 1 packet\n",
+			__LINE__);
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	/* send another flow, which should pass the other IQ entry */
+	ev = new_ev;
+	ev.flow_id = 1;
+	if (rte_event_enqueue_burst(evdev, t->port[0], &ev, 1) != 1) {
+		printf("%d: Error with enqueue\n", __LINE__);
+		goto err;
+	}
+	rte_event_schedule(evdev);
+
+	if (rte_event_dev_xstats_by_name_get(evdev, other_port_used_stat, NULL)
+			!= 1) {
+		printf("%d: Error, second flow did not pass out first\n",
+			__LINE__);
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	if (rte_event_dev_xstats_by_name_get(evdev, "qid_0_iq_0_used", NULL)
+			!= 1) {
+		printf("%d: Error, QID does not have exactly 1 packet\n",
+			__LINE__);
+		goto err;
+	}
+	cleanup(t);
+	return 0;
+err:
+	rte_event_dev_dump(evdev, stdout);
+	cleanup(t);
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static int
+worker_loopback_worker_fn(void *arg)
+{
+	struct test *t = arg;
+	uint8_t port = t->port[1];
+	int count = 0;
+	int enqd;
+
+	/*
+	 * Takes packets from the input port and then loops them back through
+	 * the Eventdev. Each packet gets looped through QIDs 0-8, 16 times
+	 * so each packet goes through 8*16 = 128 times.
+	 */
+	printf("%d: \tWorker function started\n", __LINE__);
+	while (count < NUM_PACKETS) {
+#define BURST_SIZE 32
+		struct rte_event ev[BURST_SIZE];
+		uint16_t i, nb_rx = rte_event_dequeue_burst(evdev, port, ev,
+				BURST_SIZE, 0);
+		if (nb_rx == 0) {
+			rte_pause();
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		for (i = 0; i < nb_rx; i++) {
+			ev[i].queue_id++;
+			if (ev[i].queue_id != 8) {
+				ev[i].op = RTE_EVENT_OP_FORWARD;
+				enqd = rte_event_enqueue_burst(evdev, port,
+						&ev[i], 1);
+				if (enqd != 1) {
+					printf("%d: Can't enqueue FWD!!\n",
+							__LINE__);
+					return -1;
+				}
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			ev[i].queue_id = 0;
+			ev[i].mbuf->udata64++;
+			if (ev[i].mbuf->udata64 != 16) {
+				ev[i].op = RTE_EVENT_OP_FORWARD;
+				enqd = rte_event_enqueue_burst(evdev, port,
+						&ev[i], 1);
+				if (enqd != 1) {
+					printf("%d: Can't enqueue FWD!!\n",
+							__LINE__);
+					return -1;
+				}
+				continue;
+			}
+			/* we have hit 16 iterations through system - drop */
+			rte_pktmbuf_free(ev[i].mbuf);
+			count++;
+			ev[i].op = RTE_EVENT_OP_RELEASE;
+			enqd = rte_event_enqueue_burst(evdev, port, &ev[i], 1);
+			if (enqd != 1) {
+				printf("%d drop enqueue failed\n", __LINE__);
+				return -1;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+worker_loopback_producer_fn(void *arg)
+{
+	struct test *t = arg;
+	uint8_t port = t->port[0];
+	uint64_t count = 0;
+
+	printf("%d: \tProducer function started\n", __LINE__);
+	while (count < NUM_PACKETS) {
+		struct rte_mbuf *m = 0;
+		do {
+			m = rte_pktmbuf_alloc(t->mbuf_pool);
+		} while (m == NULL);
+
+		m->udata64 = 0;
+
+		struct rte_event ev = {
+				.op = RTE_EVENT_OP_NEW,
+				.queue_id = t->qid[0],
+				.flow_id = (uintptr_t)m & 0xFFFF,
+				.mbuf = m,
+		};
+
+		if (rte_event_enqueue_burst(evdev, port, &ev, 1) != 1) {
+			while (rte_event_enqueue_burst(evdev, port, &ev, 1) !=
+					1)
+				rte_pause();
+		}
+
+		count++;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+worker_loopback(struct test *t)
+{
+	/* use a single producer core, and a worker core to see what happens
+	 * if the worker loops packets back multiple times
+	 */
+	struct test_event_dev_stats stats;
+	uint64_t print_cycles = 0, cycles = 0;
+	uint64_t tx_pkts = 0;
+	int err;
+	int w_lcore, p_lcore;
+
+	if (init(t, 8, 2) < 0 ||
+			create_atomic_qids(t, 8) < 0) {
+		printf("%d: Error initializing device\n", __LINE__);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/* RX with low max events */
+	static struct rte_event_port_conf conf = {
+			.dequeue_depth = 32,
+			.enqueue_depth = 64,
+	};
+	/* beware: this cannot be initialized in the static above as it would
+	 * only be initialized once - and this needs to be set for multiple runs
+	 */
+	conf.new_event_threshold = 512;
+
+	if (rte_event_port_setup(evdev, 0, &conf) < 0) {
+		printf("Error setting up RX port\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+	t->port[0] = 0;
+	/* TX with higher max events */
+	conf.new_event_threshold = 4096;
+	if (rte_event_port_setup(evdev, 1, &conf) < 0) {
+		printf("Error setting up TX port\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+	t->port[1] = 1;
+
+	/* CQ mapping to QID */
+	err = rte_event_port_link(evdev, t->port[1], NULL, NULL, 0);
+	if (err != 8) { /* should have mapped all queues*/
+		printf("%d: error mapping port 2 to all qids\n", __LINE__);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (rte_event_dev_start(evdev) < 0) {
+		printf("%d: Error with start call\n", __LINE__);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	p_lcore = rte_get_next_lcore(
+			/* start core */ -1,
+			/* skip master */ 1,
+			/* wrap */ 0);
+	w_lcore = rte_get_next_lcore(p_lcore, 1, 0);
+
+	rte_eal_remote_launch(worker_loopback_producer_fn, t, p_lcore);
+	rte_eal_remote_launch(worker_loopback_worker_fn, t, w_lcore);
+
+	print_cycles = cycles = rte_get_timer_cycles();
+	while (rte_eal_get_lcore_state(p_lcore) != FINISHED ||
+			rte_eal_get_lcore_state(w_lcore) != FINISHED) {
+
+		rte_event_schedule(evdev);
+
+		uint64_t new_cycles = rte_get_timer_cycles();
+
+		if (new_cycles - print_cycles > rte_get_timer_hz()) {
+			test_event_dev_stats_get(evdev, &stats);
+			printf(
+				"%d: \tSched Rx = %"PRIu64", Tx = %"PRIu64"\n",
+				__LINE__, stats.rx_pkts, stats.tx_pkts);
+
+			print_cycles = new_cycles;
+		}
+		if (new_cycles - cycles > rte_get_timer_hz() * 3) {
+			test_event_dev_stats_get(evdev, &stats);
+			if (stats.tx_pkts == tx_pkts) {
+				rte_event_dev_dump(evdev, stdout);
+				printf("Dumping xstats:\n");
+				xstats_print();
+				printf(
+					"%d: No schedules for seconds, deadlock\n",
+					__LINE__);
+				return -1;
+			}
+			tx_pkts = stats.tx_pkts;
+			cycles = new_cycles;
+		}
+	}
+	rte_event_schedule(evdev); /* ensure all completions are flushed */
+
+	rte_eal_mp_wait_lcore();
+
+	cleanup(t);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static struct rte_mempool *eventdev_func_mempool;
 
 static int
@@ -2778,6 +3159,23 @@ test_sw_eventdev(void)
 		printf("ERROR - Port Reconfig Credits Reset test FAILED.\n");
 		return ret;
 	}
+	printf("*** Running Head-of-line-blocking test...\n");
+	ret = holb(t);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		printf("ERROR - Head-of-line-blocking test FAILED.\n");
+		return ret;
+	}
+	if (rte_lcore_count() >= 3) {
+		printf("*** Running Worker loopback test...\n");
+		ret = worker_loopback(t);
+		if (ret != 0) {
+			printf("ERROR - Worker loopback test FAILED.\n");
+			return ret;
+		}
+	} else {
+		printf("### Not enough cores for worker loopback test.\n");
+		printf("### Need at least 3 cores for test.\n");
+	}
 	/*
 	 * Free test instance, leaving mempool initialized, and a pointer to it
 	 * in static eventdev_func_mempool, as it is re-used on re-runs
