diff --git a/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.c b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.c
index d50dba4..43455a3 100644
--- a/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.c
+++ b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.c
@@ -239,7 +239,8 @@ rte_mempool_calc_obj_size(uint32_t elt_size, uint32_t flags,
  */
 size_t
 rte_mempool_xmem_size(uint32_t elt_num, size_t total_elt_sz, uint32_t pg_shift,
-		      unsigned int flags)
+		      unsigned int flags,
+		      const struct rte_mempool_info *info)
 {
 	size_t obj_per_page, pg_num, pg_sz;
 	unsigned int mask;
@@ -252,6 +253,17 @@ rte_mempool_xmem_size(uint32_t elt_num, size_t total_elt_sz, uint32_t pg_shift,
 	if (total_elt_sz == 0)
 		return 0;
 
+	if (flags & MEMPOOL_F_CAPA_ALLOCATE_IN_CLUSTERS) {
+		unsigned int align_shift =
+			rte_bsf32(
+				rte_align32pow2(total_elt_sz *
+						info->cluster_size));
+		if (pg_shift < align_shift) {
+			return ((elt_num / info->cluster_size) + 2)
+				<< align_shift;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (pg_shift == 0)
 		return total_elt_sz * elt_num;
 
@@ -362,6 +374,7 @@ rte_mempool_populate_iova(struct rte_mempool *mp, char *vaddr,
 	void *opaque)
 {
 	unsigned total_elt_sz;
+	unsigned int page_align_size = 0;
 	unsigned i = 0;
 	size_t off;
 	struct rte_mempool_memhdr *memhdr;
@@ -407,7 +420,11 @@ rte_mempool_populate_iova(struct rte_mempool *mp, char *vaddr,
 	memhdr->free_cb = free_cb;
 	memhdr->opaque = opaque;
 
-	if (mp->flags & MEMPOOL_F_CAPA_BLK_ALIGNED_OBJECTS)
+	if (mp->flags & MEMPOOL_F_CAPA_ALLOCATE_IN_CLUSTERS) {
+		page_align_size = rte_align32pow2(total_elt_sz *
+						  mp->info.cluster_size);
+		off = RTE_PTR_ALIGN_CEIL(vaddr, page_align_size) - vaddr;
+	} else if (mp->flags & MEMPOOL_F_CAPA_BLK_ALIGNED_OBJECTS)
 		/* align object start address to a multiple of total_elt_sz */
 		off = total_elt_sz - ((uintptr_t)vaddr % total_elt_sz);
 	else if (mp->flags & MEMPOOL_F_NO_CACHE_ALIGN)
@@ -424,6 +441,10 @@ rte_mempool_populate_iova(struct rte_mempool *mp, char *vaddr,
 			mempool_add_elem(mp, (char *)vaddr + off, iova + off);
 		off += mp->elt_size + mp->trailer_size;
 		i++;
+		if ((mp->flags & MEMPOOL_F_CAPA_ALLOCATE_IN_CLUSTERS) &&
+		    (i % mp->info.cluster_size) == 0)
+			off = RTE_PTR_ALIGN_CEIL((char *)vaddr + off,
+						 page_align_size) - vaddr;
 	}
 
 	/* not enough room to store one object */
@@ -579,6 +600,16 @@ rte_mempool_populate_default(struct rte_mempool *mp)
 	if ((ret < 0) && (ret != -ENOTSUP))
 		return ret;
 
+	ret = rte_mempool_ops_get_info(mp, &mp->info);
+	if ((ret < 0) && (ret != -ENOTSUP))
+		return ret;
+	if (ret == -ENOTSUP)
+		mp->info.cluster_size = 0;
+
+	if ((mp->info.cluster_size == 0) &&
+	    (mp_flags & MEMPOOL_F_CAPA_ALLOCATE_IN_CLUSTERS))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	/* update mempool capabilities */
 	mp->flags |= mp_flags;
 
@@ -595,7 +626,7 @@ rte_mempool_populate_default(struct rte_mempool *mp)
 	total_elt_sz = mp->header_size + mp->elt_size + mp->trailer_size;
 	for (mz_id = 0, n = mp->size; n > 0; mz_id++, n -= ret) {
 		size = rte_mempool_xmem_size(n, total_elt_sz, pg_shift,
-						mp->flags);
+					     mp->flags, &mp->info);
 
 		ret = snprintf(mz_name, sizeof(mz_name),
 			RTE_MEMPOOL_MZ_FORMAT "_%d", mp->name, mz_id);
@@ -653,7 +684,7 @@ get_anon_size(const struct rte_mempool *mp)
 	pg_shift = rte_bsf32(pg_sz);
 	total_elt_sz = mp->header_size + mp->elt_size + mp->trailer_size;
 	size = rte_mempool_xmem_size(mp->size, total_elt_sz, pg_shift,
-					mp->flags);
+				       mp->flags, &mp->info);
 
 	return size;
 }
diff --git a/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.h b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.h
index 3c59d36..9bcb8b7 100644
--- a/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.h
+++ b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.h
@@ -220,7 +220,10 @@ struct rte_mempool_memhdr {
 /*
  * Additional information about the mempool
  */
-struct rte_mempool_info;
+struct rte_mempool_info {
+	/** Number of objects in a cluster */
+	unsigned int cluster_size;
+};
 
 /**
  * The RTE mempool structure.
@@ -265,6 +268,7 @@ struct rte_mempool {
 	struct rte_mempool_objhdr_list elt_list; /**< List of objects in pool */
 	uint32_t nb_mem_chunks;          /**< Number of memory chunks */
 	struct rte_mempool_memhdr_list mem_list; /**< List of memory chunks */
+	struct rte_mempool_info info; /**< Additional mempool info */
 
 #ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_MEMPOOL_DEBUG
 	/** Per-lcore statistics. */
@@ -298,6 +302,17 @@ struct rte_mempool {
 #define MEMPOOL_F_CAPA_BLK_ALIGNED_OBJECTS 0x0080
 
 /**
+ * This capability flag is advertised by a mempool handler. Used for a case
+ * where mempool driver wants clusters of objects start at a power-of-two
+ * boundary
+ *
+ * Note:
+ * - This flag should not be passed by application.
+ *   Flag used for mempool driver only.
+ */
+#define MEMPOOL_F_CAPA_ALLOCATE_IN_CLUSTERS 0x0100
+
+/**
  * @internal When debug is enabled, store some statistics.
  *
  * @param mp
@@ -1605,11 +1620,15 @@ uint32_t rte_mempool_calc_obj_size(uint32_t elt_size, uint32_t flags,
  *   LOG2 of the physical pages size. If set to 0, ignore page boundaries.
  * @param flags
  *  The mempool flags.
+ * @param info
+ *  A pointer to the mempool's additional info (may be NULL unless
+ *  MEMPOOL_F_CAPA_ALLOCATE_IN_CLUSTERS is set in @arg flags)
  * @return
  *   Required memory size aligned at page boundary.
  */
 size_t rte_mempool_xmem_size(uint32_t elt_num, size_t total_elt_sz,
-	uint32_t pg_shift, unsigned int flags);
+			     uint32_t pg_shift, unsigned int flags,
+			     const struct rte_mempool_info *info);
 
 /**
  * Get the size of memory required to store mempool elements.
diff --git a/test/test/test_mempool.c b/test/test/test_mempool.c
index 37ead50..f4bb9a9 100644
--- a/test/test/test_mempool.c
+++ b/test/test/test_mempool.c
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ test_mempool_xmem_misc(void)
 	elt_num = MAX_KEEP;
 	total_size = rte_mempool_calc_obj_size(MEMPOOL_ELT_SIZE, 0, NULL);
 	sz = rte_mempool_xmem_size(elt_num, total_size, MEMPOOL_PG_SHIFT_MAX,
-					0);
+				   0, NULL);
 
 	usz = rte_mempool_xmem_usage(NULL, elt_num, total_size, 0, 1,
 		MEMPOOL_PG_SHIFT_MAX, 0);
