diff --git a/config/arm/meson.build b/config/arm/meson.build
index 979018e..b4b4cac 100644
--- a/config/arm/meson.build
+++ b/config/arm/meson.build
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ flags_common_default = [
 	['RTE_LIBRTE_AVP_PMD', false],
 
 	['RTE_SCHED_VECTOR', false],
+	['RTE_ARM_USE_WFE', false],
 ]
 
 flags_generic = [
diff --git a/config/common_base b/config/common_base
index 8ef75c2..8861713 100644
--- a/config/common_base
+++ b/config/common_base
@@ -111,6 +111,11 @@ CONFIG_RTE_MAX_VFIO_CONTAINERS=64
 CONFIG_RTE_MALLOC_DEBUG=n
 CONFIG_RTE_EAL_NUMA_AWARE_HUGEPAGES=n
 CONFIG_RTE_USE_LIBBSD=n
+# Use WFE instructions to implement the rte_wait_for_equal_xxx APIs,
+# calling these APIs put the cores in low power state while waiting
+# for the memory address to become equal to the expected value.
+# This is supported only by aarch64.
+CONFIG_RTE_ARM_USE_WFE=n
 
 #
 # Recognize/ignore the AVX/AVX512 CPU flags for performance/power testing.
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/arm/rte_pause_64.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/arm/rte_pause_64.h
index 93895d3..dabde17 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/arm/rte_pause_64.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/arm/rte_pause_64.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  * Copyright(c) 2017 Cavium, Inc
+ * Copyright(c) 2019 Arm Limited
  */
 
 #ifndef _RTE_PAUSE_ARM64_H_
@@ -17,6 +18,35 @@ static inline void rte_pause(void)
 	asm volatile("yield" ::: "memory");
 }
 
+#ifdef RTE_ARM_USE_WFE
+#define __WAIT_UNTIL_EQUAL(name, asm_op, wide, type) \
+static __rte_always_inline void \
+rte_wait_until_equal_##name(volatile type * addr, type expected) \
+{ \
+	type tmp; \
+	asm volatile( \
+		#asm_op " %" #wide "[tmp], %[addr]\n" \
+		"cmp	%" #wide "[tmp], %" #wide "[expected]\n" \
+		"b.eq	2f\n" \
+		"sevl\n" \
+		"1:	wfe\n" \
+		#asm_op " %" #wide "[tmp], %[addr]\n" \
+		"cmp	%" #wide "[tmp], %" #wide "[expected]\n" \
+		"bne	1b\n" \
+		"2:\n" \
+		: [tmp] "=&r" (tmp) \
+		: [addr] "Q"(*addr), [expected] "r"(expected) \
+		: "cc", "memory"); \
+}
+/* Wait for *addr to be updated with expected value */
+__WAIT_UNTIL_EQUAL(relaxed_16, ldxrh, w, uint16_t)
+__WAIT_UNTIL_EQUAL(acquire_16, ldaxrh, w, uint16_t)
+__WAIT_UNTIL_EQUAL(relaxed_32, ldxr, w, uint32_t)
+__WAIT_UNTIL_EQUAL(acquire_32, ldaxr, w, uint32_t)
+__WAIT_UNTIL_EQUAL(relaxed_64, ldxr, x, uint64_t)
+__WAIT_UNTIL_EQUAL(acquire_64, ldaxr, x, uint64_t)
+#endif
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/generic/rte_pause.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/generic/rte_pause.h
index 52bd4db..8906473 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/generic/rte_pause.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/generic/rte_pause.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  * Copyright(c) 2017 Cavium, Inc
+ * Copyright(c) 2019 Arm Limited
  */
 
 #ifndef _RTE_PAUSE_H_
@@ -12,6 +13,10 @@
  *
  */
 
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <rte_common.h>
+#include <rte_atomic.h>
+
 /**
  * Pause CPU execution for a short while
  *
@@ -20,4 +25,105 @@
  */
 static inline void rte_pause(void);
 
+/**
+ * Wait for *addr to be updated with a 16-bit expected value, with a relaxed
+ * memory ordering model meaning the loads around this API can be reordered.
+ *
+ * @param addr
+ *  A pointer to the memory location.
+ * @param expected
+ *  A 16-bit expected value to be in the memory location.
+ */
+__rte_always_inline
+static void
+rte_wait_until_equal_relaxed_16(volatile uint16_t *addr, uint16_t expected);
+
+/**
+ * Wait for *addr to be updated with a 32-bit expected value, with a relaxed
+ * memory ordering model meaning the loads around this API can be reordered.
+ *
+ * @param addr
+ *  A pointer to the memory location.
+ * @param expected
+ *  A 32-bit expected value to be in the memory location.
+ */
+__rte_always_inline
+static void
+rte_wait_until_equal_relaxed_32(volatile uint32_t *addr, uint32_t expected);
+
+/**
+ * Wait for *addr to be updated with a 64-bit expected value, with a relaxed
+ * memory ordering model meaning the loads around this API can be reordered.
+ *
+ * @param addr
+ *  A pointer to the memory location.
+ * @param expected
+ *  A 64-bit expected value to be in the memory location.
+ */
+__rte_always_inline
+static void
+rte_wait_until_equal_relaxed_64(volatile uint64_t *addr, uint64_t expected);
+
+/**
+ * Wait for *addr to be updated with a 16-bit expected value, with an acquire
+ * memory ordering model meaning the loads after this API can't be observed
+ * before this API.
+ *
+ * @param addr
+ *  A pointer to the memory location.
+ * @param expected
+ *  A 16-bit expected value to be in the memory location.
+ */
+__rte_always_inline
+static void
+rte_wait_until_equal_acquire_16(volatile uint16_t *addr, uint16_t expected);
+
+/**
+ * Wait for *addr to be updated with a 32-bit expected value, with an acquire
+ * memory ordering model meaning the loads after this API can't be observed
+ * before this API.
+ *
+ * @param addr
+ *  A pointer to the memory location.
+ * @param expected
+ *  A 32-bit expected value to be in the memory location.
+ */
+__rte_always_inline
+static void
+rte_wait_until_equal_acquire_32(volatile uint32_t *addr, uint32_t expected);
+
+/**
+ * Wait for *addr to be updated with a 64-bit expected value, with an acquire
+ * memory ordering model meaning the loads after this API can't be observed
+ * before this API.
+ *
+ * @param addr
+ *  A pointer to the memory location.
+ * @param expected
+ *  A 64-bit expected value to be in the memory location.
+ */
+__rte_always_inline
+static void
+rte_wait_until_equal_acquire_64(volatile uint64_t *addr, uint64_t expected);
+
+#if !defined(RTE_ARM_USE_WFE)
+#define __WAIT_UNTIL_EQUAL(op_name, size, type, memorder) \
+__rte_always_inline \
+static void	\
+rte_wait_until_equal_##op_name##_##size(volatile type *addr, \
+	type expected) \
+{ \
+	while (__atomic_load_n(addr, memorder) != expected) \
+		rte_pause(); \
+}
+
+/* Wait for *addr to be updated with expected value */
+__WAIT_UNTIL_EQUAL(relaxed, 16, uint16_t, __ATOMIC_RELAXED)
+__WAIT_UNTIL_EQUAL(acquire, 16, uint16_t, __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE)
+__WAIT_UNTIL_EQUAL(relaxed, 32, uint32_t, __ATOMIC_RELAXED)
+__WAIT_UNTIL_EQUAL(acquire, 32, uint32_t, __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE)
+__WAIT_UNTIL_EQUAL(relaxed, 64, uint64_t, __ATOMIC_RELAXED)
+__WAIT_UNTIL_EQUAL(acquire, 64, uint64_t, __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE)
+#endif /* RTE_ARM_USE_WFE */
+
 #endif /* _RTE_PAUSE_H_ */
