diff --git a/app/test-pmd/config.c b/app/test-pmd/config.c
index 1adc9b94b..d53c527e5 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/config.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/config.c
@@ -594,6 +594,15 @@ port_offload_cap_display(portid_t port_id)
 			printf("off\n");
 	}
 
+	if (dev_info.rx_offload_capa & DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_OUTER_UDP_CKSUM) {
+		printf("RX Outer UDP checksum:               ");
+		if (ports[port_id].dev_conf.rxmode.offloads &
+		    DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_OUTER_UDP_CKSUM)
+			printf("on\n");
+		else
+			printf("off\n");
+	}
+
 	if (dev_info.rx_offload_capa & DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_TCP_LRO) {
 		printf("Large receive offload:         ");
 		if (ports[port_id].dev_conf.rxmode.offloads &
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/features.rst b/doc/guides/nics/features.rst
index d42489b6d..998f67c8e 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/features.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/features.rst
@@ -639,6 +639,11 @@ Inner L4 checksum
 
 Supports inner packet L4 checksum.
 
+* **[uses]     rte_eth_rxconf,rte_eth_rxmode**: ``offloads:DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_OUTER_UDP_CKSUM``.
+* **[provides] mbuf**: ``mbuf.ol_flags:PKT_RX_OUTER_L4_CKSUM_UNKNOWN`` |
+  ``PKT_RX_OUTER_L4_CKSUM_BAD`` | ``PKT_RX_OUTER_L4_CKSUM_GOOD`` | ``PKT_RX_OUTER_L4_CKSUM_INVALID``.
+* **[provides] rte_eth_dev_info**: ``rx_offload_capa,rx_queue_offload_capa:DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_OUTER_UDP_CKSUM``,
+
 
 .. _nic_features_packet_type_parsing:
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
index e9a82fe7f..a630c4fda 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ static const struct {
 	RTE_RX_OFFLOAD_BIT2STR(SECURITY),
 	RTE_RX_OFFLOAD_BIT2STR(KEEP_CRC),
 	RTE_RX_OFFLOAD_BIT2STR(SCTP_CKSUM),
+	RTE_RX_OFFLOAD_BIT2STR(OUTER_UDP_CKSUM),
 };
 
 #undef RTE_RX_OFFLOAD_BIT2STR
diff --git a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
index d02db14ad..821d371c3 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h
@@ -889,6 +889,7 @@ struct rte_eth_conf {
 #define DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_SECURITY         0x00008000
 #define DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_KEEP_CRC		0x00010000
 #define DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_SCTP_CKSUM	0x00020000
+#define DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_OUTER_UDP_CKSUM  0x00040000
 
 #define DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_CHECKSUM (DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_IPV4_CKSUM | \
 				 DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_UDP_CKSUM | \
diff --git a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.c b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.c
index e714c5a59..c1740ce0c 100644
--- a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.c
+++ b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.c
@@ -301,6 +301,11 @@ const char *rte_get_rx_ol_flag_name(uint64_t mask)
 	case PKT_RX_TIMESTAMP: return "PKT_RX_TIMESTAMP";
 	case PKT_RX_SEC_OFFLOAD: return "PKT_RX_SEC_OFFLOAD";
 	case PKT_RX_SEC_OFFLOAD_FAILED: return "PKT_RX_SEC_OFFLOAD_FAILED";
+	case PKT_RX_OUTER_L4_CKSUM_BAD: return "PKT_RX_OUTER_L4_CKSUM_BAD";
+	case PKT_RX_OUTER_L4_CKSUM_GOOD: return "PKT_RX_OUTER_L4_CKSUM_GOOD";
+	case PKT_RX_OUTER_L4_CKSUM_INVALID:
+		return "PKT_RX_OUTER_L4_CKSUM_INVALID";
+
 	default: return NULL;
 	}
 }
@@ -339,6 +344,13 @@ rte_get_rx_ol_flag_list(uint64_t mask, char *buf, size_t buflen)
 		{ PKT_RX_SEC_OFFLOAD, PKT_RX_SEC_OFFLOAD, NULL },
 		{ PKT_RX_SEC_OFFLOAD_FAILED, PKT_RX_SEC_OFFLOAD_FAILED, NULL },
 		{ PKT_RX_QINQ, PKT_RX_QINQ, NULL },
+		{ PKT_RX_OUTER_L4_CKSUM_BAD, PKT_RX_OUTER_L4_CKSUM_MASK, NULL },
+		{ PKT_RX_OUTER_L4_CKSUM_GOOD, PKT_RX_OUTER_L4_CKSUM_MASK,
+		  NULL },
+		{ PKT_RX_OUTER_L4_CKSUM_INVALID, PKT_RX_OUTER_L4_CKSUM_MASK,
+		  NULL },
+		{ PKT_RX_OUTER_L4_CKSUM_UNKNOWN, PKT_RX_OUTER_L4_CKSUM_MASK,
+		  "PKT_RX_OUTER_L4_CKSUM_UNKNOWN" },
 	};
 	const char *name;
 	unsigned int i;
diff --git a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
index eb11779e7..a453ec008 100644
--- a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
+++ b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
@@ -177,6 +177,25 @@ extern "C" {
  */
 #define PKT_RX_QINQ          (1ULL << 20)
 
+/**
+ * Mask of bits used to determine the status of outer RX L4 checksum.
+ * - PKT_RX_OUTER_L4_CKSUM_UNKNOWN: no info about the outer RX L4 checksum
+ * - PKT_RX_OUTER_L4_CKSUM_BAD: the outer L4 checksum in the packet is wrong
+ * - PKT_RX_OUTER_L4_CKSUM_GOOD: the outer L4 checksum in the packet is valid
+ * - PKT_RX_OUTER_L4_CKSUM_INVALID: invalid outer L4 checksum state.
+ *
+ * The detection of PKT_RX_OUTER_L4_CKSUM_GOOD shall be based on the given
+ * HW capability, At minimum, the PMD should support
+ * PKT_RX_OUTER_L4_CKSUM_UNKNOWN and PKT_RX_OUTER_L4_CKSUM_BAD states
+ * if the DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_OUTER_UDP_CKSUM offload is available.
+ */
+#define PKT_RX_OUTER_L4_CKSUM_MASK	((1ULL << 21) | (1ULL << 22))
+
+#define PKT_RX_OUTER_L4_CKSUM_UNKNOWN	0
+#define PKT_RX_OUTER_L4_CKSUM_BAD	(1ULL << 21)
+#define PKT_RX_OUTER_L4_CKSUM_GOOD	(1ULL << 22)
+#define PKT_RX_OUTER_L4_CKSUM_INVALID	((1ULL << 21) | (1ULL << 22))
+
 /* add new RX flags here */
 
 /* add new TX flags here */
