diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/af_xdp.rst b/doc/guides/nics/af_xdp.rst
index ec46f08f0..a255ba4e7 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/af_xdp.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/af_xdp.rst
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ The following options can be provided to set up an af_xdp port in DPDK.
 *   ``start_queue`` - starting netdev queue id (optional, default 0);
 *   ``queue_count`` - total netdev queue number (optional, default 1);
 *   ``pmd_zero_copy`` - enable zero copy or not (optional, default 0);
+*   ``queue_irq`` - pin queue irqs to specified core <queue:core> (optional,
+    default no pinning). The queue argument refers to the ethdev queue as
+    opposed to the netdev queue. These values are the same unless a value
+    greater than 0 is specified for start_queue. ixgbe, i40e and mlx5 drivers
+    supported;
 
 Prerequisites
 -------------
@@ -57,3 +62,13 @@ The following example will set up an af_xdp interface in DPDK:
 .. code-block:: console
 
     --vdev net_af_xdp,iface=ens786f1
+
+Pin queue IRQs
+--------------
+The following example will pin queue 0 interrupts to core 2 and queue 1
+interrupts to core 5.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+      --vdev=net_af_xdp1,iface=eth0,queue_count=2,
+               queue_irq=0:2,queue_irq=1:5
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_11.rst
index 27cfbd9e3..06bf57c42 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_11.rst
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ New Features
      Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
      =========================================================
 
+* **Updated the AF_XDP PMD.**
+
+  Updated the AF_XDP PMD. The new features include:
+
+  * Support for pinning netdev queue IRQs to cores specified by the user.
+    Available for ixgbe, i40e and mlx5 drivers.
+
 
 Removed Items
 -------------
diff --git a/drivers/net/af_xdp/rte_eth_af_xdp.c b/drivers/net/af_xdp/rte_eth_af_xdp.c
index e496e9aaa..dfb2845cb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/af_xdp/rte_eth_af_xdp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/af_xdp/rte_eth_af_xdp.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  */
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <regex.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <poll.h>
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <net/if.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/sysinfo.h>
 #include <linux/if_ether.h>
 #include <linux/if_xdp.h>
 #include <linux/if_link.h>
@@ -17,6 +19,8 @@
 #include <linux/sockios.h>
 #include "af_xdp_deps.h"
 #include <bpf/xsk.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <libgen.h>
 
 #include <rte_ethdev.h>
 #include <rte_ethdev_driver.h>
@@ -116,6 +120,7 @@ struct pmd_internals {
 	int queue_cnt;
 	int max_queue_cnt;
 	int combined_queue_cnt;
+	int queue_irqs[RTE_MAX_QUEUES_PER_PORT];
 
 	int pmd_zc;
 	struct rte_ether_addr eth_addr;
@@ -128,12 +133,14 @@ struct pmd_internals {
 #define ETH_AF_XDP_START_QUEUE_ARG		"start_queue"
 #define ETH_AF_XDP_QUEUE_COUNT_ARG		"queue_count"
 #define ETH_AF_XDP_PMD_ZC_ARG			"pmd_zero_copy"
+#define ETH_AF_XDP_QUEUE_IRQ_ARG		"queue_irq"
 
 static const char * const valid_arguments[] = {
 	ETH_AF_XDP_IFACE_ARG,
 	ETH_AF_XDP_START_QUEUE_ARG,
 	ETH_AF_XDP_QUEUE_COUNT_ARG,
 	ETH_AF_XDP_PMD_ZC_ARG,
+	ETH_AF_XDP_QUEUE_IRQ_ARG,
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -144,6 +151,26 @@ static const struct rte_eth_link pmd_link = {
 	.link_autoneg = ETH_LINK_AUTONEG
 };
 
+/* drivers supported for the queue_irq option */
+enum supported_drivers {
+	I40E_DRIVER,
+	IXGBE_DRIVER,
+	MLX5_DRIVER,
+	NUM_DRIVERS
+};
+const char driver_array[NUM_DRIVERS][NAME_MAX] = {"i40e", "ixgbe", "mlx5_core"};
+
+/*
+ * function pointer template to be implemented for each driver in 'driver_array'
+ * to generate the appropriate regular expression to search for in
+ * /proc/interrupts in order to identify the IRQ number for the netdev_qid of
+ * the given interface.
+ */
+typedef
+int (*generate_driver_regex_func)(struct pmd_internals *internals,
+				  uint16_t netdev_qid,
+				  char *iface_regex_str);
+
 static inline int
 reserve_fill_queue(struct xsk_umem_info *umem, uint16_t reserve_size)
 {
@@ -660,6 +687,287 @@ xsk_configure(struct pmd_internals *internals, struct pkt_rx_queue *rxq,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/** get interface's driver name to determine /proc/interrupts entry format */
+static int
+get_driver_name(struct pmd_internals *internals, char *driver)
+{
+	char driver_path[PATH_MAX];
+	struct stat s;
+	char link[PATH_MAX];
+	int len;
+
+	snprintf(driver_path, sizeof(driver_path),
+			"/sys/class/net/%s/device/driver", internals->if_name);
+	if (lstat(driver_path, &s)) {
+		AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Error reading %s: %s\n",
+					driver_path, strerror(errno));
+		return -errno;
+	}
+
+	/* driver_path should link to /sys/bus/pci/drivers/<driver_name> */
+	len = readlink(driver_path, link, PATH_MAX - 1);
+	if (len == -1) {
+		AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Error reading symbolic link %s: %s\n",
+					driver_path, strerror(errno));
+		return -errno;
+	}
+
+	link[len] = '\0';
+	strlcpy(driver, basename(link), NAME_MAX);
+	if (!strncmp(driver, ".", strlen(driver))) {
+		AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Error getting driver name from %s: %s\n",
+					link, strerror(errno));
+		return -errno;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+generate_ixgbe_i40e_regex(struct pmd_internals *internals, uint16_t netdev_qid,
+			  char *iface_regex_str)
+{
+	if (snprintf(iface_regex_str, 128,
+			"-%s.*-%d", internals->if_name, netdev_qid) >= 128) {
+		AF_XDP_LOG(INFO, "Cannot get interrupt for %s q %i\n",
+					internals->if_name, netdev_qid);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+generate_mlx5_regex(struct pmd_internals *internals, uint16_t netdev_qid,
+		    char *iface_regex_str)
+{
+	char pci_path[PATH_MAX];
+	char *pci;
+	int ret = -1;
+	struct stat s;
+	char *link;
+	int len;
+
+	snprintf(pci_path, sizeof(pci_path),
+			"/sys/class/net/%s/device", internals->if_name);
+	if (lstat(pci_path, &s)) {
+		AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Error reading %s: %s\n",
+					pci_path, strerror(errno));
+		return -errno;
+	}
+
+	/* pci_path should link to a directory whose name is the pci addr */
+	link = malloc(s.st_size + 1);
+	len = readlink(pci_path, link, PATH_MAX - 1);
+	if (len == -1) {
+		AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Error reading symbolic link %s: %s\n",
+					pci_path, strerror(errno));
+		ret = -errno;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	link[len] = '\0';
+	pci = basename(link);
+	if (!strncmp(pci, ".", strlen(pci))) {
+		AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Error getting pci from %s\n", link);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (snprintf(iface_regex_str, 128, ".*p%i@pci:%s", netdev_qid, pci) >=
+			128) {
+		AF_XDP_LOG(INFO, "Cannot get interrupt for %s q %i\n",
+					internals->if_name, netdev_qid);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = 0;
+
+out:
+	if (link)
+		free(link);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * array of handlers for different drivers for generating appropriate regex
+ * format for searching /proc/interrupts
+ */
+generate_driver_regex_func driver_handlers[NUM_DRIVERS] = {
+					generate_ixgbe_i40e_regex,
+					generate_ixgbe_i40e_regex,
+					generate_mlx5_regex};
+
+/*
+ * function for getting the index into driver_handlers array that corresponds
+ * to 'driver'
+ */
+static int
+get_driver_idx(const char *driver)
+{
+	for (int i = 0; i < NUM_DRIVERS; i++) {
+		if (strncmp(driver, driver_array[i], strlen(driver_array[i])))
+			continue;
+		return i;
+	}
+
+	return -1;
+}
+
+/** generate /proc/interrupts search regex based on driver type */
+static int
+generate_search_regex(struct pmd_internals *internals, const char *driver,
+		      uint16_t netdev_qid, regex_t *r)
+{
+	char iface_regex_str[128];
+	int ret = -1;
+	int idx = get_driver_idx(driver);
+
+	if (idx == -1 || driver_handlers[idx] == NULL) {
+		AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Error getting driver handler for %s\n",
+					internals->if_name);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (driver_handlers[idx](internals, netdev_qid, iface_regex_str)) {
+		AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Error getting regex string for %s\n",
+					internals->if_name);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (regcomp(r, iface_regex_str, 0)) {
+		AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Error computing regex %s\n", iface_regex_str);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = 0;
+
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/** get interrupt number associated with the given interface qid */
+static int
+get_interrupt_number(struct pmd_internals *internals, regex_t *r,
+		     int *interrupt)
+{
+	FILE *f_int_proc;
+	int found = 0;
+	char line[4096];
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	f_int_proc = fopen("/proc/interrupts", "r");
+	if (f_int_proc == NULL) {
+		AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Failed to open /proc/interrupts.\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	while (!feof(f_int_proc) && !found) {
+		/* Make sure to read a full line at a time */
+		if (fgets(line, sizeof(line), f_int_proc) == NULL ||
+				line[strlen(line) - 1] != '\n') {
+			AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Error reading from interrupts file\n");
+			ret = -1;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		/* Extract interrupt number from line */
+		if (regexec(r, line, 0, NULL, 0) == 0) {
+			*interrupt = atoi(line);
+			found = true;
+			AF_XDP_LOG(INFO, "Got interrupt %d for %s\n",
+						*interrupt, internals->if_name);
+		}
+	}
+
+	fclose(f_int_proc);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/** affinitise interrupts for the given qid to the given coreid */
+static int
+set_irq_affinity(struct pmd_internals *internals, int coreid,
+		 uint16_t rx_queue_id, uint16_t netdev_qid, int interrupt)
+{
+	char bitmask[128];
+	char smp_affinity_filename[NAME_MAX];
+	FILE *f_int_smp_affinity;
+	int i, ret = 0;
+
+	/* Create affinity bitmask. Every 32 bits are separated by a comma */
+	snprintf(bitmask, sizeof(bitmask), "%x", 1 << (coreid % 32));
+	for (i = 0; i < coreid / 32; i++)
+		strlcat(bitmask, ",00000000", sizeof(bitmask));
+
+	/* Write the new affinity bitmask */
+	snprintf(smp_affinity_filename, sizeof(smp_affinity_filename),
+			"/proc/irq/%d/smp_affinity", interrupt);
+	f_int_smp_affinity = fopen(smp_affinity_filename, "w");
+	if (f_int_smp_affinity == NULL) {
+		AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Error opening %s\n", smp_affinity_filename);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	if (fwrite(bitmask, strlen(bitmask), 1, f_int_smp_affinity) != 1) {
+		AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Error writing to %s\n", smp_affinity_filename);
+		ret = -1;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	AF_XDP_LOG(INFO, "IRQs for %s ethdev queue %i (netdev queue %i)"
+				" affinitised to core %i\n",
+				internals->if_name, rx_queue_id,
+				netdev_qid, coreid);
+out:
+	fclose(f_int_smp_affinity);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void
+configure_irqs(struct pmd_internals *internals, uint16_t rx_queue_id)
+{
+	int coreid = internals->queue_irqs[rx_queue_id];
+	char driver[NAME_MAX];
+	uint16_t netdev_qid = rx_queue_id + internals->start_queue_idx;
+	regex_t r;
+	int interrupt;
+
+	if (coreid < 0)
+		return;
+
+	if (coreid > (get_nprocs() - 1)) {
+		AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Affinitisation failed - invalid coreid %i\n",
+					coreid);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (get_driver_name(internals, driver)) {
+		AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Error retrieving driver name for %s\n",
+					internals->if_name);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (generate_search_regex(internals, driver, netdev_qid, &r)) {
+		AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Error generating search regex for %s\n",
+					internals->if_name);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (get_interrupt_number(internals, &r, &interrupt)) {
+		AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Error getting interrupt number for %s\n",
+					internals->if_name);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (set_irq_affinity(internals, coreid, rx_queue_id, netdev_qid,
+				interrupt)) {
+		AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Error setting interrupt affinity for %s\n",
+					internals->if_name);
+		return;
+	}
+}
+
 static int
 eth_rx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 		   uint16_t rx_queue_id,
@@ -697,6 +1005,8 @@ eth_rx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 		goto err;
 	}
 
+	configure_irqs(internals, rx_queue_id);
+
 	rxq->fds[0].fd = xsk_socket__fd(rxq->xsk);
 	rxq->fds[0].events = POLLIN;
 
@@ -834,6 +1144,39 @@ parse_name_arg(const char *key __rte_unused,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/** parse queue irq argument */
+static int
+parse_queue_irq_arg(const char *key __rte_unused,
+		   const char *value, void *extra_args)
+{
+	int (*queue_irqs)[RTE_MAX_QUEUES_PER_PORT] = extra_args;
+	char *parse_str = strdup(value);
+	char delimiter[] = ":";
+	char *queue_str;
+
+	queue_str = strtok(parse_str, delimiter);
+	if (queue_str != NULL && strncmp(queue_str, value, strlen(value))) {
+		char *end;
+		long queue = strtol(queue_str, &end, 10);
+
+		if (*end == '\0' && queue >= 0 &&
+				queue < RTE_MAX_QUEUES_PER_PORT) {
+			char *core_str = strtok(NULL, delimiter);
+			long core = strtol(core_str, &end, 10);
+
+			if (*end == '\0' && core >= 0 && core < get_nprocs()) {
+				(*queue_irqs)[queue] = core;
+				free(parse_str);
+				return 0;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Invalid queue_irq argument.\n");
+	free(parse_str);
+	return -1;
+}
+
 static int
 xdp_get_channels_info(const char *if_name, int *max_queues,
 				int *combined_queues)
@@ -877,7 +1220,8 @@ xdp_get_channels_info(const char *if_name, int *max_queues,
 
 static int
 parse_parameters(struct rte_kvargs *kvlist, char *if_name, int *start_queue,
-			int *queue_cnt, int *pmd_zc)
+			int *queue_cnt, int *pmd_zc,
+			int (*queue_irqs)[RTE_MAX_QUEUES_PER_PORT])
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -903,6 +1247,11 @@ parse_parameters(struct rte_kvargs *kvlist, char *if_name, int *start_queue,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto free_kvlist;
 
+	ret = rte_kvargs_process(kvlist, ETH_AF_XDP_QUEUE_IRQ_ARG,
+				 &parse_queue_irq_arg, queue_irqs);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto free_kvlist;
+
 free_kvlist:
 	rte_kvargs_free(kvlist);
 	return ret;
@@ -940,7 +1289,8 @@ get_iface_info(const char *if_name,
 
 static struct rte_eth_dev *
 init_internals(struct rte_vdev_device *dev, const char *if_name,
-			int start_queue_idx, int queue_cnt, int pmd_zc)
+			int start_queue_idx, int queue_cnt, int pmd_zc,
+			int queue_irqs[RTE_MAX_QUEUES_PER_PORT])
 {
 	const char *name = rte_vdev_device_name(dev);
 	const unsigned int numa_node = dev->device.numa_node;
@@ -957,6 +1307,8 @@ init_internals(struct rte_vdev_device *dev, const char *if_name,
 	internals->queue_cnt = queue_cnt;
 	internals->pmd_zc = pmd_zc;
 	strlcpy(internals->if_name, if_name, IFNAMSIZ);
+	rte_memcpy(internals->queue_irqs, queue_irqs,
+			sizeof(int) * RTE_MAX_QUEUES_PER_PORT);
 
 	if (xdp_get_channels_info(if_name, &internals->max_queue_cnt,
 				  &internals->combined_queue_cnt)) {
@@ -1035,6 +1387,9 @@ rte_pmd_af_xdp_probe(struct rte_vdev_device *dev)
 	struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev = NULL;
 	const char *name;
 	int pmd_zc = 0;
+	int queue_irqs[RTE_MAX_QUEUES_PER_PORT];
+
+	memset(queue_irqs, -1, sizeof(int) * RTE_MAX_QUEUES_PER_PORT);
 
 	AF_XDP_LOG(INFO, "Initializing pmd_af_xdp for %s\n",
 		rte_vdev_device_name(dev));
@@ -1062,7 +1417,7 @@ rte_pmd_af_xdp_probe(struct rte_vdev_device *dev)
 		dev->device.numa_node = rte_socket_id();
 
 	if (parse_parameters(kvlist, if_name, &xsk_start_queue_idx,
-			     &xsk_queue_cnt, &pmd_zc) < 0) {
+			     &xsk_queue_cnt, &pmd_zc, &queue_irqs) < 0) {
 		AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Invalid kvargs value\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -1073,7 +1428,7 @@ rte_pmd_af_xdp_probe(struct rte_vdev_device *dev)
 	}
 
 	eth_dev = init_internals(dev, if_name, xsk_start_queue_idx,
-					xsk_queue_cnt, pmd_zc);
+					xsk_queue_cnt, pmd_zc, queue_irqs);
 	if (eth_dev == NULL) {
 		AF_XDP_LOG(ERR, "Failed to init internals\n");
 		return -1;
@@ -1117,7 +1472,8 @@ RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PARAM_STRING(net_af_xdp,
 			      "iface=<string> "
 			      "start_queue=<int> "
 			      "queue_count=<int> "
-			      "pmd_zero_copy=<0|1>");
+			      "pmd_zero_copy=<0|1> "
+			      "queue_irq=<int>:<int>");
 
 RTE_INIT(af_xdp_init_log)
 {
