diff --git a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/features/default.ini b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/features/default.ini
index 118479db5..fb1ddca71 100644
--- a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/features/default.ini
+++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/features/default.ini
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Digest encrypted       =
 Asymmetric sessionless =
 CPU crypto             =
 Symmetric sessionless  =
+Non-Byte aligned data  =
 
 ;
 ; Supported crypto algorithms of a default crypto driver.
diff --git a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/features/kasumi.ini b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/features/kasumi.ini
index 99ded0401..8380a5765 100644
--- a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/features/kasumi.ini
+++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/features/kasumi.ini
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 Symmetric crypto       = Y
 Sym operation chaining = Y
 Symmetric sessionless  = Y
+Non-Byte aligned data  = Y
 
 ;
 ; Supported crypto algorithms of the 'kasumi' crypto driver.
diff --git a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/features/snow3g.ini b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/features/snow3g.ini
index 8b971cc1d..b2caefe3a 100644
--- a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/features/snow3g.ini
+++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/features/snow3g.ini
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 Symmetric crypto       = Y
 Sym operation chaining = Y
 Symmetric sessionless  = Y
+Non-Byte aligned data  = Y
 
 ;
 ; Supported crypto algorithms of the 'snow3g' crypto driver.
diff --git a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/features/zuc.ini b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/features/zuc.ini
index f7bff4291..21d074f9b 100644
--- a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/features/zuc.ini
+++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/features/zuc.ini
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 Symmetric crypto       = Y
 Sym operation chaining = Y
 Symmetric sessionless  = Y
+Non-Byte aligned data  = Y
 
 ;
 ; Supported crypto algorithms of the 'zuc' crypto driver.
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/kasumi/rte_kasumi_pmd.c b/drivers/crypto/kasumi/rte_kasumi_pmd.c
index a20921249..73077e3d9 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/kasumi/rte_kasumi_pmd.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/kasumi/rte_kasumi_pmd.c
@@ -551,6 +551,7 @@ cryptodev_kasumi_create(const char *name,
 
 	dev->feature_flags = RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_SYMMETRIC_CRYPTO |
 			RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_SYM_OPERATION_CHAINING |
+			RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_NON_BYTE_ALIGNED_DATA |
 			RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_SYM_SESSIONLESS;
 
 	mgr = alloc_mb_mgr(0);
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/snow3g/rte_snow3g_pmd.c b/drivers/crypto/snow3g/rte_snow3g_pmd.c
index 8e82dde55..c939064d5 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/snow3g/rte_snow3g_pmd.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/snow3g/rte_snow3g_pmd.c
@@ -563,6 +563,7 @@ cryptodev_snow3g_create(const char *name,
 
 	dev->feature_flags = RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_SYMMETRIC_CRYPTO |
 			RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_SYM_OPERATION_CHAINING |
+			RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_NON_BYTE_ALIGNED_DATA |
 			RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_SYM_SESSIONLESS;
 
 	mgr = alloc_mb_mgr(0);
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/zuc/rte_zuc_pmd.c b/drivers/crypto/zuc/rte_zuc_pmd.c
index 17926b471..459881873 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/zuc/rte_zuc_pmd.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/zuc/rte_zuc_pmd.c
@@ -470,6 +470,7 @@ cryptodev_zuc_create(const char *name,
 
 	dev->feature_flags = RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_SYMMETRIC_CRYPTO |
 			RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_SYM_OPERATION_CHAINING |
+			RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_NON_BYTE_ALIGNED_DATA |
 			RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_SYM_SESSIONLESS;
 
 	mb_mgr = alloc_mb_mgr(0);
diff --git a/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.c b/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.c
index 7693eb69c..f30e3cbff 100644
--- a/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.c
@@ -500,6 +500,8 @@ rte_cryptodev_get_feature_name(uint64_t flag)
 		return "ASYM_SESSIONLESS";
 	case RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_SYM_SESSIONLESS:
 		return "SYM_SESSIONLESS";
+	case RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_NON_BYTE_ALIGNED_DATA:
+		return "NON_BYTE_ALIGNED_DATA";
 	default:
 		return NULL;
 	}
diff --git a/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.h b/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.h
index 3dbb5ceb2..257840ea4 100644
--- a/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.h
@@ -456,6 +456,8 @@ rte_cryptodev_asym_get_xform_enum(enum rte_crypto_asym_xform_type *xform_enum,
 /**< Support symmetric cpu-crypto processing */
 #define RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_SYM_SESSIONLESS		(1ULL << 22)
 /**< Support symmetric session-less operations */
+#define RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_NON_BYTE_ALIGNED_DATA		(1ULL << 23)
+/**< Support operations on data which is not byte aligned */
 
 
 /**
