diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 44f3d322ed..9fe7c92eac 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ Packet processing
 Network headers
 M: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
 F: lib/net/
+F: app/test/test_cksum.c
 
 Packet CRC
 M: Jasvinder Singh <jasvinder.singh@intel.com>
diff --git a/app/test/autotest_data.py b/app/test/autotest_data.py
index 097638941f..2871ed8994 100644
--- a/app/test/autotest_data.py
+++ b/app/test/autotest_data.py
@@ -585,6 +585,12 @@
         "Func":    default_autotest,
         "Report":  None,
     },
+    {
+        "Name":    "Checksum autotest",
+        "Command": "cksum_autotest",
+        "Func":    default_autotest,
+        "Report":  None,
+    },
     #
     #Please always keep all dump tests at the end and together!
     #
diff --git a/app/test/meson.build b/app/test/meson.build
index 08c82d3d23..28d8a9a111 100644
--- a/app/test/meson.build
+++ b/app/test/meson.build
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ test_sources = files(
         'test_bitmap.c',
         'test_bpf.c',
         'test_byteorder.c',
+        'test_cksum.c',
         'test_cmdline.c',
         'test_cmdline_cirbuf.c',
         'test_cmdline_etheraddr.c',
@@ -189,6 +190,7 @@ fast_tests = [
         ['atomic_autotest', false],
         ['bitops_autotest', true],
         ['byteorder_autotest', true],
+        ['cksum_autotest', true],
         ['cmdline_autotest', true],
         ['common_autotest', true],
         ['cpuflags_autotest', true],
diff --git a/app/test/test_cksum.c b/app/test/test_cksum.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd983d7c01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/test/test_cksum.c
@@ -0,0 +1,271 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright 2021 6WIND S.A.
+ */
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include <rte_net.h>
+#include <rte_mbuf.h>
+#include <rte_ip.h>
+
+#include "test.h"
+
+#define MEMPOOL_CACHE_SIZE      0
+#define MBUF_DATA_SIZE          256
+#define NB_MBUF                 128
+
+/*
+ * Test L3/L4 checksum API.
+ */
+
+#define GOTO_FAIL(str, ...) do {					\
+		printf("cksum test FAILED (l.%d): <" str ">\n",		\
+		       __LINE__,  ##__VA_ARGS__);			\
+		goto fail;						\
+	} while (0)
+
+/* generated in scapy with Ether()/IP()/TCP())) */
+static const char test_cksum_ipv4_tcp[] = {
+	0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x08, 0x00, 0x45, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x28, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x40, 0x06,
+	0x7c, 0xcd, 0x7f, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x7f, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x14, 0x00, 0x50, 0x00, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x50, 0x02,
+	0x20, 0x00, 0x91, 0x7c, 0x00, 0x00,
+
+};
+
+/* generated in scapy with Ether()/IPv6()/TCP()) */
+static const char test_cksum_ipv6_tcp[] = {
+	0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x08, 0x00, 0x60, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x14, 0x06, 0x40, 0x00, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x14,
+	0x00, 0x50, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x50, 0x02, 0x20, 0x00, 0x8f, 0x7d,
+	0x00, 0x00,
+};
+
+/* generated in scapy with Ether()/IP()/UDP()/Raw('x')) */
+static const char test_cksum_ipv4_udp[] = {
+	0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x08, 0x00, 0x45, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x1d, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x40, 0x11,
+	0x7c, 0xcd, 0x7f, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x7f, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x35, 0x00, 0x35, 0x00, 0x09,
+	0x89, 0x6f, 0x78,
+};
+
+/* generated in scapy with Ether()/IPv6()/UDP()/Raw('x')) */
+static const char test_cksum_ipv6_udp[] = {
+	0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x86, 0xdd, 0x60, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x09, 0x11, 0x40, 0x00, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x35,
+	0x00, 0x35, 0x00, 0x09, 0x87, 0x70, 0x78,
+};
+
+/* generated in scapy with Ether()/IP(options='\x00')/UDP()/Raw('x')) */
+static const char test_cksum_ipv4_opts_udp[] = {
+	0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x08, 0x00, 0x46, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x21, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x40, 0x11,
+	0x7b, 0xc9, 0x7f, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x7f, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x35,
+	0x00, 0x35, 0x00, 0x09, 0x89, 0x6f, 0x78,
+};
+
+/* test l3/l4 checksum api */
+static int
+test_l4_cksum(struct rte_mempool *pktmbuf_pool, const char *pktdata, size_t len)
+{
+	struct rte_net_hdr_lens hdr_lens;
+	struct rte_mbuf *m = NULL;
+	uint32_t packet_type;
+	uint16_t prev_cksum;
+	void *l3_hdr;
+	void *l4_hdr;
+	uint32_t l3;
+	uint32_t l4;
+	char *data;
+
+	m = rte_pktmbuf_alloc(pktmbuf_pool);
+	if (m == NULL)
+		GOTO_FAIL("Cannot allocate mbuf");
+
+	data = rte_pktmbuf_append(m, len);
+	if (data == NULL)
+		GOTO_FAIL("Cannot append data");
+
+	memcpy(data, pktdata, len);
+
+	packet_type = rte_net_get_ptype(m, &hdr_lens, RTE_PTYPE_ALL_MASK);
+	l3 = packet_type & RTE_PTYPE_L3_MASK;
+	l4 = packet_type & RTE_PTYPE_L4_MASK;
+
+	l3_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m, void *, hdr_lens.l2_len);
+	l4_hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m, void *,
+					 hdr_lens.l2_len + hdr_lens.l3_len);
+
+	if (l3 == RTE_PTYPE_L3_IPV4 || l3 == RTE_PTYPE_L3_IPV4_EXT) {
+		struct rte_ipv4_hdr *ip = l3_hdr;
+
+		/* verify IPv4 checksum */
+		if (rte_ipv4_cksum(l3_hdr) != 0)
+			GOTO_FAIL("invalid IPv4 checksum verification");
+
+		/* verify bad IPv4 checksum */
+		ip->hdr_checksum++;
+		if (rte_ipv4_cksum(l3_hdr) == 0)
+			GOTO_FAIL("invalid IPv4 bad checksum verification");
+		ip->hdr_checksum--;
+
+		/* recalculate IPv4 checksum */
+		prev_cksum = ip->hdr_checksum;
+		ip->hdr_checksum = 0;
+		ip->hdr_checksum = rte_ipv4_cksum(ip);
+		if (ip->hdr_checksum != prev_cksum)
+			GOTO_FAIL("invalid IPv4 checksum calculation");
+
+		/* verify L4 checksum */
+		if (rte_ipv4_udptcp_cksum_verify(l3_hdr, l4_hdr) != 0)
+			GOTO_FAIL("invalid L4 checksum verification");
+
+		if (l4 == RTE_PTYPE_L4_TCP) {
+			struct rte_tcp_hdr *tcp = l4_hdr;
+
+			/* verify bad TCP checksum */
+			tcp->cksum++;
+			if (rte_ipv4_udptcp_cksum_verify(l3_hdr, l4_hdr) == 0)
+				GOTO_FAIL("invalid bad TCP checksum verification");
+			tcp->cksum--;
+
+			/* recalculate TCP checksum */
+			prev_cksum = tcp->cksum;
+			tcp->cksum = 0;
+			tcp->cksum = rte_ipv4_udptcp_cksum(l3_hdr, l4_hdr);
+			if (tcp->cksum != prev_cksum)
+				GOTO_FAIL("invalid TCP checksum calculation");
+
+		} else if (l4 == RTE_PTYPE_L4_UDP) {
+			struct rte_udp_hdr *udp = l4_hdr;
+
+			/* verify bad UDP checksum */
+			udp->dgram_cksum++;
+			if (rte_ipv4_udptcp_cksum_verify(l3_hdr, l4_hdr) == 0)
+				GOTO_FAIL("invalid bad UDP checksum verification");
+			udp->dgram_cksum--;
+
+			/* recalculate UDP checksum */
+			prev_cksum = udp->dgram_cksum;
+			udp->dgram_cksum = 0;
+			udp->dgram_cksum = rte_ipv4_udptcp_cksum(l3_hdr,
+								 l4_hdr);
+			if (udp->dgram_cksum != prev_cksum)
+				GOTO_FAIL("invalid TCP checksum calculation");
+		}
+	} else if (l3 == RTE_PTYPE_L3_IPV6 || l3 == RTE_PTYPE_L3_IPV6_EXT) {
+		if (rte_ipv6_udptcp_cksum_verify(l3_hdr, l4_hdr) != 0)
+			GOTO_FAIL("invalid L4 checksum verification");
+
+		if (l4 == RTE_PTYPE_L4_TCP) {
+			struct rte_tcp_hdr *tcp = l4_hdr;
+
+			/* verify bad TCP checksum */
+			tcp->cksum++;
+			if (rte_ipv6_udptcp_cksum_verify(l3_hdr, l4_hdr) == 0)
+				GOTO_FAIL("invalid bad TCP checksum verification");
+			tcp->cksum--;
+
+			/* recalculate TCP checksum */
+			prev_cksum = tcp->cksum;
+			tcp->cksum = 0;
+			tcp->cksum = rte_ipv6_udptcp_cksum(l3_hdr, l4_hdr);
+			if (tcp->cksum != prev_cksum)
+				GOTO_FAIL("invalid TCP checksum calculation");
+
+		} else if (l4 == RTE_PTYPE_L4_UDP) {
+			struct rte_udp_hdr *udp = l4_hdr;
+
+			/* verify bad UDP checksum */
+			udp->dgram_cksum++;
+			if (rte_ipv6_udptcp_cksum_verify(l3_hdr, l4_hdr) == 0)
+				GOTO_FAIL("invalid bad UDP checksum verification");
+			udp->dgram_cksum--;
+
+			/* recalculate UDP checksum */
+			prev_cksum = udp->dgram_cksum;
+			udp->dgram_cksum = 0;
+			udp->dgram_cksum = rte_ipv6_udptcp_cksum(l3_hdr,
+								 l4_hdr);
+			if (udp->dgram_cksum != prev_cksum)
+				GOTO_FAIL("invalid TCP checksum calculation");
+		}
+	}
+
+	rte_pktmbuf_free(m);
+
+	return 0;
+
+fail:
+	if (m)
+		rte_pktmbuf_free(m);
+
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static int
+test_cksum(void)
+{
+	struct rte_mempool *pktmbuf_pool = NULL;
+
+	/* create pktmbuf pool if it does not exist */
+	pktmbuf_pool = rte_pktmbuf_pool_create("test_cksum_mbuf_pool",
+			NB_MBUF, MEMPOOL_CACHE_SIZE, 0, MBUF_DATA_SIZE,
+			SOCKET_ID_ANY);
+
+	if (pktmbuf_pool == NULL)
+		GOTO_FAIL("cannot allocate mbuf pool");
+
+	if (test_l4_cksum(pktmbuf_pool, test_cksum_ipv4_tcp,
+			  sizeof(test_cksum_ipv4_tcp)) < 0)
+		GOTO_FAIL("checksum error on ipv4_tcp");
+
+	if (test_l4_cksum(pktmbuf_pool, test_cksum_ipv6_tcp,
+			  sizeof(test_cksum_ipv6_tcp)) < 0)
+		GOTO_FAIL("checksum error on ipv6_tcp");
+
+	if (test_l4_cksum(pktmbuf_pool, test_cksum_ipv4_udp,
+			  sizeof(test_cksum_ipv4_udp)) < 0)
+		GOTO_FAIL("checksum error on ipv4_udp");
+
+	if (test_l4_cksum(pktmbuf_pool, test_cksum_ipv6_udp,
+			  sizeof(test_cksum_ipv6_udp)) < 0)
+		GOTO_FAIL("checksum error on ipv6_udp");
+
+	if (test_l4_cksum(pktmbuf_pool, test_cksum_ipv4_opts_udp,
+			  sizeof(test_cksum_ipv4_opts_udp)) < 0)
+		GOTO_FAIL("checksum error on ipv4_opts_udp");
+
+	rte_mempool_free(pktmbuf_pool);
+
+	return 0;
+
+fail:
+	rte_mempool_free(pktmbuf_pool);
+
+	return -1;
+}
+#undef GOTO_FAIL
+
+REGISTER_TEST_COMMAND(cksum_autotest, test_cksum);
