diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/features/ngbe.ini b/doc/guides/nics/features/ngbe.ini
index ca03a255de..291a542a42 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/features/ngbe.ini
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/features/ngbe.ini
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 ;
 [Features]
 Speed capabilities   = Y
+Link status          = Y
+Link status event    = Y
 Multiprocess aware   = Y
 Linux                = Y
 ARMv8                = Y
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ngbe.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ngbe.rst
index c274a15aab..de2ef65664 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/ngbe.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/ngbe.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ NGBE Poll Mode Driver
 The NGBE PMD (librte_pmd_ngbe) provides poll mode driver support
 for Wangxun 1 Gigabit Ethernet NICs.
 
+Features
+--------
+
+- Link state information
+
 Prerequisites
 -------------
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ngbe/base/ngbe_dummy.h b/drivers/net/ngbe/base/ngbe_dummy.h
index 8462d6d1cb..4273e5af36 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ngbe/base/ngbe_dummy.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ngbe/base/ngbe_dummy.h
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ static inline void ngbe_mac_release_swfw_sync_dummy(struct ngbe_hw *TUP0,
 					u32 TUP1)
 {
 }
+static inline s32 ngbe_mac_check_link_dummy(struct ngbe_hw *TUP0, u32 *TUP1,
+					bool *TUP3, bool TUP4)
+{
+	return NGBE_ERR_OPS_DUMMY;
+}
 static inline s32 ngbe_mac_set_rar_dummy(struct ngbe_hw *TUP0, u32 TUP1,
 					u8 *TUP2, u32 TUP3, u32 TUP4)
 {
@@ -135,6 +140,7 @@ static inline void ngbe_init_ops_dummy(struct ngbe_hw *hw)
 	hw->mac.get_mac_addr = ngbe_mac_get_mac_addr_dummy;
 	hw->mac.acquire_swfw_sync = ngbe_mac_acquire_swfw_sync_dummy;
 	hw->mac.release_swfw_sync = ngbe_mac_release_swfw_sync_dummy;
+	hw->mac.check_link = ngbe_mac_check_link_dummy;
 	hw->mac.set_rar = ngbe_mac_set_rar_dummy;
 	hw->mac.clear_rar = ngbe_mac_clear_rar_dummy;
 	hw->mac.set_vmdq = ngbe_mac_set_vmdq_dummy;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ngbe/base/ngbe_type.h b/drivers/net/ngbe/base/ngbe_type.h
index 5add9ec2a3..d05d2ff28a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ngbe/base/ngbe_type.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ngbe/base/ngbe_type.h
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ struct ngbe_mac_info {
 	s32 (*acquire_swfw_sync)(struct ngbe_hw *hw, u32 mask);
 	void (*release_swfw_sync)(struct ngbe_hw *hw, u32 mask);
 
+	s32 (*check_link)(struct ngbe_hw *hw, u32 *speed,
+			       bool *link_up, bool link_up_wait_to_complete);
 	/* RAR */
 	s32 (*set_rar)(struct ngbe_hw *hw, u32 index, u8 *addr, u32 vmdq,
 			  u32 enable_addr);
@@ -116,6 +118,7 @@ struct ngbe_mac_info {
 	u32 num_rar_entries;
 	u32 max_tx_queues;
 	u32 max_rx_queues;
+	bool get_link_status;
 	struct ngbe_thermal_sensor_data  thermal_sensor_data;
 	bool set_lben;
 };
@@ -141,6 +144,14 @@ struct ngbe_phy_info {
 	bool reset_disable;
 };
 
+enum ngbe_isb_idx {
+	NGBE_ISB_HEADER,
+	NGBE_ISB_MISC,
+	NGBE_ISB_VEC0,
+	NGBE_ISB_VEC1,
+	NGBE_ISB_MAX
+};
+
 struct ngbe_hw {
 	void IOMEM *hw_addr;
 	void *back;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ngbe/ngbe_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/ngbe/ngbe_ethdev.c
index 07df677b64..97b6de3aa4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ngbe/ngbe_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ngbe/ngbe_ethdev.c
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #include <rte_common.h>
 #include <ethdev_pci.h>
 
+#include <rte_alarm.h>
+
 #include "ngbe_logs.h"
 #include "base/ngbe.h"
 #include "ngbe_ethdev.h"
@@ -13,6 +15,9 @@
 
 static int ngbe_dev_close(struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
 
+static void ngbe_dev_interrupt_handler(void *param);
+static void ngbe_dev_interrupt_delayed_handler(void *param);
+
 /*
  * The set of PCI devices this driver supports
  */
@@ -47,6 +52,26 @@ static const struct rte_eth_desc_lim tx_desc_lim = {
 };
 
 static const struct eth_dev_ops ngbe_eth_dev_ops;
+static inline void
+ngbe_enable_intr(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
+{
+	struct ngbe_interrupt *intr = NGBE_DEV_INTR(dev);
+	struct ngbe_hw *hw = NGBE_DEV_HW(dev);
+
+	wr32(hw, NGBE_IENMISC, intr->mask_misc);
+	wr32(hw, NGBE_IMC(0), intr->mask & BIT_MASK32);
+	ngbe_flush(hw);
+}
+
+static void
+ngbe_disable_intr(struct ngbe_hw *hw)
+{
+	PMD_INIT_FUNC_TRACE();
+
+	wr32(hw, NGBE_IMS(0), NGBE_IMS_MASK);
+	ngbe_flush(hw);
+}
+
 
 /*
  * Ensure that all locks are released before first NVM or PHY access
@@ -76,7 +101,9 @@ eth_ngbe_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, void *init_params __rte_unused)
 {
 	struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev = RTE_ETH_DEV_TO_PCI(eth_dev);
 	struct ngbe_hw *hw = NGBE_DEV_HW(eth_dev);
+	struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle = &pci_dev->intr_handle;
 	const struct rte_memzone *mz;
+	uint32_t ctrl_ext;
 	int err;
 
 	PMD_INIT_FUNC_TRACE();
@@ -135,6 +162,9 @@ eth_ngbe_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, void *init_params __rte_unused)
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
+	/* disable interrupt */
+	ngbe_disable_intr(hw);
+
 	/* Allocate memory for storing MAC addresses */
 	eth_dev->data->mac_addrs = rte_zmalloc("ngbe", RTE_ETHER_ADDR_LEN *
 					       hw->mac.num_rar_entries, 0);
@@ -160,6 +190,22 @@ eth_ngbe_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, void *init_params __rte_unused)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
+	ctrl_ext = rd32(hw, NGBE_PORTCTL);
+	/* let hardware know driver is loaded */
+	ctrl_ext |= NGBE_PORTCTL_DRVLOAD;
+	wr32(hw, NGBE_PORTCTL, ctrl_ext);
+	ngbe_flush(hw);
+
+	rte_intr_callback_register(intr_handle,
+				   ngbe_dev_interrupt_handler, eth_dev);
+
+	/* enable uio/vfio intr/eventfd mapping */
+	rte_intr_enable(intr_handle);
+
+	/* enable support intr */
+	ngbe_enable_intr(eth_dev);
+
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -212,6 +258,19 @@ static struct rte_pci_driver rte_ngbe_pmd = {
 	.remove = eth_ngbe_pci_remove,
 };
 
+static int
+ngbe_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
+{
+	struct ngbe_interrupt *intr = NGBE_DEV_INTR(dev);
+
+	PMD_INIT_FUNC_TRACE();
+
+	/* set flag to update link status after init */
+	intr->flags |= NGBE_FLAG_NEED_LINK_UPDATE;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Reset and stop device.
  */
@@ -288,8 +347,313 @@ ngbe_dev_info_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_eth_dev_info *dev_info)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* return 0 means link status changed, -1 means not changed */
+int
+ngbe_dev_link_update_share(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+			    int wait_to_complete)
+{
+	struct ngbe_hw *hw = NGBE_DEV_HW(dev);
+	struct rte_eth_link link;
+	u32 link_speed = NGBE_LINK_SPEED_UNKNOWN;
+	u32 lan_speed = 0;
+	struct ngbe_interrupt *intr = NGBE_DEV_INTR(dev);
+	bool link_up;
+	int err;
+	int wait = 1;
+
+	memset(&link, 0, sizeof(link));
+	link.link_status = ETH_LINK_DOWN;
+	link.link_speed = ETH_SPEED_NUM_NONE;
+	link.link_duplex = ETH_LINK_HALF_DUPLEX;
+	link.link_autoneg = ETH_LINK_AUTONEG;
+
+	hw->mac.get_link_status = true;
+
+	if (intr->flags & NGBE_FLAG_NEED_LINK_CONFIG)
+		return rte_eth_linkstatus_set(dev, &link);
+
+	/* check if it needs to wait to complete, if lsc interrupt is enabled */
+	if (wait_to_complete == 0 || dev->data->dev_conf.intr_conf.lsc != 0)
+		wait = 0;
+
+	err = hw->mac.check_link(hw, &link_speed, &link_up, wait);
+
+	if (err != 0) {
+		link.link_speed = ETH_SPEED_NUM_100M;
+		link.link_duplex = ETH_LINK_FULL_DUPLEX;
+		return rte_eth_linkstatus_set(dev, &link);
+	}
+
+	if (link_up == 0)
+		return rte_eth_linkstatus_set(dev, &link);
+
+	intr->flags &= ~NGBE_FLAG_NEED_LINK_CONFIG;
+	link.link_status = ETH_LINK_UP;
+	link.link_duplex = ETH_LINK_FULL_DUPLEX;
+
+	switch (link_speed) {
+	default:
+	case NGBE_LINK_SPEED_UNKNOWN:
+		link.link_duplex = ETH_LINK_FULL_DUPLEX;
+		link.link_speed = ETH_SPEED_NUM_100M;
+		break;
+
+	case NGBE_LINK_SPEED_10M_FULL:
+		link.link_speed = ETH_SPEED_NUM_10M;
+		lan_speed = 0;
+		break;
+
+	case NGBE_LINK_SPEED_100M_FULL:
+		link.link_speed = ETH_SPEED_NUM_100M;
+		lan_speed = 1;
+		break;
+
+	case NGBE_LINK_SPEED_1GB_FULL:
+		link.link_speed = ETH_SPEED_NUM_1G;
+		lan_speed = 2;
+		break;
+
+	case NGBE_LINK_SPEED_2_5GB_FULL:
+		link.link_speed = ETH_SPEED_NUM_2_5G;
+		break;
+
+	case NGBE_LINK_SPEED_5GB_FULL:
+		link.link_speed = ETH_SPEED_NUM_5G;
+		break;
+
+	case NGBE_LINK_SPEED_10GB_FULL:
+		link.link_speed = ETH_SPEED_NUM_10G;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	if (hw->is_pf) {
+		wr32m(hw, NGBE_LAN_SPEED, NGBE_LAN_SPEED_MASK, lan_speed);
+		if (link_speed & (NGBE_LINK_SPEED_1GB_FULL |
+			NGBE_LINK_SPEED_100M_FULL | NGBE_LINK_SPEED_10M_FULL)) {
+			wr32m(hw, NGBE_MACTXCFG, NGBE_MACTXCFG_SPEED_MASK,
+				NGBE_MACTXCFG_SPEED_1G | NGBE_MACTXCFG_TE);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return rte_eth_linkstatus_set(dev, &link);
+}
+
+static int
+ngbe_dev_link_update(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, int wait_to_complete)
+{
+	return ngbe_dev_link_update_share(dev, wait_to_complete);
+}
+
+/*
+ * It reads ICR and sets flag for the link_update.
+ *
+ * @param dev
+ *  Pointer to struct rte_eth_dev.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *  - On success, zero.
+ *  - On failure, a negative value.
+ */
+static int
+ngbe_dev_interrupt_get_status(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
+{
+	uint32_t eicr;
+	struct ngbe_hw *hw = NGBE_DEV_HW(dev);
+	struct ngbe_interrupt *intr = NGBE_DEV_INTR(dev);
+
+	/* clear all cause mask */
+	ngbe_disable_intr(hw);
+
+	/* read-on-clear nic registers here */
+	eicr = ((u32 *)hw->isb_mem)[NGBE_ISB_MISC];
+	PMD_DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "eicr %x", eicr);
+
+	intr->flags = 0;
+
+	/* set flag for async link update */
+	if (eicr & NGBE_ICRMISC_PHY)
+		intr->flags |= NGBE_FLAG_NEED_LINK_UPDATE;
+
+	if (eicr & NGBE_ICRMISC_VFMBX)
+		intr->flags |= NGBE_FLAG_MAILBOX;
+
+	if (eicr & NGBE_ICRMISC_LNKSEC)
+		intr->flags |= NGBE_FLAG_MACSEC;
+
+	if (eicr & NGBE_ICRMISC_GPIO)
+		intr->flags |= NGBE_FLAG_NEED_LINK_UPDATE;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * It gets and then prints the link status.
+ *
+ * @param dev
+ *  Pointer to struct rte_eth_dev.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *  - On success, zero.
+ *  - On failure, a negative value.
+ */
+static void
+ngbe_dev_link_status_print(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
+{
+	struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev = RTE_ETH_DEV_TO_PCI(dev);
+	struct rte_eth_link link;
+
+	rte_eth_linkstatus_get(dev, &link);
+
+	if (link.link_status) {
+		PMD_INIT_LOG(INFO, "Port %d: Link Up - speed %u Mbps - %s",
+					(int)(dev->data->port_id),
+					(unsigned int)link.link_speed,
+			link.link_duplex == ETH_LINK_FULL_DUPLEX ?
+					"full-duplex" : "half-duplex");
+	} else {
+		PMD_INIT_LOG(INFO, " Port %d: Link Down",
+				(int)(dev->data->port_id));
+	}
+	PMD_INIT_LOG(DEBUG, "PCI Address: " PCI_PRI_FMT,
+				pci_dev->addr.domain,
+				pci_dev->addr.bus,
+				pci_dev->addr.devid,
+				pci_dev->addr.function);
+}
+
+/*
+ * It executes link_update after knowing an interrupt occurred.
+ *
+ * @param dev
+ *  Pointer to struct rte_eth_dev.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *  - On success, zero.
+ *  - On failure, a negative value.
+ */
+static int
+ngbe_dev_interrupt_action(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
+{
+	struct ngbe_interrupt *intr = NGBE_DEV_INTR(dev);
+	int64_t timeout;
+
+	PMD_DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "intr action type %d", intr->flags);
+
+	if (intr->flags & NGBE_FLAG_NEED_LINK_UPDATE) {
+		struct rte_eth_link link;
+
+		/*get the link status before link update, for predicting later*/
+		rte_eth_linkstatus_get(dev, &link);
+
+		ngbe_dev_link_update(dev, 0);
+
+		/* likely to up */
+		if (!link.link_status)
+			/* handle it 1 sec later, wait it being stable */
+			timeout = NGBE_LINK_UP_CHECK_TIMEOUT;
+		/* likely to down */
+		else
+			/* handle it 4 sec later, wait it being stable */
+			timeout = NGBE_LINK_DOWN_CHECK_TIMEOUT;
+
+		ngbe_dev_link_status_print(dev);
+		if (rte_eal_alarm_set(timeout * 1000,
+				      ngbe_dev_interrupt_delayed_handler,
+				      (void *)dev) < 0) {
+			PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Error setting alarm");
+		} else {
+			/* remember original mask */
+			intr->mask_misc_orig = intr->mask_misc;
+			/* only disable lsc interrupt */
+			intr->mask_misc &= ~NGBE_ICRMISC_PHY;
+
+			intr->mask_orig = intr->mask;
+			/* only disable all misc interrupts */
+			intr->mask &= ~(1ULL << NGBE_MISC_VEC_ID);
+		}
+	}
+
+	PMD_DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "enable intr immediately");
+	ngbe_enable_intr(dev);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Interrupt handler which shall be registered for alarm callback for delayed
+ * handling specific interrupt to wait for the stable nic state. As the
+ * NIC interrupt state is not stable for ngbe after link is just down,
+ * it needs to wait 4 seconds to get the stable status.
+ *
+ * @param handle
+ *  Pointer to interrupt handle.
+ * @param param
+ *  The address of parameter (struct rte_eth_dev *) registered before.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *  void
+ */
+static void
+ngbe_dev_interrupt_delayed_handler(void *param)
+{
+	struct rte_eth_dev *dev = (struct rte_eth_dev *)param;
+	struct ngbe_interrupt *intr = NGBE_DEV_INTR(dev);
+	struct ngbe_hw *hw = NGBE_DEV_HW(dev);
+	uint32_t eicr;
+
+	ngbe_disable_intr(hw);
+
+	eicr = ((u32 *)hw->isb_mem)[NGBE_ISB_MISC];
+
+	if (intr->flags & NGBE_FLAG_NEED_LINK_UPDATE) {
+		ngbe_dev_link_update(dev, 0);
+		intr->flags &= ~NGBE_FLAG_NEED_LINK_UPDATE;
+		ngbe_dev_link_status_print(dev);
+		rte_eth_dev_callback_process(dev, RTE_ETH_EVENT_INTR_LSC,
+					      NULL);
+	}
+
+	if (intr->flags & NGBE_FLAG_MACSEC) {
+		rte_eth_dev_callback_process(dev, RTE_ETH_EVENT_MACSEC,
+					      NULL);
+		intr->flags &= ~NGBE_FLAG_MACSEC;
+	}
+
+	/* restore original mask */
+	intr->mask_misc = intr->mask_misc_orig;
+	intr->mask_misc_orig = 0;
+	intr->mask = intr->mask_orig;
+	intr->mask_orig = 0;
+
+	PMD_DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "enable intr in delayed handler S[%08x]", eicr);
+	ngbe_enable_intr(dev);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Interrupt handler triggered by NIC  for handling
+ * specific interrupt.
+ *
+ * @param handle
+ *  Pointer to interrupt handle.
+ * @param param
+ *  The address of parameter (struct rte_eth_dev *) registered before.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *  void
+ */
+static void
+ngbe_dev_interrupt_handler(void *param)
+{
+	struct rte_eth_dev *dev = (struct rte_eth_dev *)param;
+
+	ngbe_dev_interrupt_get_status(dev);
+	ngbe_dev_interrupt_action(dev);
+}
+
 static const struct eth_dev_ops ngbe_eth_dev_ops = {
+	.dev_configure              = ngbe_dev_configure,
 	.dev_infos_get              = ngbe_dev_info_get,
+	.link_update                = ngbe_dev_link_update,
 };
 
 RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PCI(net_ngbe, rte_ngbe_pmd);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ngbe/ngbe_ethdev.h b/drivers/net/ngbe/ngbe_ethdev.h
index b4e2000dd3..10c23c41d1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ngbe/ngbe_ethdev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ngbe/ngbe_ethdev.h
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@
 #ifndef _NGBE_ETHDEV_H_
 #define _NGBE_ETHDEV_H_
 
+/* need update link, bit flag */
+#define NGBE_FLAG_NEED_LINK_UPDATE (uint32_t)(1 << 0)
+#define NGBE_FLAG_MAILBOX          (uint32_t)(1 << 1)
+#define NGBE_FLAG_PHY_INTERRUPT    (uint32_t)(1 << 2)
+#define NGBE_FLAG_MACSEC           (uint32_t)(1 << 3)
+#define NGBE_FLAG_NEED_LINK_CONFIG (uint32_t)(1 << 4)
+
 #define NGBE_HKEY_MAX_INDEX 10
 
 #define NGBE_RSS_OFFLOAD_ALL ( \
@@ -19,11 +26,23 @@
 	ETH_RSS_IPV6_TCP_EX | \
 	ETH_RSS_IPV6_UDP_EX)
 
+#define NGBE_MISC_VEC_ID               RTE_INTR_VEC_ZERO_OFFSET
+
+/* structure for interrupt relative data */
+struct ngbe_interrupt {
+	uint32_t flags;
+	uint32_t mask_misc;
+	uint32_t mask_misc_orig; /* save mask during delayed handler */
+	uint64_t mask;
+	uint64_t mask_orig; /* save mask during delayed handler */
+};
+
 /*
  * Structure to store private data for each driver instance (for each port).
  */
 struct ngbe_adapter {
 	struct ngbe_hw             hw;
+	struct ngbe_interrupt      intr;
 };
 
 #define NGBE_DEV_ADAPTER(dev) \
@@ -32,6 +51,15 @@ struct ngbe_adapter {
 #define NGBE_DEV_HW(dev) \
 	(&((struct ngbe_adapter *)(dev)->data->dev_private)->hw)
 
+#define NGBE_DEV_INTR(dev) \
+	(&((struct ngbe_adapter *)(dev)->data->dev_private)->intr)
+
+int
+ngbe_dev_link_update_share(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+		int wait_to_complete);
+
+#define NGBE_LINK_DOWN_CHECK_TIMEOUT 4000 /* ms */
+#define NGBE_LINK_UP_CHECK_TIMEOUT   1000 /* ms */
 #define NGBE_VMDQ_NUM_UC_MAC         4096 /* Maximum nb. of UC MAC addr. */
 
 /*
