diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
index b5b5abadee..35ececc3f2 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
@@ -306,6 +306,10 @@ New Features
     * Pcapng format with timestamps and meta-data.
     * Fixes packet capture with stripped VLAN tags.
 
+* **IPsec Security Gateway sample application new features.**
+
+  * Added support for TSO (only for inline crypto TCP packets)
+
 
 Removed Items
 -------------
diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ipsec_secgw.rst b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ipsec_secgw.rst
index 782574dd39..639d309a6e 100644
--- a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ipsec_secgw.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ipsec_secgw.rst
@@ -720,6 +720,17 @@ where each options means:
 
    * *udp-encap*
 
+ ``<mss>``
+
+ * Maximum segment size for TSO offload, available for egress SAs only.
+
+ * Optional: Yes, TSO offload not set by default
+
+ * Syntax:
+
+   * *mss N* N is the segment size in bytes
+
+
 Example SA rules:
 
 .. code-block:: console
diff --git a/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec-secgw.c b/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec-secgw.c
index 4bdf99b62b..5fcf424efe 100644
--- a/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec-secgw.c
+++ b/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec-secgw.c
@@ -398,6 +398,10 @@ prepare_one_packet(struct rte_mbuf *pkt, struct ipsec_traffic *t)
 		pkt->l2_len = 0;
 		pkt->l3_len = sizeof(*iph4);
 		pkt->packet_type |= RTE_PTYPE_L3_IPV4;
+		if  (pkt->packet_type & RTE_PTYPE_L4_TCP)
+			pkt->l4_len = sizeof(struct rte_tcp_hdr);
+		else if (pkt->packet_type & RTE_PTYPE_L4_UDP)
+			pkt->l4_len = sizeof(struct rte_udp_hdr);
 	} else if (eth->ether_type == rte_cpu_to_be_16(RTE_ETHER_TYPE_IPV6)) {
 		int next_proto;
 		size_t l3len, ext_len;
diff --git a/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec.h b/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec.h
index 8405c48171..2c3640833d 100644
--- a/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec.h
+++ b/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec.h
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ struct ipsec_sa {
 	enum rte_security_ipsec_sa_direction direction;
 	uint8_t udp_encap;
 	uint16_t portid;
+	uint16_t mss;
 	uint8_t fdir_qid;
 	uint8_t fdir_flag;
 
diff --git a/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec_process.c b/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec_process.c
index 5012e1a6a4..bb56e97ad7 100644
--- a/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec_process.c
+++ b/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec_process.c
@@ -222,6 +222,28 @@ prep_process_group(void *sa, struct rte_mbuf *mb[], uint32_t cnt)
 	for (j = 0; j != cnt; j++) {
 		priv = get_priv(mb[j]);
 		priv->sa = sa;
+		/* setup TSO related fields if TSO enabled*/
+		if (priv->sa->mss) {
+			/* TCP only */
+			uint32_t ptype = mb[j]->packet_type;
+			if  (ptype & (RTE_PTYPE_L4_TCP == 0))
+				continue;
+
+			mb[j]->tso_segsz = priv->sa->mss;
+			if ((IS_TUNNEL(priv->sa->flags))) {
+				mb[j]->outer_l3_len = mb[j]->l3_len;
+				mb[j]->outer_l2_len = mb[j]->l2_len;
+				mb[j]->ol_flags |=
+				(RTE_MBUF_F_TX_OUTER_IP_CKSUM |
+						RTE_MBUF_F_TX_TUNNEL_ESP);
+			}
+			mb[j]->ol_flags |= (RTE_MBUF_F_TX_TCP_SEG |
+					RTE_MBUF_F_TX_TCP_CKSUM);
+			if (RTE_ETH_IS_IPV4_HDR(ptype))
+				mb[j]->ol_flags |= RTE_MBUF_F_TX_OUTER_IPV4;
+			else
+				mb[j]->ol_flags |= RTE_MBUF_F_TX_OUTER_IPV6;
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/ipsec-secgw/sa.c b/examples/ipsec-secgw/sa.c
index 88dd30464f..97f265cc7b 100644
--- a/examples/ipsec-secgw/sa.c
+++ b/examples/ipsec-secgw/sa.c
@@ -677,6 +677,16 @@ parse_sa_tokens(char **tokens, uint32_t n_tokens,
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		if (strcmp(tokens[ti], "mss") == 0) {
+			INCREMENT_TOKEN_INDEX(ti, n_tokens, status);
+			if (status->status < 0)
+				return;
+			rule->mss = atoi(tokens[ti]);
+			if (status->status < 0)
+				return;
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		if (strcmp(tokens[ti], "fallback") == 0) {
 			struct rte_ipsec_session *fb;
 
@@ -970,7 +980,7 @@ sa_create(const char *name, int32_t socket_id, uint32_t nb_sa)
 }
 
 static int
-check_eth_dev_caps(uint16_t portid, uint32_t inbound)
+check_eth_dev_caps(uint16_t portid, uint32_t inbound, uint32_t tso)
 {
 	struct rte_eth_dev_info dev_info;
 	int retval;
@@ -999,6 +1009,12 @@ check_eth_dev_caps(uint16_t portid, uint32_t inbound)
 				"hardware TX IPSec offload is not supported\n");
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
+		if (tso && (dev_info.tx_offload_capa &
+				RTE_ETH_TX_OFFLOAD_TCP_TSO) == 0) {
+			RTE_LOG(WARNING, PORT,
+				"hardware TCP TSO offload is not supported\n");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1127,7 +1143,7 @@ sa_add_rules(struct sa_ctx *sa_ctx, const struct ipsec_sa entries[],
 
 		if (ips->type == RTE_SECURITY_ACTION_TYPE_INLINE_PROTOCOL ||
 			ips->type == RTE_SECURITY_ACTION_TYPE_INLINE_CRYPTO) {
-			if (check_eth_dev_caps(sa->portid, inbound))
+			if (check_eth_dev_caps(sa->portid, inbound, sa->mss))
 				return -EINVAL;
 		}
 
@@ -1638,8 +1654,11 @@ sa_check_offloads(uint16_t port_id, uint64_t *rx_offloads,
 		if ((rule_type == RTE_SECURITY_ACTION_TYPE_INLINE_CRYPTO ||
 				rule_type ==
 				RTE_SECURITY_ACTION_TYPE_INLINE_PROTOCOL)
-				&& rule->portid == port_id)
+				&& rule->portid == port_id) {
 			*tx_offloads |= RTE_ETH_TX_OFFLOAD_SECURITY;
+			if (rule->mss)
+				*tx_offloads |= RTE_ETH_TX_OFFLOAD_TCP_TSO;
+		}
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
