diff --git a/app/test/test_gen.c b/app/test/test_gen.c
index f53f4a6608..ceacd8c7c4 100644
--- a/app/test/test_gen.c
+++ b/app/test/test_gen.c
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 #include "test.h"
 
+#define BURST_MAX 32
+
 static struct rte_mempool *mp;
 
 static int
@@ -36,12 +38,56 @@ test_gen_create(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+test_gen_basic_rxtx(void)
+{
+	struct rte_gen *gen = rte_gen_create(mp);
+	TEST_ASSERT_FAIL(gen, "Expected valid pointer after create()");
+
+	struct rte_mbuf *bufs[BURST_MAX];
+	uint16_t nb_rx = rte_gen_rx_burst(gen, bufs, BURST_MAX);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(nb_rx, BURST_MAX, "Expected rx packet burst.");
+
+	uint64_t latency[BURST_MAX];
+	uint16_t nb_tx = rte_gen_tx_burst(gen, bufs, latency, BURST_MAX);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(nb_tx, BURST_MAX, "Expected tx packet burst.");
+
+	rte_gen_destroy(gen);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+test_gen_loop_rxtx(void)
+{
+	struct rte_gen *gen = rte_gen_create(mp);
+	TEST_ASSERT_FAIL(gen, "Expected valid pointer after create()");
+
+	uint32_t total_sent = 0;
+
+	while (total_sent < 1000000) {
+		struct rte_mbuf *bufs[BURST_MAX];
+		uint16_t nb_rx = rte_gen_rx_burst(gen, bufs, BURST_MAX);
+		TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(nb_rx, BURST_MAX, "Expected rx packet burst.");
+
+		uint64_t latency[BURST_MAX];
+		uint16_t nb_tx = rte_gen_tx_burst(gen, bufs, latency, nb_rx);
+		TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(nb_tx, BURST_MAX, "Expected tx packet burst.");
+
+		total_sent += nb_tx;
+	}
+
+	rte_gen_destroy(gen);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static struct unit_test_suite gen_suite  = {
 	.suite_name = "gen: packet generator unit test suite",
 	.setup = testsuite_setup,
 	.teardown = testsuite_teardown,
 	.unit_test_cases = {
 		TEST_CASE_ST(NULL, NULL, test_gen_create),
+		TEST_CASE_ST(NULL, NULL, test_gen_basic_rxtx),
+		TEST_CASE_ST(NULL, NULL, test_gen_loop_rxtx),
 		TEST_CASES_END() /**< NULL terminate unit test array */
 	}
 };
diff --git a/lib/gen/meson.build b/lib/gen/meson.build
index 3c5d854645..753984cbba 100644
--- a/lib/gen/meson.build
+++ b/lib/gen/meson.build
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 
 sources = files('rte_gen.c')
 headers = files('rte_gen.h')
+deps += ['mempool', 'mbuf']
diff --git a/lib/gen/rte_gen.c b/lib/gen/rte_gen.c
index d993772422..f0ad57fa81 100644
--- a/lib/gen/rte_gen.c
+++ b/lib/gen/rte_gen.c
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@
 
 #include "rte_gen.h"
 
+#include <rte_mbuf.h>
 #include <rte_malloc.h>
 
+#define GEN_MAX_BURST 32
+
 /** Structure that represents a traffic generator. */
 struct rte_gen {
 	/* Mempool that buffers are retrieved from. */
@@ -31,3 +34,43 @@ rte_gen_destroy(struct rte_gen *gen)
 {
 	rte_free(gen);
 }
+
+uint16_t
+rte_gen_rx_burst(struct rte_gen *gen,
+		 struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts,
+		 const uint16_t nb_pkts)
+{
+	/* Get a bulk of nb_pkts from the mempool. */
+	int err = rte_mempool_get_bulk(gen->mp, (void **)rx_pkts, nb_pkts);
+	if (err)
+		return 0;
+
+	const uint32_t pkt_len = 64;
+
+	uint32_t i;
+	for (i = 0; i < nb_pkts; i++) {
+		struct rte_mbuf *m = rx_pkts[i];
+		uint8_t *pkt_data = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m, uint8_t *);
+
+		memset(pkt_data, 0, pkt_len);
+
+		m->pkt_len  = pkt_len;
+		m->data_len = pkt_len;
+	}
+
+	return nb_pkts;
+}
+
+uint16_t
+rte_gen_tx_burst(struct rte_gen *gen,
+		 struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
+		 uint64_t *pkt_latencies,
+		 const uint16_t nb_pkts)
+{
+	RTE_SET_USED(gen);
+	RTE_SET_USED(pkt_latencies);
+
+	rte_pktmbuf_free_bulk(tx_pkts, nb_pkts);
+
+	return nb_pkts;
+}
diff --git a/lib/gen/rte_gen.h b/lib/gen/rte_gen.h
index 5b30430f9e..09ee1e8872 100644
--- a/lib/gen/rte_gen.h
+++ b/lib/gen/rte_gen.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ extern "C" {
 struct rte_gen;
 
 /* Forward declarations for DPDK componeents. */
+struct rte_mbuf;
 struct rte_mempool;
 
 /* Allocate and initialize a traffic generator instance. */
@@ -37,6 +38,54 @@ __rte_experimental
 void
 rte_gen_destroy(struct rte_gen *gen);
 
+/**
+ * Call to receive a burst of generated packets
+ *
+ * @param gen
+ *   Gen instance to be used.
+ * @param rx_pkts
+ *   mbuf where packets will be generated.
+ * @param nb_pkts
+ *   number of packets to be generated
+ *
+ * @retval nb_pkts
+ *   On success the number of rx'ed packets will be returned
+ * @retval 0
+ *   Failure.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+uint16_t
+rte_gen_rx_burst(struct rte_gen *gen,
+		 struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts,
+		 const uint16_t nb_pkts);
+
+/** Call to transmit a burst of traffic back to the generator.
+ * This allows the generator to calculate stats/properties of the stream.
+ *
+ * If the pkt_latencies parameter is not NULL, it is expected to be a pointer
+ * to an array of uint64_t values that has nb_pkts in length. Each individual
+ * packet latency will be stored to the array.
+ *
+ * @param gen
+ *   Gen instance to be used.
+ * @param tx_pkts
+ *   mbuf to be used to tx packets
+ * @param pkt_latencies
+ *   Array to store latencies of sent packets
+ * @param nb_pkts
+ *   The number of packets to be tx'ed
+ *
+ * @retval nb_pkts
+ *   On success the number of packets tx'ed is returned
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+uint16_t
+rte_gen_tx_burst(struct rte_gen *gen,
+		 struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
+		 uint64_t *pkt_latencies,
+		 const uint16_t nb_pkts);
+
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/gen/version.map b/lib/gen/version.map
index d8a26eb53a..bdd25add6f 100644
--- a/lib/gen/version.map
+++ b/lib/gen/version.map
@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@ EXPERIMENTAL {
 
 	rte_gen_create;
 	rte_gen_destroy;
+	rte_gen_rx_burst;
+	rte_gen_tx_burst;
 };
