diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst
index f26a6c2..97fdf2a 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst
@@ -946,11 +946,25 @@ Item: ``IPV6``
 
 Matches an IPv6 header.
 
-Note: IPv6 options are handled by dedicated pattern items, see `Item:
-IPV6_EXT`_.
+Dedicated flags indicate if header contains specific extension headers.
+To match on packets containing a specific extension header, an application
+should match on the dedicated flag set to 1.
+To match on packets not containing a specific extension header, an application
+should match on the dedicated flag clear to 0.
+In case application doesn't care about the existence of a specific extension
+header, it should not specify the dedicated flag for matching.
 
 - ``hdr``: IPv6 header definition (``rte_ip.h``).
-- Default ``mask`` matches source and destination addresses only.
+- ``has_hop_ext``: header contains Hop-by-Hop Options extension header.
+- ``has_route_ext``: header contains Routing extension header.
+- ``has_frag_ext``: header contains Fragment extension header.
+- ``has_auth_ext``: header contains Authentication extension header.
+- ``has_esp_ext``: header contains Encapsulation Security Payload extension header.
+- ``has_dest_ext``: header contains Destination Options extension header.
+- ``has_mobil_ext``: header contains Mobility extension header.
+- ``has_hip_ext``: header contains Host Identity Protocol extension header.
+- ``has_shim6_ext``: header contains Shim6 Protocol extension header.
+- Default ``mask`` matches ``hdr`` source and destination addresses only.
 
 Item: ``ICMP``
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 584e720..87a7c44 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -159,11 +159,6 @@ Deprecation Notices
   or absence of a VLAN header following the current header, as proposed in RFC
   https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2020-August/177536.html.
 
-* ethdev: The ``struct rte_flow_item_ipv6`` struct will be modified to include
-  additional values, indicating existence or absence of IPv6 extension headers
-  following the IPv6 header, as proposed in RFC
-  https://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2020-August/177257.html.
-
 * security: The API ``rte_security_session_create`` takes only single mempool
   for session and session private data. So the application need to create
   mempool for twice the number of sessions needed and will also lead to
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
index 30db8f2..730e9df 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_11.rst
@@ -351,6 +351,11 @@ ABI Changes
 
   * ``ethdev`` internal functions are marked with ``__rte_internal`` tag.
 
+  * Added extensions' attributes to struct ``rte_flow_item_ipv6``.
+    A set of additional values added to struct, indicating the existence of
+    every defined extension header type.
+    Applications should use the new values for identification of existing
+    extensions in the packet header.
 
 Known Issues
 ------------
diff --git a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_flow.h b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_flow.h
index 3d5fb09..aa18925 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_flow.h
+++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_flow.h
@@ -792,11 +792,30 @@ struct rte_flow_item_ipv4 {
  *
  * Matches an IPv6 header.
  *
- * Note: IPv6 options are handled by dedicated pattern items, see
- * RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_IPV6_EXT.
+ * Dedicated flags indicate if header contains specific extension headers.
  */
 struct rte_flow_item_ipv6 {
 	struct rte_ipv6_hdr hdr; /**< IPv6 header definition. */
+	uint32_t has_hop_ext:1;
+	/**< Header contains Hop-by-Hop Options extension header. */
+	uint32_t has_route_ext:1;
+	/**< Header contains Routing extension header. */
+	uint32_t has_frag_ext:1;
+	/**< Header contains Fragment extension header. */
+	uint32_t has_auth_ext:1;
+	/**< Header contains Authentication extension header. */
+	uint32_t has_esp_ext:1;
+	/**< Header contains Encapsulation Security Payload extension header. */
+	uint32_t has_dest_ext:1;
+	/**< Header contains Destination Options extension header. */
+	uint32_t has_mobil_ext:1;
+	/**< Header contains Mobility extension header. */
+	uint32_t has_hip_ext:1;
+	/**< Header contains Host Identity Protocol extension header. */
+	uint32_t has_shim6_ext:1;
+	/**< Header contains Shim6 Protocol extension header. */
+	uint32_t reserved:23;
+	/**< Reserved for future extension headers, must be zero. */
 };
 
 /** Default mask for RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_IPV6. */
