diff --git a/drivers/common/mlx5/Makefile b/drivers/common/mlx5/Makefile
index 40bf2a5..e9863b5 100644
--- a/drivers/common/mlx5/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/common/mlx5/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ SRCS-y += linux/mlx5_glue.c
 endif
 SRCS-y += mlx5_devx_cmds.c
 SRCS-y += mlx5_common.c
+SRCS-y += linux/mlx5_common_os.c
 SRCS-y += linux/mlx5_nl.c
 SRCS-y += mlx5_common_mp.c
 SRCS-y += mlx5_common_mr.c
diff --git a/drivers/common/mlx5/linux/meson.build b/drivers/common/mlx5/linux/meson.build
index 04f7e03..f0016fa 100644
--- a/drivers/common/mlx5/linux/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/common/mlx5/linux/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ if static_ibverbs
 endif
 
 sources += files('mlx5_nl.c')
+sources += files('mlx5_common_os.c')
 if not dlopen_ibverbs
 	sources += files('mlx5_glue.c')
 endif
diff --git a/drivers/common/mlx5/linux/mlx5_common_os.c b/drivers/common/mlx5/linux/mlx5_common_os.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e04d70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/common/mlx5/linux/mlx5_common_os.c
@@ -0,0 +1,305 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright 2020 Mellanox Technologies, Ltd
+ */
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#ifdef RTE_IBVERBS_LINK_DLOPEN
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <rte_errno.h>
+
+#include "mlx5_common.h"
+#include "mlx5_common_utils.h"
+#include "mlx5_glue.h"
+
+#ifdef MLX5_GLUE
+const struct mlx5_glue *mlx5_glue;
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Get PCI information by sysfs device path.
+ *
+ * @param dev_path
+ *   Pointer to device sysfs folder name.
+ * @param[out] pci_addr
+ *   PCI bus address output buffer.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
+ */
+int
+mlx5_dev_to_pci_addr(const char *dev_path,
+		     struct rte_pci_addr *pci_addr)
+{
+	FILE *file;
+	char line[32];
+	MKSTR(path, "%s/device/uevent", dev_path);
+
+	file = fopen(path, "rb");
+	if (file == NULL) {
+		rte_errno = errno;
+		return -rte_errno;
+	}
+	while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), file) == line) {
+		size_t len = strlen(line);
+		int ret;
+
+		/* Truncate long lines. */
+		if (len == (sizeof(line) - 1))
+			while (line[(len - 1)] != '\n') {
+				ret = fgetc(file);
+				if (ret == EOF)
+					break;
+				line[(len - 1)] = ret;
+			}
+		/* Extract information. */
+		if (sscanf(line,
+			   "PCI_SLOT_NAME="
+			   "%" SCNx32 ":%" SCNx8 ":%" SCNx8 ".%" SCNx8 "\n",
+			   &pci_addr->domain,
+			   &pci_addr->bus,
+			   &pci_addr->devid,
+			   &pci_addr->function) == 4) {
+			ret = 0;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	fclose(file);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Extract port name, as a number, from sysfs or netlink information.
+ *
+ * @param[in] port_name_in
+ *   String representing the port name.
+ * @param[out] port_info_out
+ *   Port information, including port name as a number and port name
+ *   type if recognized
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   port_name field set according to recognized name format.
+ */
+void
+mlx5_translate_port_name(const char *port_name_in,
+			 struct mlx5_switch_info *port_info_out)
+{
+	char pf_c1, pf_c2, vf_c1, vf_c2;
+	char *end;
+	int sc_items;
+
+	/*
+	 * Check for port-name as a string of the form pf0vf0
+	 * (support kernel ver >= 5.0 or OFED ver >= 4.6).
+	 */
+	sc_items = sscanf(port_name_in, "%c%c%d%c%c%d",
+			  &pf_c1, &pf_c2, &port_info_out->pf_num,
+			  &vf_c1, &vf_c2, &port_info_out->port_name);
+	if (sc_items == 6 &&
+	    pf_c1 == 'p' && pf_c2 == 'f' &&
+	    vf_c1 == 'v' && vf_c2 == 'f') {
+		port_info_out->name_type = MLX5_PHYS_PORT_NAME_TYPE_PFVF;
+		return;
+	}
+	/*
+	 * Check for port-name as a string of the form p0
+	 * (support kernel ver >= 5.0, or OFED ver >= 4.6).
+	 */
+	sc_items = sscanf(port_name_in, "%c%d",
+			  &pf_c1, &port_info_out->port_name);
+	if (sc_items == 2 && pf_c1 == 'p') {
+		port_info_out->name_type = MLX5_PHYS_PORT_NAME_TYPE_UPLINK;
+		return;
+	}
+	/* Check for port-name as a number (support kernel ver < 5.0 */
+	errno = 0;
+	port_info_out->port_name = strtol(port_name_in, &end, 0);
+	if (!errno &&
+	    (size_t)(end - port_name_in) == strlen(port_name_in)) {
+		port_info_out->name_type = MLX5_PHYS_PORT_NAME_TYPE_LEGACY;
+		return;
+	}
+	port_info_out->name_type = MLX5_PHYS_PORT_NAME_TYPE_UNKNOWN;
+}
+
+#ifdef MLX5_GLUE
+
+/**
+ * Suffix RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH with "-glue".
+ *
+ * This function performs a sanity check on RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH before
+ * suffixing its last component.
+ *
+ * @param buf[out]
+ *   Output buffer, should be large enough otherwise NULL is returned.
+ * @param size
+ *   Size of @p out.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   Pointer to @p buf or @p NULL in case suffix cannot be appended.
+ */
+static char *
+mlx5_glue_path(char *buf, size_t size)
+{
+	static const char *const bad[] = { "/", ".", "..", NULL };
+	const char *path = RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH;
+	size_t len = strlen(path);
+	size_t off;
+	int i;
+
+	while (len && path[len - 1] == '/')
+		--len;
+	for (off = len; off && path[off - 1] != '/'; --off)
+		;
+	for (i = 0; bad[i]; ++i)
+		if (!strncmp(path + off, bad[i], (int)(len - off)))
+			goto error;
+	i = snprintf(buf, size, "%.*s-glue", (int)len, path);
+	if (i == -1 || (size_t)i >= size)
+		goto error;
+	return buf;
+error:
+	RTE_LOG(ERR, PMD, "unable to append \"-glue\" to last component of"
+		" RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH (\"" RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH "\"), please"
+		" re-configure DPDK");
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static int
+mlx5_glue_dlopen(void)
+{
+	char glue_path[sizeof(RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH) - 1 + sizeof("-glue")];
+	void *handle = NULL;
+
+	char const *path[] = {
+		/*
+		 * A basic security check is necessary before trusting
+		 * MLX5_GLUE_PATH, which may override RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH.
+		 */
+		(geteuid() == getuid() && getegid() == getgid() ?
+		 getenv("MLX5_GLUE_PATH") : NULL),
+		/*
+		 * When RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH is set, use its glue-suffixed
+		 * variant, otherwise let dlopen() look up libraries on its
+		 * own.
+		 */
+		(*RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH ?
+		 mlx5_glue_path(glue_path, sizeof(glue_path)) : ""),
+	};
+	unsigned int i = 0;
+	void **sym;
+	const char *dlmsg;
+
+	while (!handle && i != RTE_DIM(path)) {
+		const char *end;
+		size_t len;
+		int ret;
+
+		if (!path[i]) {
+			++i;
+			continue;
+		}
+		end = strpbrk(path[i], ":;");
+		if (!end)
+			end = path[i] + strlen(path[i]);
+		len = end - path[i];
+		ret = 0;
+		do {
+			char name[ret + 1];
+
+			ret = snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%.*s%s" MLX5_GLUE,
+				       (int)len, path[i],
+				       (!len || *(end - 1) == '/') ? "" : "/");
+			if (ret == -1)
+				break;
+			if (sizeof(name) != (size_t)ret + 1)
+				continue;
+			DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "Looking for rdma-core glue as "
+				"\"%s\"", name);
+			handle = dlopen(name, RTLD_LAZY);
+			break;
+		} while (1);
+		path[i] = end + 1;
+		if (!*end)
+			++i;
+	}
+	if (!handle) {
+		rte_errno = EINVAL;
+		dlmsg = dlerror();
+		if (dlmsg)
+			DRV_LOG(WARNING, "Cannot load glue library: %s", dlmsg);
+		goto glue_error;
+	}
+	sym = dlsym(handle, "mlx5_glue");
+	if (!sym || !*sym) {
+		rte_errno = EINVAL;
+		dlmsg = dlerror();
+		if (dlmsg)
+			DRV_LOG(ERR, "Cannot resolve glue symbol: %s", dlmsg);
+		goto glue_error;
+	}
+	mlx5_glue = *sym;
+	return 0;
+
+glue_error:
+	if (handle)
+		dlclose(handle);
+	return -1;
+}
+
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Initialization routine for run-time dependency on rdma-core.
+ */
+void
+mlx5_glue_constructor(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * RDMAV_HUGEPAGES_SAFE tells ibv_fork_init() we intend to use
+	 * huge pages. Calling ibv_fork_init() during init allows
+	 * applications to use fork() safely for purposes other than
+	 * using this PMD, which is not supported in forked processes.
+	 */
+	setenv("RDMAV_HUGEPAGES_SAFE", "1", 1);
+	/* Match the size of Rx completion entry to the size of a cacheline. */
+	if (RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE == 128)
+		setenv("MLX5_CQE_SIZE", "128", 0);
+	/*
+	 * MLX5_DEVICE_FATAL_CLEANUP tells ibv_destroy functions to
+	 * cleanup all the Verbs resources even when the device was removed.
+	 */
+	setenv("MLX5_DEVICE_FATAL_CLEANUP", "1", 1);
+
+#ifdef MLX5_GLUE
+	if (mlx5_glue_dlopen() != 0)
+		goto glue_error;
+#endif
+
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_DEBUG
+	/* Glue structure must not contain any NULL pointers. */
+	{
+		unsigned int i;
+
+		for (i = 0; i != sizeof(*mlx5_glue) / sizeof(void *); ++i)
+			MLX5_ASSERT(((const void *const *)mlx5_glue)[i]);
+	}
+#endif
+	if (strcmp(mlx5_glue->version, MLX5_GLUE_VERSION)) {
+		rte_errno = EINVAL;
+		DRV_LOG(ERR, "rdma-core glue \"%s\" mismatch: \"%s\" is "
+			"required", mlx5_glue->version, MLX5_GLUE_VERSION);
+		goto glue_error;
+	}
+	mlx5_glue->fork_init();
+	return;
+
+glue_error:
+	DRV_LOG(WARNING, "Cannot initialize MLX5 common due to missing"
+		" run-time dependency on rdma-core libraries (libibverbs,"
+		" libmlx5)");
+	mlx5_glue = NULL;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_common.c b/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_common.c
index 1c77763..db94d4a 100644
--- a/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_common.c
+++ b/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_common.c
@@ -5,16 +5,11 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
-#ifdef RTE_IBVERBS_LINK_DLOPEN
-#include <dlfcn.h>
-#endif
 
 #include <rte_errno.h>
 
 #include "mlx5_common.h"
 #include "mlx5_common_utils.h"
-#include "mlx5_glue.h"
-
 
 int mlx5_common_logtype;
 
@@ -24,58 +19,6 @@ const struct mlx5_glue *mlx5_glue;
 
 uint8_t haswell_broadwell_cpu;
 
-/**
- * Get PCI information by sysfs device path.
- *
- * @param dev_path
- *   Pointer to device sysfs folder name.
- * @param[out] pci_addr
- *   PCI bus address output buffer.
- *
- * @return
- *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
- */
-int
-mlx5_dev_to_pci_addr(const char *dev_path,
-		     struct rte_pci_addr *pci_addr)
-{
-	FILE *file;
-	char line[32];
-	MKSTR(path, "%s/device/uevent", dev_path);
-
-	file = fopen(path, "rb");
-	if (file == NULL) {
-		rte_errno = errno;
-		return -rte_errno;
-	}
-	while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), file) == line) {
-		size_t len = strlen(line);
-		int ret;
-
-		/* Truncate long lines. */
-		if (len == (sizeof(line) - 1))
-			while (line[(len - 1)] != '\n') {
-				ret = fgetc(file);
-				if (ret == EOF)
-					break;
-				line[(len - 1)] = ret;
-			}
-		/* Extract information. */
-		if (sscanf(line,
-			   "PCI_SLOT_NAME="
-			   "%" SCNx32 ":%" SCNx8 ":%" SCNx8 ".%" SCNx8 "\n",
-			   &pci_addr->domain,
-			   &pci_addr->bus,
-			   &pci_addr->devid,
-			   &pci_addr->function) == 4) {
-			ret = 0;
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-	fclose(file);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int
 mlx5_class_check_handler(__rte_unused const char *key, const char *value,
 			 void *opaque)
@@ -112,187 +55,6 @@ mlx5_class_get(struct rte_devargs *devargs)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/**
- * Extract port name, as a number, from sysfs or netlink information.
- *
- * @param[in] port_name_in
- *   String representing the port name.
- * @param[out] port_info_out
- *   Port information, including port name as a number and port name
- *   type if recognized
- *
- * @return
- *   port_name field set according to recognized name format.
- */
-void
-mlx5_translate_port_name(const char *port_name_in,
-			 struct mlx5_switch_info *port_info_out)
-{
-	char pf_c1, pf_c2, vf_c1, vf_c2;
-	char *end;
-	int sc_items;
-
-	/*
-	 * Check for port-name as a string of the form pf0vf0
-	 * (support kernel ver >= 5.0 or OFED ver >= 4.6).
-	 */
-	sc_items = sscanf(port_name_in, "%c%c%d%c%c%d",
-			  &pf_c1, &pf_c2, &port_info_out->pf_num,
-			  &vf_c1, &vf_c2, &port_info_out->port_name);
-	if (sc_items == 6 &&
-	    pf_c1 == 'p' && pf_c2 == 'f' &&
-	    vf_c1 == 'v' && vf_c2 == 'f') {
-		port_info_out->name_type = MLX5_PHYS_PORT_NAME_TYPE_PFVF;
-		return;
-	}
-	/*
-	 * Check for port-name as a string of the form p0
-	 * (support kernel ver >= 5.0, or OFED ver >= 4.6).
-	 */
-	sc_items = sscanf(port_name_in, "%c%d",
-			  &pf_c1, &port_info_out->port_name);
-	if (sc_items == 2 && pf_c1 == 'p') {
-		port_info_out->name_type = MLX5_PHYS_PORT_NAME_TYPE_UPLINK;
-		return;
-	}
-	/* Check for port-name as a number (support kernel ver < 5.0 */
-	errno = 0;
-	port_info_out->port_name = strtol(port_name_in, &end, 0);
-	if (!errno &&
-	    (size_t)(end - port_name_in) == strlen(port_name_in)) {
-		port_info_out->name_type = MLX5_PHYS_PORT_NAME_TYPE_LEGACY;
-		return;
-	}
-	port_info_out->name_type = MLX5_PHYS_PORT_NAME_TYPE_UNKNOWN;
-	return;
-}
-
-#ifdef MLX5_GLUE
-
-/**
- * Suffix RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH with "-glue".
- *
- * This function performs a sanity check on RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH before
- * suffixing its last component.
- *
- * @param buf[out]
- *   Output buffer, should be large enough otherwise NULL is returned.
- * @param size
- *   Size of @p out.
- *
- * @return
- *   Pointer to @p buf or @p NULL in case suffix cannot be appended.
- */
-static char *
-mlx5_glue_path(char *buf, size_t size)
-{
-	static const char *const bad[] = { "/", ".", "..", NULL };
-	const char *path = RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH;
-	size_t len = strlen(path);
-	size_t off;
-	int i;
-
-	while (len && path[len - 1] == '/')
-		--len;
-	for (off = len; off && path[off - 1] != '/'; --off)
-		;
-	for (i = 0; bad[i]; ++i)
-		if (!strncmp(path + off, bad[i], (int)(len - off)))
-			goto error;
-	i = snprintf(buf, size, "%.*s-glue", (int)len, path);
-	if (i == -1 || (size_t)i >= size)
-		goto error;
-	return buf;
-error:
-	RTE_LOG(ERR, PMD, "unable to append \"-glue\" to last component of"
-		" RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH (\"" RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH "\"), please"
-		" re-configure DPDK");
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-static int
-mlx5_glue_dlopen(void)
-{
-	char glue_path[sizeof(RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH) - 1 + sizeof("-glue")];
-	void *handle = NULL;
-
-	const char *path[] = {
-		/*
-		 * A basic security check is necessary before trusting
-		 * MLX5_GLUE_PATH, which may override RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH.
-		 */
-		(geteuid() == getuid() && getegid() == getgid() ?
-		 getenv("MLX5_GLUE_PATH") : NULL),
-		/*
-		 * When RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH is set, use its glue-suffixed
-		 * variant, otherwise let dlopen() look up libraries on its
-		 * own.
-		 */
-		(*RTE_EAL_PMD_PATH ?
-		 mlx5_glue_path(glue_path, sizeof(glue_path)) : ""),
-	};
-	unsigned int i = 0;
-	void **sym;
-	const char *dlmsg;
-
-	while (!handle && i != RTE_DIM(path)) {
-		const char *end;
-		size_t len;
-		int ret;
-
-		if (!path[i]) {
-			++i;
-			continue;
-		}
-		end = strpbrk(path[i], ":;");
-		if (!end)
-			end = path[i] + strlen(path[i]);
-		len = end - path[i];
-		ret = 0;
-		do {
-			char name[ret + 1];
-
-			ret = snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%.*s%s" MLX5_GLUE,
-				       (int)len, path[i],
-				       (!len || *(end - 1) == '/') ? "" : "/");
-			if (ret == -1)
-				break;
-			if (sizeof(name) != (size_t)ret + 1)
-				continue;
-			DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "Looking for rdma-core glue as "
-				"\"%s\"", name);
-			handle = dlopen(name, RTLD_LAZY);
-			break;
-		} while (1);
-		path[i] = end + 1;
-		if (!*end)
-			++i;
-	}
-	if (!handle) {
-		rte_errno = EINVAL;
-		dlmsg = dlerror();
-		if (dlmsg)
-			DRV_LOG(WARNING, "Cannot load glue library: %s", dlmsg);
-		goto glue_error;
-	}
-	sym = dlsym(handle, "mlx5_glue");
-	if (!sym || !*sym) {
-		rte_errno = EINVAL;
-		dlmsg = dlerror();
-		if (dlmsg)
-			DRV_LOG(ERR, "Cannot resolve glue symbol: %s", dlmsg);
-		goto glue_error;
-	}
-	mlx5_glue = *sym;
-	return 0;
-
-glue_error:
-	if (handle)
-		dlclose(handle);
-	return -1;
-}
-
-#endif
 
 /* In case this is an x86_64 intel processor to check if
  * we should use relaxed ordering.
@@ -325,55 +87,11 @@ RTE_INIT_PRIO(mlx5_log_init, LOG)
 }
 
 /**
- * Initialization routine for run-time dependency on rdma-core.
+ * Initialization routine for run-time dependency on glue library.
  */
 RTE_INIT_PRIO(mlx5_glue_init, CLASS)
 {
-	/*
-	 * RDMAV_HUGEPAGES_SAFE tells ibv_fork_init() we intend to use
-	 * huge pages. Calling ibv_fork_init() during init allows
-	 * applications to use fork() safely for purposes other than
-	 * using this PMD, which is not supported in forked processes.
-	 */
-	setenv("RDMAV_HUGEPAGES_SAFE", "1", 1);
-	/* Match the size of Rx completion entry to the size of a cacheline. */
-	if (RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE == 128)
-		setenv("MLX5_CQE_SIZE", "128", 0);
-	/*
-	 * MLX5_DEVICE_FATAL_CLEANUP tells ibv_destroy functions to
-	 * cleanup all the Verbs resources even when the device was removed.
-	 */
-	setenv("MLX5_DEVICE_FATAL_CLEANUP", "1", 1);
-
-#ifdef MLX5_GLUE
-	if (mlx5_glue_dlopen() != 0)
-		goto glue_error;
-#endif
-
-#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_DEBUG
-	/* Glue structure must not contain any NULL pointers. */
-	{
-		unsigned int i;
-
-		for (i = 0; i != sizeof(*mlx5_glue) / sizeof(void *); ++i)
-			MLX5_ASSERT(((const void *const *)mlx5_glue)[i]);
-	}
-#endif
-	if (strcmp(mlx5_glue->version, MLX5_GLUE_VERSION)) {
-		rte_errno = EINVAL;
-		DRV_LOG(ERR, "rdma-core glue \"%s\" mismatch: \"%s\" is "
-			"required", mlx5_glue->version, MLX5_GLUE_VERSION);
-		goto glue_error;
-	}
-	mlx5_glue->fork_init();
-	return;
-
-glue_error:
-	DRV_LOG(WARNING, "Cannot initialize MLX5 common due to missing"
-		" run-time dependency on rdma-core libraries (libibverbs,"
-		" libmlx5)");
-	mlx5_glue = NULL;
-	return;
+	mlx5_glue_constructor();
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_common.h b/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_common.h
index 8cd3ea5..8e679c6 100644
--- a/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_common.h
+++ b/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_common.h
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ enum mlx5_class mlx5_class_get(struct rte_devargs *devargs);
 __rte_internal
 void mlx5_translate_port_name(const char *port_name_in,
 			      struct mlx5_switch_info *port_info_out);
+void mlx5_glue_constructor(void);
 
 extern uint8_t haswell_broadwell_cpu;
 
