diff --git a/app/test/test_mempool_perf.c b/app/test/test_mempool_perf.c
index cdc02a0..091c1df 100644
--- a/app/test/test_mempool_perf.c
+++ b/app/test/test_mempool_perf.c
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ per_lcore_mempool_test(__attribute__((unused)) void *arg)
 							   n_get_bulk);
 				if (unlikely(ret < 0)) {
 					rte_mempool_dump(stdout, mp);
-					rte_ring_dump(stdout, mp->ring);
 					/* in this case, objects are lost... */
 					return -1;
 				}
diff --git a/lib/librte_mempool/Makefile b/lib/librte_mempool/Makefile
index a6898ef..a32c89e 100644
--- a/lib/librte_mempool/Makefile
+++ b/lib/librte_mempool/Makefile
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ LIBABIVER := 1
 
 # all source are stored in SRCS-y
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MEMPOOL) +=  rte_mempool.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MEMPOOL) +=  rte_mempool_handler.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MEMPOOL) +=  rte_mempool_default.c
+
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_XEN_DOM0),y)
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MEMPOOL) +=  rte_dom0_mempool.c
 endif
diff --git a/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.c b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.c
index f8781e1..7342a7f 100644
--- a/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.c
+++ b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.c
@@ -59,10 +59,11 @@
 #include <rte_spinlock.h>
 
 #include "rte_mempool.h"
+#include "rte_mempool_handler.h"
 
 TAILQ_HEAD(rte_mempool_list, rte_tailq_entry);
 
-static struct rte_tailq_elem rte_mempool_tailq = {
+struct rte_tailq_elem rte_mempool_tailq = {
 	.name = "RTE_MEMPOOL",
 };
 EAL_REGISTER_TAILQ(rte_mempool_tailq)
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ mempool_add_elem(struct rte_mempool *mp, void *obj, uint32_t obj_idx,
 		obj_init(mp, obj_init_arg, obj, obj_idx);
 
 	/* enqueue in ring */
-	rte_ring_sp_enqueue(mp->ring, obj);
+	rte_mempool_ext_put_bulk(mp, &obj, 1);
 }
 
 uint32_t
@@ -420,117 +421,76 @@ rte_mempool_create(const char *name, unsigned n, unsigned elt_size,
 }
 
 /*
+ * Common mempool create function.
  * Create the mempool over already allocated chunk of memory.
  * That external memory buffer can consists of physically disjoint pages.
  * Setting vaddr to NULL, makes mempool to fallback to original behaviour
- * and allocate space for mempool and it's elements as one big chunk of
- * physically continuos memory.
- * */
-struct rte_mempool *
-rte_mempool_xmem_create(const char *name, unsigned n, unsigned elt_size,
+ * which will call rte_mempool_ext_alloc to allocate the object memory.
+ * If it is an intenal mempool handler, it will allocate space for mempool
+ * and it's elements as one big chunk of physically continuous memory.
+ * If it is an external mempool handler, it will allocate space for mempool
+ * and call the rte_mempool_ext_alloc for the object memory.
+ */
+static struct rte_mempool *
+mempool_create(const char *name,
+		unsigned num_elt, unsigned elt_size,
 		unsigned cache_size, unsigned private_data_size,
 		rte_mempool_ctor_t *mp_init, void *mp_init_arg,
 		rte_mempool_obj_ctor_t *obj_init, void *obj_init_arg,
-		int socket_id, unsigned flags, void *vaddr,
-		const phys_addr_t paddr[], uint32_t pg_num, uint32_t pg_shift)
+		int socket_id, unsigned flags,
+		void *vaddr, const phys_addr_t paddr[],
+		uint32_t pg_num, uint32_t pg_shift,
+		const char *handler_name)
 {
-	char mz_name[RTE_MEMZONE_NAMESIZE];
-	char rg_name[RTE_RING_NAMESIZE];
+	const struct rte_memzone *mz;
 	struct rte_mempool_list *mempool_list;
 	struct rte_mempool *mp = NULL;
 	struct rte_tailq_entry *te = NULL;
-	struct rte_ring *r = NULL;
-	const struct rte_memzone *mz;
-	size_t mempool_size;
+	char mz_name[RTE_MEMZONE_NAMESIZE];
 	int mz_flags = RTE_MEMZONE_1GB|RTE_MEMZONE_SIZE_HINT_ONLY;
-	int rg_flags = 0;
-	void *obj;
 	struct rte_mempool_objsz objsz;
-	void *startaddr;
+	void *startaddr = NULL;
 	int page_size = getpagesize();
-
-	/* compilation-time checks */
-	RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON((sizeof(struct rte_mempool) &
-			  RTE_CACHE_LINE_MASK) != 0);
-#if RTE_MEMPOOL_CACHE_MAX_SIZE > 0
-	RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON((sizeof(struct rte_mempool_cache) &
-			  RTE_CACHE_LINE_MASK) != 0);
-	RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON((offsetof(struct rte_mempool, local_cache) &
-			  RTE_CACHE_LINE_MASK) != 0);
-#endif
-#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_MEMPOOL_DEBUG
-	RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON((sizeof(struct rte_mempool_debug_stats) &
-			  RTE_CACHE_LINE_MASK) != 0);
-	RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON((offsetof(struct rte_mempool, stats) &
-			  RTE_CACHE_LINE_MASK) != 0);
-#endif
+	void *obj = NULL;
+	size_t mempool_size;
 
 	mempool_list = RTE_TAILQ_CAST(rte_mempool_tailq.head, rte_mempool_list);
 
 	/* asked cache too big */
 	if (cache_size > RTE_MEMPOOL_CACHE_MAX_SIZE ||
-	    CALC_CACHE_FLUSHTHRESH(cache_size) > n) {
-		rte_errno = EINVAL;
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	/* check that we have both VA and PA */
-	if (vaddr != NULL && paddr == NULL) {
-		rte_errno = EINVAL;
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	/* Check that pg_num and pg_shift parameters are valid. */
-	if (pg_num < RTE_DIM(mp->elt_pa) || pg_shift > MEMPOOL_PG_SHIFT_MAX) {
+		CALC_CACHE_FLUSHTHRESH(cache_size) > num_elt) {
 		rte_errno = EINVAL;
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	/* "no cache align" imply "no spread" */
-	if (flags & MEMPOOL_F_NO_CACHE_ALIGN)
-		flags |= MEMPOOL_F_NO_SPREAD;
+	if (flags && MEMPOOL_F_INT_HANDLER) {
+		/* Check that pg_num and pg_shift parameters are valid. */
+		if (pg_num < RTE_DIM(mp->elt_pa) ||
+				pg_shift > MEMPOOL_PG_SHIFT_MAX) {
+			rte_errno = EINVAL;
+			return NULL;
+		}
 
-	/* ring flags */
-	if (flags & MEMPOOL_F_SP_PUT)
-		rg_flags |= RING_F_SP_ENQ;
-	if (flags & MEMPOOL_F_SC_GET)
-		rg_flags |= RING_F_SC_DEQ;
+		/* "no cache align" imply "no spread" */
+		if (flags & MEMPOOL_F_NO_CACHE_ALIGN)
+			flags |= MEMPOOL_F_NO_SPREAD;
 
-	/* calculate mempool object sizes. */
-	if (!rte_mempool_calc_obj_size(elt_size, flags, &objsz)) {
-		rte_errno = EINVAL;
-		return NULL;
+		/* calculate mempool object sizes. */
+		if (!rte_mempool_calc_obj_size(elt_size, flags, &objsz)) {
+			rte_errno = EINVAL;
+			return NULL;
+		}
 	}
 
 	rte_rwlock_write_lock(RTE_EAL_MEMPOOL_RWLOCK);
 
-	/* allocate the ring that will be used to store objects */
-	/* Ring functions will return appropriate errors if we are
-	 * running as a secondary process etc., so no checks made
-	 * in this function for that condition */
-	snprintf(rg_name, sizeof(rg_name), RTE_MEMPOOL_MZ_FORMAT, name);
-	r = rte_ring_create(rg_name, rte_align32pow2(n+1), socket_id, rg_flags);
-	if (r == NULL)
-		goto exit_unlock;
-
 	/*
 	 * reserve a memory zone for this mempool: private data is
 	 * cache-aligned
 	 */
-	private_data_size = (private_data_size +
-			     RTE_MEMPOOL_ALIGN_MASK) & (~RTE_MEMPOOL_ALIGN_MASK);
+	private_data_size = RTE_ALIGN_CEIL(private_data_size,
+						RTE_MEMPOOL_ALIGN);
 
-	if (! rte_eal_has_hugepages()) {
-		/*
-		 * expand private data size to a whole page, so that the
-		 * first pool element will start on a new standard page
-		 */
-		int head = sizeof(struct rte_mempool);
-		int new_size = (private_data_size + head) % page_size;
-		if (new_size) {
-			private_data_size += page_size - new_size;
-		}
-	}
 
 	/* try to allocate tailq entry */
 	te = rte_zmalloc("MEMPOOL_TAILQ_ENTRY", sizeof(*te), 0);
@@ -539,23 +499,51 @@ rte_mempool_xmem_create(const char *name, unsigned n, unsigned elt_size,
 		goto exit_unlock;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * If user provided an external memory buffer, then use it to
-	 * store mempool objects. Otherwise reserve a memzone that is large
-	 * enough to hold mempool header and metadata plus mempool objects.
-	 */
-	mempool_size = MEMPOOL_HEADER_SIZE(mp, pg_num) + private_data_size;
-	mempool_size = RTE_ALIGN_CEIL(mempool_size, RTE_MEMPOOL_ALIGN);
-	if (vaddr == NULL)
-		mempool_size += (size_t)objsz.total_size * n;
+	if (flags && MEMPOOL_F_INT_HANDLER) {
+
+		if (!rte_eal_has_hugepages()) {
+			/*
+			 * expand private data size to a whole page, so that the
+			 * first pool element will start on a new standard page
+			 */
+			int head = sizeof(struct rte_mempool);
+			int new_size = (private_data_size + head) % page_size;
+
+			if (new_size)
+				private_data_size += page_size - new_size;
+		}
+
 
-	if (! rte_eal_has_hugepages()) {
 		/*
-		 * we want the memory pool to start on a page boundary,
-		 * because pool elements crossing page boundaries would
-		 * result in discontiguous physical addresses
+		 * If user provided an external memory buffer, then use it to
+		 * store mempool objects. Otherwise reserve a memzone that is
+		 * large enough to hold mempool header and metadata plus
+		 * mempool objects
 		 */
-		mempool_size += page_size;
+		mempool_size =
+			MEMPOOL_HEADER_SIZE(mp, pg_num) + private_data_size;
+		mempool_size =
+			RTE_ALIGN_CEIL(mempool_size, RTE_MEMPOOL_ALIGN);
+		if (vaddr == NULL)
+			mempool_size += (size_t)objsz.total_size * num_elt;
+
+		if (!rte_eal_has_hugepages()) {
+			/*
+			 * we want the memory pool to start on a page boundary,
+			 * because pool elements crossing page boundaries would
+			 * result in discontiguous physical addresses
+			 */
+			mempool_size += page_size;
+		}
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * If user provided an external memory buffer, then use it to
+		 * store mempool objects. Otherwise reserve a memzone that is
+		 * large enough to hold mempool header and metadata plus
+		 * mempool objects
+		 */
+		mempool_size = sizeof(*mp) + private_data_size;
+		mempool_size = RTE_ALIGN_CEIL(mempool_size, RTE_MEMPOOL_ALIGN);
 	}
 
 	snprintf(mz_name, sizeof(mz_name), RTE_MEMPOOL_MZ_FORMAT, name);
@@ -564,16 +552,22 @@ rte_mempool_xmem_create(const char *name, unsigned n, unsigned elt_size,
 	if (mz == NULL)
 		goto exit_unlock;
 
-	if (rte_eal_has_hugepages()) {
-		startaddr = (void*)mz->addr;
-	} else {
-		/* align memory pool start address on a page boundary */
-		unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)mz->addr;
-		if (addr & (page_size - 1)) {
-			addr += page_size;
-			addr &= ~(page_size - 1);
+	if (flags && MEMPOOL_F_INT_HANDLER) {
+
+		if (rte_eal_has_hugepages()) {
+			startaddr = (void *)mz->addr;
+		} else {
+			/* align memory pool start address on a page boundary */
+			unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)mz->addr;
+
+			if (addr & (page_size - 1)) {
+				addr += page_size;
+				addr &= ~(page_size - 1);
+			}
+			startaddr = (void *)addr;
 		}
-		startaddr = (void*)addr;
+	} else {
+		startaddr = (void *)mz->addr;
 	}
 
 	/* init the mempool structure */
@@ -581,8 +575,7 @@ rte_mempool_xmem_create(const char *name, unsigned n, unsigned elt_size,
 	memset(mp, 0, sizeof(*mp));
 	snprintf(mp->name, sizeof(mp->name), "%s", name);
 	mp->phys_addr = mz->phys_addr;
-	mp->ring = r;
-	mp->size = n;
+	mp->size = num_elt;
 	mp->flags = flags;
 	mp->elt_size = objsz.elt_size;
 	mp->header_size = objsz.header_size;
@@ -591,35 +584,52 @@ rte_mempool_xmem_create(const char *name, unsigned n, unsigned elt_size,
 	mp->cache_flushthresh = CALC_CACHE_FLUSHTHRESH(cache_size);
 	mp->private_data_size = private_data_size;
 
-	/* calculate address of the first element for continuous mempool. */
-	obj = (char *)mp + MEMPOOL_HEADER_SIZE(mp, pg_num) +
-		private_data_size;
-	obj = RTE_PTR_ALIGN_CEIL(obj, RTE_MEMPOOL_ALIGN);
-
-	/* populate address translation fields. */
-	mp->pg_num = pg_num;
-	mp->pg_shift = pg_shift;
-	mp->pg_mask = RTE_LEN2MASK(mp->pg_shift, typeof(mp->pg_mask));
+	mp->handler_idx = rte_get_mempool_handler_idx(handler_name);
+	if (mp->handler_idx < 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, MEMPOOL, "Cannot find mempool handler by name!\n");
+		goto exit_unlock;
+	}
 
-	/* mempool elements allocated together with mempool */
-	if (vaddr == NULL) {
-		mp->elt_va_start = (uintptr_t)obj;
-		mp->elt_pa[0] = mp->phys_addr +
-			(mp->elt_va_start - (uintptr_t)mp);
+	if (flags && MEMPOOL_F_INT_HANDLER) {
+		/* calculate address of first element for continuous mempool. */
+		obj = (char *)mp + MEMPOOL_HEADER_SIZE(mp, pg_num) +
+			private_data_size;
+		obj = RTE_PTR_ALIGN_CEIL(obj, RTE_MEMPOOL_ALIGN);
+
+		/* populate address translation fields. */
+		mp->pg_num = pg_num;
+		mp->pg_shift = pg_shift;
+		mp->pg_mask = RTE_LEN2MASK(mp->pg_shift, typeof(mp->pg_mask));
+
+		/* mempool elements allocated together with mempool */
+		if (vaddr == NULL) {
+			mp->elt_va_start = (uintptr_t)obj;
+			mp->elt_pa[0] = mp->phys_addr +
+				(mp->elt_va_start - (uintptr_t)mp);
+		/* mempool elements in a separate chunk of memory. */
+		} else {
+			mp->elt_va_start = (uintptr_t)vaddr;
+			memcpy(mp->elt_pa, paddr,
+				sizeof(mp->elt_pa[0]) * pg_num);
+		}
 
-	/* mempool elements in a separate chunk of memory. */
-	} else {
-		mp->elt_va_start = (uintptr_t)vaddr;
-		memcpy(mp->elt_pa, paddr, sizeof (mp->elt_pa[0]) * pg_num);
+		mp->elt_va_end = mp->elt_va_start;
 	}
 
-	mp->elt_va_end = mp->elt_va_start;
+	/* Parameters are setup. Call the mempool handler alloc */
+	mp->pool =
+		rte_mempool_ext_alloc(mp, name, num_elt, socket_id, flags);
+	if (mp->pool == NULL) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, MEMPOOL, "Failed to alloc mempool!\n");
+		goto exit_unlock;
+	}
 
 	/* call the initializer */
 	if (mp_init)
 		mp_init(mp, mp_init_arg);
 
-	mempool_populate(mp, n, 1, obj_init, obj_init_arg);
+	if (obj_init)
+		mempool_populate(mp, num_elt, 1, obj_init, obj_init_arg);
 
 	te->data = (void *) mp;
 
@@ -632,19 +642,83 @@ rte_mempool_xmem_create(const char *name, unsigned n, unsigned elt_size,
 
 exit_unlock:
 	rte_rwlock_write_unlock(RTE_EAL_MEMPOOL_RWLOCK);
-	rte_ring_free(r);
 	rte_free(te);
 
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+/* Create the mempool over already allocated chunk of memory */
+struct rte_mempool *
+rte_mempool_xmem_create(const char *name, unsigned n, unsigned elt_size,
+		unsigned cache_size, unsigned private_data_size,
+		rte_mempool_ctor_t *mp_init, void *mp_init_arg,
+		rte_mempool_obj_ctor_t *obj_init, void *obj_init_arg,
+		int socket_id, unsigned flags, void *vaddr,
+		const phys_addr_t paddr[], uint32_t pg_num, uint32_t pg_shift)
+{
+	struct rte_mempool *mp = NULL;
+	char handler_name[RTE_MEMPOOL_NAMESIZE];
+
+
+	/* compilation-time checks */
+	RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON((sizeof(struct rte_mempool) &
+			  RTE_CACHE_LINE_MASK) != 0);
+#if RTE_MEMPOOL_CACHE_MAX_SIZE > 0
+	RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON((sizeof(struct rte_mempool_cache) &
+			  RTE_CACHE_LINE_MASK) != 0);
+	RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON((offsetof(struct rte_mempool, local_cache) &
+			  RTE_CACHE_LINE_MASK) != 0);
+#endif
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_MEMPOOL_DEBUG
+	RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON((sizeof(struct rte_mempool_debug_stats) &
+			  RTE_CACHE_LINE_MASK) != 0);
+	RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON((offsetof(struct rte_mempool, stats) &
+			  RTE_CACHE_LINE_MASK) != 0);
+#endif
+
+
+	/* check that we have both VA and PA */
+	if (vaddr != NULL && paddr == NULL) {
+		rte_errno = EINVAL;
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Since we have 4 combinations of the SP/SC/MP/MC, and stack,
+	 * examine the flags to set the correct index into the handler table.
+	 */
+	if (flags & (MEMPOOL_F_SP_PUT | MEMPOOL_F_SC_GET))
+		sprintf(handler_name, "%s", "ring_sp_sc");
+	else if (flags & MEMPOOL_F_SP_PUT)
+		sprintf(handler_name, "%s", "ring_sp_mc");
+	else if (flags & MEMPOOL_F_SC_GET)
+		sprintf(handler_name, "%s", "ring_mp_sc");
+	else
+		sprintf(handler_name, "%s", "ring_mp_mc");
+
+	flags |= MEMPOOL_F_INT_HANDLER;
+
+	mp = mempool_create(name,
+		n, elt_size,
+		cache_size, private_data_size,
+		mp_init, mp_init_arg,
+		obj_init, obj_init_arg,
+		socket_id,
+		flags,
+		vaddr, paddr,
+		pg_num, pg_shift,
+		handler_name);
+
+	return mp;
+}
+
 /* Return the number of entries in the mempool */
 unsigned
 rte_mempool_count(const struct rte_mempool *mp)
 {
 	unsigned count;
 
-	count = rte_ring_count(mp->ring);
+	count = rte_mempool_ext_get_count(mp);
 
 #if RTE_MEMPOOL_CACHE_MAX_SIZE > 0
 	{
@@ -800,7 +874,6 @@ rte_mempool_dump(FILE *f, const struct rte_mempool *mp)
 
 	fprintf(f, "mempool <%s>@%p\n", mp->name, mp);
 	fprintf(f, "  flags=%x\n", mp->flags);
-	fprintf(f, "  ring=<%s>@%p\n", mp->ring->name, mp->ring);
 	fprintf(f, "  phys_addr=0x%" PRIx64 "\n", mp->phys_addr);
 	fprintf(f, "  size=%"PRIu32"\n", mp->size);
 	fprintf(f, "  header_size=%"PRIu32"\n", mp->header_size);
@@ -823,7 +896,7 @@ rte_mempool_dump(FILE *f, const struct rte_mempool *mp)
 			mp->size);
 
 	cache_count = rte_mempool_dump_cache(f, mp);
-	common_count = rte_ring_count(mp->ring);
+	common_count = rte_mempool_ext_get_count(mp);
 	if ((cache_count + common_count) > mp->size)
 		common_count = mp->size - cache_count;
 	fprintf(f, "  common_pool_count=%u\n", common_count);
@@ -917,3 +990,30 @@ void rte_mempool_walk(void (*func)(const struct rte_mempool *, void *),
 
 	rte_rwlock_read_unlock(RTE_EAL_MEMPOOL_RWLOCK);
 }
+
+
+/* create the mempool using an external mempool manager */
+struct rte_mempool *
+rte_mempool_create_ext(const char *name, unsigned n, unsigned elt_size,
+	unsigned cache_size, unsigned private_data_size,
+	rte_mempool_ctor_t *mp_init, void *mp_init_arg,
+	rte_mempool_obj_ctor_t *obj_init, void *obj_init_arg,
+	int socket_id, unsigned flags,
+	const char *handler_name)
+{
+	struct rte_mempool *mp = NULL;
+
+	mp = mempool_create(name,
+		n, elt_size,
+		cache_size, private_data_size,
+		mp_init, mp_init_arg,
+		obj_init, obj_init_arg,
+		socket_id, flags,
+		NULL, NULL,              /* vaddr, paddr */
+		0, 0,                    /* pg_num, pg_shift, */
+		handler_name);
+
+	return mp;
+
+
+}
diff --git a/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.h b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.h
index 9745bf0..f987d8a 100644
--- a/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.h
+++ b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool.h
@@ -175,12 +175,93 @@ struct rte_mempool_objtlr {
 #endif
 };
 
+/* Handler functions for external mempool support */
+typedef void *(*rte_mempool_alloc_t)(struct rte_mempool *mp,
+		const char *name, unsigned n, int socket_id, unsigned flags);
+typedef int (*rte_mempool_put_t)(void *p,
+		void * const *obj_table, unsigned n);
+typedef int (*rte_mempool_get_t)(void *p, void **obj_table,
+		unsigned n);
+typedef unsigned (*rte_mempool_get_count)(void *p);
+typedef int (*rte_mempool_free_t)(struct rte_mempool *mp);
+
+/**
+ * @internal wrapper for external mempool manager alloc callback.
+ *
+ * @param mp
+ *   Pointer to the memory pool.
+ * @param name
+ *   Name of the memory pool.
+ * @param n
+ *   Number of objects in the mempool.
+ * @param socket_id
+ *   socket id on which to allocate.
+ * @param flags
+ *   general flags to allocate function (MEMPOOL_F_* flags)
+ */
+void *
+rte_mempool_ext_alloc(struct rte_mempool *mp,
+		const char *name, unsigned n, int socket_id, unsigned flags);
+
+/**
+ * @internal wrapper for external mempool manager get callback.
+ *
+ * @param mp
+ *   Pointer to the memory pool.
+ * @param obj_table
+ *   Pointer to a table of void * pointers (objects).
+ * @param n
+ *	 Number of objects to get
+ * @return
+ *   - >=0: Success; got n number of objects
+ *   - <0: Error; code of handler get function.
+ */
+int
+rte_mempool_ext_get_bulk(struct rte_mempool *mp, void **obj_table,
+		unsigned n);
+
+/**
+ * @internal wrapper for external mempool manager put callback.
+ *
+ * @param mp
+ *   Pointer to the memory pool.
+ * @param obj_table
+ *   Pointer to a table of void * pointers (objects).
+ * @param n
+ *   Number of objects to put
+ * @return
+ *   - >=0: Success; number of objects supplied.
+ *   - <0: Error; code of handler put function.
+ */
+int
+rte_mempool_ext_put_bulk(struct rte_mempool *mp, void * const *obj_table,
+		unsigned n);
+
+/**
+ * @internal wrapper for external mempool manager get_count callback.
+ *
+ * @param mp
+ *   Pointer to the memory pool.
+ */
+unsigned
+rte_mempool_ext_get_count(const struct rte_mempool *mp);
+
+/**
+ * @internal wrapper for external mempool manager free callback.
+ *
+ * @param mp
+ *   Pointer to the memory pool.
+ * @return
+ *   The number of objects available in the mempool.
+ */
+int
+rte_mempool_ext_free(struct rte_mempool *mp);
+
 /**
  * The RTE mempool structure.
  */
 struct rte_mempool {
 	char name[RTE_MEMPOOL_NAMESIZE]; /**< Name of mempool. */
-	struct rte_ring *ring;           /**< Ring to store objects. */
 	phys_addr_t phys_addr;           /**< Phys. addr. of mempool struct. */
 	int flags;                       /**< Flags of the mempool. */
 	uint32_t size;                   /**< Size of the mempool. */
@@ -194,6 +275,18 @@ struct rte_mempool {
 
 	unsigned private_data_size;      /**< Size of private data. */
 
+	/* Common pool data structure pointer */
+	void *pool;
+
+	/*
+	 * Index into the array of structs containing callback fn pointers.
+	 * We're using an index here rather than pointers to the callbacks
+	 * to facilitate any secondary processes that may want to use
+	 * this mempool. Any function pointers stored in the mempool
+	 * directly would not be valid for secondary processes.
+	 */
+	int16_t handler_idx;
+
 #if RTE_MEMPOOL_CACHE_MAX_SIZE > 0
 	/** Per-lcore local cache. */
 	struct rte_mempool_cache local_cache[RTE_MAX_LCORE];
@@ -223,6 +316,8 @@ struct rte_mempool {
 #define MEMPOOL_F_NO_CACHE_ALIGN 0x0002 /**< Do not align objs on cache lines.*/
 #define MEMPOOL_F_SP_PUT         0x0004 /**< Default put is "single-producer".*/
 #define MEMPOOL_F_SC_GET         0x0008 /**< Default get is "single-consumer".*/
+#define MEMPOOL_F_INT_HANDLER    0x0020 /**< Using internal mempool handler */
+
 
 /**
  * @internal When debug is enabled, store some statistics.
@@ -728,7 +823,6 @@ rte_dom0_mempool_create(const char *name, unsigned n, unsigned elt_size,
 		rte_mempool_obj_ctor_t *obj_init, void *obj_init_arg,
 		int socket_id, unsigned flags);
 
-
 /**
  * Dump the status of the mempool to the console.
  *
@@ -753,7 +847,7 @@ void rte_mempool_dump(FILE *f, const struct rte_mempool *mp);
  */
 static inline void __attribute__((always_inline))
 __mempool_put_bulk(struct rte_mempool *mp, void * const *obj_table,
-		    unsigned n, int is_mp)
+		    unsigned n, __rte_unused int is_mp)
 {
 #if RTE_MEMPOOL_CACHE_MAX_SIZE > 0
 	struct rte_mempool_cache *cache;
@@ -793,10 +887,15 @@ __mempool_put_bulk(struct rte_mempool *mp, void * const *obj_table,
 
 	cache->len += n;
 
-	if (cache->len >= flushthresh) {
-		rte_ring_mp_enqueue_bulk(mp->ring, &cache->objs[cache_size],
+	if (unlikely(cache->len >= flushthresh)) {
+		rte_mempool_ext_put_bulk(mp, &cache->objs[cache_size],
 				cache->len - cache_size);
 		cache->len = cache_size;
+		/*
+		 * Increment stats counter to tell us how many pool puts
+		 * happened
+		 */
+		__MEMPOOL_STAT_ADD(mp, put_pool, n);
 	}
 
 	return;
@@ -804,22 +903,10 @@ __mempool_put_bulk(struct rte_mempool *mp, void * const *obj_table,
 ring_enqueue:
 #endif /* RTE_MEMPOOL_CACHE_MAX_SIZE > 0 */
 
-	/* push remaining objects in ring */
-#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_MEMPOOL_DEBUG
-	if (is_mp) {
-		if (rte_ring_mp_enqueue_bulk(mp->ring, obj_table, n) < 0)
-			rte_panic("cannot put objects in mempool\n");
-	}
-	else {
-		if (rte_ring_sp_enqueue_bulk(mp->ring, obj_table, n) < 0)
-			rte_panic("cannot put objects in mempool\n");
-	}
-#else
-	if (is_mp)
-		rte_ring_mp_enqueue_bulk(mp->ring, obj_table, n);
-	else
-		rte_ring_sp_enqueue_bulk(mp->ring, obj_table, n);
-#endif
+	/* Increment stats counter to tell us how many pool puts happened */
+	__MEMPOOL_STAT_ADD(mp, put_pool, n);
+
+	rte_mempool_ext_put_bulk(mp, obj_table, n);
 }
 
 
@@ -943,7 +1030,7 @@ rte_mempool_put(struct rte_mempool *mp, void *obj)
  */
 static inline int __attribute__((always_inline))
 __mempool_get_bulk(struct rte_mempool *mp, void **obj_table,
-		   unsigned n, int is_mc)
+		   unsigned n, __attribute__((unused))int is_mc)
 {
 	int ret;
 #if RTE_MEMPOOL_CACHE_MAX_SIZE > 0
@@ -967,7 +1054,8 @@ __mempool_get_bulk(struct rte_mempool *mp, void **obj_table,
 		uint32_t req = n + (cache_size - cache->len);
 
 		/* How many do we require i.e. number to fill the cache + the request */
-		ret = rte_ring_mc_dequeue_bulk(mp->ring, &cache->objs[cache->len], req);
+		ret = rte_mempool_ext_get_bulk(mp,
+			&cache->objs[cache->len], req);
 		if (unlikely(ret < 0)) {
 			/*
 			 * In the offchance that we are buffer constrained,
@@ -995,10 +1083,7 @@ ring_dequeue:
 #endif /* RTE_MEMPOOL_CACHE_MAX_SIZE > 0 */
 
 	/* get remaining objects from ring */
-	if (is_mc)
-		ret = rte_ring_mc_dequeue_bulk(mp->ring, obj_table, n);
-	else
-		ret = rte_ring_sc_dequeue_bulk(mp->ring, obj_table, n);
+	ret = rte_mempool_ext_get_bulk(mp, obj_table, n);
 
 	if (ret < 0)
 		__MEMPOOL_STAT_ADD(mp, get_fail, n);
@@ -1401,6 +1486,80 @@ ssize_t rte_mempool_xmem_usage(void *vaddr, uint32_t elt_num, size_t elt_sz,
 void rte_mempool_walk(void (*func)(const struct rte_mempool *, void *arg),
 		      void *arg);
 
+/**
+ * Function to get the name of a mempool handler
+ *
+ * @param mp
+ *   A pointer to the mempool structure.
+ * @return
+ *   The name of the mempool handler
+ */
+char *rte_mempool_get_handler_name(struct rte_mempool *mp);
+
+/**
+ * Create a new mempool named *name* in memory.
+ *
+ * This function uses an externally defined alloc callback to allocate memory.
+ * Its size is set to n elements.
+ * All elements of the mempool are allocated separately to the mempool header.
+ *
+ * @param name
+ *   The name of the mempool.
+ * @param n
+ *   The number of elements in the mempool. The optimum size (in terms of
+ *   memory usage) for a mempool is when n is a power of two minus one:
+ *   n = (2^q - 1).
+ * @param cache_size
+ *   If cache_size is non-zero, the rte_mempool library will try to
+ *   limit the accesses to the common lockless pool, by maintaining a
+ *   per-lcore object cache. This argument must be lower or equal to
+ *   CONFIG_RTE_MEMPOOL_CACHE_MAX_SIZE and n / 1.5. It is advised to choose
+ *   cache_size to have "n modulo cache_size == 0": if this is
+ *   not the case, some elements will always stay in the pool and will
+ *   never be used. The access to the per-lcore table is of course
+ *   faster than the multi-producer/consumer pool. The cache can be
+ *   disabled if the cache_size argument is set to 0; it can be useful to
+ *   avoid losing objects in cache. Note that even if not used, the
+ *   memory space for cache is always reserved in a mempool structure,
+ *   except if CONFIG_RTE_MEMPOOL_CACHE_MAX_SIZE is set to 0.
+ * @param private_data_size
+ *   The size of the private data appended after the mempool
+ *   structure. This is useful for storing some private data after the
+ *   mempool structure, as is done for rte_mbuf_pool for example.
+ * @param mp_init
+ *   A function pointer that is called for initialization of the pool,
+ *   before object initialization. The user can initialize the private
+ *   data in this function if needed. This parameter can be NULL if
+ *   not needed.
+ * @param mp_init_arg
+ *   An opaque pointer to data that can be used in the mempool
+ *   constructor function.
+ * @param obj_init
+ *   A function pointer that is called for each object at
+ *   initialization of the pool. The user can set some meta data in
+ *   objects if needed. This parameter can be NULL if not needed.
+ *   The obj_init() function takes the mempool pointer, the init_arg,
+ *   the object pointer and the object number as parameters.
+ * @param obj_init_arg
+ *   An opaque pointer to data that can be used as an argument for
+ *   each call to the object constructor function.
+ * @param socket_id
+ *   The *socket_id* argument is the socket identifier in the case of
+ *   NUMA. The value can be *SOCKET_ID_ANY* if there is no NUMA
+ *   constraint for the reserved zone.
+ * @param flags
+ *   general flags to allocate function (MEMPOOL_F_* flags)
+ * @return
+ *   The pointer to the new allocated mempool, on success. NULL on error
+ */
+struct rte_mempool *
+rte_mempool_create_ext(const char *name, unsigned n, unsigned elt_size,
+		unsigned cache_size, unsigned private_data_size,
+		rte_mempool_ctor_t *mp_init, void *mp_init_arg,
+		rte_mempool_obj_ctor_t *obj_init, void *obj_init_arg,
+		int socket_id, unsigned flags,
+		const char *handler_name);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool_default.c b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool_default.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3852be1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool_default.c
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+/*-
+ *   BSD LICENSE
+ *
+ *   Copyright(c) 2010-2016 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *   All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ *   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ *   are met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+ *       the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ *       distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its
+ *       contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+ *       from this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ *   THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ *   "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ *   LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ *   A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ *   OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ *   SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ *   LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ *   DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ *   THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ *   (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ *   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <rte_mempool.h>
+#include <rte_malloc.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "rte_mempool.h"
+#include "rte_mempool_handler.h"
+
+static int
+common_ring_mp_put(void *p, void * const *obj_table, unsigned n)
+{
+	return rte_ring_mp_enqueue_bulk((struct rte_ring *)p, obj_table, n);
+}
+
+static int
+common_ring_sp_put(void *p, void * const *obj_table, unsigned n)
+{
+	return rte_ring_sp_enqueue_bulk((struct rte_ring *)p, obj_table, n);
+}
+
+static int
+common_ring_mc_get(void *p, void **obj_table, unsigned n)
+{
+	return rte_ring_mc_dequeue_bulk((struct rte_ring *)p, obj_table, n);
+}
+
+static int
+common_ring_sc_get(void *p, void **obj_table, unsigned n)
+{
+	return rte_ring_sc_dequeue_bulk((struct rte_ring *)p, obj_table, n);
+}
+
+static unsigned
+common_ring_get_count(void *p)
+{
+	return rte_ring_count((struct rte_ring *)p);
+}
+
+
+static void *
+common_ring_alloc(struct rte_mempool *mp,
+		const char *name, unsigned n, int socket_id, unsigned flags)
+{
+	struct rte_ring *r;
+	char rg_name[RTE_RING_NAMESIZE];
+	int rg_flags = 0;
+
+	if (flags & MEMPOOL_F_SP_PUT)
+		rg_flags |= RING_F_SP_ENQ;
+	if (flags & MEMPOOL_F_SC_GET)
+		rg_flags |= RING_F_SC_DEQ;
+
+	/* allocate the ring that will be used to store objects */
+	/* Ring functions will return appropriate errors if we are
+	 * running as a secondary process etc., so no checks made
+	 * in this function for that condition */
+	snprintf(rg_name, sizeof(rg_name), "%s-ring", name);
+	r = rte_ring_create(rg_name, rte_align32pow2(n+1), socket_id, rg_flags);
+	if (r == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+
+	mp->pool = r;
+
+	return r;
+}
+
+static struct rte_mempool_handler handler_mp_mc = {
+	.name = "ring_mp_mc",
+	.alloc = common_ring_alloc,
+	.put = common_ring_mp_put,
+	.get = common_ring_mc_get,
+	.get_count = common_ring_get_count,
+	.free = NULL
+};
+static struct rte_mempool_handler handler_sp_sc = {
+	.name = "ring_sp_sc",
+	.alloc = common_ring_alloc,
+	.put = common_ring_sp_put,
+	.get = common_ring_sc_get,
+	.get_count = common_ring_get_count,
+	.free = NULL
+};
+static struct rte_mempool_handler handler_mp_sc = {
+	.name = "ring_mp_sc",
+	.alloc = common_ring_alloc,
+	.put = common_ring_mp_put,
+	.get = common_ring_sc_get,
+	.get_count = common_ring_get_count,
+	.free = NULL
+};
+static struct rte_mempool_handler handler_sp_mc = {
+	.name = "ring_sp_mc",
+	.alloc = common_ring_alloc,
+	.put = common_ring_sp_put,
+	.get = common_ring_mc_get,
+	.get_count = common_ring_get_count,
+	.free = NULL
+};
+
+REGISTER_MEMPOOL_HANDLER(handler_mp_mc);
+REGISTER_MEMPOOL_HANDLER(handler_sp_sc);
+REGISTER_MEMPOOL_HANDLER(handler_mp_sc);
+REGISTER_MEMPOOL_HANDLER(handler_sp_mc);
diff --git a/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool_handler.c b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool_handler.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f04f45f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool_handler.c
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+/*-
+ *   BSD LICENSE
+ *
+ *   Copyright(c) 2010-2016 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *   All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ *   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ *   are met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+ *       the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ *       distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its
+ *       contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+ *       from this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ *   THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ *   "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ *   LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ *   A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ *   OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ *   SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ *   LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ *   DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ *   THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ *   (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ *   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <rte_mempool.h>
+#include <rte_malloc.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "rte_mempool.h"
+#include "rte_mempool_handler.h"
+
+/*
+ * Indirect jump table to support external memory pools
+ */
+struct rte_mempool_handler_list mempool_handler_list = {
+	.sl =  RTE_SPINLOCK_INITIALIZER ,
+	.num_handlers = 0
+};
+
+/*
+ * Returns the name of the mempool
+ */
+char *
+rte_mempool_get_handler_name(struct rte_mempool *mp) {
+	return mempool_handler_list.handler[mp->handler_idx].name;
+}
+
+int16_t
+rte_mempool_register_handler(struct rte_mempool_handler *h)
+{
+	int16_t handler_idx;
+
+	/*  */
+	rte_spinlock_lock(&mempool_handler_list.sl);
+
+	/* Check whether jump table has space */
+	if (mempool_handler_list.num_handlers >= RTE_MEMPOOL_MAX_HANDLER_IDX) {
+		rte_spinlock_unlock(&mempool_handler_list.sl);
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, MEMPOOL,
+				"Maximum number of mempool handlers exceeded\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if ((h->put == NULL) || (h->get == NULL) ||
+		(h->get_count == NULL)) {
+		rte_spinlock_unlock(&mempool_handler_list.sl);
+		 RTE_LOG(ERR, MEMPOOL,
+					"Missing callback while registering mempool handler\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/* add new handler index */
+	handler_idx = mempool_handler_list.num_handlers++;
+
+	snprintf(mempool_handler_list.handler[handler_idx].name,
+				RTE_MEMPOOL_NAMESIZE, "%s", h->name);
+	mempool_handler_list.handler[handler_idx].alloc = h->alloc;
+	mempool_handler_list.handler[handler_idx].put = h->put;
+	mempool_handler_list.handler[handler_idx].get = h->get;
+	mempool_handler_list.handler[handler_idx].get_count = h->get_count;
+
+	rte_spinlock_unlock(&mempool_handler_list.sl);
+
+	return handler_idx;
+}
+
+int16_t
+rte_get_mempool_handler_idx(const char *name)
+{
+	int16_t i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < mempool_handler_list.num_handlers; i++) {
+		if (!strcmp(name, mempool_handler_list.handler[i].name))
+			return i;
+	}
+	return -1;
+}
+
+void *
+rte_mempool_ext_alloc(struct rte_mempool *mp,
+		const char *name, unsigned n, int socket_id, unsigned flags)
+{
+	if (mempool_handler_list.handler[mp->handler_idx].alloc) {
+		return (mempool_handler_list.handler[mp->handler_idx].alloc)
+						(mp, name, n, socket_id, flags);
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+inline int __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_mempool_ext_get_bulk(struct rte_mempool *mp, void **obj_table, unsigned n)
+{
+	return (mempool_handler_list.handler[mp->handler_idx].get)
+						(mp->pool, obj_table, n);
+}
+
+inline int __attribute__((always_inline))
+rte_mempool_ext_put_bulk(struct rte_mempool *mp, void * const *obj_table,
+		unsigned n)
+{
+	return (mempool_handler_list.handler[mp->handler_idx].put)
+						(mp->pool, obj_table, n);
+}
+
+unsigned
+rte_mempool_ext_get_count(const struct rte_mempool *mp)
+{
+	return (mempool_handler_list.handler[mp->handler_idx].get_count)
+						(mp->pool);
+}
diff --git a/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool_handler.h b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool_handler.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..982396f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool_handler.h
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/*-
+ *   BSD LICENSE
+ *
+ *   Copyright(c) 2010-2015 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *   All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ *   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ *   are met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+ *       the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ *       distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its
+ *       contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+ *       from this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ *   THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ *   "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ *   LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ *   A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ *   OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ *   SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ *   LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ *   DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ *   THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ *   (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ *   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _RTE_MEMPOOL_INTERNAL_H_
+#define _RTE_MEMPOOL_INTERNAL_H_
+
+#include <rte_spinlock.h>
+#include <rte_mempool.h>
+
+#define RTE_MEMPOOL_MAX_HANDLER_IDX 16
+
+struct rte_mempool_handler {
+	char name[RTE_MEMPOOL_NAMESIZE]; /**< Name of mempool handler */
+
+	rte_mempool_alloc_t alloc;
+
+	rte_mempool_get_count get_count;
+
+	rte_mempool_free_t free;
+
+	rte_mempool_put_t put;
+
+	rte_mempool_get_t get;
+} __rte_cache_aligned;
+
+struct rte_mempool_handler_list {
+	rte_spinlock_t sl;		  /**< Spinlock for add/delete. */
+
+	int32_t num_handlers;	  /**< Number of handlers that are valid. */
+
+	/* storage for all possible handlers */
+	struct rte_mempool_handler handler[RTE_MEMPOOL_MAX_HANDLER_IDX];
+};
+
+int16_t rte_mempool_register_handler(struct rte_mempool_handler *h);
+int16_t rte_get_mempool_handler_idx(const char *name);
+
+#define REGISTER_MEMPOOL_HANDLER(h) \
+static int16_t __attribute__((used)) testfn_##h(void);\
+int16_t __attribute__((constructor, used)) testfn_##h(void)\
+{\
+	return rte_mempool_register_handler(&h);\
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool_version.map b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool_version.map
index 17151e0..589db27 100644
--- a/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool_version.map
+++ b/lib/librte_mempool/rte_mempool_version.map
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ DPDK_2.0 {
 	rte_mempool_calc_obj_size;
 	rte_mempool_count;
 	rte_mempool_create;
+	rte_mempool_create_ext;
 	rte_mempool_dump;
 	rte_mempool_list_dump;
 	rte_mempool_lookup;
