diff --git a/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_private.h b/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_private.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d72f1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_private.h
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+/*-
+ *   BSD LICENSE
+ *
+ *   Copyright(c) 2017 Intel Corporation. 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_DIST_PRIV_H_
+#define _RTE_DIST_PRIV_H_
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * RTE distributor
+ *
+ * The distributor is a component which is designed to pass packets
+ * one-at-a-time to workers, with dynamic load balancing.
+ */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#define NO_FLAGS 0
+#define RTE_DISTRIB_PREFIX "DT_"
+
+/*
+ * We will use the bottom four bits of pointer for flags, shifting out
+ * the top four bits to make room (since a 64-bit pointer actually only uses
+ * 48 bits). An arithmetic-right-shift will then appropriately restore the
+ * original pointer value with proper sign extension into the top bits.
+ */
+#define RTE_DISTRIB_FLAG_BITS 4
+#define RTE_DISTRIB_FLAGS_MASK (0x0F)
+#define RTE_DISTRIB_NO_BUF 0       /**< empty flags: no buffer requested */
+#define RTE_DISTRIB_GET_BUF (1)    /**< worker requests a buffer, returns old */
+#define RTE_DISTRIB_RETURN_BUF (2) /**< worker returns a buffer, no request */
+#define RTE_DISTRIB_VALID_BUF (4)  /**< set if bufptr contains ptr */
+
+#define RTE_DISTRIB_BACKLOG_SIZE 8
+#define RTE_DISTRIB_BACKLOG_MASK (RTE_DISTRIB_BACKLOG_SIZE - 1)
+
+#define RTE_DISTRIB_MAX_RETURNS 128
+#define RTE_DISTRIB_RETURNS_MASK (RTE_DISTRIB_MAX_RETURNS - 1)
+
+/**
+ * Maximum number of workers allowed.
+ * Be aware of increasing the limit, becaus it is limited by how we track
+ * in-flight tags. See in_flight_bitmask and rte_distributor_process
+ */
+#define RTE_DISTRIB_MAX_WORKERS 64
+
+#define RTE_DISTRIBUTOR_NAMESIZE 32 /**< Length of name for instance */
+
+/**
+ * Buffer structure used to pass the pointer data between cores. This is cache
+ * line aligned, but to improve performance and prevent adjacent cache-line
+ * prefetches of buffers for other workers, e.g. when worker 1's buffer is on
+ * the next cache line to worker 0, we pad this out to three cache lines.
+ * Only 64-bits of the memory is actually used though.
+ */
+union rte_distributor_buffer {
+	volatile int64_t bufptr64;
+	char pad[RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE*3];
+} __rte_cache_aligned;
+
+/**
+ * Number of packets to deal with in bursts. Needs to be 8 so as to
+ * fit in one cache line.
+ */
+#define RTE_DIST_BURST_SIZE (sizeof(rte_xmm_t) / sizeof(uint16_t))
+
+struct rte_distributor_backlog {
+	unsigned int start;
+	unsigned int count;
+	int64_t pkts[RTE_DIST_BURST_SIZE] __rte_cache_aligned;
+	uint16_t *tags; /* will point to second cacheline of inflights */
+} __rte_cache_aligned;
+
+
+struct rte_distributor_returned_pkts {
+	unsigned int start;
+	unsigned int count;
+	struct rte_mbuf *mbufs[RTE_DISTRIB_MAX_RETURNS];
+};
+
+struct rte_distributor {
+	TAILQ_ENTRY(rte_distributor) next;    /**< Next in list. */
+
+	char name[RTE_DISTRIBUTOR_NAMESIZE];  /**< Name of the ring. */
+	unsigned int num_workers;             /**< Number of workers polling */
+
+	uint32_t in_flight_tags[RTE_DISTRIB_MAX_WORKERS];
+		/**< Tracks the tag being processed per core */
+	uint64_t in_flight_bitmask;
+		/**< on/off bits for in-flight tags.
+		 * Note that if RTE_DISTRIB_MAX_WORKERS is larger than 64 then
+		 * the bitmask has to expand.
+		 */
+
+	struct rte_distributor_backlog backlog[RTE_DISTRIB_MAX_WORKERS];
+
+	union rte_distributor_buffer bufs[RTE_DISTRIB_MAX_WORKERS];
+
+	struct rte_distributor_returned_pkts returns;
+};
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_v20.c b/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_v20.c
index b890947..be297ec 100644
--- a/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_v20.c
+++ b/lib/librte_distributor/rte_distributor_v20.c
@@ -41,77 +41,7 @@
 #include <rte_string_fns.h>
 #include <rte_eal_memconfig.h>
 #include "rte_distributor_v20.h"
-
-#define NO_FLAGS 0
-#define RTE_DISTRIB_PREFIX "DT_"
-
-/* we will use the bottom four bits of pointer for flags, shifting out
- * the top four bits to make room (since a 64-bit pointer actually only uses
- * 48 bits). An arithmetic-right-shift will then appropriately restore the
- * original pointer value with proper sign extension into the top bits. */
-#define RTE_DISTRIB_FLAG_BITS 4
-#define RTE_DISTRIB_FLAGS_MASK (0x0F)
-#define RTE_DISTRIB_NO_BUF 0       /**< empty flags: no buffer requested */
-#define RTE_DISTRIB_GET_BUF (1)    /**< worker requests a buffer, returns old */
-#define RTE_DISTRIB_RETURN_BUF (2) /**< worker returns a buffer, no request */
-
-#define RTE_DISTRIB_BACKLOG_SIZE 8
-#define RTE_DISTRIB_BACKLOG_MASK (RTE_DISTRIB_BACKLOG_SIZE - 1)
-
-#define RTE_DISTRIB_MAX_RETURNS 128
-#define RTE_DISTRIB_RETURNS_MASK (RTE_DISTRIB_MAX_RETURNS - 1)
-
-/**
- * Maximum number of workers allowed.
- * Be aware of increasing the limit, becaus it is limited by how we track
- * in-flight tags. See @in_flight_bitmask and @rte_distributor_process
- */
-#define RTE_DISTRIB_MAX_WORKERS	64
-
-/**
- * Buffer structure used to pass the pointer data between cores. This is cache
- * line aligned, but to improve performance and prevent adjacent cache-line
- * prefetches of buffers for other workers, e.g. when worker 1's buffer is on
- * the next cache line to worker 0, we pad this out to three cache lines.
- * Only 64-bits of the memory is actually used though.
- */
-union rte_distributor_buffer {
-	volatile int64_t bufptr64;
-	char pad[RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE*3];
-} __rte_cache_aligned;
-
-struct rte_distributor_backlog {
-	unsigned start;
-	unsigned count;
-	int64_t pkts[RTE_DISTRIB_BACKLOG_SIZE];
-};
-
-struct rte_distributor_returned_pkts {
-	unsigned start;
-	unsigned count;
-	struct rte_mbuf *mbufs[RTE_DISTRIB_MAX_RETURNS];
-};
-
-struct rte_distributor {
-	TAILQ_ENTRY(rte_distributor) next;    /**< Next in list. */
-
-	char name[RTE_DISTRIBUTOR_NAMESIZE];  /**< Name of the ring. */
-	unsigned num_workers;                 /**< Number of workers polling */
-
-	uint32_t in_flight_tags[RTE_DISTRIB_MAX_WORKERS];
-		/**< Tracks the tag being processed per core */
-	uint64_t in_flight_bitmask;
-		/**< on/off bits for in-flight tags.
-		 * Note that if RTE_DISTRIB_MAX_WORKERS is larger than 64 then
-		 * the bitmask has to expand.
-		 */
-
-	struct rte_distributor_backlog backlog[RTE_DISTRIB_MAX_WORKERS];
-
-	union rte_distributor_buffer bufs[RTE_DISTRIB_MAX_WORKERS];
-
-	struct rte_distributor_returned_pkts returns;
-};
+#include "rte_distributor_private.h"
 
 TAILQ_HEAD(rte_distributor_list, rte_distributor);
 
