diff --git a/app/Makefile b/app/Makefile
index 069fa98..d6641ef 100644
--- a/app/Makefile
+++ b/app/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV),y)
 DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_TEST_BBDEV) += test-bbdev
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_COMPRESSDEV),y)
+DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_APP_COMPRESS_PERF) += test-compress-perf
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_CRYPTODEV),y)
 DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_APP_CRYPTO_PERF) += test-crypto-perf
 endif
diff --git a/app/meson.build b/app/meson.build
index 99e0b93..c2ebb11 100644
--- a/app/meson.build
+++ b/app/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 apps = ['pdump',
 	'proc-info',
 	'test-bbdev',
+	'test-compress-perf',
 	'test-crypto-perf',
 	'test-eventdev',
 	'test-pmd']
diff --git a/app/test-compress-perf/Makefile b/app/test-compress-perf/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8aa7a22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/test-compress-perf/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright(c) 2018 Intel Corporation
+
+include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.vars.mk
+
+APP = dpdk-test-compress-perf
+
+CFLAGS += $(WERROR_FLAGS)
+CFLAGS += -DALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API
+CFLAGS += -O3
+
+# all source are stored in SRCS-y
+SRCS-y := main.c
+SRCS-y += comp_perf_options_parse.c
+
+include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.app.mk
diff --git a/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_options.h b/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_options.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7516ea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_options.h
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2018 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#define MAX_DRIVER_NAME		64
+#define MAX_INPUT_FILE_NAME	64
+#define MAX_LIST		32
+
+enum comp_operation {
+	COMPRESS_ONLY,
+	DECOMPRESS_ONLY,
+	COMPRESS_DECOMPRESS
+};
+
+struct range_list {
+	uint8_t min;
+	uint8_t max;
+	uint8_t inc;
+	uint8_t count;
+	uint8_t list[MAX_LIST];
+};
+
+struct comp_test_data {
+	char driver_name[64];
+	char input_file[64];
+	struct rte_mbuf **comp_bufs;
+	struct rte_mbuf **decomp_bufs;
+	uint32_t total_bufs;
+	uint8_t *input_data;
+	size_t input_data_sz;
+	uint8_t *compressed_data;
+	uint8_t *decompressed_data;
+	struct rte_mempool *comp_buf_pool;
+	struct rte_mempool *decomp_buf_pool;
+	struct rte_mempool *op_pool;
+	int8_t cdev_id;
+	uint16_t seg_sz;
+	uint16_t burst_sz;
+	uint32_t pool_sz;
+	uint32_t num_iter;
+	uint16_t max_sgl_segs;
+	enum rte_comp_huffman huffman_enc;
+	enum comp_operation test_op;
+	int window_sz;
+	struct range_list level;
+	/* Store TSC duration for all levels (including level 0) */
+	uint64_t comp_tsc_duration[RTE_COMP_LEVEL_MAX + 1];
+	uint64_t decomp_tsc_duration[RTE_COMP_LEVEL_MAX + 1];
+};
+
+int
+comp_perf_options_parse(struct comp_test_data *test_data, int argc,
+			char **argv);
+
+void
+comp_perf_options_default(struct comp_test_data *test_data);
+
+int
+comp_perf_options_check(struct comp_test_data *test_data);
diff --git a/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_options_parse.c b/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_options_parse.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bef4d2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_options_parse.c
@@ -0,0 +1,596 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2018 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#include <rte_string_fns.h>
+#include <rte_comp.h>
+
+#include "comp_perf_options.h"
+
+#define CPERF_DRIVER_NAME	("driver-name")
+#define CPERF_TEST_FILE		("input-file")
+#define CPERF_SEG_SIZE		("seg-sz")
+#define CPERF_BURST_SIZE	("burst-sz")
+#define CPERF_EXTENDED_SIZE	("extended-input-sz")
+#define CPERF_POOL_SIZE		("pool-sz")
+#define CPERF_MAX_SGL_SEGS	("max-num-sgl-segs")
+#define CPERF_NUM_ITER		("num-iter")
+#define CPERF_OPTYPE		("operation")
+#define CPERF_HUFFMAN_ENC	("huffman-enc")
+#define CPERF_LEVEL		("compress-level")
+#define CPERF_WINDOW_SIZE	("window-sz")
+
+struct name_id_map {
+	const char *name;
+	uint32_t id;
+};
+
+static void
+usage(char *progname)
+{
+	printf("%s [EAL options] --\n"
+		" --driver-name NAME: compress driver to use\n"
+		" --input-file NAME: file to compress and decompress\n"
+		" --extended-input-sz N: extend file data up to this size (default: no extension)\n"
+		" --seg-sz N: size of segment to store the data (default: 2048)\n"
+		" --burst-sz N: compress operation burst size\n"
+		" --pool-sz N: mempool size for compress operations/mbufs\n"
+		"		(default: 8192)\n"
+		" --max-num-sgl-segs N: maximum number of segments for each mbuf\n"
+		"		(default: 65535)\n"
+		" --num-iter N: number of times the file will be\n"
+		"		compressed/decompressed (default: 10000)\n"
+		" --operation [comp/decomp/comp_and_decomp]: perform test on\n"
+		"		compression, decompression or both operations\n"
+		" --huffman-enc [fixed/dynamic/default]: Huffman encoding\n"
+		"		(default: dynamic)\n"
+		" --compress-level N: compression level, which could be a single value, list or range\n"
+		"		(default: range between 1 and 9)\n"
+		" --window-sz N: base two log value of compression window size\n"
+		"		(e.g.: 15 => 32k, default: max supported by PMD)\n"
+		" -h: prints this help\n",
+		progname);
+}
+
+static int
+get_str_key_id_mapping(struct name_id_map *map, unsigned int map_len,
+		const char *str_key)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < map_len; i++) {
+
+		if (strcmp(str_key, map[i].name) == 0)
+			return map[i].id;
+	}
+
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static int
+parse_uint32_t(uint32_t *value, const char *arg)
+{
+	char *end = NULL;
+	unsigned long n = strtoul(arg, &end, 10);
+
+	if ((optarg[0] == '\0') || (end == NULL) || (*end != '\0'))
+		return -1;
+
+	if (n > UINT32_MAX)
+		return -ERANGE;
+
+	*value = (uint32_t) n;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+parse_uint16_t(uint16_t *value, const char *arg)
+{
+	uint32_t val = 0;
+	int ret = parse_uint32_t(&val, arg);
+
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (val > UINT16_MAX)
+		return -ERANGE;
+
+	*value = (uint16_t) val;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+parse_range(const char *arg, uint8_t *min, uint8_t *max, uint8_t *inc)
+{
+	char *token;
+	uint8_t number;
+
+	char *copy_arg = strdup(arg);
+
+	if (copy_arg == NULL)
+		return -1;
+
+	errno = 0;
+	token = strtok(copy_arg, ":");
+
+	/* Parse minimum value */
+	if (token != NULL) {
+		number = strtoul(token, NULL, 10);
+
+		if (errno == EINVAL || errno == ERANGE)
+			goto err_range;
+
+		*min = number;
+	} else
+		goto err_range;
+
+	token = strtok(NULL, ":");
+
+	/* Parse increment value */
+	if (token != NULL) {
+		number = strtoul(token, NULL, 10);
+
+		if (errno == EINVAL || errno == ERANGE ||
+				number == 0)
+			goto err_range;
+
+		*inc = number;
+	} else
+		goto err_range;
+
+	token = strtok(NULL, ":");
+
+	/* Parse maximum value */
+	if (token != NULL) {
+		number = strtoul(token, NULL, 10);
+
+		if (errno == EINVAL || errno == ERANGE ||
+				number < *min)
+			goto err_range;
+
+		*max = number;
+	} else
+		goto err_range;
+
+	if (strtok(NULL, ":") != NULL)
+		goto err_range;
+
+	free(copy_arg);
+	return 0;
+
+err_range:
+	free(copy_arg);
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static int
+parse_list(const char *arg, uint8_t *list, uint8_t *min, uint8_t *max)
+{
+	char *token;
+	uint32_t number;
+	uint8_t count = 0;
+	uint32_t temp_min;
+	uint32_t temp_max;
+
+	char *copy_arg = strdup(arg);
+
+	if (copy_arg == NULL)
+		return -1;
+
+	errno = 0;
+	token = strtok(copy_arg, ",");
+
+	/* Parse first value */
+	if (token != NULL) {
+		number = strtoul(token, NULL, 10);
+
+		if (errno == EINVAL || errno == ERANGE)
+			goto err_list;
+
+		list[count++] = number;
+		temp_min = number;
+		temp_max = number;
+	} else
+		goto err_list;
+
+	token = strtok(NULL, ",");
+
+	while (token != NULL) {
+		if (count == MAX_LIST) {
+			RTE_LOG(WARNING, USER1,
+				"Using only the first %u sizes\n",
+					MAX_LIST);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		number = strtoul(token, NULL, 10);
+
+		if (errno == EINVAL || errno == ERANGE)
+			goto err_list;
+
+		list[count++] = number;
+
+		if (number < temp_min)
+			temp_min = number;
+		if (number > temp_max)
+			temp_max = number;
+
+		token = strtok(NULL, ",");
+	}
+
+	if (min)
+		*min = temp_min;
+	if (max)
+		*max = temp_max;
+
+	free(copy_arg);
+	return count;
+
+err_list:
+	free(copy_arg);
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static int
+parse_num_iter(struct comp_test_data *test_data, const char *arg)
+{
+	int ret = parse_uint32_t(&test_data->num_iter, arg);
+
+	if (ret) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, USER1, "Failed to parse total iteration count\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (test_data->num_iter == 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, USER1,
+				"Total number of iterations must be higher than 0\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int
+parse_pool_sz(struct comp_test_data *test_data, const char *arg)
+{
+	int ret = parse_uint32_t(&test_data->pool_sz, arg);
+
+	if (ret) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, USER1, "Failed to parse pool size");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (test_data->pool_sz == 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, USER1, "Pool size must be higher than 0\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int
+parse_burst_sz(struct comp_test_data *test_data, const char *arg)
+{
+	int ret = parse_uint16_t(&test_data->burst_sz, arg);
+
+	if (ret) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, USER1, "Failed to parse burst size/s\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (test_data->burst_sz == 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, USER1, "Burst size must be higher than 0\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+parse_extended_input_sz(struct comp_test_data *test_data, const char *arg)
+{
+	uint32_t tmp;
+	int ret = parse_uint32_t(&tmp, arg);
+
+	if (ret) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, USER1, "Failed to parse extended input size\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+	test_data->input_data_sz = tmp;
+
+	if (tmp == 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, USER1,
+			"Extended file size must be higher than 0\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+parse_seg_sz(struct comp_test_data *test_data, const char *arg)
+{
+	int ret = parse_uint16_t(&test_data->seg_sz, arg);
+
+	if (ret) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, USER1, "Failed to parse segment size\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (test_data->seg_sz == 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, USER1, "Segment size must be higher than 0\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+parse_max_num_sgl_segs(struct comp_test_data *test_data, const char *arg)
+{
+	int ret = parse_uint16_t(&test_data->max_sgl_segs, arg);
+
+	if (ret) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, USER1,
+			"Failed to parse max number of segments per mbuf chain\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (test_data->max_sgl_segs == 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, USER1, "Max number of segments per mbuf chain "
+			"must be higher than 0\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+parse_window_sz(struct comp_test_data *test_data, const char *arg)
+{
+	int ret = parse_uint16_t((uint16_t *)&test_data->window_sz, arg);
+
+	if (ret) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, USER1, "Failed to parse window size\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+parse_driver_name(struct comp_test_data *test_data, const char *arg)
+{
+	if (strlen(arg) > (sizeof(test_data->driver_name) - 1))
+		return -1;
+
+	rte_strlcpy(test_data->driver_name, arg,
+			sizeof(test_data->driver_name));
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+parse_test_file(struct comp_test_data *test_data, const char *arg)
+{
+	if (strlen(arg) > (sizeof(test_data->input_file) - 1))
+		return -1;
+
+	rte_strlcpy(test_data->input_file, arg, sizeof(test_data->input_file));
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+parse_op_type(struct comp_test_data *test_data, const char *arg)
+{
+	struct name_id_map optype_namemap[] = {
+		{
+			"comp",
+			COMPRESS_ONLY
+		},
+		{
+			"decomp",
+			DECOMPRESS_ONLY
+		},
+		{
+			"comp_and_decomp",
+			COMPRESS_DECOMPRESS
+		}
+	};
+
+	int id = get_str_key_id_mapping(optype_namemap,
+			RTE_DIM(optype_namemap), arg);
+	if (id < 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, USER1, "Invalid operation type specified\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	test_data->test_op = (enum comp_operation)id;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+parse_huffman_enc(struct comp_test_data *test_data, const char *arg)
+{
+	struct name_id_map huffman_namemap[] = {
+		{
+			"default",
+			RTE_COMP_HUFFMAN_DEFAULT
+		},
+		{
+			"fixed",
+			RTE_COMP_HUFFMAN_FIXED
+		},
+		{
+			"dynamic",
+			RTE_COMP_HUFFMAN_DYNAMIC
+		}
+	};
+
+	int id = get_str_key_id_mapping(huffman_namemap,
+			RTE_DIM(huffman_namemap), arg);
+	if (id < 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, USER1, "Invalid Huffmane encoding specified\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	test_data->huffman_enc = (enum rte_comp_huffman)id;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+parse_level(struct comp_test_data *test_data, const char *arg)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	/*
+	 * Try parsing the argument as a range, if it fails,
+	 * arse it as a list
+	 */
+	if (parse_range(arg, &test_data->level.min, &test_data->level.max,
+			&test_data->level.inc) < 0) {
+		ret = parse_list(arg, test_data->level.list,
+					&test_data->level.min,
+					&test_data->level.max);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, USER1,
+				"Failed to parse compression level/s\n");
+			return -1;
+		}
+		test_data->level.count = ret;
+
+		if (test_data->level.max > RTE_COMP_LEVEL_MAX) {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, USER1, "Level cannot be higher than %u\n",
+					RTE_COMP_LEVEL_MAX);
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+typedef int (*option_parser_t)(struct comp_test_data *test_data,
+		const char *arg);
+
+struct long_opt_parser {
+	const char *lgopt_name;
+	option_parser_t parser_fn;
+
+};
+
+static struct option lgopts[] = {
+
+	{ CPERF_DRIVER_NAME, required_argument, 0, 0 },
+	{ CPERF_TEST_FILE, required_argument, 0, 0 },
+	{ CPERF_SEG_SIZE, required_argument, 0, 0 },
+	{ CPERF_BURST_SIZE, required_argument, 0, 0 },
+	{ CPERF_EXTENDED_SIZE, required_argument, 0, 0 },
+	{ CPERF_POOL_SIZE, required_argument, 0, 0 },
+	{ CPERF_MAX_SGL_SEGS, required_argument, 0, 0},
+	{ CPERF_NUM_ITER, required_argument, 0, 0 },
+	{ CPERF_OPTYPE,	required_argument, 0, 0 },
+	{ CPERF_HUFFMAN_ENC, required_argument, 0, 0 },
+	{ CPERF_LEVEL, required_argument, 0, 0 },
+	{ CPERF_WINDOW_SIZE, required_argument, 0, 0 },
+	{ NULL, 0, 0, 0 }
+};
+static int
+comp_perf_opts_parse_long(int opt_idx, struct comp_test_data *test_data)
+{
+	struct long_opt_parser parsermap[] = {
+		{ CPERF_DRIVER_NAME,	parse_driver_name },
+		{ CPERF_TEST_FILE,	parse_test_file },
+		{ CPERF_SEG_SIZE,	parse_seg_sz },
+		{ CPERF_BURST_SIZE,	parse_burst_sz },
+		{ CPERF_EXTENDED_SIZE,	parse_extended_input_sz },
+		{ CPERF_POOL_SIZE,	parse_pool_sz },
+		{ CPERF_MAX_SGL_SEGS,	parse_max_num_sgl_segs },
+		{ CPERF_NUM_ITER,	parse_num_iter },
+		{ CPERF_OPTYPE,		parse_op_type },
+		{ CPERF_HUFFMAN_ENC,	parse_huffman_enc },
+		{ CPERF_LEVEL,		parse_level },
+		{ CPERF_WINDOW_SIZE,	parse_window_sz },
+	};
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < RTE_DIM(parsermap); i++) {
+		if (strncmp(lgopts[opt_idx].name, parsermap[i].lgopt_name,
+				strlen(lgopts[opt_idx].name)) == 0)
+			return parsermap[i].parser_fn(test_data, optarg);
+	}
+
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+int
+comp_perf_options_parse(struct comp_test_data *test_data, int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	int opt, retval, opt_idx;
+
+	while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "h", lgopts, &opt_idx)) != EOF) {
+		switch (opt) {
+		case 'h':
+			usage(argv[0]);
+			rte_exit(EXIT_SUCCESS, "Displayed help\n");
+			break;
+		/* long options */
+		case 0:
+			retval = comp_perf_opts_parse_long(opt_idx, test_data);
+			if (retval != 0)
+				return retval;
+
+			break;
+
+		default:
+			usage(argv[0]);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void
+comp_perf_options_default(struct comp_test_data *test_data)
+{
+	test_data->cdev_id = -1;
+	test_data->seg_sz = 2048;
+	test_data->burst_sz = 32;
+	test_data->pool_sz = 8192;
+	test_data->max_sgl_segs = UINT16_MAX;
+	test_data->num_iter = 10000;
+	test_data->huffman_enc = RTE_COMP_HUFFMAN_DYNAMIC;
+	test_data->test_op = COMPRESS_DECOMPRESS;
+	test_data->window_sz = -1;
+	test_data->level.min = 1;
+	test_data->level.max = 9;
+	test_data->level.inc = 1;
+}
+
+int
+comp_perf_options_check(struct comp_test_data *test_data)
+{
+	if (strcmp(test_data->driver_name, "") == 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, USER1, "Driver name has to be set\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (strcmp(test_data->input_file, "") == 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, USER1, "Input file name has to be set\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/app/test-compress-perf/main.c b/app/test-compress-perf/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f52b98d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/test-compress-perf/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2018 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#include <rte_malloc.h>
+#include <rte_eal.h>
+#include <rte_log.h>
+#include <rte_compressdev.h>
+
+#include "comp_perf_options.h"
+
+int
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct comp_test_data *test_data;
+
+	/* Initialise DPDK EAL */
+	ret = rte_eal_init(argc, argv);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Invalid EAL arguments!\n");
+	argc -= ret;
+	argv += ret;
+
+	test_data = rte_zmalloc_socket(NULL, sizeof(struct comp_test_data),
+					0, rte_socket_id());
+
+	if (test_data == NULL)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Cannot reserve memory in socket %d\n",
+				rte_socket_id());
+
+	comp_perf_options_default(test_data);
+
+	if (comp_perf_options_parse(test_data, argc, argv) < 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, USER1,
+			"Parsing one or more user options failed\n");
+		ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	if (comp_perf_options_check(test_data) < 0) {
+		ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	ret = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+
+err:
+	rte_free(test_data);
+
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/app/test-compress-perf/meson.build b/app/test-compress-perf/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba6d64d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/test-compress-perf/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright(c) 2018 Intel Corporation
+
+allow_experimental_apis = true
+sources = files('comp_perf_options_parse.c',
+		'main.c')
+deps = ['compressdev']
diff --git a/config/common_base b/config/common_base
index 155c7d4..23bf58a0 100644
--- a/config/common_base
+++ b/config/common_base
@@ -902,6 +902,11 @@ CONFIG_RTE_TEST_PMD_RECORD_BURST_STATS=n
 CONFIG_RTE_TEST_BBDEV=y
 
 #
+# Compile the compression performance application
+#
+CONFIG_RTE_APP_COMPRESS_PERF=y
+
+#
 # Compile the crypto performance application
 #
 CONFIG_RTE_APP_CRYPTO_PERF=y
