diff --git a/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c b/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c
index 6e14345..86088fd 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c
@@ -18124,7 +18124,8 @@ struct cmd_config_per_port_tx_offload_result {
 			  "sctp_cksum#tcp_tso#udp_tso#outer_ipv4_cksum#"
 			  "qinq_insert#vxlan_tnl_tso#gre_tnl_tso#"
 			  "ipip_tnl_tso#geneve_tnl_tso#macsec_insert#"
-			  "mt_lockfree#multi_segs#mbuf_fast_free#security");
+			  "mt_lockfree#multi_segs#mbuf_fast_free#security#"
+			  "match_metadata");
 cmdline_parse_token_string_t cmd_config_per_port_tx_offload_result_on_off =
 	TOKEN_STRING_INITIALIZER
 		(struct cmd_config_per_port_tx_offload_result,
@@ -18205,8 +18206,8 @@ struct cmd_config_per_port_tx_offload_result {
 		    "sctp_cksum|tcp_tso|udp_tso|outer_ipv4_cksum|"
 		    "qinq_insert|vxlan_tnl_tso|gre_tnl_tso|"
 		    "ipip_tnl_tso|geneve_tnl_tso|macsec_insert|"
-		    "mt_lockfree|multi_segs|mbuf_fast_free|security "
-		    "on|off",
+		    "mt_lockfree|multi_segs|mbuf_fast_free|security|"
+		    "match_metadata on|off",
 	.tokens = {
 		(void *)&cmd_config_per_port_tx_offload_result_port,
 		(void *)&cmd_config_per_port_tx_offload_result_config,
@@ -18323,6 +18324,108 @@ struct cmd_config_per_queue_tx_offload_result {
 	}
 };
 
+/* *** configure tx_metadata for specific port *** */
+struct cmd_config_tx_metadata_specific_result {
+	cmdline_fixed_string_t port;
+	cmdline_fixed_string_t keyword;
+	uint16_t port_id;
+	cmdline_fixed_string_t item;
+	uint32_t value;
+};
+
+static void
+cmd_config_tx_metadata_specific_parsed(void *parsed_result,
+				__attribute__((unused)) struct cmdline *cl,
+				__attribute__((unused)) void *data)
+{
+	struct cmd_config_tx_metadata_specific_result *res = parsed_result;
+
+	if (port_id_is_invalid(res->port_id, ENABLED_WARN))
+		return;
+	ports[res->port_id].tx_metadata = rte_cpu_to_be_32(res->value);
+}
+
+cmdline_parse_token_string_t cmd_config_tx_metadata_specific_port =
+	TOKEN_STRING_INITIALIZER(struct cmd_config_tx_metadata_specific_result,
+			port, "port");
+cmdline_parse_token_string_t cmd_config_tx_metadata_specific_keyword =
+	TOKEN_STRING_INITIALIZER(struct cmd_config_tx_metadata_specific_result,
+			keyword, "config");
+cmdline_parse_token_num_t cmd_config_tx_metadata_specific_id =
+	TOKEN_NUM_INITIALIZER(struct cmd_config_tx_metadata_specific_result,
+			port_id, UINT16);
+cmdline_parse_token_string_t cmd_config_tx_metadata_specific_item =
+	TOKEN_STRING_INITIALIZER(struct cmd_config_tx_metadata_specific_result,
+			item, "tx_metadata");
+cmdline_parse_token_num_t cmd_config_tx_metadata_specific_value =
+	TOKEN_NUM_INITIALIZER(struct cmd_config_tx_metadata_specific_result,
+			value, UINT32);
+
+cmdline_parse_inst_t cmd_config_tx_metadata_specific = {
+	.f = cmd_config_tx_metadata_specific_parsed,
+	.data = NULL,
+	.help_str = "port config <port_id> tx_metadata <value>",
+	.tokens = {
+		(void *)&cmd_config_tx_metadata_specific_port,
+		(void *)&cmd_config_tx_metadata_specific_keyword,
+		(void *)&cmd_config_tx_metadata_specific_id,
+		(void *)&cmd_config_tx_metadata_specific_item,
+		(void *)&cmd_config_tx_metadata_specific_value,
+		NULL,
+	},
+};
+
+/* *** display tx_metadata per port configuration *** */
+struct cmd_show_tx_metadata_result {
+	cmdline_fixed_string_t cmd_show;
+	cmdline_fixed_string_t cmd_port;
+	cmdline_fixed_string_t cmd_keyword;
+	portid_t cmd_pid;
+};
+
+static void
+cmd_show_tx_metadata_parsed(void *parsed_result,
+		__attribute__((unused)) struct cmdline *cl,
+		__attribute__((unused)) void *data)
+{
+	struct cmd_show_tx_metadata_result *res = parsed_result;
+
+	if (!rte_eth_dev_is_valid_port(res->cmd_pid)) {
+		printf("invalid port id %u\n", res->cmd_pid);
+		return;
+	}
+	if (!strcmp(res->cmd_keyword, "tx_metadata")) {
+		printf("Port %u tx_metadata: %u\n", res->cmd_pid,
+				ports[res->cmd_pid].tx_metadata);
+	}
+}
+
+cmdline_parse_token_string_t cmd_show_tx_metadata_show =
+	TOKEN_STRING_INITIALIZER(struct cmd_show_tx_metadata_result,
+			cmd_show, "show");
+cmdline_parse_token_string_t cmd_show_tx_metadata_port =
+	TOKEN_STRING_INITIALIZER(struct cmd_show_tx_metadata_result,
+			cmd_port, "port");
+cmdline_parse_token_num_t cmd_show_tx_metadata_pid =
+	TOKEN_NUM_INITIALIZER(struct cmd_show_tx_metadata_result,
+			cmd_pid, UINT16);
+cmdline_parse_token_string_t cmd_show_tx_metadata_keyword =
+	TOKEN_STRING_INITIALIZER(struct cmd_show_tx_metadata_result,
+			cmd_keyword, "tx_metadata");
+
+cmdline_parse_inst_t cmd_show_tx_metadata = {
+	.f = cmd_show_tx_metadata_parsed,
+	.data = NULL,
+	.help_str = "show port <port_id> tx_metadata",
+	.tokens = {
+		(void *)&cmd_show_tx_metadata_show,
+		(void *)&cmd_show_tx_metadata_port,
+		(void *)&cmd_show_tx_metadata_pid,
+		(void *)&cmd_show_tx_metadata_keyword,
+		NULL,
+	},
+};
+
 /* ******************************************************************************** */
 
 /* list of instructions */
@@ -18604,6 +18707,8 @@ struct cmd_config_per_queue_tx_offload_result {
 	(cmdline_parse_inst_t *)&cmd_operate_bpf_ld_parse,
 	(cmdline_parse_inst_t *)&cmd_operate_bpf_unld_parse,
 #endif
+	(cmdline_parse_inst_t *)&cmd_config_tx_metadata_specific,
+	(cmdline_parse_inst_t *)&cmd_show_tx_metadata,
 	NULL,
 };
 
diff --git a/app/test-pmd/cmdline_flow.c b/app/test-pmd/cmdline_flow.c
index 1c72ad9..0509c18 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/cmdline_flow.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/cmdline_flow.c
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ enum index {
 	ITEM_ICMP6_ND_OPT_SLA_ETH_SLA,
 	ITEM_ICMP6_ND_OPT_TLA_ETH,
 	ITEM_ICMP6_ND_OPT_TLA_ETH_TLA,
+	ITEM_META,
+	ITEM_META_DATA,
 
 	/* Validate/create actions. */
 	ACTIONS,
@@ -561,6 +563,11 @@ struct parse_action_priv {
 	ZERO,
 };
 
+static const enum index item_param_is[] = {
+	ITEM_PARAM_IS,
+	ZERO,
+};
+
 static const enum index next_item[] = {
 	ITEM_END,
 	ITEM_VOID,
@@ -599,6 +606,7 @@ struct parse_action_priv {
 	ITEM_ICMP6_ND_OPT,
 	ITEM_ICMP6_ND_OPT_SLA_ETH,
 	ITEM_ICMP6_ND_OPT_TLA_ETH,
+	ITEM_META,
 	ZERO,
 };
 
@@ -819,6 +827,12 @@ struct parse_action_priv {
 	ZERO,
 };
 
+static const enum index item_meta[] = {
+	ITEM_META_DATA,
+	ITEM_NEXT,
+	ZERO,
+};
+
 static const enum index next_action[] = {
 	ACTION_END,
 	ACTION_VOID,
@@ -2087,6 +2101,20 @@ static int comp_vc_action_rss_queue(struct context *, const struct token *,
 		.args = ARGS(ARGS_ENTRY_HTON
 			     (struct rte_flow_item_icmp6_nd_opt_tla_eth, tla)),
 	},
+	[ITEM_META] = {
+		.name = "meta",
+		.help = "match metadata header",
+		.priv = PRIV_ITEM(META, sizeof(struct rte_flow_item_meta)),
+		.next = NEXT(item_meta),
+		.call = parse_vc,
+	},
+	[ITEM_META_DATA] = {
+		.name = "data",
+		.help = "metadata value",
+		.next = NEXT(item_meta, NEXT_ENTRY(UNSIGNED), item_param_is),
+		.args = ARGS(ARGS_ENTRY_MASK_HTON(struct rte_flow_item_meta,
+						  data, "\xff\xff\xff\xff")),
+	},
 
 	/* Validate/create actions. */
 	[ACTIONS] = {
diff --git a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
index d550bda..c7ae676 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
@@ -1060,6 +1060,10 @@ struct extmem_param {
 		      DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_MBUF_FAST_FREE))
 			port->dev_conf.txmode.offloads &=
 				~DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_MBUF_FAST_FREE;
+		if (!(port->dev_info.tx_offload_capa &
+			DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_MATCH_METADATA))
+			port->dev_conf.txmode.offloads &=
+				~DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_MATCH_METADATA;
 		if (numa_support) {
 			if (port_numa[pid] != NUMA_NO_CONFIG)
 				port_per_socket[port_numa[pid]]++;
@@ -1085,6 +1089,7 @@ struct extmem_param {
 		/* set flag to initialize port/queue */
 		port->need_reconfig = 1;
 		port->need_reconfig_queues = 1;
+		port->tx_metadata = 0;
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h
index 0738105..ce92be7 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h
+++ b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h
@@ -194,6 +194,8 @@ struct rte_port {
 #ifdef SOFTNIC
 	struct softnic_port     softport;  /**< softnic params */
 #endif
+	/**< metadata value to insert in Tx packets. */
+	rte_be32_t		tx_metadata;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/app/test-pmd/txonly.c b/app/test-pmd/txonly.c
index 1f08b6e..fae84ca 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/txonly.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/txonly.c
@@ -253,6 +253,15 @@
 		pkt->l2_len = sizeof(struct ether_hdr);
 		pkt->l3_len = sizeof(struct ipv4_hdr);
 		pkts_burst[nb_pkt] = pkt;
+
+		/*
+		 * If user configured metadata value add it to packet
+		 * and set ol_flags accordingly
+		 */
+		if (ports[fs->tx_port].tx_metadata) {
+			pkt->tx_metadata = ports[fs->tx_port].tx_metadata;
+			pkt->ol_flags |= PKT_TX_METADATA;
+		}
 	}
 	nb_tx = rte_eth_tx_burst(fs->tx_port, fs->tx_queue, pkts_burst, nb_pkt);
 	/*
diff --git a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst
index 8d60bf0..334c565 100644
--- a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst
@@ -423,6 +423,12 @@ List port level and all queue level Tx offloading configuration::
 
    testpmd> show port (port_id) tx_offload configuration
 
+show tx metadata setting
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Show Tx metadata value set for a specific port::
+
+   testpmd> show port (port_id) tx_metadata
 
 Configuration Functions
 -----------------------
@@ -1527,7 +1533,8 @@ Enable or disable a per port Tx offloading on all Tx queues of a port::
                   sctp_cksum, tcp_tso, udp_tso, outer_ipv4_cksum,
                   qinq_insert, vxlan_tnl_tso, gre_tnl_tso,
                   ipip_tnl_tso, geneve_tnl_tso, macsec_insert,
-                  mt_lockfree, multi_segs, mbuf_fast_free, security
+                  mt_lockfree, multi_segs, mbuf_fast_free, security,
+                  match_metadata
 
 This command should be run when the port is stopped, or else it will fail.
 
@@ -2109,6 +2116,14 @@ port config udp_tunnel_port
 Add/remove UDP tunnel port for VXLAN/GENEVE tunneling protocols::
     testpmd> port config (port_id) udp_tunnel_port add|rm vxlan|geneve (udp_port)
 
+port config tx_metadata
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Set Tx metadata value per port.
+testpmd will add this value to any Tx packet sent from this port::
+
+   testpmd> port config (port_id) tx_metadata (value)
+
 Link Bonding Functions
 ----------------------
 
@@ -3676,6 +3691,10 @@ This section lists supported pattern items and their attributes, if any.
 
   - ``tla {MAC-48}``: target Ethernet LLA.
 
+- ``meta``: match application specific metadata.
+
+  - ``data {unsigned}``: metadata value.
+
 Actions list
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
