diff --git a/app/test-bbdev/main.c b/app/test-bbdev/main.c
index 7af2522..4e8b38c 100644
--- a/app/test-bbdev/main.c
+++ b/app/test-bbdev/main.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 #include "main.h"
 
+
 /* Defines how many testcases can be specified as cmdline args */
 #define MAX_CMDLINE_TESTCASES 8
 
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ static struct test_params {
 	unsigned int burst_sz;
 	unsigned int num_lcores;
 	char test_vector_filename[PATH_MAX];
+	bool init_device;
 } test_params;
 
 static struct test_commands_list commands_list =
@@ -140,6 +142,12 @@ get_num_lcores(void)
 	return test_params.num_lcores;
 }
 
+bool
+get_init_device(void)
+{
+	return test_params.init_device;
+}
+
 static void
 print_usage(const char *prog_name)
 {
@@ -174,11 +182,12 @@ parse_args(int argc, char **argv, struct test_params *tp)
 		{ "test-cases", 1, 0, 'c' },
 		{ "test-vector", 1, 0, 'v' },
 		{ "lcores", 1, 0, 'l' },
+		{ "init-device", 0, 0, 'i'},
 		{ "help", 0, 0, 'h' },
 		{ NULL,  0, 0, 0 }
 	};
 
-	while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hn:b:c:v:l:", lgopts,
+	while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hin:b:c:v:l:", lgopts,
 			&option_index)) != EOF)
 		switch (opt) {
 		case 'n':
@@ -238,6 +247,10 @@ parse_args(int argc, char **argv, struct test_params *tp)
 					"Num of lcores mustn't be greater than %u",
 					RTE_MAX_LCORE);
 			break;
+		case 'i':
+			/* indicate fpga fec config required */
+			tp->init_device = true;
+			break;
 		case 'h':
 			print_usage(argv[0]);
 			return 0;
diff --git a/app/test-bbdev/main.h b/app/test-bbdev/main.h
index 20a55ef..e8e76b7 100644
--- a/app/test-bbdev/main.h
+++ b/app/test-bbdev/main.h
@@ -117,4 +117,6 @@ unsigned int get_burst_sz(void);
 
 unsigned int get_num_lcores(void);
 
+bool get_init_device(void);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/app/test-bbdev/test-bbdev.py b/app/test-bbdev/test-bbdev.py
index acab9eb..a94ba9a 100755
--- a/app/test-bbdev/test-bbdev.py
+++ b/app/test-bbdev/test-bbdev.py
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ def kill(process):
                     type=int,
                     help="Number of lcores to run.",
                     default=16)
+parser.add_argument("-i", "--init-device",
+                    action='store_true',
+                    help="Initialise PF device with default values.")
 
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
@@ -82,6 +85,10 @@ def kill(process):
     params.extend(["-c"])
     params.extend([",".join(args.test_cases)])
 
+if args.init_device:
+    params.extend(["-i"])
+
+
 exit_status = 0
 for vector in args.test_vector:
     for burst_size in args.burst_size:
diff --git a/app/test-bbdev/test_bbdev_perf.c b/app/test-bbdev/test_bbdev_perf.c
index d18ddae..4f01aec 100644
--- a/app/test-bbdev/test_bbdev_perf.c
+++ b/app/test-bbdev/test_bbdev_perf.c
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 #include <rte_random.h>
 #include <rte_hexdump.h>
 
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_FPGA_LTE_FEC
+#include <fpga_lte_fec.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "main.h"
 #include "test_bbdev_vector.h"
 
@@ -25,6 +29,18 @@
 #define MAX_QUEUES RTE_MAX_LCORE
 #define TEST_REPETITIONS 1000
 
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_FPGA_LTE_FEC
+#define FPGA_PF_DRIVER_NAME ("intel_fpga_lte_fec_pf")
+#define FPGA_VF_DRIVER_NAME ("intel_fpga_lte_fec_vf")
+#define VF_UL_QUEUE_VALUE 4
+#define VF_DL_QUEUE_VALUE 4
+#define UL_BANDWIDTH 3
+#define DL_BANDWIDTH 3
+#define UL_LOAD_BALANCE 128
+#define DL_LOAD_BALANCE 128
+#define FLR_TIMEOUT 610
+#endif
+
 #define OPS_CACHE_SIZE 256U
 #define OPS_POOL_SIZE_MIN 511U /* 0.5K per queue */
 
@@ -379,7 +395,55 @@ add_bbdev_dev(uint8_t dev_id, struct rte_bbdev_info *info,
 	unsigned int nb_queues;
 	enum rte_bbdev_op_type op_type = vector->op_type;
 
+/* Configure fpga lte fec with PF & VF values
+ * if '-i' flag is set and using fpga device
+ */
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_FPGA_LTE_FEC
+	if ((get_init_device() == true) &&
+		(!strcmp(info->drv.driver_name, FPGA_PF_DRIVER_NAME))) {
+		struct fpga_lte_fec_conf conf;
+		unsigned int i;
+
+		printf("Configure FPGA FEC Driver %s with default values\n",
+				info->drv.driver_name);
+
+		/* clear default configuration before initialization */
+		memset(&conf, 0, sizeof(struct fpga_lte_fec_conf));
+
+		/* Set pf mode, true if PF is used for dataplane,
+		 *  false for VFs
+		 */
+		conf.pf_mode_en = true;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < FPGA_LTE_FEC_NUM_VFS; ++i) {
+			/* Number of UL queues per VF (fpga supports 8 VFs) */
+			conf.vf_ul_queues_number[i] = VF_UL_QUEUE_VALUE;
+			/* Number of DL queues per VF (fpga supports 8 VFs) */
+			conf.vf_dl_queues_number[i] = VF_DL_QUEUE_VALUE;
+		}
+
+		/* UL bandwidth. Needed for schedule algorithm */
+		conf.ul_bandwidth = UL_BANDWIDTH;
+		/* DL bandwidth */
+		conf.dl_bandwidth = DL_BANDWIDTH;
+
+		/* UL & DL load Balance Factor to 64 */
+		conf.ul_load_balance = UL_LOAD_BALANCE;
+		conf.dl_load_balance = DL_LOAD_BALANCE;
+
+		/**< FLR timeout value */
+		conf.flr_time_out = FLR_TIMEOUT;
+
+		/* setup FPGA PF with configuration information */
+		ret = fpga_lte_fec_configure(info->dev_name, &conf);
+		TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS(ret,
+				"Failed to configure 4G FPGA PF for bbdev %s",
+				info->dev_name);
+	}
+#endif
+
 	nb_queues = RTE_MIN(rte_lcore_count(), info->drv.max_num_queues);
+
 	/* setup device */
 	ret = rte_bbdev_setup_queues(dev_id, nb_queues, info->socket_id);
 	if (ret < 0) {
