diff --git a/drivers/raw/octeontx2_ep/otx2_ep_enqdeq.c b/drivers/raw/octeontx2_ep/otx2_ep_enqdeq.c
index ebbacfb..451fcc0 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/octeontx2_ep/otx2_ep_enqdeq.c
+++ b/drivers/raw/octeontx2_ep/otx2_ep_enqdeq.c
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@
 		rte_mempool_get(sdpvf->enqdeq_mpool, &buf);
 		if (buf == NULL) {
 			otx2_err("OQ buffer alloc failed");
+			droq->stats.rx_alloc_failure++;
 			/* sdp_droq_destroy_ring_buffers(droq);*/
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
@@ -645,3 +646,201 @@
 	return SDP_IQ_SEND_FAILED;
 }
 
+static uint32_t
+sdp_droq_refill(struct sdp_device *sdpvf, struct sdp_droq *droq)
+{
+	struct sdp_droq_desc *desc_ring;
+	uint32_t desc_refilled = 0;
+	void *buf = NULL;
+
+	desc_ring = droq->desc_ring;
+
+	while (droq->refill_count && (desc_refilled < droq->nb_desc)) {
+		/* If a valid buffer exists (happens if there is no dispatch),
+		 * reuse the buffer, else allocate.
+		 */
+		if (droq->recv_buf_list[droq->refill_idx].buffer != NULL)
+			break;
+
+		rte_mempool_get(sdpvf->enqdeq_mpool, &buf);
+		/* If a buffer could not be allocated, no point in
+		 * continuing
+		 */
+		if (buf == NULL) {
+			droq->stats.rx_alloc_failure++;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		droq->recv_buf_list[droq->refill_idx].buffer = buf;
+		desc_ring[droq->refill_idx].buffer_ptr = rte_mem_virt2iova(buf);
+
+		/* Reset any previous values in the length field. */
+		droq->info_list[droq->refill_idx].length = 0;
+
+		droq->refill_idx = sdp_incr_index(droq->refill_idx, 1,
+				droq->nb_desc);
+
+		desc_refilled++;
+		droq->refill_count--;
+
+	}
+
+	return desc_refilled;
+}
+
+static int
+sdp_droq_read_packet(struct sdp_device *sdpvf __rte_unused,
+		     struct sdp_droq *droq,
+		     struct sdp_droq_pkt *droq_pkt)
+{
+	struct sdp_droq_info *info;
+	uint32_t total_len = 0;
+	uint32_t pkt_len = 0;
+
+	info = &droq->info_list[droq->read_idx];
+	sdp_swap_8B_data((uint64_t *)&info->length, 1);
+	if (!info->length) {
+		otx2_err("OQ info_list->length[%ld]", (long)info->length);
+		goto oq_read_fail;
+	}
+
+	/* Deduce the actual data size */
+	info->length -= SDP_RH_SIZE;
+	total_len += (uint32_t)info->length;
+
+	otx2_sdp_dbg("OQ: pkt_len[%ld], buffer_size %d",
+			(long)info->length, droq->buffer_size);
+	if (info->length > droq->buffer_size) {
+		otx2_err("This mode is not supported: pkt_len > buffer_size");
+		goto oq_read_fail;
+	}
+
+	if (info->length <= droq->buffer_size) {
+		pkt_len = (uint32_t)info->length;
+		droq_pkt->data = droq->recv_buf_list[droq->read_idx].buffer;
+		droq_pkt->len  = pkt_len;
+
+		droq->recv_buf_list[droq->read_idx].buffer = NULL;
+		droq->read_idx = sdp_incr_index(droq->read_idx,	1,/* count */
+						droq->nb_desc /* max rd idx */);
+		droq->refill_count++;
+
+	}
+
+	info->length = 0;
+
+	return SDP_OQ_RECV_SUCCESS;
+
+oq_read_fail:
+	return SDP_OQ_RECV_FAILED;
+}
+
+static inline uint32_t
+sdp_check_droq_pkts(struct sdp_droq *droq, uint32_t burst_size)
+{
+	uint32_t min_pkts = 0;
+	uint32_t new_pkts;
+	uint32_t pkt_count;
+
+	/* Latest available OQ packets */
+	pkt_count = rte_read32(droq->pkts_sent_reg);
+
+	/* Newly arrived packets */
+	new_pkts = pkt_count - droq->last_pkt_count;
+	otx2_sdp_dbg("Recvd [%d] new OQ pkts", new_pkts);
+
+	min_pkts = (new_pkts > burst_size) ? burst_size : new_pkts;
+	if (min_pkts) {
+		rte_atomic64_add(&droq->pkts_pending, min_pkts);
+		/* Back up the aggregated packet count so far */
+		droq->last_pkt_count += min_pkts;
+	}
+
+	return min_pkts;
+}
+
+/* Check for response arrival from OCTEON TX2
+ * returns number of requests completed
+ */
+int
+sdp_rawdev_dequeue(struct rte_rawdev *rawdev,
+		   struct rte_rawdev_buf **buffers, unsigned int count,
+		   rte_rawdev_obj_t context __rte_unused)
+{
+	struct sdp_droq_pkt *oq_pkt;
+	struct sdp_device *sdpvf;
+	struct sdp_droq *droq;
+
+	uint32_t q_no = 0, pkts;
+	uint32_t new_pkts;
+	uint32_t ret;
+
+	sdpvf = (struct sdp_device *)rawdev->dev_private;
+
+	droq = sdpvf->droq[q_no];
+	if (!droq) {
+		otx2_err("Invalid droq[%d]", q_no);
+		goto deq_fail;
+	}
+
+	/* Grab the lock */
+	rte_spinlock_lock(&droq->lock);
+
+	new_pkts = sdp_check_droq_pkts(droq, count);
+	if (!new_pkts) {
+		otx2_sdp_dbg("Zero new_pkts:%d", new_pkts);
+		goto deq_fail; /* No pkts at this moment */
+	}
+
+	otx2_sdp_dbg("Received new_pkts = %d", new_pkts);
+
+	for (pkts = 0; pkts < new_pkts; pkts++) {
+
+		/* Push the received pkt to application */
+		oq_pkt = (struct sdp_droq_pkt *)buffers[pkts];
+
+		ret = sdp_droq_read_packet(sdpvf, droq, oq_pkt);
+		if (ret) {
+			otx2_err("DROQ read pakt failed.");
+			goto deq_fail;
+		}
+
+		/* Stats */
+		droq->stats.pkts_received++;
+		droq->stats.bytes_received += oq_pkt->len;
+	}
+
+	/* Ack the h/w with no# of pkts read by Host */
+	rte_wmb();
+	rte_write32(pkts, droq->pkts_sent_reg);
+	rte_wmb();
+
+	droq->last_pkt_count -= pkts;
+
+	otx2_sdp_dbg("DROQ pkts[%d] pushed to application", pkts);
+
+	/* Refill DROQ buffers */
+	if (droq->refill_count >= 2 /* droq->refill_threshold */) {
+		int desc_refilled = sdp_droq_refill(sdpvf, droq);
+
+		/* Flush the droq descriptor data to memory to be sure
+		 * that when we update the credits the data in memory is
+		 * accurate.
+		 */
+		rte_wmb();
+		rte_write32(desc_refilled, droq->pkts_credit_reg);
+
+		/* Ensure mmio write completes */
+		rte_wmb();
+		otx2_sdp_dbg("Refilled count = %d", desc_refilled);
+	}
+
+	/* Release the spin lock */
+	rte_spinlock_unlock(&droq->lock);
+
+	return pkts;
+
+deq_fail:
+	rte_spinlock_unlock(&droq->lock);
+	return SDP_OQ_RECV_FAILED;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/raw/octeontx2_ep/otx2_ep_enqdeq.h b/drivers/raw/octeontx2_ep/otx2_ep_enqdeq.h
index b9b7c0b..172fdc5 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/octeontx2_ep/otx2_ep_enqdeq.h
+++ b/drivers/raw/octeontx2_ep/otx2_ep_enqdeq.h
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 #define SDP_IQ_SEND_FAILED      (-1)
 #define SDP_IQ_SEND_SUCCESS     (0)
 
+#define SDP_OQ_RECV_FAILED      (-1)
+#define SDP_OQ_RECV_SUCCESS     (0)
 
 static inline uint64_t
 sdp_endian_swap_8B(uint64_t _d)
diff --git a/drivers/raw/octeontx2_ep/otx2_ep_rawdev.c b/drivers/raw/octeontx2_ep/otx2_ep_rawdev.c
index 4ba8473..ddb208d 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/octeontx2_ep/otx2_ep_rawdev.c
+++ b/drivers/raw/octeontx2_ep/otx2_ep_rawdev.c
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@
 	.dev_stop       = sdp_rawdev_stop,
 	.dev_close      = sdp_rawdev_close,
 	.enqueue_bufs   = sdp_rawdev_enqueue,
+	.dequeue_bufs   = sdp_rawdev_dequeue,
 };
 
 static int
diff --git a/drivers/raw/octeontx2_ep/otx2_ep_rawdev.h b/drivers/raw/octeontx2_ep/otx2_ep_rawdev.h
index 8fd06fb..a77cbab 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/octeontx2_ep/otx2_ep_rawdev.h
+++ b/drivers/raw/octeontx2_ep/otx2_ep_rawdev.h
@@ -279,6 +279,18 @@ struct sdp_recv_buffer {
 };
 #define SDP_DROQ_RECVBUF_SIZE	(sizeof(struct sdp_recv_buffer))
 
+/* DROQ statistics. Each output queue has four stats fields. */
+struct sdp_droq_stats {
+	/* Number of packets received in this queue. */
+	uint64_t pkts_received;
+
+	/* Bytes received by this queue. */
+	uint64_t bytes_received;
+
+	/* Num of failures of rte_pktmbuf_alloc() */
+	uint64_t rx_alloc_failure;
+};
+
 /* Structure to define the configuration attributes for each Output queue. */
 struct sdp_oq_config {
 	/* Max number of OQs available */
@@ -345,6 +357,9 @@ struct sdp_droq {
 	 */
 	void *pkts_sent_reg;
 
+	/* Statistics for this DROQ. */
+	struct sdp_droq_stats stats;
+
 	/* DMA mapped address of the DROQ descriptor ring. */
 	size_t desc_ring_dma;
 
@@ -476,6 +491,7 @@ struct sdp_device {
 
 int sdp_rawdev_enqueue(struct rte_rawdev *dev, struct rte_rawdev_buf **buffers,
 		       unsigned int count, rte_rawdev_obj_t context);
-
+int sdp_rawdev_dequeue(struct rte_rawdev *dev, struct rte_rawdev_buf **buffers,
+		       unsigned int count, rte_rawdev_obj_t context);
 
 #endif /* _OTX2_EP_RAWDEV_H_ */
