diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 7b1ea56..5d05b29 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -728,6 +728,7 @@ Marvell OCTEON TX2 - security
 M: Anoob Joseph <anoobj@marvell.com>
 T: git://dpdk.org/next/dpdk-next-crypto
 F: drivers/common/octeontx2/otx2_sec*
+F: drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev_sec*
 
 Mellanox mlx4
 M: Matan Azrad <matan@mellanox.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/octeontx2/Makefile b/drivers/net/octeontx2/Makefile
index 68f5765..8649f89 100644
--- a/drivers/net/octeontx2/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/octeontx2/Makefile
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_OCTEONTX2_PMD) += \
 	otx2_flow_utils.c \
 	otx2_ethdev_irq.c \
 	otx2_ethdev_ops.c \
+	otx2_ethdev_sec.c \
 	otx2_ethdev_debug.c \
 	otx2_ethdev_devargs.c
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/octeontx2/meson.build b/drivers/net/octeontx2/meson.build
index fad3076..dfbf99a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/octeontx2/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/net/octeontx2/meson.build
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ sources = files('otx2_rx.c',
 		'otx2_flow_utils.c',
 		'otx2_ethdev_irq.c',
 		'otx2_ethdev_ops.c',
+		'otx2_ethdev_sec.c',
 		'otx2_ethdev_debug.c',
 		'otx2_ethdev_devargs.c'
 		)
 
-deps += ['bus_pci', 'common_octeontx2', 'mempool_octeontx2']
+deps += ['bus_pci', 'cryptodev', 'security']
+deps += ['common_octeontx2', 'mempool_octeontx2']
 
 cflags += ['-flax-vector-conversions']
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev.c
index 268b383..7fd5254 100644
--- a/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <rte_mempool.h>
 
 #include "otx2_ethdev.h"
+#include "otx2_ethdev_sec.h"
 
 static inline uint64_t
 nix_get_rx_offload_capa(struct otx2_eth_dev *dev)
@@ -2243,10 +2244,17 @@ otx2_eth_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 		dev->hwcap |= OTX2_FIXUP_F_LIMIT_CQ_FULL;
 	}
 
+	/* Create security ctx */
+	rc = otx2_eth_sec_ctx_create(eth_dev);
+	if (rc)
+		goto free_mac_addrs;
+	dev->tx_offload_capa |= DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_SECURITY;
+	dev->rx_offload_capa |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_SECURITY;
+
 	/* Initialize rte-flow */
 	rc = otx2_flow_init(dev);
 	if (rc)
-		goto free_mac_addrs;
+		goto sec_ctx_destroy;
 
 	otx2_nix_mc_filter_init(dev);
 
@@ -2257,6 +2265,8 @@ otx2_eth_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 		     dev->rx_offload_capa, dev->tx_offload_capa);
 	return 0;
 
+sec_ctx_destroy:
+	otx2_eth_sec_ctx_destroy(eth_dev);
 free_mac_addrs:
 	rte_free(eth_dev->data->mac_addrs);
 unregister_irq:
@@ -2340,6 +2350,9 @@ otx2_eth_dev_uninit(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, bool mbox_close)
 	if (rc)
 		otx2_err("Failed to cleanup npa lf, rc=%d", rc);
 
+	/* Destroy security ctx */
+	otx2_eth_sec_ctx_destroy(eth_dev);
+
 	rte_free(eth_dev->data->mac_addrs);
 	eth_dev->data->mac_addrs = NULL;
 	dev->drv_inited = false;
diff --git a/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev_sec.c b/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev_sec.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80c5689
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev_sec.c
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 Marvell International Ltd.
+ */
+
+#include <rte_ethdev.h>
+#include <rte_malloc.h>
+#include <rte_security.h>
+
+#include "otx2_ethdev_sec.h"
+
+int
+otx2_eth_sec_ctx_create(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
+{
+	struct rte_security_ctx *ctx;
+
+	ctx = rte_malloc("otx2_eth_sec_ctx",
+			 sizeof(struct rte_security_ctx), 0);
+	if (ctx == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	/* Populate ctx */
+
+	ctx->device = eth_dev;
+	ctx->sess_cnt = 0;
+
+	eth_dev->security_ctx = ctx;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void
+otx2_eth_sec_ctx_destroy(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
+{
+	rte_free(eth_dev->security_ctx);
+}
diff --git a/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev_sec.h b/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev_sec.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a925e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev_sec.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 Marvell International Ltd.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __OTX2_ETHDEV_SEC_H__
+#define __OTX2_ETHDEV_SEC_H__
+
+#include <rte_ethdev.h>
+
+int otx2_eth_sec_ctx_create(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev);
+
+void otx2_eth_sec_ctx_destroy(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev);
+
+#endif /* __OTX2_ETHDEV_SEC_H__ */
