diff --git a/app/test-pmd/parameters.c b/app/test-pmd/parameters.c
index 2192bdcdff44..21d1e6e60ee7 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/parameters.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/parameters.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
 
 #include <rte_common.h>
 #include <rte_byteorder.h>
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ usage(char* progname)
 #ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_CMDLINE
 	       "--eth-peers-configfile= | "
 	       "--eth-peer=X,M:M:M:M:M:M | "
+	       "--tx-ip=SRC,DST | --tx-udp=PORT | "
 #endif
 	       "--pkt-filter-mode= |"
 	       "--rss-ip | --rss-udp | "
@@ -621,6 +623,8 @@ launch_args_parse(int argc, char** argv)
 		{ "print-event",		1, 0, 0 },
 		{ "mask-event",			1, 0, 0 },
 		{ "tx-offloads",		1, 0, 0 },
+		{ "tx-ip",			1, 0, 0 },
+		{ "tx-udp",			1, 0, 0 },
 		{ 0, 0, 0, 0 },
 	};
 
@@ -713,6 +717,51 @@ launch_args_parse(int argc, char** argv)
 				nb_peer_eth_addrs++;
 			}
 #endif
+			if (!strcmp(lgopts[opt_idx].name, "tx-ip")) {
+				in_addr_t in;
+				char *end;
+
+				end = strchr(optarg, ',');
+				if (end == optarg || !end)
+					rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+						 "Invalid tx-ip: %s", optarg);
+
+				*end++ = 0;
+				if (inet_pton(AF_INET, optarg, &in) != 1)
+					rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+						 "Invalid source IP address: %s\n", optarg);
+				tx_ip_src_addr = rte_be_to_cpu_32(in);
+
+				if (inet_pton(AF_INET, end, &in) != 1)
+					rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+						 "Invalid destination IP address: %s\n", optarg);
+				tx_ip_dst_addr = rte_be_to_cpu_32(in);
+			}
+			if (!strcmp(lgopts[opt_idx].name, "tx-udp")) {
+				char *end = NULL;
+
+				errno = 0;
+				n = strtoul(optarg, &end, 10);
+				if (errno != 0 || end == optarg || n > UINT16_MAX ||
+				    !(*end == '\0' || *end == ','))
+					rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+						 "Invalid UDP port: %s\n", optarg);
+				tx_udp_src_port = n;
+				if (*end == ',') {
+					char *dst = end + 1;
+
+					n = strtoul(dst, &end, 10);
+					if (errno != 0 || end == dst ||
+					    n > UINT16_MAX || *end)
+						rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+							 "Invalid destination UDP port: %s\n",
+							 dst);
+					tx_udp_dst_port = n;
+				} else {
+					tx_udp_dst_port = n;
+				}
+
+			}
 			if (!strcmp(lgopts[opt_idx].name, "nb-ports")) {
 				n = atoi(optarg);
 				if (n > 0 && n <= nb_ports)
diff --git a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h
index 153abea0507f..3f5f232b956f 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h
+++ b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h
@@ -427,6 +427,12 @@ extern int8_t tx_pthresh;
 extern int8_t tx_hthresh;
 extern int8_t tx_wthresh;
 
+extern uint16_t tx_udp_src_port;
+extern uint16_t tx_udp_dst_port;
+
+extern uint32_t tx_ip_src_addr;
+extern uint32_t tx_ip_dst_addr;
+
 extern struct fwd_config cur_fwd_config;
 extern struct fwd_engine *cur_fwd_eng;
 extern uint32_t retry_enabled;
diff --git a/app/test-pmd/txonly.c b/app/test-pmd/txonly.c
index 1f08b6ed37a2..b9f9cdaf0a38 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/txonly.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/txonly.c
@@ -40,11 +40,13 @@
 
 #include "testpmd.h"
 
-#define UDP_SRC_PORT 1024
-#define UDP_DST_PORT 1024
+/* from RFC 863 Discard Protocol */
+uint16_t tx_udp_src_port = 9;
+uint16_t tx_udp_dst_port = 9;
 
-#define IP_SRC_ADDR ((192U << 24) | (168 << 16) | (0 << 8) | 1)
-#define IP_DST_ADDR ((192U << 24) | (168 << 16) | (0 << 8) | 2)
+/* from RFC 2544 reserved network test addresses */
+uint32_t tx_ip_src_addr = (192U << 24) | (18 << 16) | (0 << 8) | 1;
+uint32_t tx_ip_dst_addr = (192U << 24) | (18 << 16) | (0 << 8) | 2;
 
 #define IP_DEFTTL  64   /* from RFC 1340. */
 #define IP_VERSION 0x40
@@ -104,8 +106,8 @@ setup_pkt_udp_ip_headers(struct ipv4_hdr *ip_hdr,
 	 * Initialize UDP header.
 	 */
 	pkt_len = (uint16_t) (pkt_data_len + sizeof(struct udp_hdr));
-	udp_hdr->src_port = rte_cpu_to_be_16(UDP_SRC_PORT);
-	udp_hdr->dst_port = rte_cpu_to_be_16(UDP_DST_PORT);
+	udp_hdr->src_port = rte_cpu_to_be_16(tx_udp_src_port);
+	udp_hdr->dst_port = rte_cpu_to_be_16(tx_udp_dst_port);
 	udp_hdr->dgram_len      = RTE_CPU_TO_BE_16(pkt_len);
 	udp_hdr->dgram_cksum    = 0; /* No UDP checksum. */
 
@@ -120,8 +122,8 @@ setup_pkt_udp_ip_headers(struct ipv4_hdr *ip_hdr,
 	ip_hdr->next_proto_id = IPPROTO_UDP;
 	ip_hdr->packet_id = 0;
 	ip_hdr->total_length   = RTE_CPU_TO_BE_16(pkt_len);
-	ip_hdr->src_addr = rte_cpu_to_be_32(IP_SRC_ADDR);
-	ip_hdr->dst_addr = rte_cpu_to_be_32(IP_DST_ADDR);
+	ip_hdr->src_addr = rte_cpu_to_be_32(tx_ip_src_addr);
+	ip_hdr->dst_addr = rte_cpu_to_be_32(tx_ip_dst_addr);
 
 	/*
 	 * Compute IP header checksum.
diff --git a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst
index 1fd53958a537..b31aeb75abf0 100644
--- a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst
@@ -249,6 +249,15 @@ The commandline options are:
     Set the MAC address ``XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX`` of the peer port N,
     where 0 <= N < ``CONFIG_RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS`` from the configuration file.
 
+
+*   ``--tx-ip=SRC,DST``
+    Set the source and destination IP address used when doing transmit only test.
+    The defaults are source 192.18.0.1 and destination 192.18.0.2.
+
+*   ``--tx-udp=SRC[,DST]``
+    Set the source and destination UDP port number for transmit test only test.
+    The default port is the 9 (discard).
+
 *   ``--pkt-filter-mode=mode``
 
     Set Flow Director mode where mode is either ``none`` (the default), ``signature`` or ``perfect``.
