diff --git a/app/test-pmd/cmdline_flow.c b/app/test-pmd/cmdline_flow.c
index f85c1c57f..0d3c62599 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/cmdline_flow.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/cmdline_flow.c
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ enum index {
 	ITEM_GENEVE,
 	ITEM_GENEVE_VNI,
 	ITEM_GENEVE_PROTO,
+	ITEM_VXLAN_GPE,
+	ITEM_VXLAN_GPE_VNI,
 
 	/* Validate/create actions. */
 	ACTIONS,
@@ -470,6 +472,7 @@ static const enum index next_item[] = {
 	ITEM_GTPC,
 	ITEM_GTPU,
 	ITEM_GENEVE,
+	ITEM_VXLAN_GPE,
 	ZERO,
 };
 
@@ -626,6 +629,12 @@ static const enum index item_geneve[] = {
 	ZERO,
 };
 
+static const enum index item_vxlan_gpe[] = {
+	ITEM_VXLAN_GPE_VNI,
+	ITEM_NEXT,
+	ZERO,
+};
+
 static const enum index next_action[] = {
 	ACTION_END,
 	ACTION_VOID,
@@ -1560,6 +1569,21 @@ static const struct token token_list[] = {
 		.args = ARGS(ARGS_ENTRY_HTON(struct rte_flow_item_geneve,
 					     protocol)),
 	},
+	[ITEM_VXLAN_GPE] = {
+		.name = "vxlan-gpe",
+		.help = "match VXLAN-GPE header",
+		.priv = PRIV_ITEM(VXLAN_GPE,
+				  sizeof(struct rte_flow_item_vxlan_gpe)),
+		.next = NEXT(item_vxlan_gpe),
+		.call = parse_vc,
+	},
+	[ITEM_VXLAN_GPE_VNI] = {
+		.name = "vni",
+		.help = "VXLAN-GPE identifier",
+		.next = NEXT(item_vxlan_gpe, NEXT_ENTRY(UNSIGNED), item_param),
+		.args = ARGS(ARGS_ENTRY_HTON(struct rte_flow_item_vxlan_gpe,
+					     vni)),
+	},
 
 	/* Validate/create actions. */
 	[ACTIONS] = {
diff --git a/app/test-pmd/config.c b/app/test-pmd/config.c
index 4a273eff7..349eb9015 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/config.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/config.c
@@ -981,6 +981,7 @@ static const struct {
 	MK_FLOW_ITEM(GTPC, sizeof(struct rte_flow_item_gtp)),
 	MK_FLOW_ITEM(GTPU, sizeof(struct rte_flow_item_gtp)),
 	MK_FLOW_ITEM(GENEVE, sizeof(struct rte_flow_item_geneve)),
+	MK_FLOW_ITEM(VXLAN_GPE, sizeof(struct rte_flow_item_vxlan_gpe)),
 };
 
 /** Pattern item specification types. */
@@ -3082,6 +3083,7 @@ flowtype_to_str(uint16_t flow_type)
 		{"vxlan", RTE_ETH_FLOW_VXLAN},
 		{"geneve", RTE_ETH_FLOW_GENEVE},
 		{"nvgre", RTE_ETH_FLOW_NVGRE},
+		{"vxlan-gpe", RTE_ETH_FLOW_VXLAN_GPE},
 	};
 
 	for (i = 0; i < RTE_DIM(flowtype_str_table); i++) {
diff --git a/app/test-pmd/csumonly.c b/app/test-pmd/csumonly.c
index 5f5ab64aa..285709872 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/csumonly.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/csumonly.c
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@
 #define _htons(x) (x)
 #endif
 
+uint16_t vxlan_gpe_udp_port = 4790;
+
 /* structure that caches offload info for the current packet */
 struct testpmd_offload_info {
 	uint16_t ethertype;
@@ -194,6 +196,70 @@ parse_vxlan(struct udp_hdr *udp_hdr,
 	info->l2_len += ETHER_VXLAN_HLEN; /* add udp + vxlan */
 }
 
+/* Parse a vxlan-gpe header */
+static void
+parse_vxlan_gpe(struct udp_hdr *udp_hdr,
+	    struct testpmd_offload_info *info)
+{
+	struct ether_hdr *eth_hdr;
+	struct ipv4_hdr *ipv4_hdr;
+	struct ipv6_hdr *ipv6_hdr;
+	struct vxlan_gpe_hdr *vxlan_gpe_hdr;
+	uint8_t vxlan_gpe_len = sizeof(*vxlan_gpe_hdr);
+
+	/* Check udp destination port. */
+	if (udp_hdr->dst_port != _htons(vxlan_gpe_udp_port))
+		return;
+
+	vxlan_gpe_hdr = (struct vxlan_gpe_hdr *)((char *)udp_hdr +
+				sizeof(struct udp_hdr));
+
+	if (!vxlan_gpe_hdr->proto || vxlan_gpe_hdr->proto ==
+	    VXLAN_GPE_TYPE_IPV4) {
+		info->is_tunnel = 1;
+		info->outer_ethertype = info->ethertype;
+		info->outer_l2_len = info->l2_len;
+		info->outer_l3_len = info->l3_len;
+		info->outer_l4_proto = info->l4_proto;
+
+		ipv4_hdr = (struct ipv4_hdr *)((char *)vxlan_gpe_hdr +
+			   vxlan_gpe_len);
+
+		parse_ipv4(ipv4_hdr, info);
+		info->ethertype = _htons(ETHER_TYPE_IPv4);
+		info->l2_len = 0;
+
+	} else if (vxlan_gpe_hdr->proto == VXLAN_GPE_TYPE_IPV6) {
+		info->is_tunnel = 1;
+		info->outer_ethertype = info->ethertype;
+		info->outer_l2_len = info->l2_len;
+		info->outer_l3_len = info->l3_len;
+		info->outer_l4_proto = info->l4_proto;
+
+		ipv6_hdr = (struct ipv6_hdr *)((char *)vxlan_gpe_hdr +
+			   vxlan_gpe_len);
+
+		info->ethertype = _htons(ETHER_TYPE_IPv6);
+		parse_ipv6(ipv6_hdr, info);
+		info->l2_len = 0;
+
+	} else if (vxlan_gpe_hdr->proto == VXLAN_GPE_TYPE_ETH) {
+		info->is_tunnel = 1;
+		info->outer_ethertype = info->ethertype;
+		info->outer_l2_len = info->l2_len;
+		info->outer_l3_len = info->l3_len;
+		info->outer_l4_proto = info->l4_proto;
+
+		eth_hdr = (struct ether_hdr *)((char *)vxlan_gpe_hdr +
+			  vxlan_gpe_len);
+
+		parse_ethernet(eth_hdr, info);
+	} else
+		return;
+
+	info->l2_len += ETHER_VXLAN_GPE_HLEN;
+}
+
 /* Parse a gre header */
 static void
 parse_gre(struct simple_gre_hdr *gre_hdr, struct testpmd_offload_info *info)
@@ -588,6 +654,10 @@ pkt_copy_split(const struct rte_mbuf *pkt)
  *   Ether / (vlan) / IP|IP6 / UDP|TCP|SCTP .
  *   Ether / (vlan) / outer IP|IP6 / outer UDP / VxLAN / Ether / IP|IP6 /
  *           UDP|TCP|SCTP
+ *   Ether / (vlan) / outer IP|IP6 / outer UDP / VXLAN-GPE / Ether / IP|IP6 /
+ *           UDP|TCP|SCTP
+ *   Ether / (vlan) / outer IP|IP6 / outer UDP / VXLAN-GPE / IP|IP6 /
+ *           UDP|TCP|SCTP
  *   Ether / (vlan) / outer IP|IP6 / GRE / Ether / IP|IP6 / UDP|TCP|SCTP
  *   Ether / (vlan) / outer IP|IP6 / GRE / IP|IP6 / UDP|TCP|SCTP
  *   Ether / (vlan) / outer IP|IP6 / IP|IP6 / UDP|TCP|SCTP
@@ -691,9 +761,16 @@ pkt_burst_checksum_forward(struct fwd_stream *fs)
 
 				udp_hdr = (struct udp_hdr *)((char *)l3_hdr +
 					info.l3_len);
-				parse_vxlan(udp_hdr, &info, m->packet_type);
-				if (info.is_tunnel)
-					tx_ol_flags |= PKT_TX_TUNNEL_VXLAN;
+				parse_vxlan_gpe(udp_hdr, &info);
+				if (info.is_tunnel) {
+					tx_ol_flags |= PKT_TX_TUNNEL_VXLAN_GPE;
+				} else {
+					parse_vxlan(udp_hdr, &info,
+						    m->packet_type);
+					if (info.is_tunnel)
+						tx_ol_flags |=
+							PKT_TX_TUNNEL_VXLAN;
+				}
 			} else if (info.l4_proto == IPPROTO_GRE) {
 				struct simple_gre_hdr *gre_hdr;
 
diff --git a/app/test-pmd/parameters.c b/app/test-pmd/parameters.c
index 2192bdcdf..68063b7a4 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/parameters.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/parameters.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ usage(char* progname)
 	       "--rss-ip | --rss-udp | "
 	       "--rxpt= | --rxht= | --rxwt= | --rxfreet= | "
 	       "--txpt= | --txht= | --txwt= | --txfreet= | "
-	       "--txrst= | --tx-offloads ]\n",
+	       "--txrst= | --tx-offloads= | --vxlan-gpe-port= ]\n",
 	       progname);
 #ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_CMDLINE
 	printf("  --interactive: run in interactive mode.\n");
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ usage(char* progname)
 	printf("  --flow-isolate-all: "
 	       "requests flow API isolated mode on all ports at initialization time.\n");
 	printf("  --tx-offloads=0xXXXXXXXX: hexadecimal bitmask of TX queue offloads\n");
+	printf("  --vxlan-gpe-port=N: UPD port of tunnel VXLAN-GPE\n");
 }
 
 #ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_CMDLINE
@@ -621,6 +622,7 @@ launch_args_parse(int argc, char** argv)
 		{ "print-event",		1, 0, 0 },
 		{ "mask-event",			1, 0, 0 },
 		{ "tx-offloads",		1, 0, 0 },
+		{ "vxlan-gpe-port",		1, 0, 0 },
 		{ 0, 0, 0, 0 },
 	};
 
@@ -1091,6 +1093,14 @@ launch_args_parse(int argc, char** argv)
 					rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
 						 "tx-offloads must be >= 0\n");
 			}
+			if (!strcmp(lgopts[opt_idx].name, "vxlan-gpe-port")) {
+				n = atoi(optarg);
+				if (n >= 0)
+					vxlan_gpe_udp_port = (uint16_t)n;
+				else
+					rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+						 "vxlan-gpe-port must be >= 0\n");
+			}
 			if (!strcmp(lgopts[opt_idx].name, "print-event"))
 				if (parse_event_printing_config(optarg, 1)) {
 					rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
diff --git a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h
index 593ae2160..b270602d9 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h
+++ b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h
@@ -446,6 +446,8 @@ extern uint32_t retry_enabled;
 extern struct fwd_lcore  **fwd_lcores;
 extern struct fwd_stream **fwd_streams;
 
+extern uint16_t vxlan_gpe_udp_port; /**< UDP port of tunnel VXLAN-GPE. */
+
 extern portid_t nb_peer_eth_addrs; /**< Number of peer ethernet addresses. */
 extern struct ether_addr peer_eth_addrs[RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS];
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst
index 1fd53958a..2e8690f41 100644
--- a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.rst
@@ -479,3 +479,8 @@ The commandline options are:
 
     Set the hexadecimal bitmask of TX queue offloads.
     The default value is 0.
+
+*   ``--vxlan-gpe-port=N``
+
+    Set the UDP port number of tunnel VXLAN-GPE to N.
+    The default value is 4790.
diff --git a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst
index e78f26dce..2f3a24c06 100644
--- a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst
@@ -3310,6 +3310,10 @@ This section lists supported pattern items and their attributes, if any.
   - ``vni {unsigned}``: virtual network identifier.
   - ``protocol {unsigned}``: protocol type.
 
+- ``vxlan-gpe``: match VXLAN-GPE header.
+
+  - ``vni {unsigned}``: VXLAN-GPE identifier.
+
 Actions list
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
