diff --git a/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c b/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c
index 333852194..d6b30e20a 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ static void cmd_help_long_parsed(void *parsed_result,
 			" for ports.\n\n"
 
 			"port config all rss (all|default|ip|tcp|udp|sctp|"
-			"ether|port|vxlan|geneve|nvgre|none|<flowtype_id>)\n"
+			"ether|port|vxlan|geneve|nvgre|none|neg|noneg|<flowtype_id>)\n"
 			"    Set the RSS mode.\n\n"
 
 			"port config port-id rss reta (hash,queue)[,(hash,queue)]\n"
@@ -2029,7 +2029,13 @@ cmd_config_rss_parsed(void *parsed_result,
 	else if (isdigit(res->value[0]) && atoi(res->value) > 0 &&
 						atoi(res->value) < 64)
 		rss_conf.rss_hf = 1ULL << atoi(res->value);
-	else {
+	else if (!strcmp(res->value, "neg")) {
+		rss_hf_noneg = 0;
+		return;
+	} else if (!strcmp(res->value, "noneg")) {
+		rss_hf_noneg = 1;
+		return;
+	} else {
 		printf("Unknown parameter\n");
 		return;
 	}
@@ -2037,10 +2043,14 @@ cmd_config_rss_parsed(void *parsed_result,
 	/* Update global configuration for RSS types. */
 	rss_hf = rss_conf.rss_hf;
 	RTE_ETH_FOREACH_DEV(i) {
-		if (!strcmp(res->value, "default")) {
-			rte_eth_dev_info_get(i, &dev_info);
+		rte_eth_dev_info_get(i, &dev_info);
+		if (!strcmp(res->value, "default"))
 			rss_conf.rss_hf = dev_info.flow_type_rss_offloads;
-		}
+		else
+			rss_conf.rss_hf &= (rss_hf_noneg ?
+				rss_conf.rss_hf :
+				dev_info.flow_type_rss_offloads);
+
 		diag = rte_eth_dev_rss_hash_update(i, &rss_conf);
 		if (diag < 0)
 			printf("Configuration of RSS hash at ethernet port %d "
diff --git a/app/test-pmd/parameters.c b/app/test-pmd/parameters.c
index 394fa6d92..4758ec1d9 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/parameters.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/parameters.c
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ usage(char* progname)
 	printf("  --enable-hw-vlan-extend: enable hardware vlan extend.\n");
 	printf("  --enable-drop-en: enable per queue packet drop.\n");
 	printf("  --disable-rss: disable rss.\n");
+	printf("  --disable-rss-neg: disable rss negotiate with device capa.\n");
 	printf("  --port-topology=N: set port topology (N: paired (default) or "
 	       "chained).\n");
 	printf("  --forward-mode=N: set forwarding mode (N: %s).\n",
@@ -594,6 +595,7 @@ launch_args_parse(int argc, char** argv)
 		{ "enable-hw-vlan-extend",      0, 0, 0 },
 		{ "enable-drop-en",            0, 0, 0 },
 		{ "disable-rss",                0, 0, 0 },
+		{ "disable-rss-neg",            0, 0, 0 },
 		{ "port-topology",              1, 0, 0 },
 		{ "forward-mode",               1, 0, 0 },
 		{ "rss-ip",			0, 0, 0 },
@@ -909,6 +911,9 @@ launch_args_parse(int argc, char** argv)
 
 			if (!strcmp(lgopts[opt_idx].name, "disable-rss"))
 				rss_hf = 0;
+			if (!strcmp(lgopts[opt_idx].name, "disable-rss-neg")) {
+				rss_hf_noneg = 1;
+			}
 			if (!strcmp(lgopts[opt_idx].name, "port-topology")) {
 				if (!strcmp(optarg, "paired"))
 					port_topology = PORT_TOPOLOGY_PAIRED;
diff --git a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
index d6da41927..68214677c 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
@@ -257,6 +257,12 @@ int16_t tx_rs_thresh = RTE_PMD_PARAM_UNSET;
 uint64_t rss_hf = ETH_RSS_IP; /* RSS IP by default. */
 
 /*
+ * Negotiate with device capability when config
+ * Receive Side Scaling (RSS).
+ */
+uint8_t rss_hf_noneg = 0; /* Negotiate by default */
+
+/*
  * Port topology configuration
  */
 uint16_t port_topology = PORT_TOPOLOGY_PAIRED; /* Ports are paired by default */
@@ -2265,13 +2271,17 @@ init_port_config(void)
 {
 	portid_t pid;
 	struct rte_port *port;
+	struct rte_eth_dev_info dev_info;
 
 	RTE_ETH_FOREACH_DEV(pid) {
 		port = &ports[pid];
 		port->dev_conf.fdir_conf = fdir_conf;
 		if (nb_rxq > 1) {
+			rte_eth_dev_info_get(pid, &dev_info);
 			port->dev_conf.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_key = NULL;
-			port->dev_conf.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_hf = rss_hf;
+			port->dev_conf.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_hf =
+				rss_hf_noneg ? rss_hf :
+				(rss_hf & dev_info.flow_type_rss_offloads);
 		} else {
 			port->dev_conf.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_key = NULL;
 			port->dev_conf.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_hf = 0;
diff --git a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h
index 070919822..c37c4ee70 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h
+++ b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ extern struct rte_eth_rxmode rx_mode;
 extern struct rte_eth_txmode tx_mode;
 
 extern uint64_t rss_hf;
+extern uint8_t rss_hf_noneg;
 
 extern queueid_t nb_rxq;
 extern queueid_t nb_txq;
diff --git a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst
index 593b13a3d..8db9cf5c1 100644
--- a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst
@@ -1751,13 +1751,15 @@ port config - RSS
 
 Set the RSS (Receive Side Scaling) mode on or off::
 
-   testpmd> port config all rss (all|default|ip|tcp|udp|sctp|ether|port|vxlan|geneve|nvgre|none)
+   testpmd> port config all rss (all|default|ip|tcp|udp|sctp|ether|port|vxlan|geneve|nvgre|none|neg|noneg)
 
 RSS is on by default.
 
 The ``all`` option is equivalent to ip|tcp|udp|sctp|ether.
 The ``default`` option enables all supported RSS types reported by device info.
 The ``none`` option is equivalent to the ``--disable-rss`` command-line option.
+The ``neg`` option enable the negotiation with device capability when configure RSS.
+The ``noneg`` option disable the negotiation and is equivalent to ``--disable-rss-neg`` command-line option.
 
 port config - RSS Reta
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
