diff --git a/drivers/net/ena/ena_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/ena/ena_ethdev.c
index ef1b248dc..e9011e721 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ena/ena_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ena/ena_ethdev.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ static const struct rte_pci_id pci_id_ena_map[] = {
 	{ .device_id = 0 },
 };

-static struct ena_aenq_handlers empty_aenq_handlers;
+static struct ena_aenq_handlers aenq_handlers;

 static int ena_device_init(struct ena_com_dev *ena_dev,
 			   struct ena_com_dev_get_features_ctx *get_feat_ctx);
@@ -736,8 +736,11 @@ static int ena_link_update(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 			   __rte_unused int wait_to_complete)
 {
 	struct rte_eth_link *link = &dev->data->dev_link;
+	struct ena_adapter *adapter;
+
+	adapter = (struct ena_adapter *)(dev->data->dev_private);

-	link->link_status = ETH_LINK_UP;
+	link->link_status = adapter->link_status ? ETH_LINK_UP : ETH_LINK_DOWN;
 	link->link_speed = ETH_SPEED_NUM_10G;
 	link->link_duplex = ETH_LINK_FULL_DUPLEX;

@@ -1243,6 +1246,7 @@ static int ena_populate_rx_queue(struct ena_ring *rxq, unsigned int count)
 static int ena_device_init(struct ena_com_dev *ena_dev,
 			   struct ena_com_dev_get_features_ctx *get_feat_ctx)
 {
+	uint32_t aenq_groups;
 	int rc;
 	bool readless_supported;

@@ -1278,7 +1282,7 @@ static int ena_device_init(struct ena_com_dev *ena_dev,
 	ena_dev->dma_addr_bits = ena_com_get_dma_width(ena_dev);

 	/* ENA device administration layer init */
-	rc = ena_com_admin_init(ena_dev, &empty_aenq_handlers, true);
+	rc = ena_com_admin_init(ena_dev, &aenq_handlers, true);
 	if (rc) {
 		RTE_LOG(ERR, PMD,
 			"cannot initialize ena admin queue with device\n");
@@ -1301,6 +1305,15 @@ static int ena_device_init(struct ena_com_dev *ena_dev,
 		goto err_admin_init;
 	}

+	aenq_groups = BIT(ENA_ADMIN_LINK_CHANGE);
+
+	aenq_groups &= get_feat_ctx->aenq.supported_groups;
+	rc = ena_com_set_aenq_config(ena_dev, aenq_groups);
+	if (rc) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, PMD, "Cannot configure aenq groups rc: %d\n", rc);
+		goto err_admin_init;
+	}
+
 	return 0;

 err_admin_init:
@@ -1312,12 +1325,14 @@ static int ena_device_init(struct ena_com_dev *ena_dev,
 	return rc;
 }

-static void ena_interrupt_handler_rte(__rte_unused void *cb_arg)
+static void ena_interrupt_handler_rte(void *cb_arg)
 {
 	struct ena_adapter *adapter = (struct ena_adapter *)cb_arg;
 	struct ena_com_dev *ena_dev = &adapter->ena_dev;

 	ena_com_admin_q_comp_intr_handler(ena_dev);
+	if (adapter->state != ENA_ADAPTER_STATE_CLOSED)
+		ena_com_aenq_intr_handler(ena_dev, adapter);
 }

 static int eth_ena_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
@@ -1420,6 +1435,7 @@ static int eth_ena_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 				   adapter);
 	rte_intr_enable(intr_handle);
 	ena_com_set_admin_polling_mode(ena_dev, false);
+	ena_com_admin_aenq_enable(ena_dev);

 	adapters_found++;
 	adapter->state = ENA_ADAPTER_STATE_INIT;
@@ -1899,6 +1915,9 @@ static uint16_t eth_ena_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
 	return sent_idx;
 }

+/*********************************************************************
+ *  PMD configuration
+ *********************************************************************/
 static int eth_ena_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv __rte_unused,
 	struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
 {
@@ -1913,7 +1932,7 @@ static int eth_ena_pci_remove(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)

 static struct rte_pci_driver rte_ena_pmd = {
 	.id_table = pci_id_ena_map,
-	.drv_flags = RTE_PCI_DRV_NEED_MAPPING,
+	.drv_flags = RTE_PCI_DRV_NEED_MAPPING | RTE_PCI_DRV_INTR_LSC,
 	.probe = eth_ena_pci_probe,
 	.remove = eth_ena_pci_remove,
 };
@@ -1937,6 +1956,26 @@ ena_init_log(void)
 /******************************************************************************
  ******************************** AENQ Handlers *******************************
  *****************************************************************************/
+static void ena_update_on_link_change(void *adapter_data,
+				      struct ena_admin_aenq_entry *aenq_e)
+{
+	struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev;
+	struct ena_adapter *adapter;
+	struct ena_admin_aenq_link_change_desc *aenq_link_desc;
+	uint32_t status;
+
+	adapter = (struct ena_adapter *)adapter_data;
+	aenq_link_desc = (struct ena_admin_aenq_link_change_desc *)aenq_e;
+	eth_dev = adapter->rte_dev;
+
+	status =
+		get_ena_admin_aenq_link_change_desc_link_status(aenq_link_desc);
+	adapter->link_status = status;
+
+	ena_link_update(eth_dev, 0);
+	_rte_eth_dev_callback_process(eth_dev, RTE_ETH_EVENT_INTR_LSC, NULL);
+}
+
 /**
  * This handler will called for unknown event group or unimplemented handlers
  **/
@@ -1946,9 +1985,9 @@ static void unimplemented_aenq_handler(__rte_unused void *data,
 	// Unimplemented handler
 }

-static struct ena_aenq_handlers empty_aenq_handlers = {
+static struct ena_aenq_handlers aenq_handlers = {
 	.handlers = {
-		[ENA_ADMIN_LINK_CHANGE] = unimplemented_aenq_handler,
+		[ENA_ADMIN_LINK_CHANGE] = ena_update_on_link_change,
 		[ENA_ADMIN_NOTIFICATION] = unimplemented_aenq_handler,
 		[ENA_ADMIN_KEEP_ALIVE] = unimplemented_aenq_handler
 	},
diff --git a/drivers/net/ena/ena_ethdev.h b/drivers/net/ena/ena_ethdev.h
index 79fb14aeb..16172a54a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ena/ena_ethdev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ena/ena_ethdev.h
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ struct ena_adapter {
 	uint64_t tx_selected_offloads;
 	uint64_t rx_supported_offloads;
 	uint64_t rx_selected_offloads;
+
+	bool link_status;
 };

 #endif /* _ENA_ETHDEV_H_ */
