diff --git a/drivers/common/octeontx2/Makefile b/drivers/common/octeontx2/Makefile
index e5737532a..3fd67f0ab 100644
--- a/drivers/common/octeontx2/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/common/octeontx2/Makefile
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ LIBABIVER := 1
 # all source are stored in SRCS-y
 #
 SRCS-y += otx2_mbox.c
+SRCS-y += otx2_common.c
 
 LDLIBS += -lrte_eal
 LDLIBS += -lrte_ethdev
diff --git a/drivers/common/octeontx2/meson.build b/drivers/common/octeontx2/meson.build
index 34f8aaea7..4771b1942 100644
--- a/drivers/common/octeontx2/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/common/octeontx2/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 sources= files(
 		'otx2_mbox.c',
+		'otx2_common.c',
 	       )
 
 extra_flags = []
diff --git a/drivers/common/octeontx2/otx2_common.c b/drivers/common/octeontx2/otx2_common.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4b91b4f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/common/octeontx2/otx2_common.c
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(C) 2019 Marvell International Ltd.
+ */
+
+#include <rte_log.h>
+
+#include "otx2_common.h"
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ */
+int otx2_logtype_base;
+/**
+ * @internal
+ */
+int otx2_logtype_mbox;
+/**
+ * @internal
+ */
+int otx2_logtype_npa;
+/**
+ * @internal
+ */
+int otx2_logtype_nix;
+/**
+ * @internal
+ */
+int otx2_logtype_npc;
+/**
+ * @internal
+ */
+int otx2_logtype_tm;
+/**
+ * @internal
+ */
+int otx2_logtype_sso;
+/**
+ * @internal
+ */
+int otx2_logtype_tim;
+/**
+ * @internal
+ */
+int otx2_logtype_dpi;
+
+RTE_INIT(otx2_log_init);
+static void
+otx2_log_init(void)
+{
+	otx2_logtype_base = rte_log_register("pmd.octeontx2.base");
+	if (otx2_logtype_base >= 0)
+		rte_log_set_level(otx2_logtype_base, RTE_LOG_NOTICE);
+
+	otx2_logtype_mbox = rte_log_register("pmd.octeontx2.mbox");
+	if (otx2_logtype_mbox >= 0)
+		rte_log_set_level(otx2_logtype_mbox, RTE_LOG_NOTICE);
+
+	otx2_logtype_npa = rte_log_register("pmd.mempool.octeontx2");
+	if (otx2_logtype_npa >= 0)
+		rte_log_set_level(otx2_logtype_npa, RTE_LOG_NOTICE);
+
+	otx2_logtype_nix = rte_log_register("pmd.net.octeontx2");
+	if (otx2_logtype_nix >= 0)
+		rte_log_set_level(otx2_logtype_nix, RTE_LOG_NOTICE);
+
+	otx2_logtype_npc = rte_log_register("pmd.net.octeontx2.flow");
+	if (otx2_logtype_npc >= 0)
+		rte_log_set_level(otx2_logtype_npc, RTE_LOG_NOTICE);
+
+	otx2_logtype_tm = rte_log_register("pmd.net.octeontx2.tm");
+	if (otx2_logtype_tm >= 0)
+		rte_log_set_level(otx2_logtype_tm, RTE_LOG_NOTICE);
+
+	otx2_logtype_sso = rte_log_register("pmd.event.octeontx2");
+	if (otx2_logtype_sso >= 0)
+		rte_log_set_level(otx2_logtype_sso, RTE_LOG_NOTICE);
+
+	otx2_logtype_tim = rte_log_register("pmd.event.octeontx2.timer");
+	if (otx2_logtype_tim >= 0)
+		rte_log_set_level(otx2_logtype_tim, RTE_LOG_NOTICE);
+
+	otx2_logtype_dpi = rte_log_register("pmd.raw.octeontx2.dpi");
+	if (otx2_logtype_dpi >= 0)
+		rte_log_set_level(otx2_logtype_dpi, RTE_LOG_NOTICE);
+}
diff --git a/drivers/common/octeontx2/otx2_common.h b/drivers/common/octeontx2/otx2_common.h
index b0c19266b..58fcf5a41 100644
--- a/drivers/common/octeontx2/otx2_common.h
+++ b/drivers/common/octeontx2/otx2_common.h
@@ -33,6 +33,42 @@
 #define __hot   __attribute__((hot))
 #endif
 
+/* Log */
+extern int otx2_logtype_base;
+extern int otx2_logtype_mbox;
+extern int otx2_logtype_npa;
+extern int otx2_logtype_nix;
+extern int otx2_logtype_sso;
+extern int otx2_logtype_npc;
+extern int otx2_logtype_tm;
+extern int otx2_logtype_tim;
+extern int otx2_logtype_dpi;
+
+#define OTX2_CLNRM  "\x1b[0m"
+#define OTX2_CLRED  "\x1b[31m"
+
+#define otx2_err(fmt, args...)						\
+	RTE_LOG(ERR, PMD, ""OTX2_CLRED"%s():%u " fmt OTX2_CLNRM"\n",	\
+				__func__, __LINE__, ## args)
+
+#define otx2_info(fmt, args...)						\
+	RTE_LOG(INFO, PMD, fmt"\n", ## args)
+
+#define otx2_dbg(subsystem, fmt, args...)				\
+	rte_log(RTE_LOG_DEBUG, otx2_logtype_ ## subsystem,		\
+		"[%s] %s():%u " fmt "\n",				\
+		 #subsystem, __func__, __LINE__, ##args)
+
+#define otx2_base_dbg(fmt, ...) otx2_dbg(base, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define otx2_mbox_dbg(fmt, ...) otx2_dbg(mbox, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define otx2_npa_dbg(fmt, ...) otx2_dbg(npa, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define otx2_nix_dbg(fmt, ...) otx2_dbg(nix, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define otx2_sso_dbg(fmt, ...) otx2_dbg(sso, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define otx2_npc_dbg(fmt, ...) otx2_dbg(npc, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define otx2_tm_dbg(fmt, ...) otx2_dbg(tm, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define otx2_tim_dbg(fmt, ...) otx2_dbg(tim, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define otx2_dpi_dbg(fmt, ...) otx2_dbg(dpi, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+
 /* IO Access */
 #define otx2_read64(addr) rte_read64_relaxed((void *)(addr))
 #define otx2_write64(val, addr) rte_write64_relaxed((val), (void *)(addr))
diff --git a/drivers/common/octeontx2/rte_common_octeontx2_version.map b/drivers/common/octeontx2/rte_common_octeontx2_version.map
index fc8c95e91..26683e98b 100644
--- a/drivers/common/octeontx2/rte_common_octeontx2_version.map
+++ b/drivers/common/octeontx2/rte_common_octeontx2_version.map
@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
 DPDK_19.05 {
+	global:
+
+	otx2_logtype_base;
+	otx2_logtype_dpi;
+	otx2_logtype_mbox;
+	otx2_logtype_npa;
+	otx2_logtype_npc;
+	otx2_logtype_nix;
+	otx2_logtype_sso;
+	otx2_logtype_tm;
+	otx2_logtype_tim;
 
 	local: *;
 };
