diff --git a/app/test/test_rawdev.c b/app/test/test_rawdev.c
index 4db762b4c..731e51717 100644
--- a/app/test/test_rawdev.c
+++ b/app/test/test_rawdev.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ test_rawdev_selftest_ioat(void)
 		struct rte_rawdev_info info = { .dev_private = NULL };
 		if (rte_rawdev_info_get(i, &info) == 0 &&
 				strstr(info.driver_name, "ioat") != NULL)
-			return 0;
+			return rte_rawdev_selftest(i);
 	}
 
 	printf("No IOAT rawdev found, skipping tests\n");
diff --git a/doc/guides/rawdevs/ioat_rawdev.rst b/doc/guides/rawdevs/ioat_rawdev.rst
index 0ce984490..9ab97e2aa 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rawdevs/ioat_rawdev.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rawdevs/ioat_rawdev.rst
@@ -117,3 +117,35 @@ the ``dev_private`` field in the ``rte_rawdev_info`` struct should either
 be NULL, or else be set to point to a structure of type
 ``rte_ioat_rawdev_config``, in which case the size of the configured device
 input ring will be returned in that structure.
+
+Device Configuration
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Configuring an IOAT rawdev device is done using the
+``rte_rawdev_configure()`` API, which takes the same structure parameters
+as the, previously referenced, ``rte_rawdev_info_get()`` API. The main
+difference is that, because the parameter is used as input rather than
+output, the ``dev_private`` structure element cannot be NULL, and must
+point to a valid ``rte_ioat_rawdev_config`` structure, containing the ring
+size to be used by the device. The ring size must be a power of two,
+between 64 and 4096.
+
+The following code shows how the device is configured in
+``test_ioat_rawdev.c``:
+
+.. code-block:: C
+
+   #define IOAT_TEST_RINGSIZE 512
+        struct rte_ioat_rawdev_config p = { .ring_size = -1 };
+        struct rte_rawdev_info info = { .dev_private = &p };
+
+        /* ... */
+
+        p.ring_size = IOAT_TEST_RINGSIZE;
+        if (rte_rawdev_configure(dev_id, &info) != 0) {
+                printf("Error with rte_rawdev_configure()\n");
+                return -1;
+        }
+
+Once configured, the device can then be made ready for use by calling the
+``rte_rawdev_start()`` API.
diff --git a/drivers/raw/ioat/Makefile b/drivers/raw/ioat/Makefile
index 1e10938f3..b1af9c666 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/ioat/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/raw/ioat/Makefile
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ EXPORT_MAP := rte_pmd_ioat_version.map
 
 # library source files
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_IOAT_RAWDEV) += ioat_rawdev.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_IOAT_RAWDEV) += ioat_rawdev_test.c
 
 # export include files
 SYMLINK-y-include += rte_ioat_rawdev.h
diff --git a/drivers/raw/ioat/ioat_rawdev.c b/drivers/raw/ioat/ioat_rawdev.c
index 08e7586c6..fd1653da2 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/ioat/ioat_rawdev.c
+++ b/drivers/raw/ioat/ioat_rawdev.c
@@ -24,6 +24,78 @@ static struct rte_pci_driver ioat_pmd_drv;
 #define IOAT_PMD_ERR(fmt, args...)    IOAT_PMD_LOG(ERR, fmt, ## args)
 #define IOAT_PMD_WARN(fmt, args...)   IOAT_PMD_LOG(WARNING, fmt, ## args)
 
+#define DESC_SZ sizeof(struct rte_ioat_generic_hw_desc)
+#define COMPLETION_SZ sizeof(__m128i)
+
+static int
+ioat_dev_configure(const struct rte_rawdev *dev, rte_rawdev_obj_t config)
+{
+	struct rte_ioat_rawdev_config *params = config;
+	struct rte_ioat_rawdev *ioat = dev->dev_private;
+	unsigned short i;
+
+	if (dev->started)
+		return -EBUSY;
+
+	if (params == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (params->ring_size > 4096 || params->ring_size < 64 ||
+			!rte_is_power_of_2(params->ring_size))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ioat->ring_size = params->ring_size;
+	if (ioat->desc_ring != NULL) {
+		rte_free(ioat->desc_ring);
+		ioat->desc_ring = NULL;
+	}
+
+	/* allocate one block of memory for both descriptors
+	 * and completion handles.
+	 */
+	ioat->desc_ring = rte_zmalloc_socket(NULL,
+			(DESC_SZ + COMPLETION_SZ) * ioat->ring_size,
+			0, /* alignment, default to 64Byte */
+			dev->device->numa_node);
+	if (ioat->desc_ring == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	ioat->hdls = (void *)&ioat->desc_ring[ioat->ring_size];
+
+	ioat->ring_addr = rte_malloc_virt2iova(ioat->desc_ring);
+
+	/* configure descriptor ring - each one points to next */
+	for (i = 0; i < ioat->ring_size; i++) {
+		ioat->desc_ring[i].next = ioat->ring_addr +
+				(((i + 1) % ioat->ring_size) * DESC_SZ);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+ioat_dev_start(struct rte_rawdev *dev)
+{
+	struct rte_ioat_rawdev *ioat = dev->dev_private;
+
+	if (ioat->ring_size == 0 || ioat->desc_ring == NULL)
+		return -EBUSY;
+
+	/* inform hardware of where the descriptor ring is */
+	ioat->regs->chainaddr = ioat->ring_addr;
+	/* inform hardware of where to write the status/completions */
+	ioat->regs->chancmp = ioat->status_addr;
+
+	/* prime the status register to be set to the last element */
+	ioat->status =  ioat->ring_addr + ((ioat->ring_size - 1) * DESC_SZ);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+ioat_dev_stop(struct rte_rawdev *dev)
+{
+	RTE_SET_USED(dev);
+}
+
 static void
 ioat_dev_info_get(struct rte_rawdev *dev, rte_rawdev_obj_t dev_info)
 {
@@ -34,11 +106,17 @@ ioat_dev_info_get(struct rte_rawdev *dev, rte_rawdev_obj_t dev_info)
 		cfg->ring_size = ioat->ring_size;
 }
 
+int ioat_rawdev_test(uint16_t dev_id);
+
 static int
 ioat_rawdev_create(const char *name, struct rte_pci_device *dev)
 {
 	static const struct rte_rawdev_ops ioat_rawdev_ops = {
+			.dev_configure = ioat_dev_configure,
+			.dev_start = ioat_dev_start,
+			.dev_stop = ioat_dev_stop,
 			.dev_info_get = ioat_dev_info_get,
+			.dev_selftest = ioat_rawdev_test,
 	};
 
 	struct rte_rawdev *rawdev = NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/raw/ioat/ioat_rawdev_test.c b/drivers/raw/ioat/ioat_rawdev_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5375da26c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/raw/ioat/ioat_rawdev_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2019 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#include "rte_rawdev.h"
+#include "rte_ioat_rawdev.h"
+
+int ioat_rawdev_test(uint16_t dev_id); /* pre-define to keep compiler happy */
+
+int
+ioat_rawdev_test(uint16_t dev_id)
+{
+#define IOAT_TEST_RINGSIZE 512
+	struct rte_ioat_rawdev_config p = { .ring_size = -1 };
+	struct rte_rawdev_info info = { .dev_private = &p };
+
+	rte_rawdev_info_get(dev_id, &info);
+	if (p.ring_size != 0) {
+		printf("Error, initial ring size is non-zero (%d)\n",
+				(int)p.ring_size);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	p.ring_size = IOAT_TEST_RINGSIZE;
+	if (rte_rawdev_configure(dev_id, &info) != 0) {
+		printf("Error with rte_rawdev_configure()\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+	rte_rawdev_info_get(dev_id, &info);
+	if (p.ring_size != IOAT_TEST_RINGSIZE) {
+		printf("Error, ring size is not %d (%d)\n",
+				IOAT_TEST_RINGSIZE, (int)p.ring_size);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (rte_rawdev_start(dev_id) != 0) {
+		printf("Error with rte_rawdev_start()\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/raw/ioat/meson.build b/drivers/raw/ioat/meson.build
index ca23e23fc..40fff6654 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/ioat/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/raw/ioat/meson.build
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 # Copyright 2019 Intel Corporation
 
 build = dpdk_conf.has('RTE_ARCH_X86')
-sources = files('ioat_rawdev.c')
+sources = files('ioat_rawdev.c',
+		'ioat_rawdev_test.c')
 deps += ['rawdev', 'bus_pci']
 
 install_headers('rte_ioat_rawdev.h',
diff --git a/drivers/raw/ioat/rte_ioat_rawdev.h b/drivers/raw/ioat/rte_ioat_rawdev.h
index 7e0d72ca3..c09fd0791 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/ioat/rte_ioat_rawdev.h
+++ b/drivers/raw/ioat/rte_ioat_rawdev.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * @b EXPERIMENTAL: these structures and APIs may change without prior notice
  */
 
+#include <x86intrin.h>
 #include <rte_memory.h>
 #include <rte_ioat_spec.h>
 
@@ -46,7 +47,8 @@ struct rte_ioat_rawdev {
 	phys_addr_t ring_addr;
 
 	unsigned short ring_size;
-	struct rte_ioat_desc *desc_ring;
+	struct rte_ioat_generic_hw_desc *desc_ring;
+	__m128i *hdls; /* completion handles for returning to user */
 
 	/* to report completions, the device will write status back here */
 	volatile uint64_t status __rte_cache_aligned;
