diff --git a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic.h b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic.h
index 7defb5fe0..e7c8ad34b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic.h
@@ -54,9 +54,11 @@ struct ionic_adapter {
 	uint32_t nlifs;
 	uint32_t max_ntxqs_per_lif;
 	uint32_t max_nrxqs_per_lif;
+	uint32_t link_speed;
 	uint32_t nintrs;
 	bool intrs[IONIC_INTR_CTRL_REGS_MAX];
 	bool is_mgmt_nic;
+	bool link_up;
 	struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev;
 	LIST_ENTRY(ionic_adapter) pci_adapters;
 };
diff --git a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_ethdev.c
index a24f6f1d9..75f5a16b9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_ethdev.c
@@ -39,6 +39,30 @@ static LIST_HEAD(ionic_pci_adapters_list, ionic_adapter) ionic_pci_adapters =
 		LIST_HEAD_INITIALIZER(ionic_pci_adapters);
 static rte_spinlock_t ionic_pci_adapters_lock = RTE_SPINLOCK_INITIALIZER;
 
+/**
+ * Interrupt handler triggered by NIC for handling
+ * specific interrupt.
+ *
+ * @param param
+ *  The address of parameter regsitered before.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *  void
+ */
+static void
+ionic_dev_interrupt_handler(void *param)
+{
+	struct ionic_adapter *adapter = (struct ionic_adapter *)param;
+	uint32_t i;
+
+	IONIC_PRINT(DEBUG, "->");
+
+	for (i = 0; i < adapter->nlifs; i++) {
+		if (adapter->lifs[i])
+			ionic_notifyq_handler(adapter->lifs[i], -1);
+	}
+}
+
 static int
 eth_ionic_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, void *init_params)
 {
@@ -106,6 +130,70 @@ eth_ionic_dev_uninit(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+ionic_configure_intr(struct ionic_adapter *adapter)
+{
+	struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev = adapter->pci_dev;
+	struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle = &pci_dev->intr_handle;
+	int err;
+
+	IONIC_PRINT(DEBUG, "Configuring %u intrs", adapter->nintrs);
+
+	if (rte_intr_efd_enable(intr_handle, adapter->nintrs)) {
+		IONIC_PRINT(ERR, "Fail to create eventfd");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (rte_intr_dp_is_en(intr_handle))
+		IONIC_PRINT(DEBUG,
+			"Packet I/O interrupt on datapath is enabled");
+
+	if (!intr_handle->intr_vec) {
+		intr_handle->intr_vec = rte_zmalloc("intr_vec",
+			adapter->nintrs * sizeof(int), 0);
+
+		if (!intr_handle->intr_vec) {
+			IONIC_PRINT(ERR, "Failed to allocate %u vectors",
+				adapter->nintrs);
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+	}
+
+	err = rte_intr_callback_register(intr_handle,
+		ionic_dev_interrupt_handler,
+		adapter);
+
+	if (err) {
+		IONIC_PRINT(ERR,
+			"Failure registering interrupts handler (%d)",
+			err);
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	/* enable intr mapping */
+	err = rte_intr_enable(intr_handle);
+
+	if (err) {
+		IONIC_PRINT(ERR, "Failure enabling interrupts (%d)", err);
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+ionic_unconfigure_intr(struct ionic_adapter *adapter)
+{
+	struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev = adapter->pci_dev;
+	struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle = &pci_dev->intr_handle;
+
+	rte_intr_disable(intr_handle);
+
+	rte_intr_callback_unregister(intr_handle,
+		ionic_dev_interrupt_handler,
+		adapter);
+}
+
 static int
 eth_ionic_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv __rte_unused,
 		struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
@@ -235,6 +323,13 @@ eth_ionic_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv __rte_unused,
 		adapter->nlifs++;
 	}
 
+	err = ionic_configure_intr(adapter);
+
+	if (err) {
+		IONIC_PRINT(ERR, "Failed to configure interrupts");
+		goto err_free_adapter;
+	}
+
 	rte_spinlock_lock(&ionic_pci_adapters_lock);
 	LIST_INSERT_HEAD(&ionic_pci_adapters, adapter, pci_adapters);
 	rte_spinlock_unlock(&ionic_pci_adapters_lock);
@@ -266,6 +361,8 @@ eth_ionic_pci_remove(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
 	rte_spinlock_unlock(&ionic_pci_adapters_lock);
 
 	if (adapter) {
+		ionic_unconfigure_intr(adapter);
+
 		for (i = 0; i < adapter->nlifs; i++) {
 			lif = adapter->lifs[i];
 			rte_eth_dev_destroy(lif->eth_dev, eth_ionic_dev_uninit);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_lif.c b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_lif.c
index ec631b600..497b01f1f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_lif.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_lif.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ ionic_qcq_enable(struct ionic_qcq *qcq)
 
 	if (qcq->flags & IONIC_QCQ_F_INTR) {
 		ionic_intr_mask(idev->intr_ctrl, qcq->intr.index,
-				IONIC_INTR_MASK_CLEAR);
+			IONIC_INTR_MASK_CLEAR);
 	}
 
 	return ionic_adminq_post_wait(lif, &ctx);
@@ -263,6 +263,28 @@ ionic_admin_qcq_alloc(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+ionic_notify_qcq_alloc(struct ionic_lif *lif)
+{
+	uint32_t flags;
+	int err = -ENOMEM;
+
+	flags = IONIC_QCQ_F_NOTIFYQ | IONIC_QCQ_F_INTR;
+
+	err = ionic_qcq_alloc(lif, IONIC_QTYPE_NOTIFYQ, 0, "notify",
+		flags,
+		IONIC_NOTIFYQ_LENGTH,
+		sizeof(struct ionic_notifyq_cmd),
+		sizeof(union ionic_notifyq_comp),
+		0,
+		lif->kern_pid, &lif->notifyqcq);
+
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static void *
 ionic_bus_map_dbpage(struct ionic_adapter *adapter, int page_num)
 {
@@ -300,6 +322,17 @@ ionic_lif_alloc(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
+	IONIC_PRINT(DEBUG, "Allocating Notify Queue");
+
+	err = ionic_notify_qcq_alloc(lif);
+
+	if (err) {
+		IONIC_PRINT(ERR, "Cannot allocate notify queue");
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	IONIC_PRINT(DEBUG, "Allocating Admin Queue");
+
 	IONIC_PRINT(DEBUG, "Allocating Admin Queue");
 
 	err = ionic_admin_qcq_alloc(lif);
@@ -331,6 +364,11 @@ ionic_lif_alloc(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 void
 ionic_lif_free(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 {
+	if (lif->notifyqcq) {
+		ionic_qcq_free(lif->notifyqcq);
+		lif->notifyqcq = NULL;
+	}
+
 	if (lif->adminqcq) {
 		ionic_qcq_free(lif->adminqcq);
 		lif->adminqcq = NULL;
@@ -385,6 +423,99 @@ ionic_qcq_service(struct ionic_qcq *qcq, int budget, ionic_cq_cb cb,
 	return work_done;
 }
 
+static void
+ionic_link_status_check(struct ionic_lif *lif)
+{
+	struct ionic_adapter *adapter = lif->adapter;
+	bool link_up;
+
+	lif->state &= ~IONIC_LIF_F_LINK_CHECK_NEEDED;
+
+	if (!lif->info)
+		return;
+
+	link_up = (lif->info->status.link_status == IONIC_PORT_OPER_STATUS_UP);
+
+	if ((link_up  && adapter->link_up) ||
+	    (!link_up && !adapter->link_up))
+		return;
+
+	if (link_up) {
+		IONIC_PRINT(DEBUG, "Link up - %d Gbps",
+			lif->info->status.link_speed);
+		adapter->link_speed = lif->info->status.link_speed;
+	} else {
+		IONIC_PRINT(DEBUG, "Link down");
+	}
+
+	adapter->link_up = link_up;
+}
+
+static bool
+ionic_notifyq_cb(struct ionic_cq *cq, uint32_t cq_desc_index, void *cb_arg)
+{
+	union ionic_notifyq_comp *cq_desc_base = cq->base;
+	union ionic_notifyq_comp *cq_desc = &cq_desc_base[cq_desc_index];
+	struct ionic_lif *lif = cb_arg;
+
+	IONIC_PRINT(DEBUG, "Notifyq callback eid = %jd ecode = %d",
+		cq_desc->event.eid, cq_desc->event.ecode);
+
+	/* Have we run out of new completions to process? */
+	if (!(cq_desc->event.eid > lif->last_eid))
+		return false;
+
+	lif->last_eid = cq_desc->event.eid;
+
+	switch (cq_desc->event.ecode) {
+	case IONIC_EVENT_LINK_CHANGE:
+		IONIC_PRINT(DEBUG,
+			"Notifyq IONIC_EVENT_LINK_CHANGE eid=%jd link_status=%d link_speed=%d",
+			cq_desc->event.eid,
+			cq_desc->link_change.link_status,
+			cq_desc->link_change.link_speed);
+
+		lif->state |= IONIC_LIF_F_LINK_CHECK_NEEDED;
+
+		break;
+	default:
+		IONIC_PRINT(WARNING, "Notifyq bad event ecode=%d eid=%jd",
+			cq_desc->event.ecode, cq_desc->event.eid);
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+int
+ionic_notifyq_handler(struct ionic_lif *lif, int budget)
+{
+	struct ionic_dev *idev = &lif->adapter->idev;
+	struct ionic_qcq *qcq = lif->notifyqcq;
+	uint32_t work_done;
+
+	if (!(qcq->flags & IONIC_QCQ_F_INITED)) {
+		IONIC_PRINT(DEBUG, "Notifyq not yet initialized");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	ionic_intr_mask(idev->intr_ctrl, qcq->intr.index,
+		IONIC_INTR_MASK_SET);
+
+	work_done = ionic_qcq_service(qcq, budget, ionic_notifyq_cb, lif);
+
+	if (lif->state & IONIC_LIF_F_LINK_CHECK_NEEDED)
+		ionic_link_status_check(lif);
+
+	ionic_intr_credits(idev->intr_ctrl, qcq->intr.index,
+		work_done, IONIC_INTR_CRED_RESET_COALESCE);
+
+	ionic_intr_mask(idev->intr_ctrl, qcq->intr.index,
+		IONIC_INTR_MASK_CLEAR);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int
 ionic_lif_adminq_init(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 {
@@ -418,6 +549,58 @@ ionic_lif_adminq_init(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+ionic_lif_notifyq_init(struct ionic_lif *lif)
+{
+	struct ionic_dev *idev = &lif->adapter->idev;
+	struct ionic_qcq *qcq = lif->notifyqcq;
+	struct ionic_queue *q = &qcq->q;
+	int err;
+
+	struct ionic_admin_ctx ctx = {
+		.pending_work = true,
+		.cmd.q_init = {
+			.opcode = IONIC_CMD_Q_INIT,
+			.lif_index = lif->index,
+			.type = q->type,
+			.index = q->index,
+			.flags = (IONIC_QINIT_F_IRQ | IONIC_QINIT_F_ENA),
+			.intr_index = qcq->intr.index,
+			.pid = q->pid,
+			.ring_size = ilog2(q->num_descs),
+			.ring_base = q->base_pa,
+		}
+	};
+
+	IONIC_PRINT(DEBUG, "notifyq_init.pid %d", ctx.cmd.q_init.pid);
+	IONIC_PRINT(DEBUG, "notifyq_init.index %d",
+		ctx.cmd.q_init.index);
+	IONIC_PRINT(DEBUG, "notifyq_init.ring_base 0x%lx",
+		ctx.cmd.q_init.ring_base);
+	IONIC_PRINT(DEBUG, "notifyq_init.ring_size %d",
+		ctx.cmd.q_init.ring_size);
+
+	err = ionic_adminq_post_wait(lif, &ctx);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	q->hw_type = ctx.comp.q_init.hw_type;
+	q->hw_index = ctx.comp.q_init.hw_index;
+	q->db = NULL;
+
+	IONIC_PRINT(DEBUG, "notifyq->hw_type %d", q->hw_type);
+	IONIC_PRINT(DEBUG, "notifyq->hw_index %d", q->hw_index);
+	IONIC_PRINT(DEBUG, "notifyq->db %p", q->db);
+
+	if (qcq->flags & IONIC_QCQ_F_INTR)
+		ionic_intr_mask(idev->intr_ctrl, qcq->intr.index,
+			IONIC_INTR_MASK_CLEAR);
+
+	qcq->flags |= IONIC_QCQ_F_INITED;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int
 ionic_lif_init(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 {
@@ -438,9 +621,19 @@ ionic_lif_init(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
+	err = ionic_lif_notifyq_init(lif);
+
+	if (err)
+		goto err_out_adminq_deinit;
+
 	lif->state |= IONIC_LIF_F_INITED;
 
 	return 0;
+
+err_out_adminq_deinit:
+	ionic_lif_qcq_deinit(lif, lif->adminqcq);
+
+	return err;
 }
 
 void
@@ -449,6 +642,7 @@ ionic_lif_deinit(struct ionic_lif *lif)
 	if (!(lif->state & IONIC_LIF_F_INITED))
 		return;
 
+	ionic_lif_qcq_deinit(lif, lif->notifyqcq);
 	ionic_lif_qcq_deinit(lif, lif->adminqcq);
 
 	lif->state &= ~IONIC_LIF_F_INITED;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_lif.h b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_lif.h
index 96522c544..78cf92db8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_lif.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ionic/ionic_lif.h
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@
 #include "ionic_dev.h"
 
 #define IONIC_ADMINQ_LENGTH	16	/* must be a power of two */
+#define IONIC_NOTIFYQ_LENGTH	64	/* must be a power of two */
 
 #define IONIC_QCQ_F_INITED	BIT(0)
 #define IONIC_QCQ_F_SG		BIT(1)
 #define IONIC_QCQ_F_INTR	BIT(2)
+#define IONIC_QCQ_F_NOTIFYQ	BIT(3)
 
 /* Queue / Completion Queue */
 struct ionic_qcq {
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ struct ionic_qcq {
 };
 
 #define IONIC_LIF_F_INITED		BIT(0)
+#define IONIC_LIF_F_LINK_CHECK_NEEDED	BIT(1)
 
 #define IONIC_LIF_NAME_MAX_SZ		(32)
 
@@ -48,7 +51,9 @@ struct ionic_lif {
 	rte_spinlock_t adminq_lock;
 	rte_spinlock_t adminq_service_lock;
 	struct ionic_qcq *adminqcq;
+	struct ionic_qcq *notifyqcq;
 	struct ionic_doorbell __iomem *kern_dbpage;
+	uint64_t last_eid;
 	char name[IONIC_LIF_NAME_MAX_SZ];
 	uint32_t info_sz;
 	struct ionic_lif_info *info;
@@ -83,4 +88,6 @@ void ionic_qcq_free(struct ionic_qcq *qcq);
 int ionic_qcq_enable(struct ionic_qcq *qcq);
 int ionic_qcq_disable(struct ionic_qcq *qcq);
 
+int ionic_notifyq_handler(struct ionic_lif *lif, int budget);
+
 #endif /* _IONIC_LIF_H_ */
