diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/meson.build b/drivers/net/mlx5/meson.build
index 9a97bb9c8..38e93fdc1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/meson.build
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ foreach option:cflags_options
 		cflags += option
 	endif
 endforeach
+dpdk_conf.set('RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_NTLOAD_TSTORE_ALIGN_COPY', get_option('mlx5_ntload_tstore'))
 if get_option('buildtype').contains('debug')
 	cflags += [ '-pedantic', '-DPEDANTIC' ]
 else
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c
index 01ead6e6a..a2796eaa5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c
@@ -160,6 +160,11 @@
 /* Configure timeout of LRO session (in microseconds). */
 #define MLX5_LRO_TIMEOUT_USEC "lro_timeout_usec"
 
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_NTLOAD_TSTORE_ALIGN_COPY
+/* mprq_tstore_memcpy */
+#define MLX5_MPRQ_TSTORE_MEMCPY "mprq_tstore_memcpy"
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Device parameter to configure the total data buffer size for a single
  * hairpin queue (logarithm value).
@@ -1623,6 +1628,10 @@ mlx5_args_check(const char *key, const char *val, void *opaque)
 		config->sys_mem_en = !!tmp;
 	} else if (strcmp(MLX5_DECAP_EN, key) == 0) {
 		config->decap_en = !!tmp;
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_NTLOAD_TSTORE_ALIGN_COPY
+	} else if (strcmp(MLX5_MPRQ_TSTORE_MEMCPY, key) == 0) {
+		config->mprq_tstore_memcpy = tmp;
+#endif
 	} else {
 		DRV_LOG(WARNING, "%s: unknown parameter", key);
 		rte_errno = EINVAL;
@@ -1683,6 +1692,9 @@ mlx5_args(struct mlx5_dev_config *config, struct rte_devargs *devargs)
 		MLX5_RECLAIM_MEM,
 		MLX5_SYS_MEM_EN,
 		MLX5_DECAP_EN,
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_NTLOAD_TSTORE_ALIGN_COPY
+		MLX5_MPRQ_TSTORE_MEMCPY,
+#endif
 		NULL,
 	};
 	struct rte_kvargs *kvlist;
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h
index 43da9a1fb..1eb305650 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h
@@ -234,6 +234,9 @@ struct mlx5_dev_config {
 	int tx_skew; /* Tx scheduling skew between WQE and data on wire. */
 	struct mlx5_hca_attr hca_attr; /* HCA attributes. */
 	struct mlx5_lro_config lro; /* LRO configuration. */
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_NTLOAD_TSTORE_ALIGN_COPY
+	unsigned int mprq_tstore_memcpy:1;
+#endif
 };
 
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxq.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxq.c
index c059e216d..c8db59a12 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxq.c
@@ -1380,6 +1380,9 @@ mlx5_rxq_new(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx, uint16_t desc,
 	tmpl->socket = socket;
 	if (dev->data->dev_conf.intr_conf.rxq)
 		tmpl->irq = 1;
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_NTLOAD_TSTORE_ALIGN_COPY
+	tmpl->rxq.mprq_tstore_memcpy = config->mprq_tstore_memcpy;
+#endif
 	mprq_stride_nums = config->mprq.stride_num_n ?
 		config->mprq.stride_num_n : MLX5_MPRQ_STRIDE_NUM_N;
 	mprq_stride_size = non_scatter_min_mbuf_size <=
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.c
index 0b87be15b..f59e30d82 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.c
@@ -123,6 +123,97 @@ uint8_t mlx5_swp_types_table[1 << 10] __rte_cache_aligned;
 uint64_t rte_net_mlx5_dynf_inline_mask;
 #define PKT_TX_DYNF_NOINLINE rte_net_mlx5_dynf_inline_mask
 
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_NTLOAD_TSTORE_ALIGN_COPY
+static void copy16B_ts(void *dst, void *src)
+{
+	__m128i var128;
+
+	var128 = _mm_stream_load_si128((__m128i *)src);
+	_mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)dst, var128);
+}
+
+static void copy32B_ts(void *dst, void *src)
+{
+	__m256i ymm0;
+
+	ymm0 = _mm256_stream_load_si256((const __m256i *)src);
+	_mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)dst, ymm0);
+}
+
+static void copy64B_ts(void *dst, void *src)
+{
+	__m256i ymm0, ymm1;
+
+	ymm0 = _mm256_stream_load_si256((const __m256i *)src);
+	ymm1 = _mm256_stream_load_si256((const __m256i *)((uint8_t *)src + 32));
+	_mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)dst, ymm0);
+	_mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)((uint8_t *)dst + 32), ymm1);
+}
+
+static void copy128B_ts(void *dst, void *src)
+{
+	__m256i ymm0, ymm1, ymm2, ymm3;
+
+	ymm0 = _mm256_stream_load_si256((const __m256i *)src);
+	ymm1 = _mm256_stream_load_si256((const __m256i *)((uint8_t *)src + 32));
+	ymm2 = _mm256_stream_load_si256((const __m256i *)((uint8_t *)src + 64));
+	ymm3 = _mm256_stream_load_si256((const __m256i *)((uint8_t *)src + 96));
+	_mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)dst, ymm0);
+	_mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)((uint8_t *)dst + 32), ymm1);
+	_mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)((uint8_t *)dst + 64), ymm2);
+	_mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)((uint8_t *)dst + 96), ymm3);
+}
+
+static void *memcpy_aligned_rx_tstore_16B(void *dst, void *src, int len)
+{
+	void *dest = dst;
+
+	while (len >= 128) {
+		copy128B_ts(dst, src);
+		dst = (uint8_t *)dst + 128;
+		src = (uint8_t *)src + 128;
+		len -= 128;
+	}
+	while (len >= 64) {
+		copy64B_ts(dst, src);
+		dst = (uint8_t *)dst + 64;
+		src = (uint8_t *)src + 64;
+		len -= 64;
+	}
+	while (len >= 32) {
+		copy32B_ts(dst, src);
+		dst = (uint8_t *)dst + 32;
+		src = (uint8_t *)src + 32;
+		len -= 32;
+	}
+	if (len >= 16) {
+		copy16B_ts(dst, src);
+		dst = (uint8_t *)dst + 16;
+		src = (uint8_t *)src + 16;
+		len -= 16;
+	}
+	if (len >= 8) {
+		*(uint64_t *)dst = *(const uint64_t *)src;
+		dst = (uint8_t *)dst + 8;
+		src = (uint8_t *)src + 8;
+		len -= 8;
+	}
+	if (len >= 4) {
+		*(uint32_t *)dst = *(const uint32_t *)src;
+		dst = (uint8_t *)dst + 4;
+		src = (uint8_t *)src + 4;
+		len -= 4;
+	}
+	if (len != 0) {
+		dst = (uint8_t *)dst - (4 - len);
+		src = (uint8_t *)src - (4 - len);
+		*(uint32_t *)dst = *(const uint32_t *)src;
+	}
+
+	return dest;
+}
+#endif
+
 /**
  * Build a table to translate Rx completion flags to packet type.
  *
@@ -1707,6 +1798,9 @@ mlx5_rx_burst_mprq(void *dpdk_rxq, struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t pkts_n)
 		int32_t hdrm_overlap;
 		volatile struct mlx5_mini_cqe8 *mcqe = NULL;
 		uint32_t rss_hash_res = 0;
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_NTLOAD_TSTORE_ALIGN_COPY
+		uintptr_t data_addr;
+#endif
 
 		if (consumed_strd == strd_n) {
 			/* Replace WQE only if the buffer is still in use. */
@@ -1772,12 +1866,30 @@ mlx5_rx_burst_mprq(void *dpdk_rxq, struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t pkts_n)
 		 * - Out of buffer in the Mempool for Multi-Packet RQ.
 		 * - The packet's stride overlaps a headroom and scatter is off.
 		 */
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_NTLOAD_TSTORE_ALIGN_COPY
+		if (unlikely(!rxq->mprq_tstore_memcpy) &&
+			len <= rxq->mprq_max_memcpy_len) {
+			rte_prefetch1(addr);
+			if (len > RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE)
+				rte_prefetch2((void *)((uintptr_t)addr + RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE));
+		}
+#endif
 		if (len <= rxq->mprq_max_memcpy_len ||
 		    rxq->mprq_repl == NULL ||
 		    (hdrm_overlap > 0 && !rxq->strd_scatter_en)) {
 			if (likely(rte_pktmbuf_tailroom(pkt) >= len)) {
-				rte_memcpy(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(pkt, void *),
-					   addr, len);
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_NTLOAD_TSTORE_ALIGN_COPY
+				data_addr = (uintptr_t)rte_pktmbuf_mtod(pkt, void *);
+				if (!(rxq->mprq_tstore_memcpy))
+					rte_memcpy((void *)data_addr, addr, len);
+				else if ((rxq->mprq_tstore_memcpy) &&
+					   !((data_addr | (uintptr_t)addr) & ALIGNMENT_MASK))
+					memcpy_aligned_rx_tstore_16B((void *)data_addr,
+							addr, len);
+				else
+#endif
+					rte_memcpy(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(pkt, void *),
+							addr, len);
 				DATA_LEN(pkt) = len;
 			} else if (rxq->strd_scatter_en) {
 				struct rte_mbuf *prev = pkt;
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.h b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.h
index 9ffa028d2..a8ea1a795 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.h
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ struct mlx5_rxq_data {
 	uint32_t tunnel; /* Tunnel information. */
 	uint64_t flow_meta_mask;
 	int32_t flow_meta_offset;
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_NTLOAD_TSTORE_ALIGN_COPY
+	unsigned int mprq_tstore_memcpy:1;
+#endif
 } __rte_cache_aligned;
 
 enum mlx5_rxq_type {
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 9bf18ab6b..a4bc565d2 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ option('max_lcores', type: 'integer', value: 128,
 	description: 'maximum number of cores/threads supported by EAL')
 option('max_numa_nodes', type: 'integer', value: 4,
 	description: 'maximum number of NUMA nodes supported by EAL')
+option('mlx5_ntload_tstore', type: 'boolean', value: false,
+	description: 'to enable optimized MPRQ in RX datapath')
 option('enable_trace_fp', type: 'boolean', value: false,
 	description: 'enable fast path trace points.')
 option('tests', type: 'boolean', value: true,
