diff --git a/drivers/mempool/cnxk/cnxk_mempool.c b/drivers/mempool/cnxk/cnxk_mempool.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c24497a6e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/mempool/cnxk/cnxk_mempool.c
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(C) 2021 Marvell.
+ */
+
+#include <rte_atomic.h>
+#include <rte_bus_pci.h>
+#include <rte_common.h>
+#include <rte_devargs.h>
+#include <rte_eal.h>
+#include <rte_io.h>
+#include <rte_kvargs.h>
+#include <rte_malloc.h>
+#include <rte_mbuf_pool_ops.h>
+#include <rte_pci.h>
+
+#include "roc_api.h"
+#include "cnxk_mempool.h"
+
+#define CNXK_NPA_DEV_NAME	 RTE_STR(cnxk_npa_dev_)
+#define CNXK_NPA_DEV_NAME_LEN	 (sizeof(CNXK_NPA_DEV_NAME) + PCI_PRI_STR_SIZE)
+#define CNXK_NPA_MAX_POOLS_PARAM "max_pools"
+
+uintptr_t *cnxk_mempool_internal_data;
+
+static inline uint32_t
+npa_aura_size_to_u32(uint8_t val)
+{
+	if (val == NPA_AURA_SZ_0)
+		return 128;
+	if (val >= NPA_AURA_SZ_MAX)
+		return BIT_ULL(20);
+
+	return 1 << (val + 6);
+}
+
+static int
+parse_max_pools(const char *key, const char *value, void *extra_args)
+{
+	RTE_SET_USED(key);
+	uint32_t val;
+
+	val = atoi(value);
+	if (val < npa_aura_size_to_u32(NPA_AURA_SZ_128))
+		val = 128;
+	if (val > npa_aura_size_to_u32(NPA_AURA_SZ_1M))
+		val = BIT_ULL(20);
+
+	*(uint8_t *)extra_args = rte_log2_u32(val) - 6;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline uint8_t
+parse_aura_size(struct rte_devargs *devargs)
+{
+	uint8_t aura_sz = NPA_AURA_SZ_128;
+	struct rte_kvargs *kvlist;
+
+	if (devargs == NULL)
+		goto exit;
+	kvlist = rte_kvargs_parse(devargs->args, NULL);
+	if (kvlist == NULL)
+		goto exit;
+
+	rte_kvargs_process(kvlist, CNXK_NPA_MAX_POOLS_PARAM, &parse_max_pools,
+			   &aura_sz);
+	rte_kvargs_free(kvlist);
+exit:
+	return aura_sz;
+}
+
+static inline char *
+npa_dev_to_name(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev, char *name)
+{
+	snprintf(name, CNXK_NPA_DEV_NAME_LEN, CNXK_NPA_DEV_NAME PCI_PRI_FMT,
+		 pci_dev->addr.domain, pci_dev->addr.bus, pci_dev->addr.devid,
+		 pci_dev->addr.function);
+
+	return name;
+}
+
+static int
+npa_init(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
+{
+	char name[CNXK_NPA_DEV_NAME_LEN];
+	size_t idata_offset, idata_sz;
+	const struct rte_memzone *mz;
+	struct roc_npa *dev;
+	int rc, maxpools;
+
+	rc = plt_init();
+	if (rc < 0)
+		goto error;
+
+	maxpools = parse_aura_size(pci_dev->device.devargs);
+	/* Add the space for per-pool internal data pointers to memzone len */
+	idata_offset = RTE_ALIGN_CEIL(sizeof(*dev), ROC_ALIGN);
+	idata_sz = maxpools * sizeof(uintptr_t);
+
+	rc = -ENOMEM;
+	mz = rte_memzone_reserve_aligned(npa_dev_to_name(pci_dev, name),
+					 idata_offset + idata_sz, SOCKET_ID_ANY,
+					 0, RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE);
+	if (mz == NULL)
+		goto error;
+
+	dev = mz->addr;
+	dev->pci_dev = pci_dev;
+	cnxk_mempool_internal_data = (uintptr_t *)(mz->addr_64 + idata_offset);
+	memset(cnxk_mempool_internal_data, 0, idata_sz);
+
+	roc_idev_npa_maxpools_set(maxpools);
+	rc = roc_npa_dev_init(dev);
+	if (rc)
+		goto mz_free;
+
+	return 0;
+
+mz_free:
+	rte_memzone_free(mz);
+error:
+	plt_err("failed to initialize npa device rc=%d", rc);
+	return rc;
+}
+
+static int
+npa_fini(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
+{
+	char name[CNXK_NPA_DEV_NAME_LEN];
+	const struct rte_memzone *mz;
+	int rc;
+
+	mz = rte_memzone_lookup(npa_dev_to_name(pci_dev, name));
+	if (mz == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	rc = roc_npa_dev_fini(mz->addr);
+	if (rc) {
+		if (rc != -EAGAIN)
+			plt_err("Failed to remove npa dev, rc=%d", rc);
+		return rc;
+	}
+	rte_memzone_free(mz);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+npa_remove(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
+{
+	if (rte_eal_process_type() != RTE_PROC_PRIMARY)
+		return 0;
+
+	return npa_fini(pci_dev);
+}
+
+static int
+npa_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv, struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
+{
+	RTE_SET_USED(pci_drv);
+
+	if (rte_eal_process_type() != RTE_PROC_PRIMARY)
+		return 0;
+
+	return npa_init(pci_dev);
+}
+
+static const struct rte_pci_id npa_pci_map[] = {
+	{
+		.class_id = RTE_CLASS_ANY_ID,
+		.vendor_id = PCI_VENDOR_ID_CAVIUM,
+		.device_id = PCI_DEVID_CNXK_RVU_NPA_PF,
+		.subsystem_vendor_id = PCI_VENDOR_ID_CAVIUM,
+		.subsystem_device_id = PCI_SUBSYSTEM_DEVID_CN10KA,
+	},
+	{
+		.class_id = RTE_CLASS_ANY_ID,
+		.vendor_id = PCI_VENDOR_ID_CAVIUM,
+		.device_id = PCI_DEVID_CNXK_RVU_NPA_PF,
+		.subsystem_vendor_id = PCI_VENDOR_ID_CAVIUM,
+		.subsystem_device_id = PCI_SUBSYSTEM_DEVID_CN10KAS,
+	},
+	{
+		.class_id = RTE_CLASS_ANY_ID,
+		.vendor_id = PCI_VENDOR_ID_CAVIUM,
+		.device_id = PCI_DEVID_CNXK_RVU_NPA_VF,
+		.subsystem_vendor_id = PCI_VENDOR_ID_CAVIUM,
+		.subsystem_device_id = PCI_SUBSYSTEM_DEVID_CN10KA,
+	},
+	{
+		.class_id = RTE_CLASS_ANY_ID,
+		.vendor_id = PCI_VENDOR_ID_CAVIUM,
+		.device_id = PCI_DEVID_CNXK_RVU_NPA_VF,
+		.subsystem_vendor_id = PCI_VENDOR_ID_CAVIUM,
+		.subsystem_device_id = PCI_SUBSYSTEM_DEVID_CN10KAS,
+	},
+	{
+		.vendor_id = 0,
+	},
+};
+
+static struct rte_pci_driver npa_pci = {
+	.id_table = npa_pci_map,
+	.drv_flags = RTE_PCI_DRV_NEED_MAPPING | RTE_PCI_DRV_NEED_IOVA_AS_VA,
+	.probe = npa_probe,
+	.remove = npa_remove,
+};
+
+RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PCI(mempool_cnxk, npa_pci);
+RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PCI_TABLE(mempool_cnxk, npa_pci_map);
+RTE_PMD_REGISTER_KMOD_DEP(mempool_cnxk, "vfio-pci");
+RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PARAM_STRING(mempool_cnxk,
+			      CNXK_NPA_MAX_POOLS_PARAM "=<128-1048576>");
diff --git a/drivers/mempool/cnxk/cnxk_mempool.h b/drivers/mempool/cnxk/cnxk_mempool.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ee3d236f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/mempool/cnxk/cnxk_mempool.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(C) 2021 Marvell.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _CNXK_MEMPOOL_H_
+#define _CNXK_MEMPOOL_H_
+
+#include <rte_mempool.h>
+
+extern uintptr_t *cnxk_mempool_internal_data;
+
+#endif
diff --git a/drivers/mempool/cnxk/meson.build b/drivers/mempool/cnxk/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23a171c143
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/mempool/cnxk/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright(C) 2021 Marvell.
+#
+
+if is_windows
+	build = false
+	reason = 'not supported on Windows'
+	subdir_done()
+endif
+if not dpdk_conf.get('RTE_ARCH_64')
+	build = false
+	reason = 'only supported on 64-bit'
+	subdir_done()
+endif
+
+sources = files('cnxk_mempool.c')
+
+deps += ['eal', 'mbuf', 'kvargs', 'bus_pci', 'common_cnxk', 'mempool']
+
+cflags_options = [
+	'-Wno-strict-prototypes',
+        '-Werror'
+]
+
+foreach option:cflags_options
+        if cc.has_argument(option)
+                cflags += option
+        endif
+endforeach
diff --git a/drivers/mempool/cnxk/version.map b/drivers/mempool/cnxk/version.map
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee80c51721
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/mempool/cnxk/version.map
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+INTERNAL {
+	local: *;
+};
diff --git a/drivers/mempool/meson.build b/drivers/mempool/meson.build
index 4428813dae..a2814c1dfa 100644
--- a/drivers/mempool/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/mempool/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright(c) 2017 Intel Corporation
 
-drivers = ['bucket', 'dpaa', 'dpaa2', 'octeontx', 'octeontx2', 'ring', 'stack']
+drivers = ['bucket', 'cnxk', 'dpaa', 'dpaa2', 'octeontx', 'octeontx2', 'ring',
+	   'stack']
 std_deps = ['mempool']
