diff --git a/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.c
index 90345b193d..d387d7154b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.c
@@ -535,6 +535,7 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops gve_eth_dev_ops_dqo = {
 	.dev_stop             = gve_dev_stop,
 	.dev_close            = gve_dev_close,
 	.dev_infos_get        = gve_dev_info_get,
+	.rx_queue_setup       = gve_rx_queue_setup_dqo,
 	.tx_queue_setup       = gve_tx_queue_setup_dqo,
 	.link_update          = gve_link_update,
 	.stats_get            = gve_dev_stats_get,
diff --git a/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.h b/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.h
index 6c6defa045..cb8cd62886 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/gve/gve_ethdev.h
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ struct gve_rx_queue {
 	uint16_t nb_rx_desc;
 	uint16_t expected_seqno; /* the next expected seqno */
 	uint16_t free_thresh;
+	uint16_t nb_rx_hold;
 	uint32_t next_avail;
 	uint32_t nb_avail;
 
@@ -189,7 +190,12 @@ struct gve_rx_queue {
 	uint16_t rx_buf_len;
 
 	/* newly added for DQO */
+	volatile struct gve_rx_desc_dqo *rx_ring;
+	struct gve_rx_compl_desc_dqo *compl_ring;
+	const struct rte_memzone *compl_ring_mz;
 	uint64_t compl_ring_phys_addr;
+	uint8_t cur_gen_bit;
+	uint16_t bufq_tail;
 
 	/* Only valid for DQO_RDA queue format */
 	struct gve_rx_queue *bufq;
@@ -362,6 +368,11 @@ gve_tx_burst(void *txq, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts);
 
 /* Below functions are used for DQO */
 
+int
+gve_rx_queue_setup_dqo(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t queue_id,
+		       uint16_t nb_desc, unsigned int socket_id,
+		       const struct rte_eth_rxconf *conf,
+		       struct rte_mempool *pool);
 int
 gve_tx_queue_setup_dqo(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t queue_id,
 		       uint16_t nb_desc, unsigned int socket_id,
diff --git a/drivers/net/gve/gve_rx_dqo.c b/drivers/net/gve/gve_rx_dqo.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c419c4dd2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/gve/gve_rx_dqo.c
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright (c) 2022-2023 Google LLC
+ * Copyright (c) 2022-2023 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+
+#include "gve_ethdev.h"
+#include "base/gve_adminq.h"
+
+static void
+gve_reset_rxq_dqo(struct gve_rx_queue *rxq)
+{
+	struct rte_mbuf **sw_ring;
+	uint32_t size, i;
+
+	if (rxq == NULL) {
+		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "pointer to rxq is NULL");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	size = rxq->nb_rx_desc * sizeof(struct gve_rx_desc_dqo);
+	for (i = 0; i < size; i++)
+		((volatile char *)rxq->rx_ring)[i] = 0;
+
+	size = rxq->nb_rx_desc * sizeof(struct gve_rx_compl_desc_dqo);
+	for (i = 0; i < size; i++)
+		((volatile char *)rxq->compl_ring)[i] = 0;
+
+	sw_ring = rxq->sw_ring;
+	for (i = 0; i < rxq->nb_rx_desc; i++)
+		sw_ring[i] = NULL;
+
+	rxq->bufq_tail = 0;
+	rxq->next_avail = 0;
+	rxq->nb_rx_hold = rxq->nb_rx_desc - 1;
+
+	rxq->rx_tail = 0;
+	rxq->cur_gen_bit = 1;
+}
+
+int
+gve_rx_queue_setup_dqo(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t queue_id,
+		       uint16_t nb_desc, unsigned int socket_id,
+		       const struct rte_eth_rxconf *conf,
+		       struct rte_mempool *pool)
+{
+	struct gve_priv *hw = dev->data->dev_private;
+	const struct rte_memzone *mz;
+	struct gve_rx_queue *rxq;
+	uint16_t free_thresh;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	if (nb_desc != hw->rx_desc_cnt) {
+		PMD_DRV_LOG(WARNING, "gve doesn't support nb_desc config, use hw nb_desc %u.",
+			    hw->rx_desc_cnt);
+	}
+	nb_desc = hw->rx_desc_cnt;
+
+	/* Allocate the RX queue data structure. */
+	rxq = rte_zmalloc_socket("gve rxq",
+				 sizeof(struct gve_rx_queue),
+				 RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE,
+				 socket_id);
+	if (rxq == NULL) {
+		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Failed to allocate memory for rx queue structure");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	/* check free_thresh here */
+	free_thresh = conf->rx_free_thresh ?
+			conf->rx_free_thresh : GVE_DEFAULT_RX_FREE_THRESH;
+	if (free_thresh >= nb_desc) {
+		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "rx_free_thresh (%u) must be less than nb_desc (%u).",
+			    free_thresh, rxq->nb_rx_desc);
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto free_rxq;
+	}
+
+	rxq->nb_rx_desc = nb_desc;
+	rxq->free_thresh = free_thresh;
+	rxq->queue_id = queue_id;
+	rxq->port_id = dev->data->port_id;
+	rxq->ntfy_id = hw->num_ntfy_blks / 2 + queue_id;
+
+	rxq->mpool = pool;
+	rxq->hw = hw;
+	rxq->ntfy_addr = &hw->db_bar2[rte_be_to_cpu_32(hw->irq_dbs[rxq->ntfy_id].id)];
+
+	rxq->rx_buf_len =
+		rte_pktmbuf_data_room_size(rxq->mpool) - RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM;
+
+	/* Allocate software ring */
+	rxq->sw_ring = rte_zmalloc_socket("gve rx sw ring",
+					  nb_desc * sizeof(struct rte_mbuf *),
+					  RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE, socket_id);
+	if (rxq->sw_ring == NULL) {
+		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Failed to allocate memory for SW RX ring");
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto free_rxq;
+	}
+
+	/* Allocate RX buffer queue */
+	mz = rte_eth_dma_zone_reserve(dev, "rx_ring", queue_id,
+				      nb_desc * sizeof(struct gve_rx_desc_dqo),
+				      PAGE_SIZE, socket_id);
+	if (mz == NULL) {
+		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Failed to reserve DMA memory for RX buffer queue");
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto free_rxq_sw_ring;
+	}
+	rxq->rx_ring = (struct gve_rx_desc_dqo *)mz->addr;
+	rxq->rx_ring_phys_addr = mz->iova;
+	rxq->mz = mz;
+
+	/* Allocate RX completion queue */
+	mz = rte_eth_dma_zone_reserve(dev, "compl_ring", queue_id,
+				      nb_desc * sizeof(struct gve_rx_compl_desc_dqo),
+				      PAGE_SIZE, socket_id);
+	if (mz == NULL) {
+		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Failed to reserve DMA memory for RX completion queue");
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto free_rxq_mz;
+	}
+	/* Zero all the descriptors in the ring */
+	memset(mz->addr, 0, nb_desc * sizeof(struct gve_rx_compl_desc_dqo));
+	rxq->compl_ring = (struct gve_rx_compl_desc_dqo *)mz->addr;
+	rxq->compl_ring_phys_addr = mz->iova;
+	rxq->compl_ring_mz = mz;
+
+	mz = rte_eth_dma_zone_reserve(dev, "rxq_res", queue_id,
+				      sizeof(struct gve_queue_resources),
+				      PAGE_SIZE, socket_id);
+	if (mz == NULL) {
+		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Failed to reserve DMA memory for RX resource");
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto free_rxq_cq_mz;
+	}
+	rxq->qres = (struct gve_queue_resources *)mz->addr;
+	rxq->qres_mz = mz;
+
+	gve_reset_rxq_dqo(rxq);
+
+	dev->data->rx_queues[queue_id] = rxq;
+
+	return 0;
+
+free_rxq_cq_mz:
+	rte_memzone_free(rxq->compl_ring_mz);
+free_rxq_mz:
+	rte_memzone_free(rxq->mz);
+free_rxq_sw_ring:
+	rte_free(rxq->sw_ring);
+free_rxq:
+	rte_free(rxq);
+	return err;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/net/gve/meson.build b/drivers/net/gve/meson.build
index 2ddb0cbf9e..c9d87903f9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gve/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/net/gve/meson.build
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ sources = files(
         'base/gve_adminq.c',
         'gve_rx.c',
         'gve_tx.c',
+        'gve_rx_dqo.c',
         'gve_tx_dqo.c',
         'gve_ethdev.c',
 )
