diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst
index 8273817..a17c2fb 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst
@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ This section should contain new features added in this release. Sample format:
 
 * **Added vhost-user live migration support.**
 
+* **Added support for VxLAN & NVGRE checksum off-load on X550.**
+
+  * Added support for VxLAN & NVGRE RX/TX checksum off-load on
+    X550. RX/TX checksum off-load is provided on both inner and
+    outer IP header and TCP header.
+  * Added functions to support VxLAN port configuration. The
+    default VxLAN port number is 4789 but this can be updated
+    programmatically.
+
 
 Resolved Issues
 ---------------
diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
index 86afba4..7ad7a84 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
@@ -2811,6 +2811,10 @@ ixgbe_dev_info_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_eth_dev_info *dev_info)
 		DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_SCTP_CKSUM  |
 		DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_TCP_TSO;
 
+	if (hw->mac.type == ixgbe_mac_X550 ||
+	    hw->mac.type == ixgbe_mac_X550EM_x)
+		dev_info->tx_offload_capa |= DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_OUTER_IPV4_CKSUM;
+
 	dev_info->default_rxconf = (struct rte_eth_rxconf) {
 		.rx_thresh = {
 			.pthresh = IXGBE_DEFAULT_RX_PTHRESH,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c
index 6b913ee..c2c71de 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@
 		PKT_TX_VLAN_PKT |		 \
 		PKT_TX_IP_CKSUM |		 \
 		PKT_TX_L4_MASK |		 \
-		PKT_TX_TCP_SEG)
+		PKT_TX_TCP_SEG |		 \
+		PKT_TX_OUTER_IP_CKSUM)
 
 static inline struct rte_mbuf *
 rte_rxmbuf_alloc(struct rte_mempool *mp)
@@ -364,9 +365,11 @@ ixgbe_set_xmit_ctx(struct ixgbe_tx_queue *txq,
 	uint32_t ctx_idx;
 	uint32_t vlan_macip_lens;
 	union ixgbe_tx_offload tx_offload_mask;
+	uint32_t seqnum_seed = 0;
 
 	ctx_idx = txq->ctx_curr;
-	tx_offload_mask.data = 0;
+	tx_offload_mask.data[0] = 0;
+	tx_offload_mask.data[1] = 0;
 	type_tucmd_mlhl = 0;
 
 	/* Specify which HW CTX to upload. */
@@ -430,18 +433,35 @@ ixgbe_set_xmit_ctx(struct ixgbe_tx_queue *txq,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (ol_flags & PKT_TX_OUTER_IP_CKSUM) {
+		tx_offload_mask.outer_l2_len |= ~0;
+		tx_offload_mask.outer_l3_len |= ~0;
+		tx_offload_mask.l2_len |= ~0;
+		seqnum_seed |= tx_offload.outer_l3_len
+			       << IXGBE_ADVTXD_OUTER_IPLEN;
+		seqnum_seed |= tx_offload.l2_len
+			       << IXGBE_ADVTXD_TUNNEL_LEN;
+	}
+
 	txq->ctx_cache[ctx_idx].flags = ol_flags;
-	txq->ctx_cache[ctx_idx].tx_offload.data  =
-		tx_offload_mask.data & tx_offload.data;
+	txq->ctx_cache[ctx_idx].tx_offload.data[0]  =
+		tx_offload_mask.data[0] & tx_offload.data[0];
+	txq->ctx_cache[ctx_idx].tx_offload.data[1]  =
+		tx_offload_mask.data[1] & tx_offload.data[1];
 	txq->ctx_cache[ctx_idx].tx_offload_mask    = tx_offload_mask;
 
 	ctx_txd->type_tucmd_mlhl = rte_cpu_to_le_32(type_tucmd_mlhl);
 	vlan_macip_lens = tx_offload.l3_len;
-	vlan_macip_lens |= (tx_offload.l2_len << IXGBE_ADVTXD_MACLEN_SHIFT);
+	if (ol_flags & PKT_TX_OUTER_IP_CKSUM)
+		vlan_macip_lens |= (tx_offload.outer_l2_len <<
+				    IXGBE_ADVTXD_MACLEN_SHIFT);
+	else
+		vlan_macip_lens |= (tx_offload.l2_len <<
+				    IXGBE_ADVTXD_MACLEN_SHIFT);
 	vlan_macip_lens |= ((uint32_t)tx_offload.vlan_tci << IXGBE_ADVTXD_VLAN_SHIFT);
 	ctx_txd->vlan_macip_lens = rte_cpu_to_le_32(vlan_macip_lens);
 	ctx_txd->mss_l4len_idx   = rte_cpu_to_le_32(mss_l4len_idx);
-	ctx_txd->seqnum_seed     = 0;
+	ctx_txd->seqnum_seed     = seqnum_seed;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -454,16 +474,24 @@ what_advctx_update(struct ixgbe_tx_queue *txq, uint64_t flags,
 {
 	/* If match with the current used context */
 	if (likely((txq->ctx_cache[txq->ctx_curr].flags == flags) &&
-		(txq->ctx_cache[txq->ctx_curr].tx_offload.data ==
-		(txq->ctx_cache[txq->ctx_curr].tx_offload_mask.data & tx_offload.data)))) {
+		(txq->ctx_cache[txq->ctx_curr].tx_offload.data[0] ==
+		(txq->ctx_cache[txq->ctx_curr].tx_offload_mask.data[0]
+		 & tx_offload.data[0])) &&
+		(txq->ctx_cache[txq->ctx_curr].tx_offload.data[1] ==
+		(txq->ctx_cache[txq->ctx_curr].tx_offload_mask.data[1]
+		 & tx_offload.data[1])))) {
 			return txq->ctx_curr;
 	}
 
 	/* What if match with the next context  */
 	txq->ctx_curr ^= 1;
 	if (likely((txq->ctx_cache[txq->ctx_curr].flags == flags) &&
-		(txq->ctx_cache[txq->ctx_curr].tx_offload.data ==
-		(txq->ctx_cache[txq->ctx_curr].tx_offload_mask.data & tx_offload.data)))) {
+		(txq->ctx_cache[txq->ctx_curr].tx_offload.data[0] ==
+		(txq->ctx_cache[txq->ctx_curr].tx_offload_mask.data[0]
+		 & tx_offload.data[0])) &&
+		(txq->ctx_cache[txq->ctx_curr].tx_offload.data[1] ==
+		(txq->ctx_cache[txq->ctx_curr].tx_offload_mask.data[1]
+		 & tx_offload.data[1])))) {
 			return txq->ctx_curr;
 	}
 
@@ -492,6 +520,8 @@ tx_desc_ol_flags_to_cmdtype(uint64_t ol_flags)
 		cmdtype |= IXGBE_ADVTXD_DCMD_VLE;
 	if (ol_flags & PKT_TX_TCP_SEG)
 		cmdtype |= IXGBE_ADVTXD_DCMD_TSE;
+	if (ol_flags & PKT_TX_OUTER_IP_CKSUM)
+		cmdtype |= (1 << IXGBE_ADVTXD_OUTERIPCS_SHIFT);
 	return cmdtype;
 }
 
@@ -588,8 +618,10 @@ ixgbe_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
 	uint64_t tx_ol_req;
 	uint32_t ctx = 0;
 	uint32_t new_ctx;
-	union ixgbe_tx_offload tx_offload = {0};
+	union ixgbe_tx_offload tx_offload;
 
+	tx_offload.data[0] = 0;
+	tx_offload.data[1] = 0;
 	txq = tx_queue;
 	sw_ring = txq->sw_ring;
 	txr     = txq->tx_ring;
@@ -623,6 +655,8 @@ ixgbe_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
 			tx_offload.l4_len = tx_pkt->l4_len;
 			tx_offload.vlan_tci = tx_pkt->vlan_tci;
 			tx_offload.tso_segsz = tx_pkt->tso_segsz;
+			tx_offload.outer_l2_len = tx_pkt->outer_l2_len;
+			tx_offload.outer_l3_len = tx_pkt->outer_l3_len;
 
 			/* If new context need be built or reuse the exist ctx. */
 			ctx = what_advctx_update(txq, tx_ol_req,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.h b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.h
index 475a800..c15f9fa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.h
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ enum ixgbe_advctx_num {
 
 /** Offload features */
 union ixgbe_tx_offload {
-	uint64_t data;
+	uint64_t data[2];
 	struct {
 		uint64_t l2_len:7; /**< L2 (MAC) Header Length. */
 		uint64_t l3_len:9; /**< L3 (IP) Header Length. */
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@ union ixgbe_tx_offload {
 		uint64_t tso_segsz:16; /**< TCP TSO segment size */
 		uint64_t vlan_tci:16;
 		/**< VLAN Tag Control Identifier (CPU order). */
+
+		/* fields for TX offloading of tunnels */
+		uint64_t outer_l3_len:8; /**< Outer L3 (IP) Hdr Length. */
+		uint64_t outer_l2_len:8; /**< Outer L2 (MAC) Hdr Length. */
 	};
 };
 
