diff --git a/app/test/test_eventdev_octeontx.c b/app/test/test_eventdev_octeontx.c
index e28880b..8a03920 100644
--- a/app/test/test_eventdev_octeontx.c
+++ b/app/test/test_eventdev_octeontx.c
@@ -54,6 +54,52 @@
 static int evdev;
 static struct rte_mempool *eventdev_test_mempool;
 
+struct event_attr {
+	uint32_t flow_id;
+	uint8_t event_type;
+	uint8_t sub_event_type;
+	uint8_t sched_type;
+	uint8_t queue;
+	uint8_t port;
+};
+
+
+static uint32_t seqn_list_index;
+static int seqn_list[NUM_PACKETS];
+
+static inline void
+seqn_list_init(void)
+{
+	RTE_BUILD_BUG_ON(NUM_PACKETS < MAX_EVENTS);
+	memset(seqn_list, 0, sizeof(seqn_list));
+	seqn_list_index = 0;
+}
+
+static inline int
+seqn_list_update(int val)
+{
+	if (seqn_list_index >= NUM_PACKETS)
+		return TEST_FAILED;
+
+	seqn_list[seqn_list_index++] = val;
+	rte_smp_wmb();
+	return TEST_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+static inline int
+seqn_list_check(int limit)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < limit; i++) {
+		if (seqn_list[i] != i) {
+			printf("Seqn mismatch %d %d\n", seqn_list[i], i);
+			return TEST_FAILED;
+		}
+	}
+	return TEST_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 static int
 testsuite_setup(void)
 {
@@ -205,6 +251,162 @@ eventdev_teardown(void)
 	rte_mempool_free(eventdev_test_mempool);
 }
 
+static inline void
+update_event_and_validation_attr(struct rte_mbuf *m, struct rte_event *ev,
+			uint32_t flow_id, uint8_t event_type,
+			uint8_t sub_event_type, uint8_t sched_type,
+			uint8_t queue, uint8_t port)
+{
+	struct event_attr *attr;
+
+	/* Store the event attributes in mbuf for future reference */
+	attr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m, struct event_attr *);
+	attr->flow_id = flow_id;
+	attr->event_type = event_type;
+	attr->sub_event_type = sub_event_type;
+	attr->sched_type = sched_type;
+	attr->queue = queue;
+	attr->port = port;
+
+	ev->flow_id = flow_id;
+	ev->sub_event_type = sub_event_type;
+	ev->event_type = event_type;
+	/* Inject the new event */
+	ev->op = RTE_EVENT_OP_NEW;
+	ev->sched_type = sched_type;
+	ev->queue_id = queue;
+	ev->mbuf = m;
+}
+
+static inline int
+inject_events(uint32_t flow_id, uint8_t event_type, uint8_t sub_event_type,
+		uint8_t sched_type, uint8_t queue, uint8_t port,
+		unsigned int events)
+{
+	struct rte_mbuf *m;
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < events; i++) {
+		struct rte_event ev = {0};
+
+		m = rte_pktmbuf_alloc(eventdev_test_mempool);
+		TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(m, "mempool alloc failed");
+
+		m->seqn = i;
+		update_event_and_validation_attr(m, &ev, flow_id, event_type,
+			sub_event_type, sched_type, queue, port);
+		rte_event_enqueue_burst(evdev, port, &ev, 1);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int
+check_excess_events(uint8_t port)
+{
+	int i;
+	uint16_t valid_event;
+	struct rte_event ev;
+
+	/* Check for excess events, try for a few times and exit */
+	for (i = 0; i < 32; i++) {
+		valid_event = rte_event_dequeue_burst(evdev, port, &ev, 1, 0);
+
+		TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS(valid_event, "Unexpected valid event=%d",
+					ev.mbuf->seqn);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int
+generate_random_events(const unsigned int total_events)
+{
+	struct rte_event_dev_info info;
+	unsigned int i;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = rte_event_dev_info_get(evdev, &info);
+	TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS(ret, "Failed to get event dev info");
+	for (i = 0; i < total_events; i++) {
+		ret = inject_events(
+			rte_rand() % info.max_event_queue_flows /*flow_id */,
+			rte_rand() % (RTE_EVENT_TYPE_CPU + 1) /* event_type */,
+			rte_rand() % 256 /* sub_event_type */,
+			rte_rand() % (RTE_SCHED_TYPE_PARALLEL + 1),
+			rte_rand() % rte_event_queue_count(evdev) /* queue */,
+			0 /* port */,
+			1 /* events */);
+		if (ret)
+			return TEST_FAILED;
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static inline int
+validate_event(struct rte_event *ev)
+{
+	struct event_attr *attr;
+
+	attr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(ev->mbuf, struct event_attr *);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(attr->flow_id, ev->flow_id,
+			"flow_id mismatch enq=%d deq =%d",
+			attr->flow_id, ev->flow_id);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(attr->event_type, ev->event_type,
+			"event_type mismatch enq=%d deq =%d",
+			attr->event_type, ev->event_type);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(attr->sub_event_type, ev->sub_event_type,
+			"sub_event_type mismatch enq=%d deq =%d",
+			attr->sub_event_type, ev->sub_event_type);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(attr->sched_type, ev->sched_type,
+			"sched_type mismatch enq=%d deq =%d",
+			attr->sched_type, ev->sched_type);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(attr->queue, ev->queue_id,
+			"queue mismatch enq=%d deq =%d",
+			attr->queue, ev->queue_id);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+typedef int (*validate_event_cb)(uint32_t index, uint8_t port,
+				 struct rte_event *ev);
+
+static inline int
+consume_events(uint8_t port, const uint32_t total_events, validate_event_cb fn)
+{
+	int ret;
+	uint16_t valid_event;
+	uint32_t events = 0, forward_progress_cnt = 0, index = 0;
+	struct rte_event ev;
+
+	while (1) {
+		if (++forward_progress_cnt > UINT16_MAX) {
+			printf("Detected deadlock\n");
+			return TEST_FAILED;
+		}
+
+		valid_event = rte_event_dequeue_burst(evdev, port, &ev, 1, 0);
+		if (!valid_event)
+			continue;
+
+		forward_progress_cnt = 0;
+		ret = validate_event(&ev);
+		if (ret)
+			return TEST_FAILED;
+
+		if (fn != NULL) {
+			ret = fn(index, port, &ev);
+			TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS(ret,
+				"Failed to validate test specific event");
+		}
+
+		++index;
+
+		rte_pktmbuf_free(ev.mbuf);
+		if (++events >= total_events)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	return check_excess_events(port);
+}
+
 static struct unit_test_suite eventdev_octeontx_testsuite  = {
 	.suite_name = "eventdev octeontx unit test suite",
 	.setup = testsuite_setup,
