diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 1080a95..2c6c380 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.vars.mk
 DIRS-y += librte_compat
 DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_CFGFILE) += librte_cfgfile
 DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_EAL) += librte_eal
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_CFGFILE),y)
+DEPDIRS-librte_eal := librte_cfgfile
+endif
 DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_RING) += librte_ring
 DEPDIRS-librte_ring := librte_eal
 DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MEMPOOL) += librte_mempool
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/Makefile b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/Makefile
index a0f9950..d70eefb 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/Makefile
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/Makefile
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ EXPORT_MAP := rte_eal_version.map
 
 LIBABIVER := 4
 
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_CFGFILE),y)
+LDLIBS += -lrte_cfgfile
+endif
+
 # specific to bsdapp exec-env
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_BSDAPP) := eal.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_BSDAPP) += eal_memory.c
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
index 05f0c1f..4a0c221 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 #include <rte_version.h>
 #include <rte_atomic.h>
 #include <malloc_heap.h>
+#include <rte_cfgfile.h>
 
 #include "eal_private.h"
 #include "eal_thread.h"
@@ -99,6 +100,8 @@ static struct flock wr_lock = {
 		.l_len = sizeof(early_mem_config.memseg),
 };
 
+static int run_once_reset_internal_config;
+
 /* Address of global and public configuration */
 static struct rte_config rte_config = {
 		.mem_config = &early_mem_config,
@@ -347,6 +350,58 @@ eal_log_level_parse(int argc, char **argv)
 	optarg = old_optarg;
 }
 
+/* Parse single argument */
+static int
+eal_parse_option(int opt, char *optarg, int option_index, char *prgname)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	/* getopt is not happy, stop right now */
+	if (opt == '?') {
+		eal_usage(prgname);
+		ret = -1;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = eal_parse_common_option(opt, optarg, &internal_config);
+	/* common parser is not happy */
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		eal_usage(prgname);
+		ret = -1;
+		goto out;
+	}
+	/* common parser handled this option */
+	if (ret == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	switch (opt) {
+	case 'h':
+		eal_usage(prgname);
+		exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		if (opt < OPT_LONG_MIN_NUM && isprint(opt)) {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Option %c is not supported "
+				"on FreeBSD\n", opt);
+		} else if (opt >= OPT_LONG_MIN_NUM &&
+			   opt < OPT_LONG_MAX_NUM) {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Option %s is not supported "
+				"on FreeBSD\n",
+				eal_long_options[option_index].name);
+		} else {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Option %d is not supported "
+				"on FreeBSD\n", opt);
+		}
+		eal_usage(prgname);
+		ret = -1;
+		goto out;
+	}
+	return 0;
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /* Parse the argument given in the command line of the application */
 static int
 eal_parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
@@ -367,45 +422,9 @@ eal_parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
 	while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argvopt, eal_short_options,
 				  eal_long_options, &option_index)) != EOF) {
 
-		/* getopt is not happy, stop right now */
-		if (opt == '?') {
-			eal_usage(prgname);
-			ret = -1;
-			goto out;
-		}
-
-		ret = eal_parse_common_option(opt, optarg, &internal_config);
-		/* common parser is not happy */
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			eal_usage(prgname);
-			ret = -1;
-			goto out;
-		}
-		/* common parser handled this option */
-		if (ret == 0)
-			continue;
-
-		switch (opt) {
-		case 'h':
-			eal_usage(prgname);
-			exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
-		default:
-			if (opt < OPT_LONG_MIN_NUM && isprint(opt)) {
-				RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Option %c is not supported "
-					"on FreeBSD\n", opt);
-			} else if (opt >= OPT_LONG_MIN_NUM &&
-				   opt < OPT_LONG_MAX_NUM) {
-				RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Option %s is not supported "
-					"on FreeBSD\n",
-					eal_long_options[option_index].name);
-			} else {
-				RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Option %d is not supported "
-					"on FreeBSD\n", opt);
-			}
-			eal_usage(prgname);
-			ret = -1;
+		ret = eal_parse_option(opt, optarg, option_index, prgname);
+		if (ret < 0)
 			goto out;
-		}
 	}
 
 	if (eal_adjust_config(&internal_config) != 0) {
@@ -517,7 +536,10 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	thread_id = pthread_self();
 
-	eal_reset_internal_config(&internal_config);
+	if (!run_once_reset_internal_config) {
+		eal_reset_internal_config(&internal_config);
+		run_once_reset_internal_config = 1;
+	}
 
 	/* set log level as early as possible */
 	eal_log_level_parse(argc, argv);
@@ -677,3 +699,68 @@ rte_eal_process_type(void)
 {
 	return rte_config.process_type;
 }
+
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_CFGFILE
+int
+rte_eal_configure(struct rte_cfgfile *cfg, char *prgname)
+{
+	int n_entries;
+	int i;
+	int opt;
+	int option_index;
+
+	if (cfg == NULL) {
+		rte_errno = -EINVAL;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	n_entries = rte_cfgfile_section_num_entries(cfg, "DPDK");
+
+	if (n_entries < 1) {
+		printf("No DPDK section entries in cfgfile object\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	struct rte_cfgfile_entry entries[n_entries];
+
+	if (n_entries !=
+			rte_cfgfile_section_entries(cfg, "DPDK", entries,
+					n_entries)) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Unexpected fault.");
+		rte_errno = EFAULT;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (!run_once_reset_internal_config) {
+		eal_reset_internal_config(&internal_config);
+		run_once_reset_internal_config = 1;
+	}
+
+	/* set log level as early as possible */
+	eal_log_level_cfg(cfg);
+
+	if (rte_eal_cpu_init() < 0) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot detect lcores.");
+		rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < n_entries; i++) {
+		eal_getopt(entries[i].name, &opt, &option_index);
+
+		if (eal_parse_option(opt, entries[i].value,
+				option_index, prgname) != 0) {
+			rte_eal_init_alert("Invalid config file arguments.");
+			rte_errno = EINVAL;
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (parse_vdev_devices(cfg) < 0) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Couldn't parse vdevs");
+		rte_errno = ENOMEM;
+		return -1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map
index 381f895..932f990 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ DPDK_17.08 {
 	rte_bus_find;
 	rte_bus_find_by_device;
 	rte_bus_find_by_name;
+	rte_eal_configure;
 
 } DPDK_17.05;
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_lcore.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_lcore.c
index 84fa0cb..d0f4c6f 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_lcore.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_lcore.c
@@ -53,11 +53,18 @@
 int
 rte_eal_cpu_init(void)
 {
+	static int run_once;
+	static int ret;
 	/* pointer to global configuration */
 	struct rte_config *config = rte_eal_get_configuration();
 	unsigned lcore_id;
 	unsigned count = 0;
 
+	/* No need to calculate this function again if we know the result */
+	if (run_once)
+		return ret;
+	run_once = 1;
+
 	/*
 	 * Parse the maximum set of logical cores, detect the subset of running
 	 * ones and enable them by default.
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
index 075b0ea..b568f05 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_options.c
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@
 #include <rte_version.h>
 #include <rte_devargs.h>
 #include <rte_memcpy.h>
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_CFGFILE
+#include <rte_cfgfile.h>
+#include <rte_errno.h>
+#endif
 
 #include "eal_internal_cfg.h"
 #include "eal_options.h"
@@ -1078,3 +1082,105 @@ eal_common_usage(void)
 	       "  --"OPT_NO_SHCONF"         No shared config (mmap'd files)\n"
 	       "\n", RTE_MAX_LCORE);
 }
+
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_CFGFILE
+/* Parse the arguments for --log-level only */
+void
+eal_log_level_cfg(struct rte_cfgfile *cfg)
+{
+	const char *entry;
+
+	entry = rte_cfgfile_get_entry(cfg, "DPDK", OPT_LOG_LEVEL);
+	if (entry)
+		eal_parse_common_option(OPT_LOG_LEVEL_NUM, entry,
+				&internal_config);
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_CFGFILE
+static void rte_eal_init_alert(const char *msg)
+{
+	fprintf(stderr, "EAL: FATAL: %s\n", msg);
+	RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "%s\n", msg);
+}
+
+#define vdev_buff_size		200
+#define sectionname_size	20
+int
+parse_vdev_devices(struct rte_cfgfile *cfg)
+{
+	char sectionname[sectionname_size] = "DPDK.vdev0";
+	char buffer[vdev_buff_size];
+	int vdev_nb = 0;
+	int n_entries;
+	int buf_len;
+	char *buf_ptr;
+	int i;
+	int ret;
+
+	/* ----------- parsing VDEVS */
+	for (vdev_nb = 1; rte_cfgfile_has_section(cfg, sectionname);
+			vdev_nb++) {
+		n_entries = rte_cfgfile_section_num_entries(cfg, sectionname);
+
+		struct rte_cfgfile_entry entries[n_entries];
+
+		if (n_entries != rte_cfgfile_section_entries(cfg, sectionname,
+				entries, n_entries)) {
+			rte_eal_init_alert("Unexpected fault.");
+			rte_errno = EFAULT;
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		buffer[0] = '\0';
+		buf_ptr = buffer;
+		buf_len = vdev_buff_size;
+		for (i = 0; i < n_entries; i++) {
+			ret = snprintf(buf_ptr, buf_len, "%s%s%s%s",
+					entries[i].name,
+					(entries[i].value[0] != '\0') ?
+							"=" : "",
+					entries[i].value,
+					(i < (n_entries - 1)) ? "," : "");
+			if (ret >= buf_len) {
+				printf("parse_vdev_devices(): buffer[] size is "
+						"to small\n");
+				return -1;
+			}
+			buf_len -= ret;
+			buf_ptr += ret;
+		}
+
+		/* parsing vdev */
+		if (rte_eal_devargs_add(RTE_DEVTYPE_VIRTUAL,
+				buffer) < 0) {
+			return -1;
+		}
+		snprintf(sectionname, sectionname_size, "DPDK.vdev%d", vdev_nb);
+	}
+	/* ----------- parsing VDEVS */
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void
+eal_getopt(const char *str, int *opt, int *option_index)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	*opt = '?';
+	*option_index = 0;
+
+	if (strlen(str) == 1) {
+		*opt = *str;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; eal_long_options[i].name != NULL; i++) {
+		if (strcmp(str, eal_long_options[i].name) == 0) {
+			*opt = eal_long_options[i].val;
+			*option_index = i;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_options.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_options.h
index a881c62..0fce11c 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_options.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_options.h
@@ -96,5 +96,8 @@ int eal_check_common_options(struct internal_config *internal_cfg);
 void eal_common_usage(void);
 enum rte_proc_type_t eal_proc_type_detect(void);
 int eal_plugins_init(void);
+void eal_log_level_cfg(struct rte_cfgfile *cfg);
+int parse_vdev_devices(struct rte_cfgfile *cfg);
+void eal_getopt(const char *str, int *opt, int *option_index);
 
 #endif /* EAL_OPTIONS_H */
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_eal.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_eal.h
index 6b7c5ca..a1c78c0 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_eal.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_eal.h
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@
 #include <rte_per_lcore.h>
 #include <rte_config.h>
 
+struct rte_cfgfile; /* forward declaration of struct */
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
@@ -188,6 +190,24 @@ int rte_eal_iopl_init(void);
  */
 int rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv);
 
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_CFGFILE
+/**
+ * Initialize the Environment Abstraction Layer (EAL) using
+ * configuration structure
+ *
+ * @param cfg
+ *   pointer to config file structure.
+ * @param prgname
+ *   pointer to string with execution path
+ *
+ * @return
+ *  - On success, return 0
+ *  - On failure, returns -1.
+ */
+int
+rte_eal_configure(struct rte_cfgfile *cfg, char *prgname);
+#endif
+
 /**
  * Check if a primary process is currently alive
  *
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile
index 8651e27..7c1c559 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ LDLIBS += -lrt
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_EAL_NUMA_AWARE_HUGEPAGES),y)
 LDLIBS += -lnuma
 endif
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_CFGFILE),y)
+LDLIBS += -lrte_cfgfile
+endif
 
 # specific to linuxapp exec-env
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_EXEC_ENV_LINUXAPP) := eal.c
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
index 7c78f2d..f09aeff 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@
 #include <rte_version.h>
 #include <rte_atomic.h>
 #include <malloc_heap.h>
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_CFGFILE
+#include <rte_cfgfile.h>
+#endif
 
 #include "eal_private.h"
 #include "eal_thread.h"
@@ -101,6 +104,8 @@ static struct rte_mem_config early_mem_config;
  * duration of the program, as we hold a write lock on it in the primary proc */
 static int mem_cfg_fd = -1;
 
+static int run_once_reset_internal_config;
+
 static struct flock wr_lock = {
 		.l_type = F_WRLCK,
 		.l_whence = SEEK_SET,
@@ -515,119 +520,135 @@ eal_log_level_parse(int argc, char **argv)
 	optarg = old_optarg;
 }
 
-/* Parse the argument given in the command line of the application */
+/* Parse single argument */
 static int
-eal_parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
+eal_parse_option(int opt, char *optarg, int option_index, char *prgname)
 {
-	int opt, ret;
-	char **argvopt;
-	int option_index;
-	char *prgname = argv[0];
-	const int old_optind = optind;
-	const int old_optopt = optopt;
-	char * const old_optarg = optarg;
+	int ret;
 
-	argvopt = argv;
-	optind = 1;
+	/* getopt is not happy, stop right now */
+	if (opt == '?') {
+		eal_usage(prgname);
+		ret = -1;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
-	while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argvopt, eal_short_options,
-				  eal_long_options, &option_index)) != EOF) {
+	ret = eal_parse_common_option(opt, optarg, &internal_config);
+	/* common parser is not happy */
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		eal_usage(prgname);
+		ret = -1;
+		goto out;
+	}
+	/* common parser handled this option */
+	if (ret == 0)
+		return 0;
 
-		/* getopt is not happy, stop right now */
-		if (opt == '?') {
+	switch (opt) {
+	case 'h':
+		eal_usage(prgname);
+		exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+		break;
+
+	/* long options */
+	case OPT_XEN_DOM0_NUM:
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_XEN_DOM0
+		internal_config.xen_dom0_support = 1;
+		break;
+#else
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Can't support DPDK app "
+			"running on Dom0, please configure"
+			" RTE_LIBRTE_XEN_DOM0=y\n");
+		ret = -1;
+		goto out;
+#endif
+
+	case OPT_HUGE_DIR_NUM:
+		internal_config.hugepage_dir = optarg;
+		break;
+
+	case OPT_FILE_PREFIX_NUM:
+		internal_config.hugefile_prefix = optarg;
+		break;
+
+	case OPT_SOCKET_MEM_NUM:
+		if (eal_parse_socket_mem(optarg) < 0) {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "invalid parameters for --"
+					OPT_SOCKET_MEM "\n");
 			eal_usage(prgname);
 			ret = -1;
 			goto out;
 		}
+		break;
 
-		ret = eal_parse_common_option(opt, optarg, &internal_config);
-		/* common parser is not happy */
-		if (ret < 0) {
+	case OPT_BASE_VIRTADDR_NUM:
+		if (eal_parse_base_virtaddr(optarg) < 0) {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "invalid parameter for --"
+					OPT_BASE_VIRTADDR "\n");
 			eal_usage(prgname);
 			ret = -1;
 			goto out;
 		}
-		/* common parser handled this option */
-		if (ret == 0)
-			continue;
+		break;
 
-		switch (opt) {
-		case 'h':
+	case OPT_VFIO_INTR_NUM:
+		if (eal_parse_vfio_intr(optarg) < 0) {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "invalid parameters for --"
+					OPT_VFIO_INTR "\n");
 			eal_usage(prgname);
-			exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
-
-		/* long options */
-		case OPT_XEN_DOM0_NUM:
-#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_XEN_DOM0
-			internal_config.xen_dom0_support = 1;
-#else
-			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Can't support DPDK app "
-				"running on Dom0, please configure"
-				" RTE_LIBRTE_XEN_DOM0=y\n");
 			ret = -1;
 			goto out;
-#endif
-			break;
+		}
+		break;
 
-		case OPT_HUGE_DIR_NUM:
-			internal_config.hugepage_dir = optarg;
-			break;
+	case OPT_CREATE_UIO_DEV_NUM:
+		internal_config.create_uio_dev = 1;
+		break;
 
-		case OPT_FILE_PREFIX_NUM:
-			internal_config.hugefile_prefix = optarg;
-			break;
+	default:
+		if (opt < OPT_LONG_MIN_NUM && isprint(opt)) {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Option %c is not supported "
+				"on Linux\n", opt);
+		} else if (opt >= OPT_LONG_MIN_NUM &&
+			   opt < OPT_LONG_MAX_NUM) {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Option %s is not supported "
+				"on Linux\n",
+				eal_long_options[option_index].name);
+		} else {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Option %d is not supported "
+				"on Linux\n", opt);
+		}
+		eal_usage(prgname);
+		ret = -1;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
-		case OPT_SOCKET_MEM_NUM:
-			if (eal_parse_socket_mem(optarg) < 0) {
-				RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "invalid parameters for --"
-						OPT_SOCKET_MEM "\n");
-				eal_usage(prgname);
-				ret = -1;
-				goto out;
-			}
-			break;
+	return 0;
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
 
-		case OPT_BASE_VIRTADDR_NUM:
-			if (eal_parse_base_virtaddr(optarg) < 0) {
-				RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "invalid parameter for --"
-						OPT_BASE_VIRTADDR "\n");
-				eal_usage(prgname);
-				ret = -1;
-				goto out;
-			}
-			break;
+/* Parse the argument given in the command line of the application */
+static int
+eal_parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	int opt, ret;
+	char **argvopt;
+	int option_index;
+	char *prgname = argv[0];
+	const int old_optind = optind;
+	const int old_optopt = optopt;
+	char * const old_optarg = optarg;
 
-		case OPT_VFIO_INTR_NUM:
-			if (eal_parse_vfio_intr(optarg) < 0) {
-				RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "invalid parameters for --"
-						OPT_VFIO_INTR "\n");
-				eal_usage(prgname);
-				ret = -1;
-				goto out;
-			}
-			break;
+	argvopt = argv;
+	optind = 1;
 
-		case OPT_CREATE_UIO_DEV_NUM:
-			internal_config.create_uio_dev = 1;
-			break;
+	while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argvopt, eal_short_options,
+				  eal_long_options, &option_index)) != EOF) {
 
-		default:
-			if (opt < OPT_LONG_MIN_NUM && isprint(opt)) {
-				RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Option %c is not supported "
-					"on Linux\n", opt);
-			} else if (opt >= OPT_LONG_MIN_NUM &&
-				   opt < OPT_LONG_MAX_NUM) {
-				RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Option %s is not supported "
-					"on Linux\n",
-					eal_long_options[option_index].name);
-			} else {
-				RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Option %d is not supported "
-					"on Linux\n", opt);
-			}
-			eal_usage(prgname);
-			ret = -1;
+		ret = eal_parse_option(opt, optarg, option_index, prgname);
+		if (ret < 0)
 			goto out;
-		}
 	}
 
 	if (eal_adjust_config(&internal_config) != 0) {
@@ -774,7 +795,10 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	thread_id = pthread_self();
 
-	eal_reset_internal_config(&internal_config);
+	if (!run_once_reset_internal_config) {
+		eal_reset_internal_config(&internal_config);
+		run_once_reset_internal_config = 1;
+	}
 
 	/* set log level as early as possible */
 	eal_log_level_parse(argc, argv);
@@ -995,3 +1019,68 @@ rte_eal_check_module(const char *module_name)
 	/* Module has been found */
 	return 1;
 }
+
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_CFGFILE
+int
+rte_eal_configure(struct rte_cfgfile *cfg, char *prgname)
+{
+	int n_entries;
+	int i;
+	int opt;
+	int option_index;
+
+	if (cfg == NULL) {
+		rte_errno = -EINVAL;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	n_entries = rte_cfgfile_section_num_entries(cfg, "DPDK");
+
+	if (n_entries < 1) {
+		printf("No DPDK section entries in cfgfile object\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	struct rte_cfgfile_entry entries[n_entries];
+
+	if (n_entries !=
+			rte_cfgfile_section_entries(cfg, "DPDK", entries,
+					n_entries)) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Unexpected fault.");
+		rte_errno = EFAULT;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (!run_once_reset_internal_config) {
+		eal_reset_internal_config(&internal_config);
+		run_once_reset_internal_config = 1;
+	}
+
+	/* set log level as early as possible */
+	eal_log_level_cfg(cfg);
+
+	if (rte_eal_cpu_init() < 0) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot detect lcores.");
+		rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < n_entries; i++) {
+		eal_getopt(entries[i].name, &opt, &option_index);
+
+		if (eal_parse_option(opt, entries[i].value,
+				option_index, prgname) != 0) {
+			rte_eal_init_alert("Invalid config file arguments.");
+			rte_errno = EINVAL;
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (parse_vdev_devices(cfg) < 0) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Couldn't parse vdevs");
+		rte_errno = ENOMEM;
+		return -1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map
index 0f9e009..d206fd3 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ DPDK_17.08 {
 	rte_bus_find;
 	rte_bus_find_by_device;
 	rte_bus_find_by_name;
+	rte_eal_configure;
 
 } DPDK_17.05;
 
diff --git a/mk/rte.app.mk b/mk/rte.app.mk
index e239581..6c1b508 100644
--- a/mk/rte.app.mk
+++ b/mk/rte.app.mk
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_POWER)          += -lrte_power
 
 _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_TIMER)          += -lrte_timer
 _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_EFD)            += -lrte_efd
-_LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_CFGFILE)        += -lrte_cfgfile
 
 _LDLIBS-y += --whole-archive
 
@@ -97,6 +96,7 @@ _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MEMPOOL)        += -lrte_mempool
 _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_DRIVER_MEMPOOL_RING)   += -lrte_mempool_ring
 _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_RING)           += -lrte_ring
 _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_EAL)            += -lrte_eal
+_LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_CFGFILE)        += -lrte_cfgfile
 _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_CMDLINE)        += -lrte_cmdline
 _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_REORDER)        += -lrte_reorder
 
