diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/features/sfc_efx.ini b/doc/guides/nics/features/sfc_efx.ini
index 1db7f67..0a5c143 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/features/sfc_efx.ini
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/features/sfc_efx.ini
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ VLAN offload         = P
 L3 checksum offload  = Y
 L4 checksum offload  = Y
 Packet type parsing  = Y
+Rx descriptor status = Y
 Basic stats          = Y
 Extended stats       = Y
 FW version           = Y
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_dp_rx.h b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_dp_rx.h
index a7b8278..3f6a604 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_dp_rx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_dp_rx.h
@@ -155,6 +155,10 @@ typedef void (sfc_dp_rx_qstop_t)(struct sfc_dp_rxq *dp_rxq,
 /** Get number of pending Rx descriptors */
 typedef unsigned int (sfc_dp_rx_qdesc_npending_t)(struct sfc_dp_rxq *dp_rxq);
 
+/** Check Rx descriptor status */
+typedef int (sfc_dp_rx_qdesc_status_t)(struct sfc_dp_rxq *dp_rxq,
+				       uint16_t offset);
+
 /** Receive datapath definition */
 struct sfc_dp_rx {
 	struct sfc_dp				dp;
@@ -170,6 +174,7 @@ struct sfc_dp_rx {
 	sfc_dp_rx_qpurge_t			*qpurge;
 	sfc_dp_rx_supported_ptypes_get_t	*supported_ptypes_get;
 	sfc_dp_rx_qdesc_npending_t		*qdesc_npending;
+	sfc_dp_rx_qdesc_status_t		*qdesc_status;
 	eth_rx_burst_t				pkt_burst;
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ef10_rx.c b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ef10_rx.c
index 60812cb..500d652 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ef10_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ef10_rx.c
@@ -544,6 +544,14 @@ struct sfc_ef10_rxq {
 	return -ENOTSUP;
 }
 
+static sfc_dp_rx_qdesc_status_t sfc_ef10_rx_qdesc_status;
+static int
+sfc_ef10_rx_qdesc_status(__rte_unused struct sfc_dp_rxq *dp_rxq,
+			 __rte_unused uint16_t offset)
+{
+	return -ENOTSUP;
+}
+
 
 static uint64_t
 sfc_ef10_mk_mbuf_rearm_data(uint16_t port_id, uint16_t prefix_size)
@@ -708,5 +716,6 @@ struct sfc_dp_rx sfc_ef10_rx = {
 	.qpurge			= sfc_ef10_rx_qpurge,
 	.supported_ptypes_get	= sfc_ef10_supported_ptypes_get,
 	.qdesc_npending		= sfc_ef10_rx_qdesc_npending,
+	.qdesc_status		= sfc_ef10_rx_qdesc_status,
 	.pkt_burst		= sfc_ef10_recv_pkts,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ethdev.c
index 12bcd6f..fe9ca30 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ethdev.c
@@ -1087,6 +1087,15 @@
 }
 
 static int
+sfc_rx_descriptor_status(void *queue, uint16_t offset)
+{
+	struct sfc_dp_rxq *dp_rxq = queue;
+	struct sfc_rxq *rxq = sfc_rxq_by_dp_rxq(dp_rxq);
+
+	return rxq->evq->sa->dp_rx->qdesc_status(dp_rxq, offset);
+}
+
+static int
 sfc_rx_queue_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t rx_queue_id)
 {
 	struct sfc_adapter *sa = dev->data->dev_private;
@@ -1469,6 +1478,7 @@
 	.rx_queue_release		= sfc_rx_queue_release,
 	.rx_queue_count			= sfc_rx_queue_count,
 	.rx_descriptor_done		= sfc_rx_descriptor_done,
+	.rx_descriptor_status		= sfc_rx_descriptor_status,
 	.tx_queue_setup			= sfc_tx_queue_setup,
 	.tx_queue_release		= sfc_tx_queue_release,
 	.flow_ctrl_get			= sfc_flow_ctrl_get,
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_rx.c b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_rx.c
index 1bf8644..0ef7665 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_rx.c
@@ -349,6 +349,43 @@
 	return rxq->pending - rxq->completed;
 }
 
+static sfc_dp_rx_qdesc_status_t sfc_efx_rx_qdesc_status;
+static int
+sfc_efx_rx_qdesc_status(struct sfc_dp_rxq *dp_rxq, uint16_t offset)
+{
+	struct sfc_efx_rxq *rxq = sfc_efx_rxq_by_dp_rxq(dp_rxq);
+
+	if (unlikely(offset > rxq->ptr_mask))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/*
+	 * Poll EvQ to derive up-to-date 'rxq->pending' figure;
+	 * it is required for the queue to be running, but the
+	 * check is omitted because API design assumes that it
+	 * is the duty of the caller to satisfy all conditions
+	 */
+	SFC_ASSERT((rxq->flags & SFC_EFX_RXQ_FLAG_RUNNING) ==
+		   SFC_EFX_RXQ_FLAG_RUNNING);
+	sfc_ev_qpoll(rxq->evq);
+
+	/*
+	 * There is a handful of reserved entries in the ring,
+	 * but an explicit check whether the offset points to
+	 * a reserved entry is neglected since the two checks
+	 * below rely on the figures which take the HW limits
+	 * into account and thus if an entry is reserved, the
+	 * checks will fail and UNAVAIL code will be returned
+	 */
+
+	if (offset < (rxq->pending - rxq->completed))
+		return RTE_ETH_RX_DESC_DONE;
+
+	if (offset < (rxq->added - rxq->completed))
+		return RTE_ETH_RX_DESC_AVAIL;
+
+	return RTE_ETH_RX_DESC_UNAVAIL;
+}
+
 struct sfc_rxq *
 sfc_rxq_by_dp_rxq(const struct sfc_dp_rxq *dp_rxq)
 {
@@ -498,6 +535,7 @@ struct sfc_dp_rx sfc_efx_rx = {
 	.qpurge			= sfc_efx_rx_qpurge,
 	.supported_ptypes_get	= sfc_efx_supported_ptypes_get,
 	.qdesc_npending		= sfc_efx_rx_qdesc_npending,
+	.qdesc_status		= sfc_efx_rx_qdesc_status,
 	.pkt_burst		= sfc_efx_recv_pkts,
 };
 
