diff --git a/drivers/compress/isal/isal_compress_pmd.c b/drivers/compress/isal/isal_compress_pmd.c
index 5cc9409..325867b 100644
--- a/drivers/compress/isal/isal_compress_pmd.c
+++ b/drivers/compress/isal/isal_compress_pmd.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  * Copyright(c) 2018 Intel Corporation
  */
+#include <isa-l.h>
 
 #include <rte_bus_vdev.h>
 #include <rte_common.h>
@@ -9,8 +10,204 @@
 
 #include "isal_compress_pmd_private.h"
 
+#define RTE_COMP_ISAL_WINDOW_SIZE 15
+#define RTE_COMP_ISAL_LEVEL_ZERO 0 /* ISA-L Level 0 used for fixed Huffman */
+#define RTE_COMP_ISAL_LEVEL_ONE 1
+#define RTE_COMP_ISAL_LEVEL_TWO 2
+#define RTE_COMP_ISAL_LEVEL_THREE 3 /* Optimised for AVX512 & AVX2 only */
+
 int isal_logtype_driver;
 
+/* Verify and set private xform parameters */
+int
+isal_comp_set_priv_xform_parameters(struct isal_priv_xform *priv_xform,
+		const struct rte_comp_xform *xform)
+{
+	if (xform == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* Set compression private xform variables */
+	if (xform->type == RTE_COMP_COMPRESS) {
+		/* Set private xform type - COMPRESS/DECOMPRESS */
+		priv_xform->type = RTE_COMP_COMPRESS;
+
+		/* Set private xform algorithm */
+		if (xform->compress.algo != RTE_COMP_ALGO_DEFLATE) {
+			if (xform->compress.algo == RTE_COMP_ALGO_NULL) {
+				ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "By-pass not supported\n");
+				return -ENOTSUP;
+			}
+			ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "Algorithm not supported\n");
+			return -ENOTSUP;
+		}
+		priv_xform->compress.algo = RTE_COMP_ALGO_DEFLATE;
+
+		/* Set private xform checksum */
+		switch (xform->compress.chksum) {
+		case(RTE_COMP_CHECKSUM_NONE):
+			priv_xform->compress.chksum = RTE_COMP_CHECKSUM_NONE;
+			break;
+		case(RTE_COMP_CHECKSUM_ADLER32):
+			priv_xform->compress.chksum = IGZIP_ZLIB;
+			break;
+		case(RTE_COMP_CHECKSUM_CRC32):
+			priv_xform->compress.chksum = IGZIP_GZIP;
+			break;
+		default:
+			ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "Checksum not supported\n");
+			return -ENOTSUP;
+		}
+
+		/* Set private xform window size, 32K supported */
+		if (xform->compress.window_size == RTE_COMP_ISAL_WINDOW_SIZE)
+			priv_xform->compress.window_size =
+					RTE_COMP_ISAL_WINDOW_SIZE;
+		else {
+			ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "Window size not supported\n");
+			return -ENOTSUP;
+		}
+
+		/* Set private xform huffman type */
+		switch (xform->compress.deflate.huffman) {
+		case(RTE_COMP_HUFFMAN_DEFAULT):
+			priv_xform->compress.deflate.huffman =
+					RTE_COMP_HUFFMAN_DEFAULT;
+			break;
+		case(RTE_COMP_HUFFMAN_FIXED):
+			priv_xform->compress.deflate.huffman =
+					RTE_COMP_HUFFMAN_FIXED;
+			break;
+		case(RTE_COMP_HUFFMAN_DYNAMIC):
+			priv_xform->compress.deflate.huffman =
+					RTE_COMP_HUFFMAN_DYNAMIC;
+			break;
+		default:
+			ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "Huffman code not supported\n");
+			return -ENOTSUP;
+		}
+
+		/* Set private xform level.
+		 * Checking compliance with compressdev API, -1 <= level => 9
+		 */
+		if (xform->compress.level < RTE_COMP_LEVEL_PMD_DEFAULT ||
+				xform->compress.level > RTE_COMP_LEVEL_MAX) {
+			ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "Compression level out of range\n");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+		/* Check for Compressdev API level 0, No compression
+		 * not supported in ISA-L
+		 */
+		else if (xform->compress.level == RTE_COMP_LEVEL_NONE) {
+			ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "No Compression not supported\n");
+			return -ENOTSUP;
+		}
+		/* If using fixed huffman code, level must be 0 */
+		else if (priv_xform->compress.deflate.huffman ==
+				RTE_COMP_HUFFMAN_FIXED) {
+			ISAL_PMD_LOG(DEBUG, "ISA-L level 0 used due to a"
+					" fixed huffman code\n");
+			priv_xform->compress.level = RTE_COMP_ISAL_LEVEL_ZERO;
+			priv_xform->level_buffer_size =
+					ISAL_DEF_LVL0_DEFAULT;
+		} else {
+			/* Mapping API levels to ISA-L levels 1,2 & 3 */
+			switch (xform->compress.level) {
+			case RTE_COMP_LEVEL_PMD_DEFAULT:
+				/* Default is 1 if not using fixed huffman */
+				priv_xform->compress.level =
+						RTE_COMP_ISAL_LEVEL_ONE;
+				priv_xform->level_buffer_size =
+						ISAL_DEF_LVL1_DEFAULT;
+				break;
+			case RTE_COMP_LEVEL_MIN:
+				priv_xform->compress.level =
+						RTE_COMP_ISAL_LEVEL_ONE;
+				priv_xform->level_buffer_size =
+						ISAL_DEF_LVL1_DEFAULT;
+				break;
+			case RTE_COMP_ISAL_LEVEL_TWO:
+				priv_xform->compress.level =
+						RTE_COMP_ISAL_LEVEL_TWO;
+				priv_xform->level_buffer_size =
+						ISAL_DEF_LVL2_DEFAULT;
+				break;
+			/* Level 3 or higher requested */
+			default:
+				/* Check for AVX512, to use ISA-L level 3 */
+				if (rte_cpu_get_flag_enabled(
+						RTE_CPUFLAG_AVX512F)) {
+					priv_xform->compress.level =
+						RTE_COMP_ISAL_LEVEL_THREE;
+					priv_xform->level_buffer_size =
+						ISAL_DEF_LVL3_DEFAULT;
+				}
+				/* Check for AVX2, to use ISA-L level 3 */
+				else if (rte_cpu_get_flag_enabled(
+						RTE_CPUFLAG_AVX2)) {
+					priv_xform->compress.level =
+						RTE_COMP_ISAL_LEVEL_THREE;
+					priv_xform->level_buffer_size =
+						ISAL_DEF_LVL3_DEFAULT;
+				}
+				else{
+					ISAL_PMD_LOG(DEBUG, "Requested ISA-L level"
+						" 3 or above; Level 3 optimized"
+						" for AVX512 & AVX2 only."
+						" level changed to 2.\n");
+					priv_xform->compress.level =
+						RTE_COMP_ISAL_LEVEL_TWO;
+					priv_xform->level_buffer_size =
+						ISAL_DEF_LVL2_DEFAULT;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* Set decompression private xform variables */
+	else if (xform->type == RTE_COMP_DECOMPRESS) {
+
+		/* Set private xform type - COMPRESS/DECOMPRESS */
+		priv_xform->type = RTE_COMP_DECOMPRESS;
+
+		/* Set private xform algorithm */
+		if (xform->decompress.algo != RTE_COMP_ALGO_DEFLATE) {
+			if (xform->decompress.algo == RTE_COMP_ALGO_NULL) {
+				ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "By pass not supported\n");
+				return -ENOTSUP;
+			}
+			ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "Algorithm not supported\n");
+			return -ENOTSUP;
+		}
+		priv_xform->decompress.algo = RTE_COMP_ALGO_DEFLATE;
+
+		/* Set private xform checksum */
+		switch (xform->decompress.chksum) {
+		case(RTE_COMP_CHECKSUM_NONE):
+			priv_xform->decompress.chksum = RTE_COMP_CHECKSUM_NONE;
+			break;
+		case(RTE_COMP_CHECKSUM_ADLER32):
+			priv_xform->decompress.chksum = ISAL_ZLIB;
+			break;
+		case(RTE_COMP_CHECKSUM_CRC32):
+			priv_xform->decompress.chksum = ISAL_GZIP;
+			break;
+		default:
+			ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "Checksum not supported\n");
+			return -ENOTSUP;
+		}
+
+		/* Set private xform window size, 32K supported */
+		if (xform->decompress.window_size == RTE_COMP_ISAL_WINDOW_SIZE)
+			priv_xform->decompress.window_size =
+					RTE_COMP_ISAL_WINDOW_SIZE;
+		else {
+			ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "Window size not supported\n");
+			return -ENOTSUP;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* Create ISA-L compression device */
 static int
 compdev_isal_create(const char *name, struct rte_vdev_device *vdev,
diff --git a/drivers/compress/isal/isal_compress_pmd_ops.c b/drivers/compress/isal/isal_compress_pmd_ops.c
index 2f828c5..9c89df0 100644
--- a/drivers/compress/isal/isal_compress_pmd_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/compress/isal/isal_compress_pmd_ops.c
@@ -13,10 +13,59 @@ static const struct rte_compressdev_capabilities isal_pmd_capabilities[] = {
 
 /** Configure device */
 static int
-isal_comp_pmd_config(struct rte_compressdev *dev __rte_unused,
-		struct rte_compressdev_config *config __rte_unused)
+isal_comp_pmd_config(struct rte_compressdev *dev,
+		struct rte_compressdev_config *config)
 {
-	return 0;
+	int ret = 0;
+	unsigned int n;
+	char mp_name[RTE_COMPRESSDEV_NAME_MAX_LEN];
+	unsigned int elt_size = sizeof(struct isal_priv_xform);
+	struct isal_comp_private *internals = dev->data->dev_private;
+
+	n = snprintf(mp_name, sizeof(mp_name), "compdev_%d_xform_mp",
+			dev->data->dev_id);
+	if (n > sizeof(mp_name)) {
+		ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR,
+			"Unable to create unique name for xform mempool");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	internals->priv_xform_mp = rte_mempool_lookup(mp_name);
+
+	if (internals->priv_xform_mp != NULL) {
+		if (((internals->priv_xform_mp)->elt_size != elt_size) ||
+				((internals->priv_xform_mp)->size <
+					config->max_nb_priv_xforms)) {
+
+			ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "%s mempool already exists with different"
+				" initialization parameters", mp_name);
+			internals->priv_xform_mp = NULL;
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+	} else { /* First time configuration */
+		internals->priv_xform_mp = rte_mempool_create(
+				mp_name, /* mempool name */
+				/* number of elements*/
+				config->max_nb_priv_xforms,
+				elt_size, /* element size*/
+				0, /* Cache size*/
+				0, /* private data size */
+				NULL, /* obj initialization constructor */
+				NULL, /* obj initialization constructor arg */
+				NULL, /**< obj constructor*/
+				NULL, /* obj constructor arg */
+				config->socket_id, /* socket id */
+				0); /* flags */
+	}
+
+	if (internals->priv_xform_mp == NULL) {
+		ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "%s mempool allocation failed", mp_name);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	dev->data->dev_private = internals;
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /** Start device */
@@ -57,6 +106,50 @@ isal_comp_pmd_info_get(struct rte_compressdev *dev __rte_unused,
 	}
 }
 
+/** Set private xform data*/
+static int
+isal_comp_pmd_priv_xform_create(struct rte_compressdev *dev,
+			const struct rte_comp_xform *xform, void **priv_xform)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct isal_comp_private *internals = dev->data->dev_private;
+
+	if (xform == NULL) {
+		ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "Invalid Xform struct");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (rte_mempool_get(internals->priv_xform_mp, priv_xform)) {
+		ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR,
+			"Couldn't get object from private xform mempool");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	ret = isal_comp_set_priv_xform_parameters(*priv_xform, xform);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "Failed to configure private xform parameters");
+
+		/* Return private xform to mempool */
+		rte_mempool_put(internals->priv_xform_mp, priv_xform);
+		return ret;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/** Clear memory of the private xform so it doesn't leave key material behind */
+static int
+isal_comp_pmd_priv_xform_free(struct rte_compressdev *dev, void *priv_xform)
+{
+	struct isal_comp_private *internals = dev->data->dev_private;
+
+	/* Zero out the whole structure */
+	if (priv_xform) {
+		memset(priv_xform, 0, sizeof(struct isal_priv_xform));
+		rte_mempool_put(internals->priv_xform_mp, priv_xform);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 struct rte_compressdev_ops isal_pmd_ops = {
 		.dev_configure		= isal_comp_pmd_config,
 		.dev_start		= isal_comp_pmd_start,
@@ -71,8 +164,8 @@ struct rte_compressdev_ops isal_pmd_ops = {
 		.queue_pair_setup	= NULL,
 		.queue_pair_release	= NULL,
 
-		.private_xform_create	= NULL,
-		.private_xform_free	= NULL,
+		.private_xform_create	= isal_comp_pmd_priv_xform_create,
+		.private_xform_free	= isal_comp_pmd_priv_xform_free,
 };
 
 struct rte_compressdev_ops *isal_compress_pmd_ops = &isal_pmd_ops;
diff --git a/drivers/compress/isal/isal_compress_pmd_private.h b/drivers/compress/isal/isal_compress_pmd_private.h
index efbe68b..7e3b840 100644
--- a/drivers/compress/isal/isal_compress_pmd_private.h
+++ b/drivers/compress/isal/isal_compress_pmd_private.h
@@ -30,6 +30,21 @@ struct isal_comp_qp {
 	uint16_t num_free_elements;
 } __rte_cache_aligned;
 
+/** ISA-L private xform structure */
+struct isal_priv_xform {
+	enum rte_comp_xform_type type;
+	union {
+		struct rte_comp_compress_xform compress;
+		struct rte_comp_decompress_xform decompress;
+	};
+	uint32_t level_buffer_size;
+} __rte_cache_aligned;
+
+/** Set and validate NULL comp private xform parameters */
+extern int
+isal_comp_set_priv_xform_parameters(struct isal_priv_xform *priv_xform,
+			const struct rte_comp_xform *xform);
+
 /** device specific operations function pointer structure */
 extern struct rte_compressdev_ops *isal_compress_pmd_ops;
 
