diff --git a/config/common_base b/config/common_base
index 58c0865..f6466a8 100644
--- a/config/common_base
+++ b/config/common_base
@@ -819,10 +819,11 @@ CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_OCTEONTX2_EP_RAWDEV=y
 CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_NTB_RAWDEV=y
 
 #
-# Compile regex device support
+# Compile RexEx device support
 #
 CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_REGEXDEV=y
 CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_REGEXDEV_DEBUG=n
+CONFIG_RTE_MAX_REGEXDEV_DEVS=32
 
 #
 # Compile librte_ring
diff --git a/config/meson.build b/config/meson.build
index abedd76..fb05639 100644
--- a/config/meson.build
+++ b/config/meson.build
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ endforeach
 dpdk_conf.set('RTE_MAX_LCORE', get_option('max_lcores'))
 dpdk_conf.set('RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES', get_option('max_numa_nodes'))
 dpdk_conf.set('RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS', get_option('max_ethports'))
+dpdk_conf.set('RTE_MAX_REGEXDEV_DEVS', get_option('max_regexdev_devs'))
 dpdk_conf.set('RTE_LIBEAL_USE_HPET', get_option('use_hpet'))
 # values which have defaults which may be overridden
 dpdk_conf.set('RTE_MAX_VFIO_GROUPS', 64)
diff --git a/lib/librte_regexdev/Makefile b/lib/librte_regexdev/Makefile
index 9012d29..6ba09f0 100644
--- a/lib/librte_regexdev/Makefile
+++ b/lib/librte_regexdev/Makefile
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_REGEXDEV) := rte_regexdev.c
 # export include files
 SYMLINK-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_REGEXDEV)-include += rte_regexdev.h
 SYMLINK-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_REGEXDEV)-include += rte_regexdev_core.h
+SYMLINK-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_REGEXDEV)-include += rte_regexdev_driver.h
 
 # versioning export map
 EXPORT_MAP := rte_regexdev_version.map
diff --git a/lib/librte_regexdev/meson.build b/lib/librte_regexdev/meson.build
index 1816754..719ee82 100644
--- a/lib/librte_regexdev/meson.build
+++ b/lib/librte_regexdev/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright(c) 2020 Mellanox Corporation
 
+name = 'regexdev'
 allow_experimental_apis = true
 sources = files('rte_regexdev.c')
-headers = files('rte_regexdev.h', 'rte_regexdev_core.h')
+headers = files('rte_regexdev.h',
+	'rte_regexdev_core.h',
+	'rte_regexdev_driver.h')
 deps += ['mbuf']
diff --git a/lib/librte_regexdev/rte_regexdev.c b/lib/librte_regexdev/rte_regexdev.c
index b901877..4396bb5 100644
--- a/lib/librte_regexdev/rte_regexdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_regexdev/rte_regexdev.c
@@ -3,4 +3,76 @@
  * Copyright(C) 2020 Mellanox International Ltd.
  */
 
-#include <rte_regexdev.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <rte_spinlock.h>
+#include <rte_memory.h>
+#include <rte_memcpy.h>
+#include <rte_memzone.h>
+#include <rte_string_fns.h>
+
+#include "rte_regexdev.h"
+#include "rte_regexdev_driver.h"
+
+static struct rte_regexdev *regex_devices[RTE_MAX_REGEXDEV_DEVS];
+
+int rte_regexdev_logtype;
+
+static uint16_t
+regexdev_find_free_dev(void)
+{
+	uint16_t i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < RTE_MAX_REGEXDEV_DEVS; i++) {
+		if (regex_devices[i] == NULL)
+			return i;
+	}
+	return RTE_MAX_REGEXDEV_DEVS;
+}
+
+static const struct rte_regexdev*
+regexdev_allocated(const char *name)
+{
+	uint16_t i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < RTE_MAX_REGEXDEV_DEVS; i++) {
+		if (regex_devices[i] != NULL)
+			if (!strcmp(name, regex_devices[i]->dev_name))
+				return regex_devices[i];
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+int
+rte_regexdev_register(struct rte_regexdev *dev)
+{
+	uint16_t dev_id;
+	int res;
+
+	if (dev->dev_ops == NULL) {
+		RTE_REGEXDEV_LOG(ERR, "RegEx device invalid device ops\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	if (regexdev_allocated(dev->dev_name) != NULL) {
+		RTE_REGEXDEV_LOG
+			(ERR, "RegEx device with name %s already allocated\n",
+			 dev->dev_name);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+	dev_id = regexdev_find_free_dev();
+	if (dev_id == RTE_MAX_REGEXDEV_DEVS) {
+		RTE_REGEXDEV_LOG
+			(ERR, "Reached maximum number of regex devs\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+	dev->dev_id = dev_id;
+	regex_devices[dev_id] = dev;
+	res = dev_id;
+	return res;
+}
+
+void
+rte_regexdev_unregister(struct rte_regexdev *dev)
+{
+	regex_devices[dev->dev_id] = NULL;
+}
diff --git a/lib/librte_regexdev/rte_regexdev.h b/lib/librte_regexdev/rte_regexdev.h
index bbc56f9..d901417 100644
--- a/lib/librte_regexdev/rte_regexdev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_regexdev/rte_regexdev.h
@@ -206,6 +206,13 @@
 #include <rte_mbuf.h>
 #include <rte_memory.h>
 
+#define RTE_REGEX_NAME_MAX_LEN RTE_DEV_NAME_MAX_LEN
+
+extern int rte_regexdev_logtype;
+
+#define RTE_REGEXDEV_LOG(level, ...) \
+	rte_log(RTE_LOG_ ## level, rte_regexdev_logtype, "" __VA_ARGS__)
+
 /**
  * @warning
  * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
diff --git a/lib/librte_regexdev/rte_regexdev_core.h b/lib/librte_regexdev/rte_regexdev_core.h
index e30865d..e380f84 100644
--- a/lib/librte_regexdev/rte_regexdev_core.h
+++ b/lib/librte_regexdev/rte_regexdev_core.h
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ struct rte_regexdev {
 	const struct rte_regexdev_ops *dev_ops;
 	/**< Functions exported by PMD */
 	struct rte_device *device; /**< Backing device */
+	char dev_name[RTE_REGEX_NAME_MAX_LEN]; /**< Unique identifier name */
+	uint16_t dev_id; /**< Device [external]  identifier. */
 } __rte_cache_aligned;
 
 #endif /* _RTE_REGEX_CORE_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/librte_regexdev/rte_regexdev_driver.h b/lib/librte_regexdev/rte_regexdev_driver.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb18640
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/librte_regexdev/rte_regexdev_driver.h
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2020 Mellanox Corporation
+ */
+
+#ifndef _RTE_REGEXDEV_DRIVER_H_
+#define _RTE_REGEXDEV_DRIVER_H_
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ *
+ * RTE RegEx Device PMD API
+ *
+ * APIs that are used by the RegEx drivers, to comunicate with the
+ * RegEx lib.
+ */
+
+#include "rte_regexdev.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ * Register a new regexdev slot for a RegEx device and returns the id
+ * to that slot for the driver to use.
+ *
+ * @param dev
+ *   RegEx device structure..
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   Slot in the rte_regex_devices array for a new device in case of success,
+ *   negative errno otherwise.
+ */
+int rte_regexdev_register(struct rte_regexdev *dev);
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ * Unregister the specified regexdev port.
+ *
+ * @param dev
+ *   Device to be released.
+ */
+void rte_regexdev_unregister(struct rte_regexdev *dev);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _RTE_REGEXDEV_DRIVER_H_ */
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 9e4923a..7e54d8a 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ option('max_lcores', type: 'integer', value: 128,
 	description: 'maximum number of cores/threads supported by EAL')
 option('max_numa_nodes', type: 'integer', value: 4,
 	description: 'maximum number of NUMA nodes supported by EAL')
+option('max_regexdev_devs', type: 'integer', value: 32,
+	description: 'maximum number of RegEx devices')
 option('tests', type: 'boolean', value: true,
 	description: 'build unit tests')
 option('use_hpet', type: 'boolean', value: false,
