diff --git a/lib/librte_vhost/rte_vhost_async.h b/lib/librte_vhost/rte_vhost_async.h
index 82f2ebe..efcba0a 100644
--- a/lib/librte_vhost/rte_vhost_async.h
+++ b/lib/librte_vhost/rte_vhost_async.h
@@ -131,4 +131,42 @@ int rte_vhost_async_channel_register(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
  */
 int rte_vhost_async_channel_unregister(int vid, uint16_t queue_id);
 
+/**
+ * This function submit enqueue data to DMA. This function has no
+ * guranttee to the transfer completion upon return. Applications should
+ * poll transfer status by rte_vhost_poll_enqueue_completed()
+ *
+ * @param vid
+ *  id of vhost device to enqueue data
+ * @param queue_id
+ *  queue id to enqueue data
+ * @param pkts
+ *  array of packets to be enqueued
+ * @param count
+ *  packets num to be enqueued
+ * @return
+ *  num of packets enqueued
+ */
+uint16_t rte_vhost_submit_enqueue_burst(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
+		struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t count);
+
+/**
+ * This function check DMA completion status for a specific vhost
+ * device queue. Packets which finish copying (enqueue) operation
+ * will be returned in an array.
+ *
+ * @param vid
+ *  id of vhost device to enqueue data
+ * @param queue_id
+ *  queue id to enqueue data
+ * @param pkts
+ *  blank array to get return packet pointer
+ * @param count
+ *  size of the packet array
+ * @return
+ *  num of packets returned
+ */
+uint16_t rte_vhost_poll_enqueue_completed(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
+		struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t count);
+
 #endif /* _RTE_VDPA_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/librte_vhost/virtio_net.c b/lib/librte_vhost/virtio_net.c
index 751c1f3..cf9f884 100644
--- a/lib/librte_vhost/virtio_net.c
+++ b/lib/librte_vhost/virtio_net.c
@@ -17,14 +17,15 @@
 #include <rte_arp.h>
 #include <rte_spinlock.h>
 #include <rte_malloc.h>
+#include <rte_vhost_async.h>
 
 #include "iotlb.h"
 #include "vhost.h"
 
-#define MAX_PKT_BURST 32
-
 #define MAX_BATCH_LEN 256
 
+#define VHOST_ASYNC_BATCH_THRESHOLD 8
+
 static  __rte_always_inline bool
 rxvq_is_mergeable(struct virtio_net *dev)
 {
@@ -117,6 +118,35 @@
 }
 
 static __rte_always_inline void
+async_flush_shadow_used_ring_split(struct virtio_net *dev,
+	struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
+{
+	uint16_t used_idx = vq->last_used_idx & (vq->size - 1);
+
+	if (used_idx + vq->shadow_used_idx <= vq->size) {
+		do_flush_shadow_used_ring_split(dev, vq, used_idx, 0,
+					  vq->shadow_used_idx);
+	} else {
+		uint16_t size;
+
+		/* update used ring interval [used_idx, vq->size] */
+		size = vq->size - used_idx;
+		do_flush_shadow_used_ring_split(dev, vq, used_idx, 0, size);
+
+		/* update the left half used ring interval [0, left_size] */
+		do_flush_shadow_used_ring_split(dev, vq, 0, size,
+					  vq->shadow_used_idx - size);
+	}
+	vq->last_used_idx += vq->shadow_used_idx;
+
+	rte_smp_wmb();
+
+	vhost_log_cache_sync(dev, vq);
+
+	vq->shadow_used_idx = 0;
+}
+
+static __rte_always_inline void
 update_shadow_used_ring_split(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 			 uint16_t desc_idx, uint32_t len)
 {
@@ -905,6 +935,199 @@
 	return error;
 }
 
+static __rte_always_inline void
+async_fill_vec(struct iovec *v, void *base, size_t len)
+{
+	v->iov_base = base;
+	v->iov_len = len;
+}
+
+static __rte_always_inline void
+async_fill_it(struct iov_it *it, size_t count,
+	struct iovec *vec, unsigned long nr_seg)
+{
+	it->offset = 0;
+	it->count = count;
+
+	if (count) {
+		it->iov = vec;
+		it->nr_segs = nr_seg;
+	} else {
+		it->iov = 0;
+		it->nr_segs = 0;
+	}
+}
+
+static __rte_always_inline void
+async_fill_des(struct dma_trans_desc *desc,
+	struct iov_it *src, struct iov_it *dst)
+{
+	desc->src = src;
+	desc->dst = dst;
+}
+
+static __rte_always_inline int
+async_mbuf_to_desc(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
+			struct rte_mbuf *m, struct buf_vector *buf_vec,
+			uint16_t nr_vec, uint16_t num_buffers,
+			struct iovec *src_iovec, struct iovec *dst_iovec,
+			struct iov_it *src_it, struct iov_it *dst_it)
+{
+	uint32_t vec_idx = 0;
+	uint32_t mbuf_offset, mbuf_avail;
+	uint32_t buf_offset, buf_avail;
+	uint64_t buf_addr, buf_iova, buf_len;
+	uint32_t cpy_len, cpy_threshold;
+	uint64_t hdr_addr;
+	struct rte_mbuf *hdr_mbuf;
+	struct batch_copy_elem *batch_copy = vq->batch_copy_elems;
+	struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf tmp_hdr, *hdr = NULL;
+	int error = 0;
+
+	uint32_t tlen = 0;
+	int tvec_idx = 0;
+	void *hpa;
+
+	if (unlikely(m == NULL)) {
+		error = -1;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	cpy_threshold = vq->async_threshold;
+
+	buf_addr = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_addr;
+	buf_iova = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_iova;
+	buf_len = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_len;
+
+	if (unlikely(buf_len < dev->vhost_hlen && nr_vec <= 1)) {
+		error = -1;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	hdr_mbuf = m;
+	hdr_addr = buf_addr;
+	if (unlikely(buf_len < dev->vhost_hlen))
+		hdr = &tmp_hdr;
+	else
+		hdr = (struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf *)(uintptr_t)hdr_addr;
+
+	VHOST_LOG_DATA(DEBUG, "(%d) RX: num merge buffers %d\n",
+		dev->vid, num_buffers);
+
+	if (unlikely(buf_len < dev->vhost_hlen)) {
+		buf_offset = dev->vhost_hlen - buf_len;
+		vec_idx++;
+		buf_addr = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_addr;
+		buf_iova = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_iova;
+		buf_len = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_len;
+		buf_avail = buf_len - buf_offset;
+	} else {
+		buf_offset = dev->vhost_hlen;
+		buf_avail = buf_len - dev->vhost_hlen;
+	}
+
+	mbuf_avail  = rte_pktmbuf_data_len(m);
+	mbuf_offset = 0;
+
+	while (mbuf_avail != 0 || m->next != NULL) {
+		/* done with current buf, get the next one */
+		if (buf_avail == 0) {
+			vec_idx++;
+			if (unlikely(vec_idx >= nr_vec)) {
+				error = -1;
+				goto out;
+			}
+
+			buf_addr = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_addr;
+			buf_iova = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_iova;
+			buf_len = buf_vec[vec_idx].buf_len;
+
+			buf_offset = 0;
+			buf_avail  = buf_len;
+		}
+
+		/* done with current mbuf, get the next one */
+		if (mbuf_avail == 0) {
+			m = m->next;
+
+			mbuf_offset = 0;
+			mbuf_avail  = rte_pktmbuf_data_len(m);
+		}
+
+		if (hdr_addr) {
+			virtio_enqueue_offload(hdr_mbuf, &hdr->hdr);
+			if (rxvq_is_mergeable(dev))
+				ASSIGN_UNLESS_EQUAL(hdr->num_buffers,
+						num_buffers);
+
+			if (unlikely(hdr == &tmp_hdr)) {
+				copy_vnet_hdr_to_desc(dev, vq, buf_vec, hdr);
+			} else {
+				PRINT_PACKET(dev, (uintptr_t)hdr_addr,
+						dev->vhost_hlen, 0);
+				vhost_log_cache_write_iova(dev, vq,
+						buf_vec[0].buf_iova,
+						dev->vhost_hlen);
+			}
+
+			hdr_addr = 0;
+		}
+
+		cpy_len = RTE_MIN(buf_avail, mbuf_avail);
+
+		if (unlikely(cpy_len >= cpy_threshold)) {
+			hpa = (void *)(uintptr_t)gpa_to_hpa(dev,
+					buf_iova + buf_offset, cpy_len);
+
+			if (unlikely(!hpa)) {
+				error = -1;
+				goto out;
+			}
+
+			async_fill_vec(src_iovec + tvec_idx,
+				(void *)(uintptr_t)rte_pktmbuf_iova_offset(m,
+						mbuf_offset), cpy_len);
+
+			async_fill_vec(dst_iovec + tvec_idx, hpa, cpy_len);
+
+			tlen += cpy_len;
+			tvec_idx++;
+		} else {
+			if (unlikely(vq->batch_copy_nb_elems >= vq->size)) {
+				rte_memcpy(
+				(void *)((uintptr_t)(buf_addr + buf_offset)),
+				rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m, void *, mbuf_offset),
+				cpy_len);
+
+				PRINT_PACKET(dev,
+					(uintptr_t)(buf_addr + buf_offset),
+					cpy_len, 0);
+			} else {
+				batch_copy[vq->batch_copy_nb_elems].dst =
+				(void *)((uintptr_t)(buf_addr + buf_offset));
+				batch_copy[vq->batch_copy_nb_elems].src =
+				rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m, void *, mbuf_offset);
+				batch_copy[vq->batch_copy_nb_elems].log_addr =
+					buf_iova + buf_offset;
+				batch_copy[vq->batch_copy_nb_elems].len =
+					cpy_len;
+				vq->batch_copy_nb_elems++;
+			}
+		}
+
+		mbuf_avail  -= cpy_len;
+		mbuf_offset += cpy_len;
+		buf_avail  -= cpy_len;
+		buf_offset += cpy_len;
+	}
+
+out:
+	async_fill_it(src_it, tlen, src_iovec, tvec_idx);
+	async_fill_it(dst_it, tlen, dst_iovec, tvec_idx);
+
+	return error;
+}
+
 static __rte_always_inline int
 vhost_enqueue_single_packed(struct virtio_net *dev,
 			    struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
@@ -1236,6 +1459,317 @@
 	return virtio_dev_rx(dev, queue_id, pkts, count);
 }
 
+static __rte_always_inline void
+virtio_dev_rx_async_submit_split_err(struct virtio_net *dev,
+	struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, uint16_t queue_id,
+	uint16_t last_idx, uint16_t shadow_idx)
+{
+	while (vq->async_pkts_inflight_n) {
+		int er = vq->async_ops.check_completed_copies(dev->vid,
+			queue_id, 0, MAX_PKT_BURST);
+
+		if (er < 0) {
+			vq->async_pkts_inflight_n = 0;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		vq->async_pkts_inflight_n -= er;
+	}
+
+	vq->shadow_used_idx = shadow_idx;
+	vq->last_avail_idx = last_idx;
+}
+
+static __rte_noinline uint32_t
+virtio_dev_rx_async_submit_split(struct virtio_net *dev,
+	struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, uint16_t queue_id,
+	struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint32_t count)
+{
+	uint32_t pkt_idx = 0, pkt_burst_idx = 0;
+	uint16_t num_buffers;
+	struct buf_vector buf_vec[BUF_VECTOR_MAX];
+	uint16_t avail_head, last_idx, shadow_idx;
+
+	struct iov_it *it_pool = vq->it_pool;
+	struct iovec *vec_pool = vq->vec_pool;
+	struct dma_trans_desc tdes[MAX_PKT_BURST];
+	struct iovec *src_iovec = vec_pool;
+	struct iovec *dst_iovec = vec_pool + (VHOST_MAX_ASYNC_VEC >> 1);
+	struct iov_it *src_it = it_pool;
+	struct iov_it *dst_it = it_pool + 1;
+	uint16_t n_free_slot, slot_idx;
+	int n_pkts = 0;
+
+	avail_head = *((volatile uint16_t *)&vq->avail->idx);
+	last_idx = vq->last_avail_idx;
+	shadow_idx = vq->shadow_used_idx;
+
+	/*
+	 * The ordering between avail index and
+	 * desc reads needs to be enforced.
+	 */
+	rte_smp_rmb();
+
+	rte_prefetch0(&vq->avail->ring[vq->last_avail_idx & (vq->size - 1)]);
+
+	for (pkt_idx = 0; pkt_idx < count; pkt_idx++) {
+		uint32_t pkt_len = pkts[pkt_idx]->pkt_len + dev->vhost_hlen;
+		uint16_t nr_vec = 0;
+
+		if (unlikely(reserve_avail_buf_split(dev, vq,
+						pkt_len, buf_vec, &num_buffers,
+						avail_head, &nr_vec) < 0)) {
+			VHOST_LOG_DATA(DEBUG,
+				"(%d) failed to get enough desc from vring\n",
+				dev->vid);
+			vq->shadow_used_idx -= num_buffers;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(DEBUG, "(%d) current index %d | end index %d\n",
+			dev->vid, vq->last_avail_idx,
+			vq->last_avail_idx + num_buffers);
+
+		if (async_mbuf_to_desc(dev, vq, pkts[pkt_idx],
+				buf_vec, nr_vec, num_buffers,
+				src_iovec, dst_iovec, src_it, dst_it) < 0) {
+			vq->shadow_used_idx -= num_buffers;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		slot_idx = (vq->async_pkts_idx + pkt_idx) & (vq->size - 1);
+		if (src_it->count) {
+			async_fill_des(&tdes[pkt_burst_idx], src_it, dst_it);
+			pkt_burst_idx++;
+			vq->async_pending_info[slot_idx] =
+				num_buffers | (src_it->nr_segs << 16);
+			src_iovec += src_it->nr_segs;
+			dst_iovec += dst_it->nr_segs;
+			src_it += 2;
+			dst_it += 2;
+		} else {
+			vq->async_pending_info[slot_idx] = num_buffers;
+			vq->async_pkts_inflight_n++;
+		}
+
+		vq->last_avail_idx += num_buffers;
+
+		if (pkt_burst_idx >= VHOST_ASYNC_BATCH_THRESHOLD ||
+				(pkt_idx == count - 1 && pkt_burst_idx)) {
+			n_pkts = vq->async_ops.transfer_data(dev->vid,
+					queue_id, tdes, 0, pkt_burst_idx);
+			src_iovec = vec_pool;
+			dst_iovec = vec_pool + (VHOST_MAX_ASYNC_VEC >> 1);
+			src_it = it_pool;
+			dst_it = it_pool + 1;
+
+			if (unlikely(n_pkts < (int)pkt_burst_idx)) {
+				vq->async_pkts_inflight_n +=
+					n_pkts > 0 ? n_pkts : 0;
+				virtio_dev_rx_async_submit_split_err(dev,
+					vq, queue_id, last_idx, shadow_idx);
+				return 0;
+			}
+
+			pkt_burst_idx = 0;
+			vq->async_pkts_inflight_n += n_pkts;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (pkt_burst_idx) {
+		n_pkts = vq->async_ops.transfer_data(dev->vid,
+				queue_id, tdes, 0, pkt_burst_idx);
+		if (unlikely(n_pkts <= (int)pkt_burst_idx)) {
+			vq->async_pkts_inflight_n += n_pkts > 0 ? n_pkts : 0;
+			virtio_dev_rx_async_submit_split_err(dev, vq, queue_id,
+			last_idx, shadow_idx);
+			return 0;
+		}
+
+		vq->async_pkts_inflight_n += n_pkts;
+	}
+
+	do_data_copy_enqueue(dev, vq);
+
+	n_free_slot = vq->size - vq->async_pkts_idx;
+	if (n_free_slot > pkt_idx) {
+		rte_memcpy(&vq->async_pkts_pending[vq->async_pkts_idx],
+			pkts, pkt_idx * sizeof(uintptr_t));
+		vq->async_pkts_idx += pkt_idx;
+	} else {
+		rte_memcpy(&vq->async_pkts_pending[vq->async_pkts_idx],
+			pkts, n_free_slot * sizeof(uintptr_t));
+		rte_memcpy(&vq->async_pkts_pending[0],
+			&pkts[n_free_slot],
+			(pkt_idx - n_free_slot) * sizeof(uintptr_t));
+		vq->async_pkts_idx = pkt_idx - n_free_slot;
+	}
+
+	if (likely(vq->shadow_used_idx))
+		async_flush_shadow_used_ring_split(dev, vq);
+
+	return pkt_idx;
+}
+
+uint16_t rte_vhost_poll_enqueue_completed(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
+		struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t count)
+{
+	struct virtio_net *dev = get_device(vid);
+	struct vhost_virtqueue *vq;
+	uint16_t n_pkts_cpl, n_pkts_put = 0, n_descs = 0;
+	uint16_t start_idx, pkts_idx, vq_size;
+	uint64_t *async_pending_info;
+
+	VHOST_LOG_DATA(DEBUG, "(%d) %s\n", dev->vid, __func__);
+	if (unlikely(!is_valid_virt_queue_idx(queue_id, 0, dev->nr_vring))) {
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%d) %s: invalid virtqueue idx %d.\n",
+			dev->vid, __func__, queue_id);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	vq = dev->virtqueue[queue_id];
+
+	rte_spinlock_lock(&vq->access_lock);
+
+	pkts_idx = vq->async_pkts_idx;
+	async_pending_info = vq->async_pending_info;
+	vq_size = vq->size;
+	start_idx = pkts_idx > vq->async_pkts_inflight_n ?
+		pkts_idx - vq->async_pkts_inflight_n :
+		(vq_size - vq->async_pkts_inflight_n + pkts_idx) &
+		(vq_size - 1);
+
+	n_pkts_cpl =
+		vq->async_ops.check_completed_copies(vid, queue_id, 0, count);
+
+	rte_smp_wmb();
+
+	while (likely(((start_idx + n_pkts_put) & (vq_size - 1)) != pkts_idx)) {
+		uint64_t info = async_pending_info[
+			(start_idx + n_pkts_put) & (vq_size - 1)];
+		uint64_t n_segs;
+		n_pkts_put++;
+		n_descs += info & ASYNC_PENDING_INFO_N_MSK;
+		n_segs = info >> ASYNC_PENDING_INFO_N_SFT;
+
+		if (n_segs) {
+			if (!n_pkts_cpl || n_pkts_cpl < n_segs) {
+				n_pkts_put--;
+				n_descs -= info & ASYNC_PENDING_INFO_N_MSK;
+				if (n_pkts_cpl) {
+					async_pending_info[
+						(start_idx + n_pkts_put) &
+						(vq_size - 1)] =
+					((n_segs - n_pkts_cpl) <<
+					 ASYNC_PENDING_INFO_N_SFT) |
+					(info & ASYNC_PENDING_INFO_N_MSK);
+					n_pkts_cpl = 0;
+				}
+				break;
+			}
+			n_pkts_cpl -= n_segs;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (n_pkts_put) {
+		vq->async_pkts_inflight_n -= n_pkts_put;
+		*(volatile uint16_t *)&vq->used->idx += n_descs;
+
+		vhost_vring_call_split(dev, vq);
+	}
+
+	if (start_idx + n_pkts_put <= vq_size) {
+		rte_memcpy(pkts, &vq->async_pkts_pending[start_idx],
+			n_pkts_put * sizeof(uintptr_t));
+	} else {
+		rte_memcpy(pkts, &vq->async_pkts_pending[start_idx],
+			(vq_size - start_idx) * sizeof(uintptr_t));
+		rte_memcpy(&pkts[vq_size - start_idx], vq->async_pkts_pending,
+			(n_pkts_put - vq_size + start_idx) * sizeof(uintptr_t));
+	}
+
+	rte_spinlock_unlock(&vq->access_lock);
+
+	return n_pkts_put;
+}
+
+static __rte_always_inline uint32_t
+virtio_dev_rx_async_submit(struct virtio_net *dev, uint16_t queue_id,
+	struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint32_t count)
+{
+	struct vhost_virtqueue *vq;
+	uint32_t nb_tx = 0;
+	bool drawback = false;
+
+	VHOST_LOG_DATA(DEBUG, "(%d) %s\n", dev->vid, __func__);
+	if (unlikely(!is_valid_virt_queue_idx(queue_id, 0, dev->nr_vring))) {
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR, "(%d) %s: invalid virtqueue idx %d.\n",
+			dev->vid, __func__, queue_id);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	vq = dev->virtqueue[queue_id];
+
+	rte_spinlock_lock(&vq->access_lock);
+
+	if (unlikely(vq->enabled == 0))
+		goto out_access_unlock;
+
+	if (unlikely(!vq->async_registered)) {
+		drawback = true;
+		goto out_access_unlock;
+	}
+
+	if (dev->features & (1ULL << VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM))
+		vhost_user_iotlb_rd_lock(vq);
+
+	if (unlikely(vq->access_ok == 0))
+		if (unlikely(vring_translate(dev, vq) < 0))
+			goto out;
+
+	count = RTE_MIN((uint32_t)MAX_PKT_BURST, count);
+	if (count == 0)
+		goto out;
+
+	/* TODO: packed queue not implemented */
+	if (vq_is_packed(dev))
+		nb_tx = 0;
+	else
+		nb_tx = virtio_dev_rx_async_submit_split(dev,
+				vq, queue_id, pkts, count);
+
+out:
+	if (dev->features & (1ULL << VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM))
+		vhost_user_iotlb_rd_unlock(vq);
+
+out_access_unlock:
+	rte_spinlock_unlock(&vq->access_lock);
+
+	if (drawback)
+		return rte_vhost_enqueue_burst(dev->vid, queue_id, pkts, count);
+
+	return nb_tx;
+}
+
+uint16_t
+rte_vhost_submit_enqueue_burst(int vid, uint16_t queue_id,
+		struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t count)
+{
+	struct virtio_net *dev = get_device(vid);
+
+	if (!dev)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (unlikely(!(dev->flags & VIRTIO_DEV_BUILTIN_VIRTIO_NET))) {
+		VHOST_LOG_DATA(ERR,
+			"(%d) %s: built-in vhost net backend is disabled.\n",
+			dev->vid, __func__);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return virtio_dev_rx_async_submit(dev, queue_id, pkts, count);
+}
+
 static inline bool
 virtio_net_with_host_offload(struct virtio_net *dev)
 {
