diff --git a/lib/librte_regexdev/Makefile b/lib/librte_regexdev/Makefile
index 2e2925e..e27451f 100644
--- a/lib/librte_regexdev/Makefile
+++ b/lib/librte_regexdev/Makefile
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ 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
 
 # versioning export map
 EXPORT_MAP := rte_regexdev_version.map
diff --git a/lib/librte_regexdev/meson.build b/lib/librte_regexdev/meson.build
index 5256591..32e8da7 100644
--- a/lib/librte_regexdev/meson.build
+++ b/lib/librte_regexdev/meson.build
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # Copyright(C) 2020 Mellanox Technologies, Ltd
 
 sources = files('rte_regexdev.c')
-headers = files('rte_regexdev.h')
+headers = files('rte_regexdev.h', 'rte_regexdev_core.h')
 deps += ['mbuf']
diff --git a/lib/librte_regexdev/rte_regexdev.h b/lib/librte_regexdev/rte_regexdev.h
index b8a5346..3101b4a 100644
--- a/lib/librte_regexdev/rte_regexdev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_regexdev/rte_regexdev.h
@@ -1466,6 +1466,8 @@ struct rte_regex_ops {
 rte_regexdev_dequeue_burst(uint8_t dev_id, uint16_t qp_id,
 			   struct rte_regex_ops **ops, uint16_t nb_ops);
 
+#include "rte_regexdev_core.h"
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/librte_regexdev/rte_regexdev_core.h b/lib/librte_regexdev/rte_regexdev_core.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddf764e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/librte_regexdev/rte_regexdev_core.h
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(C) 2020 Mellanox Technologies, Ltd
+ */
+
+#ifndef _RTE_REGEX_CORE_H_
+#define _RTE_REGEX_CORE_H_
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ *
+ * RTE RegEx Device internal header.
+ *
+ * This header contains internal data types, that are used by the RegEx devices
+ * in order to expose their ops to the class.
+ *
+ * Applications should not use these API directly.
+ *
+ */
+
+struct rte_regexdev;
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_info_get_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev,
+				   struct rte_regexdev_info *info);
+/**< @internal Get the RegEx device info. */
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_configure_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev,
+				    const struct rte_regexdev_config *cfg);
+/**< @internal Configure the RegEx device. */
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_qp_setup_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev, uint16_t id,
+				   const struct rte_regexdev_qp_conf *qp_conf);
+/**< @internal Setup a queue pair.*/
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_start_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev);
+/**< @internal Start the RegEx device. */
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_stop_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev);
+/**< @internal Stop the RegEx device. */
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_close_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev);
+/**< @internal Close the RegEx device. */
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_attr_get_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev,
+				   enum rte_regexdev_attr_id id,
+				   void *value);
+/**< @internal Get selected attribute from RegEx device. */
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_attr_set_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev,
+				   enum rte_regexdev_attr_id id,
+				   const void *value);
+/**< @internal Set selected attribute to RegEx device. */
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_rule_db_update_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev,
+					 const struct rte_regexdev_rule *rules,
+					 uint16_t nb_rules);
+/**< @internal Update the rule database for the RegEx device. */
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_rule_db_compile_activate_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev);
+/**< @internal Compile the rule database and activate it. */
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_rule_db_import_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev,
+					 const  char *rule_db,
+					 uint32_t rule_db_len);
+/**< @internal Upload a pre created rule database to the RegEx device. */
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_rule_db_export_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev,
+					 char *rule_db);
+/**< @internal Export the current rule database from the RegEx device. */
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_xstats_names_get_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev,
+					   struct rte_regexdev_xstats_map
+					   *xstats_map);
+/**< @internal Get xstats name map for the RegEx device. */
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_xstats_get_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev,
+				     const uint16_t *ids, uint64_t *values,
+				     uint16_t nb_values);
+/**< @internal Get xstats values for the RegEx device. */
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_xstats_by_name_get_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev,
+					     const char *name, uint16_t *id,
+					     uint64_t *value);
+/**< @internal Get xstat value for the RegEx device based on the xstats name. */
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_xstats_reset_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev,
+				       const uint16_t *ids,
+				       uint16_t nb_ids);
+/**< @internal Reset xstats values for the RegEx device. */
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_selftest_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev);
+/**< @internal Trigger RegEx self test. */
+
+typedef int (*regexdev_dump_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev, FILE *f);
+/**< @internal Dump internal information about the RegEx device. */
+
+typedef uint16_t (*regexdev_enqueue_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev, uint16_t qp_id,
+				       struct rte_regex_ops **ops,
+				       uint16_t nb_ops);
+/**< @internal Enqueue a burst of scan requests to a queue on RegEx device. */
+
+typedef uint16_t (*regexdev_dequeue_t)(struct rte_regexdev *dev, uint16_t qp_id,
+				       struct rte_regex_ops **ops,
+				       uint16_t nb_ops);
+/**< @internal Dequeue a burst of scan response from a queue on RegEx device. */
+
+/**
+ * RegEx device operations
+ */
+struct rte_regexdev_ops {
+	regexdev_info_get_t dev_info_get;
+	regexdev_configure_t dev_configure;
+	regexdev_qp_setup_t dev_qp_setup;
+	regexdev_start_t dev_start;
+	regexdev_stop_t dev_stop;
+	regexdev_close_t dev_close;
+	regexdev_attr_get_t dev_attr_get;
+	regexdev_attr_set_t dev_attr_set;
+	regexdev_rule_db_update_t dev_rule_db_update;
+	regexdev_rule_db_compile_activate_t dev_rule_db_compile_activate;
+	regexdev_rule_db_import_t dev_db_import;
+	regexdev_rule_db_export_t dev_db_export;
+	regexdev_xstats_names_get_t dev_xstats_names_get;
+	regexdev_xstats_get_t dev_xstats_get;
+	regexdev_xstats_by_name_get_t dev_xstats_by_name_get;
+	regexdev_xstats_reset_t dev_xstats_reset;
+	regexdev_selftest_t dev_selftest;
+	regexdev_dump_t dev_dump;
+};
+
+#define RTE_REGEXDEV_NAME_MAX_LEN
+/**
+ * @internal
+ * The data part, with no function pointers, associated with each RegEx device.
+ *
+ * This structure is safe to place in shared memory to be common among different
+ * processes in a multi-process configuration.
+ */
+struct rte_regexdev_data {
+	void *dev_private; /**< PMD-specific private data. */
+} __rte_cache_aligned;
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ * The generic data structure associated with each RegEx device.
+ *
+ * Pointers to burst-oriented packet receive and transmit functions are
+ * located at the beginning of the structure, along with the pointer to
+ * where all the data elements for the particular device are stored in shared
+ * memory. This split allows the function pointer and driver data to be per-
+ * process, while the actual configuration data for the device is shared.
+ */
+struct rte_regexdev {
+	regexdev_enqueue_t enqueue;
+	regexdev_dequeue_t dequeue;
+	const struct rte_regexdev_ops *dev_ops;
+	/**< Functions exported by PMD */
+	struct rte_device *device; /**< Backing device */
+	struct rte_regexdev_data *data;  /**< Pointer to device data. */
+} __rte_cache_aligned;
+
+#endif /* _RTE_REGEX_CORE_H_ */
