diff --git a/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_ops.c b/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_ops.c
index 9548584..a76ad8c 100644
--- a/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_ops.c
+++ b/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_ops.c
@@ -176,8 +176,6 @@ cperf_set_ops_auth(struct rte_crypto_op **ops,
 					uint8_t *, offset);
 			sym_op->auth.digest.phys_addr =
 					rte_pktmbuf_mtophys_offset(buf,	offset);
-			sym_op->auth.aad.phys_addr = test_vector->aad.phys_addr;
-			sym_op->auth.aad.data = test_vector->aad.data;
 
 		}
 
@@ -262,8 +260,6 @@ cperf_set_ops_cipher_auth(struct rte_crypto_op **ops,
 					uint8_t *, offset);
 			sym_op->auth.digest.phys_addr =
 					rte_pktmbuf_mtophys_offset(buf,	offset);
-			sym_op->auth.aad.phys_addr = test_vector->aad.phys_addr;
-			sym_op->auth.aad.data = test_vector->aad.data;
 		}
 
 		if (options->auth_algo == RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SNOW3G_UIA2 ||
@@ -301,23 +297,22 @@ cperf_set_ops_aead(struct rte_crypto_op **ops,
 				test_vector->cipher_iv.data,
 				test_vector->cipher_iv.length);
 
-		/* cipher parameters */
-		sym_op->cipher.data.length = options->test_buffer_size;
-		sym_op->cipher.data.offset =
-				RTE_ALIGN_CEIL(options->auth_aad_sz, 16);
+		/* AEAD parameters */
+		sym_op->aead.data.length = options->test_buffer_size;
+		sym_op->aead.data.offset =
+				RTE_ALIGN_CEIL(options->aead_aad_sz, 16);
 
-		sym_op->auth.aad.data = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(bufs_in[i], uint8_t *);
-		sym_op->auth.aad.phys_addr = rte_pktmbuf_mtophys(bufs_in[i]);
+		sym_op->aead.aad.data = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(bufs_in[i], uint8_t *);
+		sym_op->aead.aad.phys_addr = rte_pktmbuf_mtophys(bufs_in[i]);
 
-		/* authentication parameters */
-		if (options->auth_op == RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_OP_VERIFY) {
-			sym_op->auth.digest.data = test_vector->digest.data;
-			sym_op->auth.digest.phys_addr =
+		if (options->aead_op == RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_DECRYPT) {
+			sym_op->aead.digest.data = test_vector->digest.data;
+			sym_op->aead.digest.phys_addr =
 					test_vector->digest.phys_addr;
 		} else {
 
-			uint32_t offset = sym_op->cipher.data.length +
-						sym_op->cipher.data.offset;
+			uint32_t offset = sym_op->aead.data.length +
+						sym_op->aead.data.offset;
 			struct rte_mbuf *buf, *tbuf;
 
 			if (options->out_of_place) {
@@ -333,14 +328,11 @@ cperf_set_ops_aead(struct rte_crypto_op **ops,
 				}
 			}
 
-			sym_op->auth.digest.data = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(buf,
+			sym_op->aead.digest.data = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(buf,
 					uint8_t *, offset);
-			sym_op->auth.digest.phys_addr =
+			sym_op->aead.digest.phys_addr =
 					rte_pktmbuf_mtophys_offset(buf,	offset);
 		}
-
-		sym_op->auth.data.length = options->test_buffer_size;
-		sym_op->auth.data.offset = options->auth_aad_sz;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -354,6 +346,7 @@ cperf_create_session(uint8_t dev_id,
 {
 	struct rte_crypto_sym_xform cipher_xform;
 	struct rte_crypto_sym_xform auth_xform;
+	struct rte_crypto_sym_xform aead_xform;
 	struct rte_cryptodev_sym_session *sess = NULL;
 
 	/*
@@ -393,9 +386,7 @@ cperf_create_session(uint8_t dev_id,
 		/* auth different than null */
 		if (options->auth_algo != RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_NULL) {
 			auth_xform.auth.digest_length =
-					options->auth_digest_sz;
-			auth_xform.auth.add_auth_data_length =
-					options->auth_aad_sz;
+					options->digest_sz;
 			auth_xform.auth.key.length =
 					test_vector->auth_key.length;
 			auth_xform.auth.key.data = test_vector->auth_key.data;
@@ -414,9 +405,7 @@ cperf_create_session(uint8_t dev_id,
 	 * cipher and auth
 	 */
 	} else if (options->op_type == CPERF_CIPHER_THEN_AUTH
-			|| options->op_type == CPERF_AUTH_THEN_CIPHER
-			|| options->op_type == CPERF_AEAD) {
-
+			|| options->op_type == CPERF_AUTH_THEN_CIPHER) {
 		/*
 		 * cipher
 		 */
@@ -450,23 +439,12 @@ cperf_create_session(uint8_t dev_id,
 
 		/* auth different than null */
 		if (options->auth_algo != RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_NULL) {
-			auth_xform.auth.digest_length = options->auth_digest_sz;
-			auth_xform.auth.add_auth_data_length =
-					options->auth_aad_sz;
-			/* auth options for aes gcm */
-			if (options->cipher_algo == RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_GCM &&
-				options->auth_algo == RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GCM) {
-				auth_xform.auth.key.length = 0;
-				auth_xform.auth.key.data = NULL;
-				auth_xform.auth.iv.length = 0;
-			} else { /* auth options for others */
-				auth_xform.auth.key.length =
+			auth_xform.auth.digest_length = options->digest_sz;
+			auth_xform.auth.iv.length = test_vector->auth_iv.length;
+			auth_xform.auth.key.length =
 					test_vector->auth_key.length;
-				auth_xform.auth.key.data =
-						test_vector->auth_key.data;
-				auth_xform.auth.iv.length =
-						test_vector->auth_iv.length;
-			}
+			auth_xform.auth.key.data =
+					test_vector->auth_key.data;
 		} else {
 			auth_xform.auth.digest_length = 0;
 			auth_xform.auth.add_auth_data_length = 0;
@@ -475,35 +453,39 @@ cperf_create_session(uint8_t dev_id,
 			auth_xform.auth.iv.length = 0;
 		}
 
-		/* create crypto session for aes gcm */
-		if (options->cipher_algo == RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_GCM) {
-			if (options->cipher_op ==
-					RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_ENCRYPT) {
-				cipher_xform.next = &auth_xform;
-				/* create crypto session */
-				sess = rte_cryptodev_sym_session_create(dev_id,
-					&cipher_xform);
-			} else { /* decrypt */
-				auth_xform.next = &cipher_xform;
-				/* create crypto session */
-				sess = rte_cryptodev_sym_session_create(dev_id,
-					&auth_xform);
-			}
-		} else { /* create crypto session for other */
-			/* cipher then auth */
-			if (options->op_type == CPERF_CIPHER_THEN_AUTH) {
-				cipher_xform.next = &auth_xform;
-				/* create crypto session */
-				sess = rte_cryptodev_sym_session_create(dev_id,
+		/* cipher then auth */
+		if (options->op_type == CPERF_CIPHER_THEN_AUTH) {
+			cipher_xform.next = &auth_xform;
+			/* create crypto session */
+			sess = rte_cryptodev_sym_session_create(dev_id,
 						&cipher_xform);
-			} else { /* auth then cipher */
-				auth_xform.next = &cipher_xform;
-				/* create crypto session */
-				sess = rte_cryptodev_sym_session_create(dev_id,
-						&auth_xform);
-			}
+		} else { /* auth then cipher */
+			auth_xform.next = &cipher_xform;
+			/* create crypto session */
+			sess = rte_cryptodev_sym_session_create(dev_id,
+					&auth_xform);
 		}
+	} else { /* options->op_type == CPERF_AEAD */
+		aead_xform.type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AEAD;
+		aead_xform.next = NULL;
+		aead_xform.aead.algo = options->aead_algo;
+		aead_xform.aead.op = options->aead_op;
+		aead_xform.aead.iv.offset = iv_offset;
+
+		aead_xform.aead.key.data =
+					test_vector->aead_key.data;
+		aead_xform.aead.key.length =
+					test_vector->aead_key.length;
+		aead_xform.aead.iv.length = test_vector->aead_iv.length;
+
+		aead_xform.aead.digest_length = options->digest_sz;
+		aead_xform.aead.add_auth_data_length =
+					options->aead_aad_sz;
+
+		/* Create crypto session */
+		sess = rte_cryptodev_sym_session_create(dev_id, &aead_xform);
 	}
+
 	return sess;
 }
 
@@ -515,14 +497,14 @@ cperf_get_op_functions(const struct cperf_options *options,
 
 	op_fns->sess_create = cperf_create_session;
 
-	if (options->op_type == CPERF_AEAD
-			|| options->op_type == CPERF_AUTH_THEN_CIPHER
+	if (options->op_type == CPERF_AEAD) {
+		op_fns->populate_ops = cperf_set_ops_aead;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (options->op_type == CPERF_AUTH_THEN_CIPHER
 			|| options->op_type == CPERF_CIPHER_THEN_AUTH) {
-		if (options->cipher_algo == RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_GCM &&
-				options->auth_algo == RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GCM)
-			op_fns->populate_ops = cperf_set_ops_aead;
-		else
-			op_fns->populate_ops = cperf_set_ops_cipher_auth;
+		op_fns->populate_ops = cperf_set_ops_cipher_auth;
 		return 0;
 	}
 	if (options->op_type == CPERF_AUTH_ONLY) {
diff --git a/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_options.h b/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_options.h
index 0e53c03..2f1e282 100644
--- a/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_options.h
+++ b/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_options.h
@@ -29,8 +29,15 @@
 #define CPERF_AUTH_OP		("auth-op")
 #define CPERF_AUTH_KEY_SZ	("auth-key-sz")
 #define CPERF_AUTH_IV_SZ	("auth-iv-sz")
-#define CPERF_AUTH_DIGEST_SZ	("auth-digest-sz")
-#define CPERF_AUTH_AAD_SZ	("auth-aad-sz")
+
+#define CPERF_AEAD_ALGO		("aead-algo")
+#define CPERF_AEAD_OP		("aead-op")
+#define CPERF_AEAD_KEY_SZ	("aead-key-sz")
+#define CPERF_AEAD_IV_SZ	("aead-iv-sz")
+#define CPERF_AEAD_AAD_SZ	("aead-aad-sz")
+
+#define CPERF_DIGEST_SZ 	("digest-sz")
+
 #define CPERF_CSV		("csv-friendly")
 
 #define MAX_LIST 32
@@ -79,7 +86,15 @@ struct cperf_options {
 	uint16_t auth_key_sz;
 	uint16_t auth_iv_sz;
 	uint16_t auth_digest_sz;
-	uint16_t auth_aad_sz;
+
+	enum rte_crypto_aead_algorithm aead_algo;
+	enum rte_crypto_aead_operation aead_op;
+
+	uint16_t aead_key_sz;
+	uint16_t aead_iv_sz;
+	uint16_t aead_aad_sz;
+
+	uint16_t digest_sz;
 
 	char device_type[RTE_CRYPTODEV_NAME_LEN];
 	enum cperf_op_type op_type;
diff --git a/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_options_parsing.c b/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_options_parsing.c
index 5c2dcff..3ec2c50 100644
--- a/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_options_parsing.c
+++ b/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_options_parsing.c
@@ -543,9 +543,9 @@ parse_auth_key_sz(struct cperf_options *opts, const char *arg)
 }
 
 static int
-parse_auth_digest_sz(struct cperf_options *opts, const char *arg)
+parse_digest_sz(struct cperf_options *opts, const char *arg)
 {
-	return parse_uint16_t(&opts->auth_digest_sz, arg);
+	return parse_uint16_t(&opts->digest_sz, arg);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -555,9 +555,64 @@ parse_auth_iv_sz(struct cperf_options *opts, const char *arg)
 }
 
 static int
-parse_auth_aad_sz(struct cperf_options *opts, const char *arg)
+parse_aead_algo(struct cperf_options *opts, const char *arg)
 {
-	return parse_uint16_t(&opts->auth_aad_sz, arg);
+	enum rte_crypto_aead_algorithm aead_algo;
+
+	if (rte_cryptodev_get_aead_algo_enum(&aead_algo, arg) < 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, USER1, "Invalid AEAD algorithm specified\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	opts->aead_algo = aead_algo;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+parse_aead_op(struct cperf_options *opts, const char *arg)
+{
+	struct name_id_map aead_op_namemap[] = {
+		{
+			rte_crypto_aead_operation_strings
+			[RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_ENCRYPT],
+			RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_ENCRYPT },
+		{
+			rte_crypto_aead_operation_strings
+			[RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_DECRYPT],
+			RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_DECRYPT
+		}
+	};
+
+	int id = get_str_key_id_mapping(aead_op_namemap,
+			RTE_DIM(aead_op_namemap), arg);
+	if (id < 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, USER1, "invalid AEAD operation specified"
+				"\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	opts->aead_op = (enum rte_crypto_aead_operation)id;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+parse_aead_key_sz(struct cperf_options *opts, const char *arg)
+{
+	return parse_uint16_t(&opts->aead_key_sz, arg);
+}
+
+static int
+parse_aead_iv_sz(struct cperf_options *opts, const char *arg)
+{
+	return parse_uint16_t(&opts->aead_iv_sz, arg);
+}
+
+static int
+parse_aead_aad_sz(struct cperf_options *opts, const char *arg)
+{
+	return parse_uint16_t(&opts->aead_aad_sz, arg);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -606,8 +661,17 @@ static struct option lgopts[] = {
 	{ CPERF_AUTH_OP, required_argument, 0, 0 },
 
 	{ CPERF_AUTH_KEY_SZ, required_argument, 0, 0 },
-	{ CPERF_AUTH_DIGEST_SZ, required_argument, 0, 0 },
-	{ CPERF_AUTH_AAD_SZ, required_argument, 0, 0 },
+	{ CPERF_AUTH_IV_SZ, required_argument, 0, 0 },
+
+	{ CPERF_AEAD_ALGO, required_argument, 0, 0 },
+	{ CPERF_AEAD_OP, required_argument, 0, 0 },
+
+	{ CPERF_AEAD_KEY_SZ, required_argument, 0, 0 },
+	{ CPERF_AEAD_AAD_SZ, required_argument, 0, 0 },
+	{ CPERF_AEAD_IV_SZ, required_argument, 0, 0 },
+
+	{ CPERF_DIGEST_SZ, required_argument, 0, 0 },
+
 	{ CPERF_CSV, no_argument, 0, 0},
 
 	{ NULL, 0, 0, 0 }
@@ -658,7 +722,12 @@ cperf_options_default(struct cperf_options *opts)
 	opts->auth_key_sz = 64;
 	opts->auth_digest_sz = 12;
 	opts->auth_iv_sz = 0;
-	opts->auth_aad_sz = 0;
+
+	opts->aead_key_sz = 0;
+	opts->aead_iv_sz = 0;
+	opts->aead_aad_sz = 0;
+
+	opts->digest_sz = 12;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -686,9 +755,13 @@ cperf_opts_parse_long(int opt_idx, struct cperf_options *opts)
 		{ CPERF_AUTH_OP,	parse_auth_op },
 		{ CPERF_AUTH_KEY_SZ,	parse_auth_key_sz },
 		{ CPERF_AUTH_IV_SZ,	parse_auth_iv_sz },
-		{ CPERF_AUTH_DIGEST_SZ,	parse_auth_digest_sz },
-		{ CPERF_AUTH_AAD_SZ,	parse_auth_aad_sz },
-		{ CPERF_CSV,	parse_csv_friendly},
+		{ CPERF_AEAD_ALGO,	parse_aead_algo },
+		{ CPERF_AEAD_OP,	parse_aead_op },
+		{ CPERF_AEAD_KEY_SZ,	parse_aead_key_sz },
+		{ CPERF_AEAD_IV_SZ,	parse_aead_iv_sz },
+		{ CPERF_AEAD_AAD_SZ,	parse_aead_aad_sz },
+		{ CPERF_DIGEST_SZ,	parse_digest_sz },
+		{ CPERF_CSV,		parse_csv_friendly},
 	};
 	unsigned int i;
 
@@ -803,30 +876,7 @@ cperf_options_check(struct cperf_options *options)
 					" options: decrypt and verify.\n");
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
-	} else if (options->op_type == CPERF_AEAD) {
-		if (!(options->cipher_op == RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_ENCRYPT &&
-				options->auth_op ==
-				RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_OP_GENERATE) &&
-				!(options->cipher_op ==
-				RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_DECRYPT &&
-				options->auth_op ==
-				RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_OP_VERIFY)) {
-			RTE_LOG(ERR, USER1, "Use together options: encrypt and"
-					" generate or decrypt and verify.\n");
-			return -EINVAL;
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (options->cipher_algo == RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_GCM ||
-			options->cipher_algo == RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CCM ||
-			options->auth_algo == RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GCM ||
-			options->auth_algo == RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_CCM) {
-		if (options->op_type != CPERF_AEAD) {
-			RTE_LOG(ERR, USER1, "Use --optype aead\n");
-			return -EINVAL;
-		}
 	}
-
 	if (options->cipher_algo == RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC ||
 			options->cipher_algo == RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_ECB) {
 		if (options->inc_buffer_size != 0)
@@ -914,23 +964,20 @@ cperf_options_dump(struct cperf_options *opts)
 
 	if (opts->op_type == CPERF_AUTH_ONLY ||
 			opts->op_type == CPERF_CIPHER_THEN_AUTH ||
-			opts->op_type == CPERF_AUTH_THEN_CIPHER ||
-			opts->op_type == CPERF_AEAD) {
+			opts->op_type == CPERF_AUTH_THEN_CIPHER) {
 		printf("# auth algorithm: %s\n",
 			rte_crypto_auth_algorithm_strings[opts->auth_algo]);
 		printf("# auth operation: %s\n",
 			rte_crypto_auth_operation_strings[opts->auth_op]);
 		printf("# auth key size: %u\n", opts->auth_key_sz);
 		printf("# auth iv size: %u\n", opts->auth_iv_sz);
-		printf("# auth digest size: %u\n", opts->auth_digest_sz);
-		printf("# auth aad size: %u\n", opts->auth_aad_sz);
+		printf("# auth digest size: %u\n", opts->digest_sz);
 		printf("#\n");
 	}
 
 	if (opts->op_type == CPERF_CIPHER_ONLY ||
 			opts->op_type == CPERF_CIPHER_THEN_AUTH ||
-			opts->op_type == CPERF_AUTH_THEN_CIPHER ||
-			opts->op_type == CPERF_AEAD) {
+			opts->op_type == CPERF_AUTH_THEN_CIPHER) {
 		printf("# cipher algorithm: %s\n",
 			rte_crypto_cipher_algorithm_strings[opts->cipher_algo]);
 		printf("# cipher operation: %s\n",
@@ -939,4 +986,16 @@ cperf_options_dump(struct cperf_options *opts)
 		printf("# cipher iv size: %u\n", opts->cipher_iv_sz);
 		printf("#\n");
 	}
+
+	if (opts->op_type == CPERF_AEAD) {
+		printf("# aead algorithm: %s\n",
+			rte_crypto_aead_algorithm_strings[opts->aead_algo]);
+		printf("# aead operation: %s\n",
+			rte_crypto_aead_operation_strings[opts->aead_op]);
+		printf("# aead key size: %u\n", opts->aead_key_sz);
+		printf("# aead iv size: %u\n", opts->aead_iv_sz);
+		printf("# aead digest size: %u\n", opts->digest_sz);
+		printf("# aead aad size: %u\n", opts->aead_aad_sz);
+		printf("#\n");
+	}
 }
diff --git a/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_test_latency.c b/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_test_latency.c
index dc0ba84..7a89b97 100644
--- a/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_test_latency.c
+++ b/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_test_latency.c
@@ -168,14 +168,14 @@ cperf_mbuf_create(struct rte_mempool *mempool,
 
 	if (options->op_type != CPERF_CIPHER_ONLY) {
 		mbuf_data = (uint8_t *)rte_pktmbuf_append(mbuf,
-			options->auth_digest_sz);
+			options->digest_sz);
 		if (mbuf_data == NULL)
 			goto error;
 	}
 
 	if (options->op_type == CPERF_AEAD) {
 		uint8_t *aead = (uint8_t *)rte_pktmbuf_prepend(mbuf,
-			RTE_ALIGN_CEIL(options->auth_aad_sz, 16));
+			RTE_ALIGN_CEIL(options->aead_aad_sz, 16));
 
 		if (aead == NULL)
 			goto error;
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ cperf_latency_test_constructor(uint8_t dev_id, uint16_t qp_id,
 			RTE_CACHE_LINE_ROUNDUP(
 				(options->max_buffer_size / options->segments_nb) +
 				(options->max_buffer_size % options->segments_nb) +
-					options->auth_digest_sz),
+					options->digest_sz),
 			rte_socket_id());
 
 	if (ctx->pkt_mbuf_pool_in == NULL)
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ cperf_latency_test_constructor(uint8_t dev_id, uint16_t qp_id,
 				RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM +
 				RTE_CACHE_LINE_ROUNDUP(
 					options->max_buffer_size +
-					options->auth_digest_sz),
+					options->digest_sz),
 				rte_socket_id());
 
 		if (ctx->pkt_mbuf_pool_out == NULL)
diff --git a/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_test_throughput.c b/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_test_throughput.c
index 1e3f3b3..1ff1560 100644
--- a/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_test_throughput.c
+++ b/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_test_throughput.c
@@ -151,14 +151,14 @@ cperf_mbuf_create(struct rte_mempool *mempool,
 
 	if (options->op_type != CPERF_CIPHER_ONLY) {
 		mbuf_data = (uint8_t *)rte_pktmbuf_append(mbuf,
-				options->auth_digest_sz);
+				options->digest_sz);
 		if (mbuf_data == NULL)
 			goto error;
 	}
 
 	if (options->op_type == CPERF_AEAD) {
 		uint8_t *aead = (uint8_t *)rte_pktmbuf_prepend(mbuf,
-			RTE_ALIGN_CEIL(options->auth_aad_sz, 16));
+			RTE_ALIGN_CEIL(options->aead_aad_sz, 16));
 
 		if (aead == NULL)
 			goto error;
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ cperf_throughput_test_constructor(uint8_t dev_id, uint16_t qp_id,
 			RTE_CACHE_LINE_ROUNDUP(
 				(options->max_buffer_size / options->segments_nb) +
 				(options->max_buffer_size % options->segments_nb) +
-					options->auth_digest_sz),
+					options->digest_sz),
 			rte_socket_id());
 
 	if (ctx->pkt_mbuf_pool_in == NULL)
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ cperf_throughput_test_constructor(uint8_t dev_id, uint16_t qp_id,
 				RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM +
 				RTE_CACHE_LINE_ROUNDUP(
 					options->max_buffer_size +
-					options->auth_digest_sz),
+					options->digest_sz),
 				rte_socket_id());
 
 		if (ctx->pkt_mbuf_pool_out == NULL)
diff --git a/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_test_vector_parsing.c b/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_test_vector_parsing.c
index 277ff1e..e462d2c 100644
--- a/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_test_vector_parsing.c
+++ b/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_test_vector_parsing.c
@@ -363,12 +363,12 @@ parse_entry(char *entry, struct cperf_test_vector *vector,
 		if (tc_found)
 			vector->aad.length = data_length;
 		else {
-			if (opts->auth_aad_sz > data_length) {
+			if (opts->aead_aad_sz > data_length) {
 				printf("Global aad shorter than "
-					"auth_aad_sz\n");
+					"aead_aad_sz\n");
 				return -1;
 			}
-			vector->aad.length = opts->auth_aad_sz;
+			vector->aad.length = opts->aead_aad_sz;
 		}
 
 	} else if (strstr(key_token, "digest")) {
@@ -379,12 +379,12 @@ parse_entry(char *entry, struct cperf_test_vector *vector,
 		if (tc_found)
 			vector->digest.length = data_length;
 		else {
-			if (opts->auth_digest_sz > data_length) {
+			if (opts->digest_sz > data_length) {
 				printf("Global digest shorter than "
-					"auth_digest_sz\n");
+					"digest_sz\n");
 				return -1;
 			}
-			vector->digest.length = opts->auth_digest_sz;
+			vector->digest.length = opts->digest_sz;
 		}
 	} else {
 		printf("Not valid key: '%s'\n", trim_space(key_token));
diff --git a/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_test_vectors.c b/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_test_vectors.c
index 2e5339c..03bc995 100644
--- a/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_test_vectors.c
+++ b/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_test_vectors.c
@@ -385,6 +385,13 @@ uint8_t auth_key[] = {
 	0x78, 0x79, 0x7A, 0x7B, 0x7C, 0x7D, 0x7E, 0x7F
 };
 
+/* AEAD key */
+uint8_t aead_key[] = {
+	0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B,
+	0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F, 0x10, 0x11, 0x12, 0x13, 0x14, 0x15, 0x16, 0x17,
+	0x18, 0x19, 0x1A, 0x1B, 0x1C, 0x1D, 0x1E, 0x1F
+};
+
 /* Digests */
 uint8_t digest[2048] = { 0x00 };
 
@@ -403,8 +410,7 @@ cperf_test_vector_get_dummy(struct cperf_options *options)
 
 	if (options->op_type ==	CPERF_CIPHER_ONLY ||
 			options->op_type == CPERF_CIPHER_THEN_AUTH ||
-			options->op_type == CPERF_AUTH_THEN_CIPHER ||
-			options->op_type == CPERF_AEAD) {
+			options->op_type == CPERF_AUTH_THEN_CIPHER) {
 		if (options->cipher_algo == RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_NULL) {
 			t_vec->cipher_key.length = 0;
 			t_vec->ciphertext.data = plaintext;
@@ -441,40 +447,32 @@ cperf_test_vector_get_dummy(struct cperf_options *options)
 
 	if (options->op_type ==	CPERF_AUTH_ONLY ||
 			options->op_type == CPERF_CIPHER_THEN_AUTH ||
-			options->op_type == CPERF_AUTH_THEN_CIPHER ||
-			options->op_type == CPERF_AEAD) {
-		uint8_t aad_alloc = 0;
-
-		t_vec->auth_key.length = options->auth_key_sz;
-
-		switch (options->auth_algo) {
-		case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_NULL:
-			t_vec->auth_key.data = NULL;
-			aad_alloc = 0;
-			break;
-		case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GCM:
+			options->op_type == CPERF_AUTH_THEN_CIPHER) {
+		if (options->auth_algo == RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_NULL) {
+			t_vec->auth_key.length = 0;
 			t_vec->auth_key.data = NULL;
-			aad_alloc = 1;
-			break;
-		default:
+			t_vec->digest.data = NULL;
+			t_vec->digest.length = 0;
+		} else {
+			t_vec->auth_key.length = options->auth_key_sz;
 			t_vec->auth_key.data = auth_key;
-			aad_alloc = 0;
-			break;
-		}
 
-		if (aad_alloc && options->auth_aad_sz) {
-			t_vec->aad.data = rte_malloc(NULL,
-					options->auth_aad_sz, 16);
-			if (t_vec->aad.data == NULL) {
-				if (options->op_type !=	CPERF_AUTH_ONLY)
-					rte_free(t_vec->cipher_iv.data);
+			t_vec->digest.data = rte_malloc(NULL,
+					options->digest_sz,
+					16);
+			if (t_vec->digest.data == NULL) {
+				rte_free(t_vec->cipher_iv.data);
 				rte_free(t_vec);
 				return NULL;
 			}
-			memcpy(t_vec->aad.data, aad, options->auth_aad_sz);
-		} else {
-			t_vec->aad.data = NULL;
+			t_vec->digest.phys_addr =
+				rte_malloc_virt2phy(t_vec->digest.data);
+			t_vec->digest.length = options->digest_sz;
+			memcpy(t_vec->digest.data, digest,
+					options->digest_sz);
 		}
+		t_vec->data.auth_offset = 0;
+		t_vec->data.auth_length = options->max_buffer_size;
 
 		/* Set IV parameters */
 		t_vec->auth_iv.data = rte_malloc(NULL, options->auth_iv_sz,
@@ -487,26 +485,52 @@ cperf_test_vector_get_dummy(struct cperf_options *options)
 		}
 		memcpy(t_vec->auth_iv.data, iv, options->auth_iv_sz);
 		t_vec->auth_iv.length = options->auth_iv_sz;
+	}
 
-		t_vec->aad.phys_addr = rte_malloc_virt2phy(t_vec->aad.data);
-		t_vec->aad.length = options->auth_aad_sz;
-		t_vec->digest.data = rte_malloc(NULL, options->auth_digest_sz,
-				16);
+	if (options->op_type == CPERF_AEAD) {
+		t_vec->aead_key.length = options->aead_key_sz;
+		t_vec->aead_key.data = aead_key;
+
+		if (options->aead_aad_sz) {
+			t_vec->aad.data = rte_malloc(NULL,
+					options->aead_aad_sz, 16);
+			if (t_vec->aad.data == NULL) {
+				rte_free(t_vec);
+				return NULL;
+			}
+			memcpy(t_vec->aad.data, aad, options->aead_aad_sz);
+			t_vec->aad.phys_addr = rte_malloc_virt2phy(t_vec->aad.data);
+			t_vec->aad.length = options->aead_aad_sz;
+		} else {
+			t_vec->aad.data = NULL;
+			t_vec->aad.length = 0;
+		}
+
+		t_vec->digest.data = rte_malloc(NULL, options->digest_sz,
+						16);
 		if (t_vec->digest.data == NULL) {
-			if (options->op_type !=	CPERF_AUTH_ONLY)
-				rte_free(t_vec->cipher_iv.data);
-			rte_free(t_vec->auth_iv.data);
 			rte_free(t_vec->aad.data);
 			rte_free(t_vec);
 			return NULL;
 		}
 		t_vec->digest.phys_addr =
 				rte_malloc_virt2phy(t_vec->digest.data);
-		t_vec->digest.length = options->auth_digest_sz;
-		memcpy(t_vec->digest.data, digest, options->auth_digest_sz);
-		t_vec->data.auth_offset = 0;
-		t_vec->data.auth_length = options->max_buffer_size;
-	}
+		t_vec->digest.length = options->digest_sz;
+		memcpy(t_vec->digest.data, digest, options->digest_sz);
+		t_vec->data.aead_offset = 0;
+		t_vec->data.aead_length = options->max_buffer_size;
 
+		/* Set IV parameters */
+		t_vec->aead_iv.data = rte_malloc(NULL, options->aead_iv_sz,
+				16);
+		if (options->aead_iv_sz && t_vec->aead_iv.data == NULL) {
+			rte_free(t_vec->aad.data);
+			rte_free(t_vec->digest.data);
+			rte_free(t_vec);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+		memcpy(t_vec->aead_iv.data, iv, options->aead_iv_sz);
+		t_vec->aead_iv.length = options->aead_iv_sz;
+	}
 	return t_vec;
 }
diff --git a/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_test_vectors.h b/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_test_vectors.h
index 7f9c4fa..8595570 100644
--- a/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_test_vectors.h
+++ b/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_test_vectors.h
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ struct cperf_test_vector {
 	struct {
 		uint8_t *data;
 		uint16_t length;
+	} aead_key;
+
+	struct {
+		uint8_t *data;
+		uint16_t length;
 	} cipher_iv;
 
 	struct {
@@ -63,6 +68,11 @@ struct cperf_test_vector {
 
 	struct {
 		uint8_t *data;
+		uint16_t length;
+	} aead_iv;
+
+	struct {
+		uint8_t *data;
 		uint32_t length;
 	} ciphertext;
 
@@ -83,6 +93,8 @@ struct cperf_test_vector {
 		uint32_t auth_length;
 		uint32_t cipher_offset;
 		uint32_t cipher_length;
+		uint32_t aead_offset;
+		uint32_t aead_length;
 	} data;
 };
 
diff --git a/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_test_verify.c b/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_test_verify.c
index 81057ff..bba8019 100644
--- a/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_test_verify.c
+++ b/app/test-crypto-perf/cperf_test_verify.c
@@ -155,14 +155,14 @@ cperf_mbuf_create(struct rte_mempool *mempool,
 
 	if (options->op_type != CPERF_CIPHER_ONLY) {
 		mbuf_data = (uint8_t *)rte_pktmbuf_append(mbuf,
-				options->auth_digest_sz);
+				options->digest_sz);
 		if (mbuf_data == NULL)
 			goto error;
 	}
 
 	if (options->op_type == CPERF_AEAD) {
 		uint8_t *aead = (uint8_t *)rte_pktmbuf_prepend(mbuf,
-			RTE_ALIGN_CEIL(options->auth_aad_sz, 16));
+			RTE_ALIGN_CEIL(options->aead_aad_sz, 16));
 
 		if (aead == NULL)
 			goto error;
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ cperf_verify_test_constructor(uint8_t dev_id, uint16_t qp_id,
 			RTE_CACHE_LINE_ROUNDUP(
 				(options->max_buffer_size / options->segments_nb) +
 				(options->max_buffer_size % options->segments_nb) +
-					options->auth_digest_sz),
+					options->digest_sz),
 			rte_socket_id());
 
 	if (ctx->pkt_mbuf_pool_in == NULL)
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ cperf_verify_test_constructor(uint8_t dev_id, uint16_t qp_id,
 				RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM +
 				RTE_CACHE_LINE_ROUNDUP(
 					options->max_buffer_size +
-					options->auth_digest_sz),
+					options->digest_sz),
 				rte_socket_id());
 
 		if (ctx->pkt_mbuf_pool_out == NULL)
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ cperf_verify_op(struct rte_crypto_op *op,
 		if (options->auth_op == RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_OP_GENERATE)
 			res += memcmp(data + auth_offset,
 					vector->digest.data,
-					options->auth_digest_sz);
+					options->digest_sz);
 	}
 
 	return !!res;
diff --git a/app/test-crypto-perf/main.c b/app/test-crypto-perf/main.c
index cf4fa4f..b39b1cb 100644
--- a/app/test-crypto-perf/main.c
+++ b/app/test-crypto-perf/main.c
@@ -123,8 +123,7 @@ cperf_verify_devices_capabilities(struct cperf_options *opts,
 
 		if (opts->op_type == CPERF_AUTH_ONLY ||
 				opts->op_type == CPERF_CIPHER_THEN_AUTH ||
-				opts->op_type == CPERF_AUTH_THEN_CIPHER ||
-				opts->op_type == CPERF_AEAD)  {
+				opts->op_type == CPERF_AUTH_THEN_CIPHER) {
 
 			cap_idx.type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AUTH;
 			cap_idx.algo.auth = opts->auth_algo;
@@ -138,7 +137,7 @@ cperf_verify_devices_capabilities(struct cperf_options *opts,
 					capability,
 					opts->auth_key_sz,
 					opts->auth_digest_sz,
-					opts->auth_aad_sz,
+					0,
 					opts->auth_iv_sz);
 			if (ret != 0)
 				return ret;
@@ -146,8 +145,7 @@ cperf_verify_devices_capabilities(struct cperf_options *opts,
 
 		if (opts->op_type == CPERF_CIPHER_ONLY ||
 				opts->op_type == CPERF_CIPHER_THEN_AUTH ||
-				opts->op_type == CPERF_AUTH_THEN_CIPHER ||
-				opts->op_type == CPERF_AEAD) {
+				opts->op_type == CPERF_AUTH_THEN_CIPHER) {
 
 			cap_idx.type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_CIPHER;
 			cap_idx.algo.cipher = opts->cipher_algo;
@@ -164,6 +162,26 @@ cperf_verify_devices_capabilities(struct cperf_options *opts,
 			if (ret != 0)
 				return ret;
 		}
+
+		if (opts->op_type == CPERF_AEAD) {
+
+			cap_idx.type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AEAD;
+			cap_idx.algo.aead = opts->aead_algo;
+
+			capability = rte_cryptodev_sym_capability_get(cdev_id,
+					&cap_idx);
+			if (capability == NULL)
+				return -1;
+
+			ret = rte_cryptodev_sym_capability_check_aead(
+					capability,
+					opts->aead_key_sz,
+					opts->digest_sz,
+					opts->aead_aad_sz,
+					opts->aead_iv_sz);
+			if (ret != 0)
+				return ret;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -212,7 +230,7 @@ cperf_check_test_vector(struct cperf_options *opts,
 				return -1;
 			if (test_vec->digest.data == NULL)
 				return -1;
-			if (test_vec->digest.length < opts->auth_digest_sz)
+			if (test_vec->digest.length < opts->digest_sz)
 				return -1;
 		}
 
@@ -253,7 +271,7 @@ cperf_check_test_vector(struct cperf_options *opts,
 				return -1;
 			if (test_vec->digest.data == NULL)
 				return -1;
-			if (test_vec->digest.length < opts->auth_digest_sz)
+			if (test_vec->digest.length < opts->digest_sz)
 				return -1;
 		}
 	} else if (opts->op_type == CPERF_AEAD) {
@@ -265,17 +283,17 @@ cperf_check_test_vector(struct cperf_options *opts,
 			return -1;
 		if (test_vec->ciphertext.length < opts->max_buffer_size)
 			return -1;
-		if (test_vec->cipher_iv.data == NULL)
+		if (test_vec->aead_iv.data == NULL)
 			return -1;
-		if (test_vec->cipher_iv.length != opts->cipher_iv_sz)
+		if (test_vec->aead_iv.length != opts->aead_iv_sz)
 			return -1;
 		if (test_vec->aad.data == NULL)
 			return -1;
-		if (test_vec->aad.length != opts->auth_aad_sz)
+		if (test_vec->aad.length != opts->aead_aad_sz)
 			return -1;
 		if (test_vec->digest.data == NULL)
 			return -1;
-		if (test_vec->digest.length < opts->auth_digest_sz)
+		if (test_vec->digest.length < opts->digest_sz)
 			return -1;
 	}
 	return 0;
diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ipsec_secgw.rst b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ipsec_secgw.rst
index 885c77e..75b960f 100644
--- a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ipsec_secgw.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ipsec_secgw.rst
@@ -412,14 +412,13 @@ where each options means:
 
  * Cipher algorithm
 
- * Optional: No
+ * Optional: Yes, unless <aead_algo> is not used
 
  * Available options:
 
    * *null*: NULL algorithm
    * *aes-128-cbc*: AES-CBC 128-bit algorithm
    * *aes-128-ctr*: AES-CTR 128-bit algorithm
-   * *aes-128-gcm*: AES-GCM 128-bit algorithm
 
  * Syntax: *cipher_algo <your algorithm>*
 
@@ -427,7 +426,8 @@ where each options means:
 
  * Cipher key, NOT available when 'null' algorithm is used
 
- * Optional: No, must followed by <cipher_algo> option
+ * Optional: Yes, unless <aead_algo> is not used.
+   Must be followed by <cipher_algo> option
 
  * Syntax: Hexadecimal bytes (0x0-0xFF) concatenate by colon symbol ':'.
    The number of bytes should be as same as the specified cipher algorithm
@@ -440,20 +440,20 @@ where each options means:
 
  * Authentication algorithm
 
- * Optional: No
+ * Optional: Yes, unless <aead_algo> is not used
 
  * Available options:
 
     * *null*: NULL algorithm
     * *sha1-hmac*: HMAC SHA1 algorithm
-    * *aes-128-gcm*: AES-GCM 128-bit algorithm
 
 ``<auth_key>``
 
  * Authentication key, NOT available when 'null' or 'aes-128-gcm' algorithm
    is used.
 
- * Optional: No, must followed by <auth_algo> option
+ * Optional: Yes, unless <aead_algo> is not used.
+   Must be followed by <auth_algo> option
 
  * Syntax: Hexadecimal bytes (0x0-0xFF) concatenate by colon symbol ':'.
    The number of bytes should be as same as the specified authentication
@@ -462,6 +462,32 @@ where each options means:
    For example: *auth_key A1:B2:C3:D4:A1:B2:C3:D4:A1:B2:C3:D4:A1:B2:C3:D4:
    A1:B2:C3:D4*
 
+``<aead_algo>``
+
+ * AEAD algorithm
+
+ * Optional: Yes, unless <cipher_algo> and <auth_algo> are not used
+
+ * Available options:
+
+   * *aes-128-gcm*: AES-GCM 128-bit algorithm
+
+ * Syntax: *cipher_algo <your algorithm>*
+
+``<aead_key>``
+
+ * Cipher key, NOT available when 'null' algorithm is used
+
+ * Optional: Yes, unless <cipher_algo> and <auth_algo> are not used.
+   Must be followed by <aead_algo> option
+
+ * Syntax: Hexadecimal bytes (0x0-0xFF) concatenate by colon symbol ':'.
+   The number of bytes should be as same as the specified AEAD algorithm
+   key size.
+
+   For example: *aead_key A1:B2:C3:D4:A1:B2:C3:D4:A1:B2:C3:D4:
+   A1:B2:C3:D4*
+
 ``<mode>``
 
  * The operation mode
@@ -515,9 +541,8 @@ Example SA rules:
     src 1111:1111:1111:1111:1111:1111:1111:5555 \
     dst 2222:2222:2222:2222:2222:2222:2222:5555
 
-    sa in 105 cipher_algo aes-128-gcm \
-    cipher_key de:ad:be:ef:de:ad:be:ef:de:ad:be:ef:de:ad:be:ef:de:ad:be:ef \
-    auth_algo aes-128-gcm \
+    sa in 105 aead_algo aes-128-gcm \
+    aead_key de:ad:be:ef:de:ad:be:ef:de:ad:be:ef:de:ad:be:ef:de:ad:be:ef \
     mode ipv4-tunnel src 172.16.2.5 dst 172.16.1.5
 
 Routing rule syntax
diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/l2_forward_crypto.rst b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/l2_forward_crypto.rst
index b9aa573..2a61af7 100644
--- a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/l2_forward_crypto.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/l2_forward_crypto.rst
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ where,
 
 *   chain: select the operation chaining to perform: Cipher->Hash (CIPHER_HASH),
 
-    Hash->Cipher (HASH_CIPHER), Cipher (CIPHER_ONLY), Hash(HASH_ONLY)
+    Hash->Cipher (HASH_CIPHER), Cipher (CIPHER_ONLY), Hash (HASH_ONLY)
+
+    or AEAD (AEAD)
 
     (default is Cipher->Hash)
 
@@ -154,6 +156,26 @@ where,
 
     Note that if --auth_iv is used, this will be ignored.
 
+*   aead_algo: select the AEAD algorithm (default is aes-gcm)
+
+*   aead_op: select the AEAD operation to perform: ENCRYPT or DECRYPT
+
+    (default is ENCRYPT)
+
+*   aead_key: set the AEAD key to be used. Bytes has to be separated with ":"
+
+*   aead_key_random_size: set the size of the AEAD key,
+
+    which will be generated randomly.
+
+    Note that if --aead_key is used, this will be ignored.
+
+*   aead_iv: set the AEAD IV to be used. Bytes has to be separated with ":"
+
+*   aead_iv_random_size: set the size of the AEAD IV, which will be generated randomly.
+
+    Note that if --aead_iv is used, this will be ignored.
+
 *   aad: set the AAD to be used. Bytes has to be separated with ":"
 
 *   aad_random_size: set the size of the AAD, which will be generated randomly.
diff --git a/doc/guides/tools/cryptoperf.rst b/doc/guides/tools/cryptoperf.rst
index 8834df7..f1e99a1 100644
--- a/doc/guides/tools/cryptoperf.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/tools/cryptoperf.rst
@@ -223,10 +223,8 @@ The following are the appication command-line options:
            3des-ecb
            3des-ctr
            aes-cbc
-           aes-ccm
            aes-ctr
            aes-ecb
-           aes-gcm
            aes-f8
            aes-xts
            arc4
@@ -257,9 +255,7 @@ The following are the appication command-line options:
 
            3des-cbc
            aes-cbc-mac
-           aes-ccm
            aes-cmac
-           aes-gcm
            aes-gmac
            aes-xcbc-mac
            md5
@@ -294,13 +290,37 @@ The following are the appication command-line options:
 
         Set the size of auth iv.
 
-* ``--auth-digest-sz <n>``
+* ``--aead-algo <name>``
+
+        Set AEAD algorithm name, where ``name`` is one
+        of the following::
+
+           aes-ccm
+           aes-gcm
+
+* ``--aead-op <mode>``
+
+        Set AEAD operation mode, where ``mode`` is one of
+        the following::
+
+           encrypt
+           decrypt
+
+* ``--aead-key-sz <n>``
+
+        Set the size of AEAD key.
+
+* ``--aead-iv-sz <n>``
+
+        Set the size of AEAD iv.
+
+* ``--aead-aad-sz <n>``
 
-        Set the size of authentication digest.
+        Set the size of AEAD aad.
 
-* ``--auth-aad-sz <n>``
+* ``--digest-sz <n>``
 
-        Set the size of authentication aad.
+        Set the size of digest.
 
 * ``--csv-friendly``
 
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/aesni_gcm/aesni_gcm_pmd.c b/drivers/crypto/aesni_gcm/aesni_gcm_pmd.c
index 4c55355..f5ca150 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/aesni_gcm/aesni_gcm_pmd.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/aesni_gcm/aesni_gcm_pmd.c
@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ aesni_gcm_set_session_parameters(struct aesni_gcm_session *sess,
 		const struct rte_crypto_sym_xform *xform)
 {
 	const struct rte_crypto_sym_xform *auth_xform;
-	const struct rte_crypto_sym_xform *cipher_xform;
+	const struct rte_crypto_sym_xform *aead_xform;
 	uint16_t digest_length;
 	uint8_t key_length;
 	uint8_t *key;
 
 	/* AES-GMAC */
-	if (xform->next == NULL) {
+	if (xform->type == RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AUTH) {
 		auth_xform = xform;
 		if (auth_xform->auth.algo != RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GMAC) {
 			GCM_LOG_ERR("Only AES GMAC is supported as an "
@@ -101,52 +101,39 @@ aesni_gcm_set_session_parameters(struct aesni_gcm_session *sess,
 
 		key_length = auth_xform->auth.key.length;
 		key = auth_xform->auth.key.data;
+		digest_length = auth_xform->auth.digest_length;
+
 	/* AES-GCM */
-	} else {
-		if (xform->type == RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_CIPHER &&
-				xform->next->type == RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AUTH) {
-			auth_xform = xform->next;
-			cipher_xform = xform;
-		} else if (xform->type == RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AUTH &&
-				xform->next->type == RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_CIPHER) {
-			auth_xform = xform;
-			cipher_xform = xform->next;
-		} else {
-			GCM_LOG_ERR("Cipher and auth xform required "
-					"when using AES GCM");
-			return -EINVAL;
-		}
+	} else if (xform->type == RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AEAD) {
+		aead_xform = xform;
 
-		if (!(cipher_xform->cipher.algo == RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_GCM &&
-				(auth_xform->auth.algo == RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GCM))) {
+		if (aead_xform->aead.algo != RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_AES_GCM) {
 			GCM_LOG_ERR("The only combined operation "
 						"supported is AES GCM");
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 
 		/* Set IV parameters */
-		sess->iv.offset = cipher_xform->cipher.iv.offset;
-		sess->iv.length = cipher_xform->cipher.iv.length;
+		sess->iv.offset = aead_xform->aead.iv.offset;
+		sess->iv.length = aead_xform->aead.iv.length;
 
 		/* Select Crypto operation */
-		if (cipher_xform->cipher.op == RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_ENCRYPT &&
-				auth_xform->auth.op == RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_OP_GENERATE)
+		if (aead_xform->aead.op == RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_ENCRYPT)
 			sess->op = AESNI_GCM_OP_AUTHENTICATED_ENCRYPTION;
-		else if (cipher_xform->cipher.op == RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_DECRYPT &&
-				auth_xform->auth.op == RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_OP_VERIFY)
+		else
 			sess->op = AESNI_GCM_OP_AUTHENTICATED_DECRYPTION;
-		else {
-			GCM_LOG_ERR("Cipher/Auth operations: Encrypt/Generate or"
-					" Decrypt/Verify are valid only");
-			return -EINVAL;
-		}
 
-		key_length = cipher_xform->auth.key.length;
-		key = cipher_xform->auth.key.data;
+		key_length = aead_xform->aead.key.length;
+		key = aead_xform->aead.key.data;
 
-		sess->aad_length = auth_xform->auth.add_auth_data_length;
+		sess->aad_length = aead_xform->aead.add_auth_data_length;
+		digest_length = aead_xform->aead.digest_length;
+	} else {
+		GCM_LOG_ERR("Wrong xform type, has to be AEAD or authentication");
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+
 	/* IV check */
 	if (sess->iv.length != 16 && sess->iv.length != 12 &&
 			sess->iv.length != 0) {
@@ -154,8 +141,6 @@ aesni_gcm_set_session_parameters(struct aesni_gcm_session *sess,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	digest_length = auth_xform->auth.digest_length;
-
 	/* Check key length and calculate GCM pre-compute. */
 	switch (key_length) {
 	case 16:
@@ -169,7 +154,7 @@ aesni_gcm_set_session_parameters(struct aesni_gcm_session *sess,
 
 		break;
 	default:
-		GCM_LOG_ERR("Unsupported cipher/auth key length");
+		GCM_LOG_ERR("Unsupported key length");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
@@ -240,9 +225,9 @@ process_gcm_crypto_op(struct rte_crypto_op *op,
 
 	if (session->op == AESNI_GCM_OP_AUTHENTICATED_ENCRYPTION ||
 			session->op == AESNI_GCM_OP_AUTHENTICATED_DECRYPTION) {
-		offset = sym_op->cipher.data.offset;
+		offset = sym_op->aead.data.offset;
 		data_offset = offset;
-		data_length = sym_op->cipher.data.length;
+		data_length = sym_op->aead.data.length;
 	} else {
 		offset = sym_op->auth.data.offset;
 		data_offset = offset;
@@ -295,7 +280,7 @@ process_gcm_crypto_op(struct rte_crypto_op *op,
 
 		aesni_gcm_enc[session->key].init(&session->gdata,
 				IV_ptr,
-				sym_op->auth.aad.data,
+				sym_op->aead.aad.data,
 				(uint64_t)session->aad_length);
 
 		aesni_gcm_enc[session->key].update(&session->gdata, dst, src,
@@ -319,7 +304,7 @@ process_gcm_crypto_op(struct rte_crypto_op *op,
 		}
 
 		aesni_gcm_enc[session->key].finalize(&session->gdata,
-				sym_op->auth.digest.data,
+				sym_op->aead.digest.data,
 				(uint64_t)session->digest_length);
 	} else if (session->op == AESNI_GCM_OP_AUTHENTICATED_DECRYPTION) {
 		uint8_t *auth_tag = (uint8_t *)rte_pktmbuf_append(sym_op->m_dst ?
@@ -333,7 +318,7 @@ process_gcm_crypto_op(struct rte_crypto_op *op,
 
 		aesni_gcm_dec[session->key].init(&session->gdata,
 				IV_ptr,
-				sym_op->auth.aad.data,
+				sym_op->aead.aad.data,
 				(uint64_t)session->aad_length);
 
 		aesni_gcm_dec[session->key].update(&session->gdata, dst, src,
@@ -413,19 +398,24 @@ post_process_gcm_crypto_op(struct rte_crypto_op *op)
 	/* Verify digest if required */
 	if (session->op == AESNI_GCM_OP_AUTHENTICATED_DECRYPTION ||
 			session->op == AESNI_GMAC_OP_VERIFY) {
+		uint8_t *digest;
 
 		uint8_t *tag = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m, uint8_t *,
 				m->data_len - session->digest_length);
 
+		if (session->op == AESNI_GMAC_OP_VERIFY)
+			digest = op->sym->auth.digest.data;
+		else
+			digest = op->sym->aead.digest.data;
+
 #ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_AESNI_GCM_DEBUG
 		rte_hexdump(stdout, "auth tag (orig):",
-				op->sym->auth.digest.data, session->digest_length);
+				digest, session->digest_length);
 		rte_hexdump(stdout, "auth tag (calc):",
 				tag, session->digest_length);
 #endif
 
-		if (memcmp(tag, op->sym->auth.digest.data,
-				session->digest_length) != 0)
+		if (memcmp(tag, digest,	session->digest_length) != 0)
 			op->status = RTE_CRYPTO_OP_STATUS_AUTH_FAILED;
 
 		/* trim area used for digest from mbuf */
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/aesni_gcm/aesni_gcm_pmd_ops.c b/drivers/crypto/aesni_gcm/aesni_gcm_pmd_ops.c
index 39285d0..5317657 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/aesni_gcm/aesni_gcm_pmd_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/aesni_gcm/aesni_gcm_pmd_ops.c
@@ -65,12 +65,12 @@ static const struct rte_cryptodev_capabilities aesni_gcm_pmd_capabilities[] = {
 			}, }
 		}, }
 	},
-	{	/* AES GCM (AUTH) */
+	{	/* AES GCM */
 		.op = RTE_CRYPTO_OP_TYPE_SYMMETRIC,
 		{.sym = {
-			.xform_type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AUTH,
-			{.auth = {
-				.algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GCM,
+			.xform_type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AEAD,
+			{.aead = {
+				.algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_AES_GCM,
 				.block_size = 16,
 				.key_size = {
 					.min = 16,
@@ -87,22 +87,6 @@ static const struct rte_cryptodev_capabilities aesni_gcm_pmd_capabilities[] = {
 					.max = 65535,
 					.increment = 1
 				},
-				.iv_size = { 0 }
-			}, }
-		}, }
-	},
-	{	/* AES GCM (CIPHER) */
-		.op = RTE_CRYPTO_OP_TYPE_SYMMETRIC,
-		{.sym = {
-			.xform_type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_CIPHER,
-			{.cipher = {
-				.algo = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_GCM,
-				.block_size = 16,
-				.key_size = {
-					.min = 16,
-					.max = 32,
-					.increment = 16
-				},
 				.iv_size = {
 					.min = 12,
 					.max = 12,
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/dpaa2_sec/dpaa2_sec_dpseci.c b/drivers/crypto/dpaa2_sec/dpaa2_sec_dpseci.c
index e3666f6..8ec6d4a 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/dpaa2_sec/dpaa2_sec_dpseci.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/dpaa2_sec/dpaa2_sec_dpseci.c
@@ -817,8 +817,6 @@ dpaa2_sec_cipher_init(struct rte_cryptodev *dev,
 		break;
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CTR:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_CTR:
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_GCM:
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CCM:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_ECB:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_ECB:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_XTS:
@@ -946,7 +944,6 @@ dpaa2_sec_auth_init(struct rte_cryptodev *dev,
 		session->auth_alg = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA224_HMAC;
 		break;
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_XCBC_MAC:
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GCM:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SNOW3G_UIA2:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_NULL:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1:
@@ -955,7 +952,6 @@ dpaa2_sec_auth_init(struct rte_cryptodev *dev,
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA224:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA384:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_MD5:
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_CCM:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GMAC:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_KASUMI_F9:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_CMAC:
@@ -1100,7 +1096,6 @@ dpaa2_sec_aead_init(struct rte_cryptodev *dev,
 		session->auth_alg = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA512_HMAC;
 		break;
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_XCBC_MAC:
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GCM:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SNOW3G_UIA2:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_NULL:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1:
@@ -1109,7 +1104,6 @@ dpaa2_sec_aead_init(struct rte_cryptodev *dev,
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA224:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA384:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_MD5:
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_CCM:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GMAC:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_KASUMI_F9:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_CMAC:
@@ -1141,13 +1135,11 @@ dpaa2_sec_aead_init(struct rte_cryptodev *dev,
 		session->cipher_alg = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_CBC;
 		ctxt->iv.length = TDES_CBC_IV_LEN;
 		break;
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_GCM:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_SNOW3G_UEA2:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_NULL:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_ECB:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_ECB:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CTR:
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CCM:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_KASUMI_F8:
 		RTE_LOG(ERR, PMD, "Crypto: Unsupported Cipher alg %u",
 			cipher_xform->algo);
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd.c b/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd.c
index 89fd11b..a33c36e 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd.c
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ openssl_get_chain_order(const struct rte_crypto_sym_xform *xform)
 			else if (xform->next->type == RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AUTH)
 				res =  OPENSSL_CHAIN_CIPHER_AUTH;
 		}
+		if (xform->type == RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AEAD)
+			res = OPENSSL_CHAIN_COMBINED;
 	}
 
 	return res;
@@ -183,21 +185,6 @@ get_cipher_algo(enum rte_crypto_cipher_algorithm sess_algo, size_t keylen,
 				res = -EINVAL;
 			}
 			break;
-		case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_GCM:
-			switch (keylen) {
-			case 16:
-				*algo = EVP_aes_128_gcm();
-				break;
-			case 24:
-				*algo = EVP_aes_192_gcm();
-				break;
-			case 32:
-				*algo = EVP_aes_256_gcm();
-				break;
-			default:
-				res = -EINVAL;
-			}
-			break;
 		default:
 			res = -EINVAL;
 			break;
@@ -253,6 +240,41 @@ get_auth_algo(enum rte_crypto_auth_algorithm sessalgo,
 	return res;
 }
 
+/** Get adequate openssl function for input cipher algorithm */
+static uint8_t
+get_aead_algo(enum rte_crypto_aead_algorithm sess_algo, size_t keylen,
+		const EVP_CIPHER **algo)
+{
+	int res = 0;
+
+	if (algo != NULL) {
+		switch (sess_algo) {
+		case RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_AES_GCM:
+			switch (keylen) {
+			case 16:
+				*algo = EVP_aes_128_gcm();
+				break;
+			case 24:
+				*algo = EVP_aes_192_gcm();
+				break;
+			case 32:
+				*algo = EVP_aes_256_gcm();
+				break;
+			default:
+				res = -EINVAL;
+			}
+			break;
+		default:
+			res = -EINVAL;
+			break;
+		}
+	} else {
+		res = -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return res;
+}
+
 /** Set session cipher parameters */
 static int
 openssl_set_session_cipher_parameters(struct openssl_session *sess,
@@ -272,7 +294,6 @@ openssl_set_session_cipher_parameters(struct openssl_session *sess,
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_CBC:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CTR:
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_GCM:
 		sess->cipher.mode = OPENSSL_CIPHER_LIB;
 		sess->cipher.algo = xform->cipher.algo;
 		sess->cipher.ctx = EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new();
@@ -329,12 +350,6 @@ openssl_set_session_auth_parameters(struct openssl_session *sess,
 
 	/* Select auth algo */
 	switch (xform->auth.algo) {
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GCM:
-		/* Check additional condition for AES_GCM */
-		if (sess->cipher.algo != RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_GCM)
-			return -EINVAL;
-		sess->chain_order = OPENSSL_CHAIN_COMBINED;
-		break;
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GMAC:
 		sess->chain_order = OPENSSL_CHAIN_COMBINED;
 
@@ -355,7 +370,7 @@ openssl_set_session_auth_parameters(struct openssl_session *sess,
 		sess->cipher.key.length = xform->auth.key.length;
 		sess->cipher.ctx = EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new();
 
-		if (get_cipher_algo(RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_GCM,
+		if (get_aead_algo(RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_AES_GCM,
 				sess->cipher.key.length,
 				&sess->cipher.evp_algo) != 0)
 			return -EINVAL;
@@ -403,6 +418,50 @@ openssl_set_session_auth_parameters(struct openssl_session *sess,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* Set session AEAD parameters */
+static int
+openssl_set_session_aead_parameters(struct openssl_session *sess,
+		const struct rte_crypto_sym_xform *xform)
+{
+	/* Select cipher direction */
+	sess->cipher.direction = xform->cipher.op;
+	/* Select cipher key */
+	sess->cipher.key.length = xform->aead.key.length;
+
+	/* Set IV parameters */
+	sess->iv.offset = xform->aead.iv.offset;
+	sess->iv.length = xform->aead.iv.length;
+
+	/* Select auth generate/verify */
+	sess->auth.operation = xform->auth.op;
+	sess->auth.algo = xform->auth.algo;
+
+	/* Select auth algo */
+	switch (xform->aead.algo) {
+	case RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_AES_GCM:
+		sess->cipher.mode = OPENSSL_CIPHER_LIB;
+		sess->aead_algo = xform->aead.algo;
+		sess->cipher.ctx = EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new();
+
+		if (get_aead_algo(sess->aead_algo, sess->cipher.key.length,
+				&sess->cipher.evp_algo) != 0)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		get_cipher_key(xform->cipher.key.data, sess->cipher.key.length,
+			sess->cipher.key.data);
+
+		sess->chain_order = OPENSSL_CHAIN_COMBINED;
+		break;
+	default:
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	sess->auth.aad_length = xform->aead.add_auth_data_length;
+	sess->auth.digest_length = xform->aead.digest_length;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /** Parse crypto xform chain and set private session parameters */
 int
 openssl_set_session_parameters(struct openssl_session *sess,
@@ -410,6 +469,7 @@ openssl_set_session_parameters(struct openssl_session *sess,
 {
 	const struct rte_crypto_sym_xform *cipher_xform = NULL;
 	const struct rte_crypto_sym_xform *auth_xform = NULL;
+	const struct rte_crypto_sym_xform *aead_xform = NULL;
 
 	sess->chain_order = openssl_get_chain_order(xform);
 	switch (sess->chain_order) {
@@ -427,6 +487,9 @@ openssl_set_session_parameters(struct openssl_session *sess,
 		auth_xform = xform;
 		cipher_xform = xform->next;
 		break;
+	case OPENSSL_CHAIN_COMBINED:
+		aead_xform = xform;
+		break;
 	default:
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -452,6 +515,14 @@ openssl_set_session_parameters(struct openssl_session *sess,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (aead_xform) {
+		if (openssl_set_session_aead_parameters(sess, aead_xform)) {
+			OPENSSL_LOG_ERR(
+				"Invalid/unsupported auth parameters");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -964,26 +1035,27 @@ process_openssl_combined_op
 	iv = rte_crypto_op_ctod_offset(op, uint8_t *,
 			sess->iv.offset);
 	ivlen = sess->iv.length;
-	tag = op->sym->auth.digest.data;
-	if (tag == NULL)
-		tag = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(mbuf_dst, uint8_t *,
-				op->sym->cipher.data.offset +
-				op->sym->cipher.data.length);
-
 	if (sess->auth.algo == RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GMAC) {
 		srclen = 0;
 		offset = op->sym->auth.data.offset;
 		aadlen = op->sym->auth.data.length;
 		aad = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(mbuf_src, uint8_t *,
 				op->sym->auth.data.offset);
-
+		tag = op->sym->auth.digest.data;
+		if (tag == NULL)
+			tag = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(mbuf_dst, uint8_t *,
+				offset + aadlen);
 	} else {
-		srclen = op->sym->cipher.data.length;
+		srclen = op->sym->aead.data.length;
 		dst = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(mbuf_dst, uint8_t *,
-				op->sym->cipher.data.offset);
-		offset = op->sym->cipher.data.offset;
-		aad = op->sym->auth.aad.data;
+				op->sym->aead.data.offset);
+		offset = op->sym->aead.data.offset;
+		aad = op->sym->aead.aad.data;
 		aadlen = sess->auth.aad_length;
+		tag = op->sym->aead.digest.data;
+		if (tag == NULL)
+			tag = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(mbuf_dst, uint8_t *,
+				offset + srclen);
 	}
 
 	if (sess->cipher.direction == RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_ENCRYPT)
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd_ops.c b/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd_ops.c
index fc525d9..26265b8 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd_ops.c
@@ -344,12 +344,12 @@ static const struct rte_cryptodev_capabilities openssl_pmd_capabilities[] = {
 			}, }
 		}, }
 	},
-	{	/* AES GCM (AUTH) */
+	{	/* AES GCM */
 		.op = RTE_CRYPTO_OP_TYPE_SYMMETRIC,
 		{.sym = {
-			.xform_type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AUTH,
-			{.auth = {
-				.algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GCM,
+			.xform_type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AEAD,
+			{.aead = {
+				.algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_AES_GCM,
 				.block_size = 16,
 				.key_size = {
 					.min = 16,
@@ -366,27 +366,11 @@ static const struct rte_cryptodev_capabilities openssl_pmd_capabilities[] = {
 					.max = 65535,
 					.increment = 1
 				},
-				.iv_size = { 0 }
-			}, }
-		}, }
-	},
-	{	/* AES GCM (CIPHER) */
-		.op = RTE_CRYPTO_OP_TYPE_SYMMETRIC,
-		{.sym = {
-			.xform_type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_CIPHER,
-			{.cipher = {
-				.algo = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_GCM,
-				.block_size = 16,
-				.key_size = {
-					.min = 16,
-					.max = 32,
-					.increment = 8
-				},
 				.iv_size = {
 					.min = 12,
 					.max = 16,
 					.increment = 4
-				}
+				},
 			}, }
 		}, }
 	},
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd_private.h b/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd_private.h
index 4c9be05..7799407 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd_private.h
+++ b/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd_private.h
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ struct openssl_session {
 		uint16_t offset;
 	} iv;
 	/**< IV parameters */
+
+	enum rte_crypto_aead_algorithm aead_algo;
+	/**< AEAD algorithm */
+
 	/** Cipher Parameters */
 	struct {
 		enum rte_crypto_cipher_operation direction;
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_crypto.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_crypto.c
index 963c311..f29c016 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_crypto.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_crypto.c
@@ -245,6 +245,14 @@ qat_get_cmd_id(const struct rte_crypto_sym_xform *xform)
 	if (xform->type == RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AUTH && xform->next == NULL)
 		return ICP_QAT_FW_LA_CMD_AUTH;
 
+	/* AEAD */
+	if (xform->type == RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AEAD) {
+		if (xform->aead.op == RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_ENCRYPT)
+			return ICP_QAT_FW_LA_CMD_CIPHER_HASH;
+		else
+			return ICP_QAT_FW_LA_CMD_HASH_CIPHER;
+	}
+
 	if (xform->next == NULL)
 		return -1;
 
@@ -309,14 +317,6 @@ qat_crypto_sym_configure_session_cipher(struct rte_cryptodev *dev,
 		}
 		session->qat_mode = ICP_QAT_HW_CIPHER_CBC_MODE;
 		break;
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_GCM:
-		if (qat_alg_validate_aes_key(cipher_xform->key.length,
-				&session->qat_cipher_alg) != 0) {
-			PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Invalid AES cipher key size");
-			goto error_out;
-		}
-		session->qat_mode = ICP_QAT_HW_CIPHER_CTR_MODE;
-		break;
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CTR:
 		if (qat_alg_validate_aes_key(cipher_xform->key.length,
 				&session->qat_cipher_alg) != 0) {
@@ -417,7 +417,6 @@ qat_crypto_sym_configure_session_cipher(struct rte_cryptodev *dev,
 		break;
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_ECB:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_ECB:
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CCM:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_F8:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_XTS:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_ARC4:
@@ -479,12 +478,26 @@ qat_crypto_sym_configure_session(struct rte_cryptodev *dev,
 	session = qat_crypto_sym_configure_session_auth(dev, xform, session);
 		break;
 	case ICP_QAT_FW_LA_CMD_CIPHER_HASH:
-	session = qat_crypto_sym_configure_session_cipher(dev, xform, session);
-	session = qat_crypto_sym_configure_session_auth(dev, xform, session);
+		if (xform->type == RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AEAD)
+			session = qat_crypto_sym_configure_session_aead(xform,
+					session);
+		else {
+			session = qat_crypto_sym_configure_session_cipher(dev,
+					xform, session);
+			session = qat_crypto_sym_configure_session_auth(dev,
+					xform, session);
+		}
 		break;
 	case ICP_QAT_FW_LA_CMD_HASH_CIPHER:
-	session = qat_crypto_sym_configure_session_auth(dev, xform, session);
-	session = qat_crypto_sym_configure_session_cipher(dev, xform, session);
+		if (xform->type == RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AEAD)
+			session = qat_crypto_sym_configure_session_aead(xform,
+					session);
+		else {
+			session = qat_crypto_sym_configure_session_auth(dev,
+					xform, session);
+			session = qat_crypto_sym_configure_session_cipher(dev,
+					xform, session);
+		}
 		break;
 	case ICP_QAT_FW_LA_CMD_TRNG_GET_RANDOM:
 	case ICP_QAT_FW_LA_CMD_TRNG_TEST:
@@ -518,7 +531,6 @@ qat_crypto_sym_configure_session_auth(struct rte_cryptodev *dev,
 
 	struct qat_session *session = session_private;
 	struct rte_crypto_auth_xform *auth_xform = NULL;
-	struct rte_crypto_cipher_xform *cipher_xform = NULL;
 	struct qat_pmd_private *internals = dev->data->dev_private;
 	auth_xform = qat_get_auth_xform(xform);
 	uint8_t *key_data = auth_xform->key.data;
@@ -543,14 +555,6 @@ qat_crypto_sym_configure_session_auth(struct rte_cryptodev *dev,
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_XCBC_MAC:
 		session->qat_hash_alg = ICP_QAT_HW_AUTH_ALGO_AES_XCBC_MAC;
 		break;
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GCM:
-		cipher_xform = qat_get_cipher_xform(xform);
-
-		session->qat_hash_alg = ICP_QAT_HW_AUTH_ALGO_GALOIS_128;
-
-		key_data = cipher_xform->key.data;
-		key_length = cipher_xform->key.length;
-		break;
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GMAC:
 		if (qat_alg_validate_aes_key(auth_xform->key.length,
 				&session->qat_cipher_alg) != 0) {
@@ -588,8 +592,6 @@ qat_crypto_sym_configure_session_auth(struct rte_cryptodev *dev,
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA224:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA384:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_MD5:
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_CCM:
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_CMAC:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_CBC_MAC:
 		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Crypto: Unsupported hash alg %u",
 				auth_xform->algo);
@@ -649,7 +651,7 @@ qat_crypto_sym_configure_session_auth(struct rte_cryptodev *dev,
 		if (qat_alg_aead_session_create_content_desc_auth(session,
 				key_data,
 				key_length,
-				auth_xform->add_auth_data_length,
+				0,
 				auth_xform->digest_length,
 				auth_xform->op))
 			goto error_out;
@@ -662,6 +664,85 @@ qat_crypto_sym_configure_session_auth(struct rte_cryptodev *dev,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+struct qat_session *
+qat_crypto_sym_configure_session_aead(struct rte_crypto_sym_xform *xform,
+				struct qat_session *session_private)
+{
+	struct qat_session *session = session_private;
+	struct rte_crypto_aead_xform *aead_xform = &xform->aead;
+
+	/*
+	 * Store AEAD IV parameters as cipher IV,
+	 * to avoid unnecessary memory usage
+	 */
+	session->cipher_iv.offset = xform->aead.iv.offset;
+	session->cipher_iv.length = xform->aead.iv.length;
+
+	switch (aead_xform->algo) {
+	case RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_AES_GCM:
+		if (qat_alg_validate_aes_key(aead_xform->key.length,
+				&session->qat_cipher_alg) != 0) {
+			PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Invalid AES key size");
+			goto error_out;
+		}
+		session->qat_mode = ICP_QAT_HW_CIPHER_CTR_MODE;
+		session->qat_hash_alg = ICP_QAT_HW_AUTH_ALGO_GALOIS_128;
+		break;
+	case RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_AES_CCM:
+		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Crypto QAT PMD: Unsupported AEAD alg %u",
+				aead_xform->algo);
+		goto error_out;
+	default:
+		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Crypto: Undefined AEAD specified %u\n",
+				aead_xform->algo);
+		goto error_out;
+	}
+
+	if (aead_xform->op == RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_ENCRYPT) {
+		session->qat_dir = ICP_QAT_HW_CIPHER_ENCRYPT;
+		/*
+		 * It needs to create cipher desc content first,
+		 * then authentication
+		 */
+		if (qat_alg_aead_session_create_content_desc_cipher(session,
+					aead_xform->key.data,
+					aead_xform->key.length))
+			goto error_out;
+
+		if (qat_alg_aead_session_create_content_desc_auth(session,
+					aead_xform->key.data,
+					aead_xform->key.length,
+					aead_xform->add_auth_data_length,
+					aead_xform->digest_length,
+					RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_OP_GENERATE))
+			goto error_out;
+	} else {
+		session->qat_dir = ICP_QAT_HW_CIPHER_DECRYPT;
+		/*
+		 * It needs to create authentication desc content first,
+		 * then cipher
+		 */
+		if (qat_alg_aead_session_create_content_desc_auth(session,
+					aead_xform->key.data,
+					aead_xform->key.length,
+					aead_xform->add_auth_data_length,
+					aead_xform->digest_length,
+					RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_OP_VERIFY))
+			goto error_out;
+
+		if (qat_alg_aead_session_create_content_desc_cipher(session,
+					aead_xform->key.data,
+					aead_xform->key.length))
+			goto error_out;
+	}
+
+	session->digest_length = aead_xform->digest_length;
+	return session;
+
+error_out:
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 unsigned qat_crypto_sym_get_session_private_size(
 		struct rte_cryptodev *dev __rte_unused)
 {
@@ -984,7 +1065,7 @@ qat_write_hw_desc_entry(struct rte_crypto_op *op, uint8_t *out_msg,
 	struct icp_qat_fw_la_cipher_req_params *cipher_param;
 	struct icp_qat_fw_la_auth_req_params *auth_param;
 	register struct icp_qat_fw_la_bulk_req *qat_req;
-	uint8_t do_auth = 0, do_cipher = 0;
+	uint8_t do_auth = 0, do_cipher = 0, do_aead = 0;
 	uint32_t cipher_len = 0, cipher_ofs = 0;
 	uint32_t auth_len = 0, auth_ofs = 0;
 	uint32_t min_ofs = 0;
@@ -1018,9 +1099,15 @@ qat_write_hw_desc_entry(struct rte_crypto_op *op, uint8_t *out_msg,
 	auth_param = (void *)((uint8_t *)cipher_param + sizeof(*cipher_param));
 
 	if (ctx->qat_cmd == ICP_QAT_FW_LA_CMD_HASH_CIPHER ||
-		ctx->qat_cmd == ICP_QAT_FW_LA_CMD_CIPHER_HASH) {
-		do_auth = 1;
-		do_cipher = 1;
+			ctx->qat_cmd == ICP_QAT_FW_LA_CMD_CIPHER_HASH) {
+		/* AES-GCM */
+		if (ctx->qat_hash_alg == ICP_QAT_HW_AUTH_ALGO_GALOIS_128 ||
+				ctx->qat_hash_alg == ICP_QAT_HW_AUTH_ALGO_GALOIS_64) {
+			do_aead = 1;
+		} else {
+			do_auth = 1;
+			do_cipher = 1;
+		}
 	} else if (ctx->qat_cmd == ICP_QAT_FW_LA_CMD_AUTH) {
 		do_auth = 1;
 		do_cipher = 0;
@@ -1112,18 +1199,10 @@ qat_write_hw_desc_entry(struct rte_crypto_op *op, uint8_t *out_msg,
 					ICP_QAT_HW_AUTH_ALGO_GALOIS_128 ||
 				ctx->qat_hash_alg ==
 					ICP_QAT_HW_AUTH_ALGO_GALOIS_64) {
-			/* AES-GCM */
-			if (do_cipher) {
-				auth_ofs = op->sym->cipher.data.offset;
-				auth_len = op->sym->cipher.data.length;
-
-				auth_param->u1.aad_adr = op->sym->auth.aad.phys_addr;
 			/* AES-GMAC */
-			} else {
-				set_cipher_IV(ctx->auth_iv.length,
-					ctx->auth_iv.offset,
-					cipher_param, op, qat_req);
-			}
+			set_cipher_IV(ctx->auth_iv.length,
+				ctx->auth_iv.offset,
+				cipher_param, op, qat_req);
 		} else {
 			auth_ofs = op->sym->auth.data.offset;
 			auth_len = op->sym->auth.data.length;
@@ -1134,6 +1213,19 @@ qat_write_hw_desc_entry(struct rte_crypto_op *op, uint8_t *out_msg,
 
 	}
 
+	if (do_aead) {
+		cipher_len = op->sym->aead.data.length;
+		cipher_ofs = op->sym->aead.data.offset;
+		auth_len = op->sym->aead.data.length;
+		auth_ofs = op->sym->aead.data.offset;
+
+		auth_param->u1.aad_adr = op->sym->aead.aad.phys_addr;
+		auth_param->auth_res_addr = op->sym->aead.digest.phys_addr;
+		set_cipher_IV(ctx->cipher_iv.length, ctx->cipher_iv.offset,
+				cipher_param, op, qat_req);
+		min_ofs = op->sym->aead.data.offset;
+	}
+
 	if (op->sym->m_src->next || (op->sym->m_dst && op->sym->m_dst->next))
 		do_sgl = 1;
 
@@ -1175,7 +1267,7 @@ qat_write_hw_desc_entry(struct rte_crypto_op *op, uint8_t *out_msg,
 		dst_buf_start = src_buf_start;
 	}
 
-	if (do_cipher) {
+	if (do_cipher || do_aead) {
 		cipher_param->cipher_offset =
 				(uint32_t)rte_pktmbuf_mtophys_offset(
 				op->sym->m_src, cipher_ofs) - src_buf_start;
@@ -1184,7 +1276,8 @@ qat_write_hw_desc_entry(struct rte_crypto_op *op, uint8_t *out_msg,
 		cipher_param->cipher_offset = 0;
 		cipher_param->cipher_length = 0;
 	}
-	if (do_auth) {
+
+	if (do_auth || do_aead) {
 		auth_param->auth_off = (uint32_t)rte_pktmbuf_mtophys_offset(
 				op->sym->m_src, auth_ofs) - src_buf_start;
 		auth_param->auth_len = auth_len;
@@ -1192,6 +1285,7 @@ qat_write_hw_desc_entry(struct rte_crypto_op *op, uint8_t *out_msg,
 		auth_param->auth_off = 0;
 		auth_param->auth_len = 0;
 	}
+
 	qat_req->comn_mid.dst_length =
 		qat_req->comn_mid.src_length =
 		(cipher_param->cipher_offset + cipher_param->cipher_length)
@@ -1250,7 +1344,7 @@ qat_write_hw_desc_entry(struct rte_crypto_op *op, uint8_t *out_msg,
 				ICP_QAT_FW_LA_GCM_IV_LEN_12_OCTETS);
 		}
 		/* GMAC */
-		if (!do_cipher) {
+		if (!do_aead) {
 			qat_req->comn_mid.dst_length =
 				qat_req->comn_mid.src_length =
 					rte_pktmbuf_data_len(op->sym->m_src);
@@ -1285,7 +1379,12 @@ qat_write_hw_desc_entry(struct rte_crypto_op *op, uint8_t *out_msg,
 		}
 		rte_hexdump(stdout, "digest:", op->sym->auth.digest.data,
 				ctx->digest_lengthh);
-		rte_hexdump(stdout, "aad:", op->sym->auth.aad.data,
+	}
+
+	if (do_aead) {
+		rte_hexdump(stdout, "digest:", op->sym->aead.digest.data,
+				ctx->digest_length);
+		rte_hexdump(stdout, "aad:", op->sym->aead.aad.data,
 				ctx->aad_len);
 	}
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_crypto.h b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_crypto.h
index b740d6b..f76f3ca 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_crypto.h
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_crypto.h
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ qat_crypto_sym_configure_session(struct rte_cryptodev *dev,
 		struct rte_crypto_sym_xform *xform, void *session_private);
 
 struct qat_session *
+qat_crypto_sym_configure_session_aead(struct rte_crypto_sym_xform *xform,
+				struct qat_session *session_private);
+
+struct qat_session *
 qat_crypto_sym_configure_session_auth(struct rte_cryptodev *dev,
 				struct rte_crypto_sym_xform *xform,
 				struct qat_session *session_private);
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_crypto_capabilities.h b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_crypto_capabilities.h
index d863ccd..fee8ee1 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_crypto_capabilities.h
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_crypto_capabilities.h
@@ -189,12 +189,12 @@
 			}, }						\
 		}, }							\
 	},								\
-	{	/* AES GCM (AUTH) */					\
+	{	/* AES GCM */						\
 		.op = RTE_CRYPTO_OP_TYPE_SYMMETRIC,			\
 		{.sym = {						\
-			.xform_type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AUTH,	\
-			{.auth = {					\
-				.algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GCM,	\
+			.xform_type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AEAD,	\
+			{.aead = {					\
+				.algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_AES_GCM,	\
 				.block_size = 16,			\
 				.key_size = {				\
 					.min = 16,			\
@@ -211,7 +211,11 @@
 					.max = 240,			\
 					.increment = 1			\
 				},					\
-				.iv_size = { 0 }			\
+				.iv_size = {				\
+					.min = 12,			\
+					.max = 12,			\
+					.increment = 0			\
+				},					\
 			}, }						\
 		}, }							\
 	},								\
@@ -266,26 +270,6 @@
 			}, }						\
 		}, }							\
 	},								\
-	{	/* AES GCM (CIPHER) */					\
-		.op = RTE_CRYPTO_OP_TYPE_SYMMETRIC,			\
-		{.sym = {						\
-			.xform_type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_CIPHER,	\
-			{.cipher = {					\
-				.algo = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_GCM,	\
-				.block_size = 16,			\
-				.key_size = {				\
-					.min = 16,			\
-					.max = 32,			\
-					.increment = 8			\
-				},					\
-				.iv_size = {				\
-					.min = 12,			\
-					.max = 12,			\
-					.increment = 0			\
-				}					\
-			}, }						\
-		}, }							\
-	},								\
 	{	/* AES CBC */						\
 		.op = RTE_CRYPTO_OP_TYPE_SYMMETRIC,			\
 		{.sym = {						\
diff --git a/examples/ipsec-secgw/esp.c b/examples/ipsec-secgw/esp.c
index 1f3efae..e1cfca0 100644
--- a/examples/ipsec-secgw/esp.c
+++ b/examples/ipsec-secgw/esp.c
@@ -84,62 +84,79 @@ esp_inbound(struct rte_mbuf *m, struct ipsec_sa *sa,
 	}
 
 	sym_cop = get_sym_cop(cop);
-
 	sym_cop->m_src = m;
-	sym_cop->cipher.data.offset =  ip_hdr_len + sizeof(struct esp_hdr) +
-		sa->iv_len;
-	sym_cop->cipher.data.length = payload_len;
-
-	struct cnt_blk *icb;
-	uint8_t *aad;
-	uint8_t *iv = RTE_PTR_ADD(ip4, ip_hdr_len + sizeof(struct esp_hdr));
-	uint8_t *IV_ptr = rte_crypto_op_ctod_offset(cop,
-				uint8_t *, IV_OFFSET);
-
-	switch (sa->cipher_algo) {
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_NULL:
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC:
-		/* Copy IV at the end of crypto operation */
-		rte_memcpy(IV_ptr, iv, sa->iv_len);
-		break;
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CTR:
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_GCM:
+
+	if (sa->aead_algo == RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_AES_GCM) {
+		sym_cop->aead.data.offset =  ip_hdr_len + sizeof(struct esp_hdr) +
+			sa->iv_len;
+		sym_cop->aead.data.length = payload_len;
+
+		struct cnt_blk *icb;
+		uint8_t *aad;
+		uint8_t *iv = RTE_PTR_ADD(ip4, ip_hdr_len + sizeof(struct esp_hdr));
+
 		icb = get_cnt_blk(m);
 		icb->salt = sa->salt;
 		memcpy(&icb->iv, iv, 8);
 		icb->cnt = rte_cpu_to_be_32(1);
-		break;
-	default:
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, IPSEC_ESP, "unsupported cipher algorithm %u\n",
-				sa->cipher_algo);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
 
-	switch (sa->auth_algo) {
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_NULL:
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC:
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA256_HMAC:
-		sym_cop->auth.data.offset = ip_hdr_len;
-		sym_cop->auth.data.length = sizeof(struct esp_hdr) +
-			sa->iv_len + payload_len;
-		break;
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GCM:
 		aad = get_aad(m);
 		memcpy(aad, iv - sizeof(struct esp_hdr), 8);
 		sym_cop->auth.aad.data = aad;
 		sym_cop->auth.aad.phys_addr = rte_pktmbuf_mtophys_offset(m,
 				aad - rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m, uint8_t *));
-		break;
-	default:
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, IPSEC_ESP, "unsupported auth algorithm %u\n",
-				sa->auth_algo);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
 
-	sym_cop->auth.digest.data = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m, void*,
-			rte_pktmbuf_pkt_len(m) - sa->digest_len);
-	sym_cop->auth.digest.phys_addr = rte_pktmbuf_mtophys_offset(m,
-			rte_pktmbuf_pkt_len(m) - sa->digest_len);
+		sym_cop->aead.digest.data = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m, void*,
+				rte_pktmbuf_pkt_len(m) - sa->digest_len);
+		sym_cop->aead.digest.phys_addr = rte_pktmbuf_mtophys_offset(m,
+				rte_pktmbuf_pkt_len(m) - sa->digest_len);
+	} else {
+		sym_cop->cipher.data.offset =  ip_hdr_len + sizeof(struct esp_hdr) +
+			sa->iv_len;
+		sym_cop->cipher.data.length = payload_len;
+
+		struct cnt_blk *icb;
+		uint8_t *iv = RTE_PTR_ADD(ip4, ip_hdr_len + sizeof(struct esp_hdr));
+		uint8_t *IV_ptr = rte_crypto_op_ctod_offset(cop,
+					uint8_t *, IV_OFFSET);
+
+		switch (sa->cipher_algo) {
+		case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_NULL:
+		case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC:
+			/* Copy IV at the end of crypto operation */
+			rte_memcpy(IV_ptr, iv, sa->iv_len);
+			break;
+		case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CTR:
+			icb = get_cnt_blk(m);
+			icb->salt = sa->salt;
+			memcpy(&icb->iv, iv, 8);
+			icb->cnt = rte_cpu_to_be_32(1);
+			break;
+		default:
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, IPSEC_ESP, "unsupported cipher algorithm %u\n",
+					sa->cipher_algo);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
+		switch (sa->auth_algo) {
+		case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_NULL:
+		case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC:
+		case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA256_HMAC:
+			sym_cop->auth.data.offset = ip_hdr_len;
+			sym_cop->auth.data.length = sizeof(struct esp_hdr) +
+				sa->iv_len + payload_len;
+			break;
+		default:
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, IPSEC_ESP, "unsupported auth algorithm %u\n",
+					sa->auth_algo);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
+		sym_cop->auth.digest.data = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m, void*,
+				rte_pktmbuf_pkt_len(m) - sa->digest_len);
+		sym_cop->auth.digest.phys_addr = rte_pktmbuf_mtophys_offset(m,
+				rte_pktmbuf_pkt_len(m) - sa->digest_len);
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -308,65 +325,87 @@ esp_outbound(struct rte_mbuf *m, struct ipsec_sa *sa,
 
 	sym_cop = get_sym_cop(cop);
 	sym_cop->m_src = m;
-	switch (sa->cipher_algo) {
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_NULL:
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC:
-		memset(iv, 0, sa->iv_len);
-		sym_cop->cipher.data.offset = ip_hdr_len +
-			sizeof(struct esp_hdr);
-		sym_cop->cipher.data.length = pad_payload_len + sa->iv_len;
-		break;
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CTR:
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_GCM:
+
+	if (sa->aead_algo == RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_AES_GCM) {
+		uint8_t *aad;
+
 		*iv = sa->seq;
-		sym_cop->cipher.data.offset = ip_hdr_len +
+		sym_cop->aead.data.offset = ip_hdr_len +
 			sizeof(struct esp_hdr) + sa->iv_len;
-		sym_cop->cipher.data.length = pad_payload_len;
-		break;
-	default:
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, IPSEC_ESP, "unsupported cipher algorithm %u\n",
-				sa->cipher_algo);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
+		sym_cop->aead.data.length = pad_payload_len;
+
+		/* Fill pad_len using default sequential scheme */
+		for (i = 0; i < pad_len - 2; i++)
+			padding[i] = i + 1;
+		padding[pad_len - 2] = pad_len - 2;
+		padding[pad_len - 1] = nlp;
+
+		struct cnt_blk *icb = get_cnt_blk(m);
+		icb->salt = sa->salt;
+		icb->iv = sa->seq;
+		icb->cnt = rte_cpu_to_be_32(1);
 
-	/* Fill pad_len using default sequential scheme */
-	for (i = 0; i < pad_len - 2; i++)
-		padding[i] = i + 1;
-	padding[pad_len - 2] = pad_len - 2;
-	padding[pad_len - 1] = nlp;
-
-	struct cnt_blk *icb = get_cnt_blk(m);
-	icb->salt = sa->salt;
-	icb->iv = sa->seq;
-	icb->cnt = rte_cpu_to_be_32(1);
-
-	uint8_t *aad;
-
-	switch (sa->auth_algo) {
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_NULL:
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC:
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA256_HMAC:
-		sym_cop->auth.data.offset = ip_hdr_len;
-		sym_cop->auth.data.length = sizeof(struct esp_hdr) +
-			sa->iv_len + pad_payload_len;
-		break;
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GCM:
 		aad = get_aad(m);
 		memcpy(aad, esp, 8);
 		sym_cop->auth.aad.data = aad;
 		sym_cop->auth.aad.phys_addr = rte_pktmbuf_mtophys_offset(m,
 				aad - rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m, uint8_t *));
-		break;
-	default:
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, IPSEC_ESP, "unsupported auth algorithm %u\n",
-				sa->auth_algo);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
 
-	sym_cop->auth.digest.data = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m, uint8_t *,
+		sym_cop->aead.digest.data = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m, uint8_t *,
 			rte_pktmbuf_pkt_len(m) - sa->digest_len);
-	sym_cop->auth.digest.phys_addr = rte_pktmbuf_mtophys_offset(m,
+		sym_cop->aead.digest.phys_addr = rte_pktmbuf_mtophys_offset(m,
 			rte_pktmbuf_pkt_len(m) - sa->digest_len);
+	} else {
+		switch (sa->cipher_algo) {
+		case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_NULL:
+		case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC:
+			memset(iv, 0, sa->iv_len);
+			sym_cop->cipher.data.offset = ip_hdr_len +
+				sizeof(struct esp_hdr);
+			sym_cop->cipher.data.length = pad_payload_len + sa->iv_len;
+			break;
+		case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CTR:
+			*iv = sa->seq;
+			sym_cop->cipher.data.offset = ip_hdr_len +
+				sizeof(struct esp_hdr) + sa->iv_len;
+			sym_cop->cipher.data.length = pad_payload_len;
+			break;
+		default:
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, IPSEC_ESP, "unsupported cipher algorithm %u\n",
+					sa->cipher_algo);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
+		/* Fill pad_len using default sequential scheme */
+		for (i = 0; i < pad_len - 2; i++)
+			padding[i] = i + 1;
+		padding[pad_len - 2] = pad_len - 2;
+		padding[pad_len - 1] = nlp;
+
+		struct cnt_blk *icb = get_cnt_blk(m);
+		icb->salt = sa->salt;
+		icb->iv = sa->seq;
+		icb->cnt = rte_cpu_to_be_32(1);
+
+		switch (sa->auth_algo) {
+		case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_NULL:
+		case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC:
+		case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA256_HMAC:
+			sym_cop->auth.data.offset = ip_hdr_len;
+			sym_cop->auth.data.length = sizeof(struct esp_hdr) +
+				sa->iv_len + pad_payload_len;
+			break;
+		default:
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, IPSEC_ESP, "unsupported auth algorithm %u\n",
+					sa->auth_algo);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
+		sym_cop->auth.digest.data = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m, uint8_t *,
+				rte_pktmbuf_pkt_len(m) - sa->digest_len);
+		sym_cop->auth.digest.phys_addr = rte_pktmbuf_mtophys_offset(m,
+				rte_pktmbuf_pkt_len(m) - sa->digest_len);
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec.h b/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec.h
index 405cf3d..f8569ca 100644
--- a/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec.h
+++ b/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec.h
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ struct ipsec_sa {
 	struct rte_cryptodev_sym_session *crypto_session;
 	enum rte_crypto_cipher_algorithm cipher_algo;
 	enum rte_crypto_auth_algorithm auth_algo;
+	enum rte_crypto_aead_algorithm aead_algo;
 	uint16_t digest_len;
 	uint16_t iv_len;
 	uint16_t block_size;
diff --git a/examples/ipsec-secgw/sa.c b/examples/ipsec-secgw/sa.c
index 85e4d4e..f0a3af6 100644
--- a/examples/ipsec-secgw/sa.c
+++ b/examples/ipsec-secgw/sa.c
@@ -64,10 +64,20 @@ struct supported_auth_algo {
 	enum rte_crypto_auth_algorithm algo;
 	uint16_t digest_len;
 	uint16_t key_len;
-	uint8_t aad_len;
 	uint8_t key_not_req;
 };
 
+struct supported_aead_algo {
+	const char *keyword;
+	enum rte_crypto_aead_algorithm algo;
+	uint16_t iv_len;
+	uint16_t block_size;
+	uint16_t digest_len;
+	uint16_t key_len;
+	uint8_t aad_len;
+};
+
+
 const struct supported_cipher_algo cipher_algos[] = {
 	{
 		.keyword = "null",
@@ -84,13 +94,6 @@ const struct supported_cipher_algo cipher_algos[] = {
 		.key_len = 16
 	},
 	{
-		.keyword = "aes-128-gcm",
-		.algo = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_GCM,
-		.iv_len = 8,
-		.block_size = 4,
-		.key_len = 20
-	},
-	{
 		.keyword = "aes-128-ctr",
 		.algo = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CTR,
 		.iv_len = 8,
@@ -118,13 +121,18 @@ const struct supported_auth_algo auth_algos[] = {
 		.algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA256_HMAC,
 		.digest_len = 12,
 		.key_len = 32
-	},
+	}
+};
+
+const struct supported_aead_algo aead_algos[] = {
 	{
 		.keyword = "aes-128-gcm",
-		.algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GCM,
+		.algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_AES_GCM,
+		.iv_len = 8,
+		.block_size = 4,
+		.key_len = 20,
 		.digest_len = 16,
 		.aad_len = 8,
-		.key_not_req = 1
 	}
 };
 
@@ -166,6 +174,22 @@ find_match_auth_algo(const char *auth_keyword)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static const struct supported_aead_algo *
+find_match_aead_algo(const char *aead_keyword)
+{
+	size_t i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < RTE_DIM(aead_algos); i++) {
+		const struct supported_aead_algo *algo =
+			&aead_algos[i];
+
+		if (strcmp(aead_keyword, algo->keyword) == 0)
+			return algo;
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 /** parse_key_string
  *  parse x:x:x:x.... hex number key string into uint8_t *key
  *  return:
@@ -210,6 +234,7 @@ parse_sa_tokens(char **tokens, uint32_t n_tokens,
 	uint32_t *ri /*rule index*/;
 	uint32_t cipher_algo_p = 0;
 	uint32_t auth_algo_p = 0;
+	uint32_t aead_algo_p = 0;
 	uint32_t src_p = 0;
 	uint32_t dst_p = 0;
 	uint32_t mode_p = 0;
@@ -319,8 +344,7 @@ parse_sa_tokens(char **tokens, uint32_t n_tokens,
 			if (algo->algo == RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC)
 				rule->salt = (uint32_t)rte_rand();
 
-			if ((algo->algo == RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CTR) ||
-				(algo->algo == RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_GCM)) {
+			if (algo->algo == RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CTR) {
 				key_len -= 4;
 				rule->cipher_key_len = key_len;
 				memcpy(&rule->salt,
@@ -386,6 +410,61 @@ parse_sa_tokens(char **tokens, uint32_t n_tokens,
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		if (strcmp(tokens[ti], "aead_algo") == 0) {
+			const struct supported_aead_algo *algo;
+			uint32_t key_len;
+
+			APP_CHECK_PRESENCE(aead_algo_p, tokens[ti],
+				status);
+			if (status->status < 0)
+				return;
+
+			INCREMENT_TOKEN_INDEX(ti, n_tokens, status);
+			if (status->status < 0)
+				return;
+
+			algo = find_match_aead_algo(tokens[ti]);
+
+			APP_CHECK(algo != NULL, status, "unrecognized "
+				"input \"%s\"", tokens[ti]);
+
+			rule->aead_algo = algo->algo;
+			rule->cipher_key_len = algo->key_len;
+			rule->digest_len = algo->digest_len;
+			rule->aad_len = algo->key_len;
+			rule->block_size = algo->block_size;
+			rule->iv_len = algo->iv_len;
+
+			INCREMENT_TOKEN_INDEX(ti, n_tokens, status);
+			if (status->status < 0)
+				return;
+
+			APP_CHECK(strcmp(tokens[ti], "aead_key") == 0,
+				status, "unrecognized input \"%s\", "
+				"expect \"aead_key\"", tokens[ti]);
+			if (status->status < 0)
+				return;
+
+			INCREMENT_TOKEN_INDEX(ti, n_tokens, status);
+			if (status->status < 0)
+				return;
+
+			key_len = parse_key_string(tokens[ti],
+				rule->cipher_key);
+			APP_CHECK(key_len == rule->cipher_key_len, status,
+				"unrecognized input \"%s\"", tokens[ti]);
+			if (status->status < 0)
+				return;
+
+			key_len -= 4;
+			rule->cipher_key_len = key_len;
+			memcpy(&rule->salt,
+				&rule->cipher_key[key_len], 4);
+
+			aead_algo_p = 1;
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		if (strcmp(tokens[ti], "src") == 0) {
 			APP_CHECK_PRESENCE(src_p, tokens[ti], status);
 			if (status->status < 0)
@@ -477,13 +556,25 @@ parse_sa_tokens(char **tokens, uint32_t n_tokens,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	APP_CHECK(cipher_algo_p == 1, status, "missing cipher options");
-	if (status->status < 0)
-		return;
+	if (aead_algo_p) {
+		APP_CHECK(cipher_algo_p == 0, status,
+				"AEAD used, no need for cipher options");
+		if (status->status < 0)
+			return;
 
-	APP_CHECK(auth_algo_p == 1, status, "missing auth options");
-	if (status->status < 0)
-		return;
+		APP_CHECK(auth_algo_p == 0, status,
+				"AEAD used, no need for auth options");
+		if (status->status < 0)
+			return;
+	} else {
+		APP_CHECK(cipher_algo_p == 1, status, "missing cipher or AEAD options");
+		if (status->status < 0)
+			return;
+
+		APP_CHECK(auth_algo_p == 1, status, "missing auth or AEAD options");
+		if (status->status < 0)
+			return;
+	}
 
 	APP_CHECK(mode_p == 1, status, "missing mode option");
 	if (status->status < 0)
@@ -514,6 +605,13 @@ print_one_sa_rule(const struct ipsec_sa *sa, int inbound)
 		}
 	}
 
+	for (i = 0; i < RTE_DIM(aead_algos); i++) {
+		if (aead_algos[i].algo == sa->aead_algo) {
+			printf("%s ", aead_algos[i].keyword);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
 	printf("mode:");
 
 	switch (sa->flags) {
@@ -608,75 +706,109 @@ sa_add_rules(struct sa_ctx *sa_ctx, const struct ipsec_sa entries[],
 			sa->dst.ip.ip4 = rte_cpu_to_be_32(sa->dst.ip.ip4);
 		}
 
-		switch (sa->cipher_algo) {
-		case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_NULL:
-		case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC:
-			iv_length = sa->iv_len;
-			break;
-		case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CTR:
-		case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_GCM:
+		if (sa->aead_algo == RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_AES_GCM) {
 			iv_length = 16;
-			break;
-		default:
-			RTE_LOG(ERR, IPSEC_ESP, "unsupported cipher algorithm %u\n",
-					sa->cipher_algo);
-			return -EINVAL;
-		}
 
-		if (inbound) {
-			sa_ctx->xf[idx].b.type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_CIPHER;
-			sa_ctx->xf[idx].b.cipher.algo = sa->cipher_algo;
-			sa_ctx->xf[idx].b.cipher.key.data = sa->cipher_key;
-			sa_ctx->xf[idx].b.cipher.key.length =
-				sa->cipher_key_len;
-			sa_ctx->xf[idx].b.cipher.op =
-				RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_DECRYPT;
-			sa_ctx->xf[idx].b.cipher.iv.offset = IV_OFFSET;
-			sa_ctx->xf[idx].b.cipher.iv.length = iv_length;
-			sa_ctx->xf[idx].b.next = NULL;
+			if (inbound) {
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AEAD;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.aead.algo = sa->aead_algo;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.aead.key.data = sa->cipher_key;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.aead.key.length =
+					sa->cipher_key_len;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.aead.op =
+					RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_DECRYPT;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.next = NULL;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.aead.iv.offset = IV_OFFSET;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.aead.iv.length = iv_length;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.aead.add_auth_data_length =
+					sa->aad_len;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.aead.digest_length =
+					sa->digest_len;
+			} else { /* outbound */
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AEAD;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.aead.algo = sa->aead_algo;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.aead.key.data = sa->cipher_key;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.aead.key.length =
+					sa->cipher_key_len;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.aead.op =
+					RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_ENCRYPT;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.next = NULL;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.aead.iv.offset = IV_OFFSET;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.aead.iv.length = iv_length;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.aead.add_auth_data_length =
+					sa->aad_len;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.aead.digest_length =
+					sa->digest_len;
+			}
 
-			sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AUTH;
-			sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.auth.algo = sa->auth_algo;
-			sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.auth.add_auth_data_length =
-				sa->aad_len;
-			sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.auth.key.data = sa->auth_key;
-			sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.auth.key.length =
-				sa->auth_key_len;
-			sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.auth.digest_length =
-				sa->digest_len;
-			sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.auth.op =
-				RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_OP_VERIFY;
-
-		} else { /* outbound */
-			sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_CIPHER;
-			sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.cipher.algo = sa->cipher_algo;
-			sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.cipher.key.data = sa->cipher_key;
-			sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.cipher.key.length =
-				sa->cipher_key_len;
-			sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.cipher.op =
-				RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_ENCRYPT;
-			sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.cipher.iv.offset = IV_OFFSET;
-			sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.cipher.iv.length = iv_length;
-			sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.next = NULL;
-
-			sa_ctx->xf[idx].b.type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AUTH;
-			sa_ctx->xf[idx].b.auth.algo = sa->auth_algo;
-			sa_ctx->xf[idx].b.auth.add_auth_data_length =
-				sa->aad_len;
-			sa_ctx->xf[idx].b.auth.key.data = sa->auth_key;
-			sa_ctx->xf[idx].b.auth.key.length =
-				sa->auth_key_len;
-			sa_ctx->xf[idx].b.auth.digest_length =
-				sa->digest_len;
-			sa_ctx->xf[idx].b.auth.op =
-				RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_OP_GENERATE;
-		}
+			sa->xforms = &sa_ctx->xf[idx].a;
 
-		sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.next = &sa_ctx->xf[idx].b;
-		sa_ctx->xf[idx].b.next = NULL;
-		sa->xforms = &sa_ctx->xf[idx].a;
+			print_one_sa_rule(sa, inbound);
+		} else {
+			switch (sa->cipher_algo) {
+			case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_NULL:
+			case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC:
+				iv_length = sa->iv_len;
+				break;
+			case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CTR:
+				iv_length = 16;
+				break;
+			default:
+				RTE_LOG(ERR, IPSEC_ESP, "unsupported cipher algorithm %u\n",
+						sa->cipher_algo);
+				return -EINVAL;
+			}
+
+			if (inbound) {
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].b.type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_CIPHER;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].b.cipher.algo = sa->cipher_algo;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].b.cipher.key.data = sa->cipher_key;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].b.cipher.key.length =
+					sa->cipher_key_len;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].b.cipher.op =
+					RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_DECRYPT;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].b.next = NULL;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].b.cipher.iv.offset = IV_OFFSET;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].b.cipher.iv.length = iv_length;
+
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AUTH;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.auth.algo = sa->auth_algo;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.auth.key.data = sa->auth_key;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.auth.key.length =
+					sa->auth_key_len;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.auth.digest_length =
+					sa->digest_len;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.auth.op =
+					RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_OP_VERIFY;
+			} else { /* outbound */
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_CIPHER;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.cipher.algo = sa->cipher_algo;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.cipher.key.data = sa->cipher_key;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.cipher.key.length =
+					sa->cipher_key_len;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.cipher.op =
+					RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_ENCRYPT;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.next = NULL;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.cipher.iv.offset = IV_OFFSET;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.cipher.iv.length = iv_length;
+
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].b.type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AUTH;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].b.auth.algo = sa->auth_algo;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].b.auth.key.data = sa->auth_key;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].b.auth.key.length =
+					sa->auth_key_len;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].b.auth.digest_length =
+					sa->digest_len;
+				sa_ctx->xf[idx].b.auth.op =
+					RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_OP_GENERATE;
+			}
 
-		print_one_sa_rule(sa, inbound);
+			sa_ctx->xf[idx].a.next = &sa_ctx->xf[idx].b;
+			sa_ctx->xf[idx].b.next = NULL;
+			sa->xforms = &sa_ctx->xf[idx].a;
+
+			print_one_sa_rule(sa, inbound);
+		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/examples/l2fwd-crypto/main.c b/examples/l2fwd-crypto/main.c
index edf4db7..9778537 100644
--- a/examples/l2fwd-crypto/main.c
+++ b/examples/l2fwd-crypto/main.c
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ enum l2fwd_crypto_xform_chain {
 	L2FWD_CRYPTO_CIPHER_HASH,
 	L2FWD_CRYPTO_HASH_CIPHER,
 	L2FWD_CRYPTO_CIPHER_ONLY,
-	L2FWD_CRYPTO_HASH_ONLY
+	L2FWD_CRYPTO_HASH_ONLY,
+	L2FWD_CRYPTO_AEAD
 };
 
 struct l2fwd_key {
@@ -172,6 +173,14 @@ struct l2fwd_crypto_options {
 	unsigned int auth_iv_param;
 	int auth_iv_random_size;
 
+	struct rte_crypto_sym_xform aead_xform;
+	unsigned aead_key_param;
+	int aead_key_random_size;
+
+	struct l2fwd_iv aead_iv;
+	unsigned int aead_iv_param;
+	int aead_iv_random_size;
+
 	struct l2fwd_key aad;
 	unsigned aad_param;
 	int aad_random_size;
@@ -199,10 +208,12 @@ struct l2fwd_crypto_params {
 
 	uint8_t do_cipher;
 	uint8_t do_hash;
+	uint8_t do_aead;
 	uint8_t hash_verify;
 
 	enum rte_crypto_cipher_algorithm cipher_algo;
 	enum rte_crypto_auth_algorithm auth_algo;
+	enum rte_crypto_aead_algorithm aead_algo;
 };
 
 /** lcore configuration */
@@ -490,14 +501,6 @@ l2fwd_simple_crypto_enqueue(struct rte_mbuf *m,
 			op->sym->auth.data.offset = ipdata_offset;
 			op->sym->auth.data.length = data_len;
 		}
-
-		if (cparams->aad.length) {
-			op->sym->auth.aad.data = cparams->aad.data;
-			op->sym->auth.aad.phys_addr = cparams->aad.phys_addr;
-		} else {
-			op->sym->auth.aad.data = NULL;
-			op->sym->auth.aad.phys_addr = 0;
-		}
 	}
 
 	if (cparams->do_cipher) {
@@ -519,6 +522,33 @@ l2fwd_simple_crypto_enqueue(struct rte_mbuf *m,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (cparams->do_aead) {
+		uint8_t *IV_ptr = rte_crypto_op_ctod_offset(op, uint8_t *,
+							IV_OFFSET);
+		/* Copy IV at the end of the crypto operation */
+		rte_memcpy(IV_ptr, cparams->aead.iv.data, cparams->aead.iv.length);
+
+		op->sym->aead.data.offset = ipdata_offset;
+		op->sym->aead.data.length = data_len;
+
+		if (!cparams->hash_verify) {
+			/* Append space for digest to end of packet */
+			op->sym->aead.digest.data = (uint8_t *)rte_pktmbuf_append(m,
+				cparams->digest_length);
+		} else {
+			op->sym->aead.digest.data = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m,
+				uint8_t *) + ipdata_offset + data_len;
+		}
+
+		op->sym->auth.digest.phys_addr = rte_pktmbuf_mtophys_offset(m,
+				rte_pktmbuf_pkt_len(m) - cparams->digest_length);
+
+		if (cparams->aad.length) {
+			op->sym->aead.aad.data = cparams->aad.data;
+			op->sym->aead.aad.phys_addr = cparams->aad.phys_addr;
+		}
+	}
+
 	op->sym->m_src = m;
 
 	return l2fwd_crypto_enqueue(op, cparams);
@@ -615,7 +645,9 @@ initialize_crypto_session(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options,
 {
 	struct rte_crypto_sym_xform *first_xform;
 
-	if (options->xform_chain == L2FWD_CRYPTO_CIPHER_HASH) {
+	if (options->xform_chain == L2FWD_CRYPTO_AEAD) {
+		first_xform = &options->aead_xform;
+	} else if (options->xform_chain == L2FWD_CRYPTO_CIPHER_HASH) {
 		first_xform = &options->cipher_xform;
 		first_xform->next = &options->auth_xform;
 	} else if (options->xform_chain == L2FWD_CRYPTO_HASH_CIPHER) {
@@ -667,8 +699,12 @@ l2fwd_main_loop(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options)
 	for (i = 0; i < qconf->nb_crypto_devs; i++) {
 		port_cparams[i].do_cipher = 0;
 		port_cparams[i].do_hash = 0;
+		port_cparams[i].do_aead = 0;
 
 		switch (options->xform_chain) {
+		case L2FWD_CRYPTO_AEAD:
+			port_cparams[i].do_aead = 1;
+			break;
 		case L2FWD_CRYPTO_CIPHER_HASH:
 		case L2FWD_CRYPTO_HASH_CIPHER:
 			port_cparams[i].do_cipher = 1;
@@ -693,6 +729,12 @@ l2fwd_main_loop(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options)
 			if (!options->auth_iv_param)
 				generate_random_key(port_cparams[i].auth_iv.data,
 						port_cparams[i].auth_iv.length);
+			if (options->auth_xform.auth.op == RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_OP_VERIFY)
+				port_cparams[i].hash_verify = 1;
+			else
+				port_cparams[i].hash_verify = 0;
+
+			port_cparams[i].auth_algo = options->auth_xform.auth.algo;
 			/* Set IV parameters */
 			if (options->auth_iv.length) {
 				options->auth_xform.auth.iv.offset =
@@ -700,11 +742,16 @@ l2fwd_main_loop(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options)
 				options->auth_xform.auth.iv.length =
 					options->auth_iv.length;
 			}
+		}
+
+		if (port_cparams[i].do_aead) {
+			port_cparams[i].aead_algo = options->aead_xform.aead.algo;
 			port_cparams[i].digest_length =
-					options->auth_xform.auth.digest_length;
-			if (options->auth_xform.auth.add_auth_data_length) {
+					options->aead_xform.aead.digest_length;
+			if (options->aead_xform.aead.add_auth_data_length) {
 				port_cparams[i].aad.data = options->aad.data;
 				port_cparams[i].aad.phys_addr = options->aad.phys_addr;
+				port_cparams[i].aad.length = options->aad.length;
 				if (!options->aad_param)
 					generate_random_key(port_cparams[i].aad.data,
 						port_cparams[i].aad.length);
@@ -712,12 +759,14 @@ l2fwd_main_loop(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options)
 			} else
 				port_cparams[i].aad.length = 0;
 
-			if (options->auth_xform.auth.op == RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_OP_VERIFY)
+			if (options->aead_xform.aead.op == RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_DECRYPT)
 				port_cparams[i].hash_verify = 1;
 			else
 				port_cparams[i].hash_verify = 0;
 
-			port_cparams[i].auth_algo = options->auth_xform.auth.algo;
+			/* Set IV parameters */
+			options->aead_xform.aead.iv.offset = IV_OFFSET;
+			options->aead_xform.aead.iv.length = options->aead_iv.length;
 		}
 
 		if (port_cparams[i].do_cipher) {
@@ -878,7 +927,7 @@ l2fwd_crypto_usage(const char *prgname)
 
 		"  --cdev_type HW / SW / ANY\n"
 		"  --chain HASH_CIPHER / CIPHER_HASH / CIPHER_ONLY /"
-		" HASH_ONLY\n"
+		" HASH_ONLY / AEAD\n"
 
 		"  --cipher_algo ALGO\n"
 		"  --cipher_op ENCRYPT / DECRYPT\n"
@@ -893,8 +942,16 @@ l2fwd_crypto_usage(const char *prgname)
 		"  --auth_key_random_size SIZE: size of auth key when generated randomly\n"
 		"  --auth_iv IV (bytes separated with \":\")\n"
 		"  --auth_iv_random_size SIZE: size of auth IV when generated randomly\n"
+
+		"  --aead_algo ALGO\n"
+		"  --aead_op ENCRYPT / DECRYPT\n"
+		"  --aead_key KEY (bytes separated with \":\")\n"
+		"  --aead_key_random_size SIZE: size of AEAD key when generated randomly\n"
+		"  --aead_iv IV (bytes separated with \":\")\n"
+		"  --aead_iv_random_size SIZE: size of AEAD IV when generated randomly\n"
 		"  --aad AAD (bytes separated with \":\")\n"
 		"  --aad_random_size SIZE: size of AAD when generated randomly\n"
+
 		"  --digest_size SIZE: size of digest to be generated/verified\n"
 
 		"  --sessionless\n"
@@ -936,6 +993,9 @@ parse_crypto_opt_chain(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options, char *optarg)
 	} else if (strcmp("HASH_ONLY", optarg) == 0) {
 		options->xform_chain = L2FWD_CRYPTO_HASH_ONLY;
 		return 0;
+	} else if (strcmp("AEAD", optarg) == 0) {
+		options->xform_chain = L2FWD_CRYPTO_AEAD;
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	return -1;
@@ -1043,6 +1103,32 @@ parse_auth_op(enum rte_crypto_auth_operation *op, char *optarg)
 }
 
 static int
+parse_aead_algo(enum rte_crypto_aead_algorithm *algo, char *optarg)
+{
+	if (rte_cryptodev_get_aead_algo_enum(algo, optarg) < 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, USER1, "AEAD algorithm specified "
+				"not supported!\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+parse_aead_op(enum rte_crypto_aead_operation *op, char *optarg)
+{
+	if (strcmp("ENCRYPT", optarg) == 0) {
+		*op = RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_ENCRYPT;
+		return 0;
+	} else if (strcmp("DECRYPT", optarg) == 0) {
+		*op = RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_DECRYPT;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	printf("AEAD operation specified not supported!\n");
+	return -1;
+}
+static int
 parse_cryptodev_mask(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options,
 		const char *q_arg)
 {
@@ -1140,7 +1226,6 @@ l2fwd_crypto_parse_args_long_options(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options,
 		return parse_size(&options->akey_random_size, optarg);
 	}
 
-
 	else if (strcmp(lgopts[option_index].name, "auth_iv") == 0) {
 		options->auth_iv_param = 1;
 		options->auth_iv.length =
@@ -1154,6 +1239,43 @@ l2fwd_crypto_parse_args_long_options(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options,
 	else if (strcmp(lgopts[option_index].name, "auth_iv_random_size") == 0)
 		return parse_size(&options->auth_iv_random_size, optarg);
 
+	/* AEAD options */
+	else if (strcmp(lgopts[option_index].name, "aead_algo") == 0) {
+		return parse_aead_algo(&options->aead_xform.aead.algo,
+				optarg);
+	}
+
+	else if (strcmp(lgopts[option_index].name, "aead_op") == 0)
+		return parse_aead_op(&options->aead_xform.aead.op,
+				optarg);
+
+	else if (strcmp(lgopts[option_index].name, "aead_key") == 0) {
+		options->aead_key_param = 1;
+		options->aead_xform.aead.key.length =
+			parse_key(options->aead_xform.aead.key.data, optarg);
+		if (options->aead_xform.aead.key.length > 0)
+			return 0;
+		else
+			return -1;
+	}
+
+	else if (strcmp(lgopts[option_index].name, "aead_key_random_size") == 0) {
+		return parse_size(&options->aead_key_random_size, optarg);
+
+
+	else if (strcmp(lgopts[option_index].name, "aead_iv") == 0) {
+		options->aead_iv_param = 1;
+		options->aead_iv.length =
+			parse_key(options->aead_iv.data, optarg);
+		if (options->aead_iv.length > 0)
+			return 0;
+		else
+			return -1;
+	}
+
+	else if (strcmp(lgopts[option_index].name, "aead_iv_random_size") == 0)
+		return parse_size(&options->aead_iv_random_size, optarg);
+
 	else if (strcmp(lgopts[option_index].name, "aad") == 0) {
 		options->aad_param = 1;
 		options->aad.length =
@@ -1285,13 +1407,31 @@ l2fwd_crypto_default_options(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options)
 	options->akey_param = 0;
 	options->akey_random_size = -1;
 	options->auth_xform.auth.key.length = 0;
+	options->cipher_iv_param = 0;
+	options->cipher_iv_random_size = -1;
+	options->cipher_iv.length = 0;
+
+	options->auth_xform.auth.algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC;
+	options->auth_xform.auth.op = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_OP_GENERATE;
+
+	/* AEAD Data */
+	options->aead_xform.type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AEAD;
+	options->aead_xform.next = NULL;
+	options->aead_key_param = 0;
+	options->aead_key_random_size = -1;
+	options->aead_xform.aead.key.length = 0;
+	options->aead_iv_param = 0;
+	options->aead_iv_random_size = -1;
+	options->aead_iv.length = 0;
+
+	options->auth_xform.auth.algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_AES_GCM;
+	options->auth_xform.auth.op = RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_ENCRYPT;
+
 	options->aad_param = 0;
 	options->aad_random_size = -1;
 	options->aad.length = 0;
-	options->digest_size = -1;
 
-	options->auth_xform.auth.algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC;
-	options->auth_xform.auth.op = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_OP_GENERATE;
+	options->digest_size = -1;
 
 	options->type = CDEV_TYPE_ANY;
 	options->cryptodev_mask = UINT64_MAX;
@@ -1318,6 +1458,17 @@ display_auth_info(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options)
 	rte_hexdump(stdout, "Auth key:",
 			options->auth_xform.auth.key.data,
 			options->auth_xform.auth.key.length);
+}
+
+static void
+display_aead_info(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options)
+{
+	printf("\n---- AEAD information ---\n");
+	printf("Algorithm: %s\n",
+		rte_crypto_aead_algorithm_strings[options->aead_xform.aead.algo]);
+	rte_hexdump(stdout, "AEAD key:",
+			options->aead_xform.aead.key.data,
+			options->aead_xform.aead.key.length);
 	rte_hexdump(stdout, "AAD:", options->aad.data, options->aad.length);
 }
 
@@ -1326,6 +1477,7 @@ l2fwd_crypto_options_print(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options)
 {
 	char string_cipher_op[MAX_STR_LEN];
 	char string_auth_op[MAX_STR_LEN];
+	char string_aead_op[MAX_STR_LEN];
 
 	if (options->cipher_xform.cipher.op == RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_ENCRYPT)
 		strcpy(string_cipher_op, "Encrypt");
@@ -1337,6 +1489,12 @@ l2fwd_crypto_options_print(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options)
 	else
 		strcpy(string_auth_op, "Auth verify");
 
+	if (options->aead_xform.aead.op == RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_ENCRYPT)
+		strcpy(string_aead_op, "Authenticated encryption");
+	else
+		strcpy(string_aead_op, "Authenticated decryption");
+
+
 	printf("Options:-\nn");
 	printf("portmask: %x\n", options->portmask);
 	printf("ports per lcore: %u\n", options->nb_ports_per_lcore);
@@ -1363,6 +1521,10 @@ l2fwd_crypto_options_print(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options)
 
 	printf("\nCrypto chain: ");
 	switch (options->xform_chain) {
+	case L2FWD_CRYPTO_AEAD:
+		printf("Input --> %s --> Output\n", string_aead_op);
+		display_aead_info(options);
+		break;
 	case L2FWD_CRYPTO_CIPHER_HASH:
 		printf("Input --> %s --> %s --> Output\n",
 			string_cipher_op, string_auth_op);
@@ -1400,6 +1562,9 @@ l2fwd_crypto_parse_args(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options,
 			{ "cdev_type", required_argument, 0, 0 },
 			{ "chain", required_argument, 0, 0 },
 
+			{ "iv", required_argument, 0, 0 },
+			{ "iv_random_size", required_argument, 0, 0 },
+
 			{ "cipher_algo", required_argument, 0, 0 },
 			{ "cipher_op", required_argument, 0, 0 },
 			{ "cipher_key", required_argument, 0, 0 },
@@ -1410,10 +1575,13 @@ l2fwd_crypto_parse_args(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options,
 			{ "auth_key", required_argument, 0, 0 },
 			{ "auth_key_random_size", required_argument, 0, 0 },
 
-			{ "iv", required_argument, 0, 0 },
-			{ "iv_random_size", required_argument, 0, 0 },
+			{ "aead_algo", required_argument, 0, 0 },
+			{ "aead_op", required_argument, 0, 0 },
+			{ "aead_key", required_argument, 0, 0 },
+			{ "aead_key_random_size", required_argument, 0, 0 },
 			{ "aad", required_argument, 0, 0 },
 			{ "aad_random_size", required_argument, 0, 0 },
+
 			{ "digest_size", required_argument, 0, 0 },
 
 			{ "sessionless", no_argument, 0, 0 },
@@ -1641,6 +1809,8 @@ initialize_cryptodevs(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options, unsigned nb_ports,
 	enum rte_crypto_auth_algorithm opt_auth_algo;
 	enum rte_crypto_cipher_algorithm cap_cipher_algo;
 	enum rte_crypto_cipher_algorithm opt_cipher_algo;
+	enum rte_crypto_aead_algorithm cap_aead_algo;
+	enum rte_crypto_aead_algorithm opt_aead_algo;
 	int retval;
 
 	cdev_count = rte_cryptodev_count();
@@ -1668,6 +1838,128 @@ initialize_cryptodevs(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options, unsigned nb_ports,
 
 		rte_cryptodev_info_get(cdev_id, &dev_info);
 
+		/* Set AEAD parameters */
+		if (options->xform_chain == L2FWD_CRYPTO_AEAD) {
+			/* Check if device supports AEAD algo */
+			i = 0;
+			opt_aead_algo = options->aead_xform.aead.algo;
+			cap = &dev_info.capabilities[i];
+			while (cap->op != RTE_CRYPTO_OP_TYPE_UNDEFINED) {
+				cap_aead_algo = cap->sym.aead.algo;
+				if (cap->sym.xform_type ==
+						RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AEAD) {
+					if (cap_aead_algo == opt_aead_algo) {
+						if (check_type(options, &dev_info) == 0)
+							break;
+					}
+				}
+				cap = &dev_info.capabilities[++i];
+			}
+
+			if (cap->op == RTE_CRYPTO_OP_TYPE_UNDEFINED) {
+				printf("Algorithm %s not supported by cryptodev %u"
+					" or device not of preferred type (%s)\n",
+					rte_crypto_aead_algorithm_strings[opt_aead_algo],
+					cdev_id,
+					options->string_type);
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			options->block_size = cap->sym.aead.block_size;
+
+			check_iv_param(cap, options);
+
+			/*
+			 * Check if length of provided AEAD key is supported
+			 * by the algorithm chosen.
+			 */
+			if (options->aead_key_param) {
+				if (check_supported_size(
+						options->aead_xform.aead.key.length,
+						cap->sym.aead.key_size.min,
+						cap->sym.aead.key_size.max,
+						cap->sym.aead.key_size.increment)
+							!= 0) {
+					printf("Unsupported aead key length\n");
+					return -1;
+				}
+			/*
+			 * Check if length of the aead key to be randomly generated
+			 * is supported by the algorithm chosen.
+			 */
+			} else if (options->aead_key_random_size != -1) {
+				if (check_supported_size(options->ckey_random_size,
+						cap->sym.aead.key_size.min,
+						cap->sym.aead.key_size.max,
+						cap->sym.aead.key_size.increment)
+							!= 0) {
+					printf("Unsupported aead key length\n");
+					return -1;
+				}
+				options->aead_xform.aead.key.length =
+							options->ckey_random_size;
+			/* No size provided, use minimum size. */
+			} else
+				options->aead_xform.aead.key.length =
+						cap->sym.aead.key_size.min;
+
+			if (!options->aead_key_param)
+				generate_random_key(
+					options->aead_xform.aead.key.data,
+					options->aead_xform.aead.key.length);
+
+			/*
+			 * Check if length of provided AAD is supported
+			 * by the algorithm chosen.
+			 */
+			if (options->aad_param) {
+				if (check_supported_size(options->aad.length,
+						cap->sym.aead.aad_size.min,
+						cap->sym.aead.aad_size.max,
+						cap->sym.aead.aad_size.increment)
+							!= 0) {
+					printf("Unsupported AAD length\n");
+					return -1;
+				}
+			/*
+			 * Check if length of AAD to be randomly generated
+			 * is supported by the algorithm chosen.
+			 */
+			} else if (options->aad_random_size != -1) {
+				if (check_supported_size(options->aad_random_size,
+						cap->sym.aead.aad_size.min,
+						cap->sym.aead.aad_size.max,
+						cap->sym.aead.aad_size.increment)
+							!= 0) {
+					printf("Unsupported AAD length\n");
+					return -1;
+				}
+				options->aad.length = options->aad_random_size;
+			/* No size provided, use minimum size. */
+			} else
+				options->aad.length = cap->sym.auth.aad_size.min;
+
+			options->aead_xform.aead.add_auth_data_length =
+						options->aad.length;
+
+			/* Check if digest size is supported by the algorithm. */
+			if (options->digest_size != -1) {
+				if (check_supported_size(options->digest_size,
+						cap->sym.aead.digest_size.min,
+						cap->sym.aead.digest_size.max,
+						cap->sym.aead.digest_size.increment)
+							!= 0) {
+					printf("Unsupported digest length\n");
+					return -1;
+				}
+				options->aead_xform.aead.digest_length =
+							options->digest_size;
+			/* No size provided, use minimum size. */
+			} else
+				options->aead_xform.aead.digest_length =
+						cap->sym.aead.digest_size.min;
+		}
+
 		/* Set cipher parameters */
 		if (options->xform_chain == L2FWD_CRYPTO_CIPHER_HASH ||
 				options->xform_chain == L2FWD_CRYPTO_HASH_CIPHER ||
@@ -1777,40 +2069,6 @@ initialize_cryptodevs(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options, unsigned nb_ports,
 					options->auth_iv_random_size,
 					&options->auth_iv.length);
 			/*
-			 * Check if length of provided AAD is supported
-			 * by the algorithm chosen.
-			 */
-			if (options->aad_param) {
-				if (check_supported_size(options->aad.length,
-						cap->sym.auth.aad_size.min,
-						cap->sym.auth.aad_size.max,
-						cap->sym.auth.aad_size.increment)
-							!= 0) {
-					printf("Unsupported AAD length\n");
-					return -1;
-				}
-			/*
-			 * Check if length of AAD to be randomly generated
-			 * is supported by the algorithm chosen.
-			 */
-			} else if (options->aad_random_size != -1) {
-				if (check_supported_size(options->aad_random_size,
-						cap->sym.auth.aad_size.min,
-						cap->sym.auth.aad_size.max,
-						cap->sym.auth.aad_size.increment)
-							!= 0) {
-					printf("Unsupported AAD length\n");
-					return -1;
-				}
-				options->aad.length = options->aad_random_size;
-			/* No size provided, use minimum size. */
-			} else
-				options->aad.length = cap->sym.auth.aad_size.min;
-
-			options->auth_xform.auth.add_auth_data_length =
-						options->aad.length;
-
-			/*
 			 * Check if length of provided auth key is supported
 			 * by the algorithm chosen.
 			 */
@@ -2011,15 +2269,27 @@ reserve_key_memory(struct l2fwd_crypto_options *options)
 	if (options->cipher_xform.cipher.key.data == NULL)
 		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Failed to allocate memory for cipher key");
 
-
 	options->auth_xform.auth.key.data = rte_malloc("auth key",
 						MAX_KEY_SIZE, 0);
 	if (options->auth_xform.auth.key.data == NULL)
 		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Failed to allocate memory for auth key");
 
-	options->cipher_iv.data = rte_malloc("iv", MAX_KEY_SIZE, 0);
+	options->aead_xform.aead.key.data = rte_malloc("aead key",
+						MAX_KEY_SIZE, 0);
+	if (options->aead_xform.aead.key.data == NULL)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Failed to allocate memory for AEAD key");
+
+	options->cipher_iv.data = rte_malloc("cipher iv", MAX_KEY_SIZE, 0);
 	if (options->cipher_iv.data == NULL)
-		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Failed to allocate memory for IV");
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Failed to allocate memory for cipher IV");
+
+	options->auth_iv.data = rte_malloc("auth_iv", MAX_KEY_SIZE, 0);
+	if (options->auth_iv.data == NULL)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Failed to allocate memory for auth iv");
+
+	options->aead_iv.data = rte_malloc("aead_iv", MAX_KEY_SIZE, 0);
+	if (options->aead_iv.data == NULL)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Failed to allocate memory for AEAD iv");
 
 	options->aad.data = rte_malloc("aad", MAX_KEY_SIZE, 0);
 	if (options->aad.data == NULL)
diff --git a/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_crypto_sym.h b/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_crypto_sym.h
index fc0d06b..9d9592e 100644
--- a/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_crypto_sym.h
+++ b/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_crypto_sym.h
@@ -68,27 +68,12 @@ enum rte_crypto_cipher_algorithm {
 
 	RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC,
 	/**< AES algorithm in CBC mode */
-	RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CCM,
-	/**< AES algorithm in CCM mode. When this cipher algorithm is used the
-	 * *RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_CCM* element of the
-	 * *rte_crypto_hash_algorithm* enum MUST be used to set up the related
-	 * *rte_crypto_auth_xform* structure in the session context or in
-	 * the op_params of the crypto operation structure in the case of a
-	 * session-less crypto operation
-	 */
 	RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CTR,
 	/**< AES algorithm in Counter mode */
 	RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_ECB,
 	/**< AES algorithm in ECB mode */
 	RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_F8,
 	/**< AES algorithm in F8 mode */
-	RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_GCM,
-	/**< AES algorithm in GCM mode. When this cipher algorithm is used the
-	 * *RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GCM* element of the *rte_crypto_auth_algorithm*
-	 * enum MUST be used to set up the related *rte_crypto_auth_setup_data*
-	 * structure in the session context or in the op_params of the crypto
-	 * operation structure in the case of a session-less crypto operation.
-	 */
 	RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_XTS,
 	/**< AES algorithm in XTS mode */
 
@@ -247,25 +232,8 @@ enum rte_crypto_auth_algorithm {
 
 	RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_CBC_MAC,
 	/**< AES-CBC-MAC algorithm. Only 128-bit keys are supported. */
-	RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_CCM,
-	/**< AES algorithm in CCM mode. This is an authenticated cipher. When
-	 * this hash algorithm is used, the *RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CCM*
-	 * element of the *rte_crypto_cipher_algorithm* enum MUST be used to
-	 * set up the related rte_crypto_cipher_setup_data structure in the
-	 * session context or the corresponding parameter in the crypto
-	 * operation data structures op_params parameter MUST be set for a
-	 * session-less crypto operation.
-	 */
 	RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_CMAC,
 	/**< AES CMAC algorithm. */
-	RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GCM,
-	/**< AES algorithm in GCM mode. When this hash algorithm
-	 * is used, the RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_GCM element of the
-	 * rte_crypto_cipher_algorithm enum MUST be used to set up the related
-	 * rte_crypto_cipher_setup_data structure in the session context, or
-	 * the corresponding parameter in the crypto operation data structures
-	 * op_params parameter MUST be set for a session-less crypto operation.
-	 */
 	RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GMAC,
 	/**< AES GMAC algorithm. */
 	RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_XCBC_MAC,
@@ -363,20 +331,6 @@ struct rte_crypto_auth_xform {
 	 * The maximum permitted value is 65535 (2^16 - 1) bytes, unless
 	 * otherwise specified below.
 	 *
-	 * This field must be specified when the hash algorithm is one of the
-	 * following:
-	 *
-	 * - For GCM (@ref RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GCM).  In this case, this is
-	 *   the length of the Additional Authenticated Data (called A, in NIST
-	 *   SP800-38D).
-	 *
-	 * - For CCM (@ref RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_CCM).  In this case, this is
-	 *   the length of the associated data (called A, in NIST SP800-38C).
-	 *   Note that this does NOT include the length of any padding, or the
-	 *   18 bytes reserved at the start of the above field to store the
-	 *   block B0 and the encoded length.  The maximum permitted value in
-	 *   this case is 222 bytes.
-	 *
 	 */
 
 	struct {
@@ -443,6 +397,18 @@ struct rte_crypto_aead_xform {
 
 	uint32_t digest_length;
 
+	struct {
+		uint16_t offset;
+		/**< Starting point for Initialisation Vector or Counter,
+		 * specified as number of bytes from start of crypto
+		 * operation.
+		 *
+		 * For optimum performance, the data pointed to SHOULD
+		 * be 8-byte aligned.
+		 */
+		uint16_t length;
+		/**< Length of valid IV data.*/
+	} iv;	/**< Initialisation vector parameters */
 	uint16_t add_auth_data_length;
 	/**< The length of the additional authenticated data (AAD) in bytes. */
 };
@@ -624,14 +590,6 @@ struct rte_crypto_sym_op {
 					  * same as the result length.
 					  *
 					  * @note
-					  * In the case of CCM @ref RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_CCM,
-					  * this value should not include the length of the
-					  * padding or the length of the MAC; the driver will
-					  * compute the actual number of bytes over which the
-					  * encryption will occur, which will include these
-					  * values.
-					  *
-					  * @note
 					  * For SNOW 3G @ RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SNOW3G_UEA2,
 					  * KASUMI @ RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_KASUMI_F8
 					  * and ZUC @ RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_ZUC_EEA3,
@@ -648,11 +606,6 @@ struct rte_crypto_sym_op {
 					  * buffer.
 					  *
 					  * @note
-					  * For CCM and GCM modes of operation, this field is
-					  * ignored. The field @ref aad field
-					  * should be set instead.
-					  *
-					  * @note
 					  * For SNOW 3G @ RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SNOW3G_UIA2,
 					  * KASUMI @ RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_KASUMI_F9
 					  * and ZUC @ RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_ZUC_EIA3,
@@ -663,11 +616,6 @@ struct rte_crypto_sym_op {
 					  * buffer that the hash will be computed on.
 					  *
 					  * @note
-					  * For CCM and GCM modes of operation, this field is
-					  * ignored. The field @ref aad field should be set
-					  * instead.
-					  *
-					  * @note
 					  * For SNOW 3G @ RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SNOW3G_UIA2,
 					  * KASUMI @ RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_KASUMI_F9
 					  * and ZUC @ RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_ZUC_EIA3,
@@ -692,9 +640,6 @@ struct rte_crypto_sym_op {
 					 * For digest generation, the digest result will
 					 * overwrite any data at this location.
 					 *
-					 * @note
-					 * For GCM (@ref RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GCM), for
-					 * "digest result" read "authentication tag T".
 					 */
 					phys_addr_t phys_addr;
 					/**< Physical address of digest */
@@ -712,32 +657,6 @@ struct rte_crypto_sym_op {
 					 * rte_cryptodev_sym_session_create function call.
 					 * This length must not exceed 65535 (2^16-1) bytes.
 					 *
-					 * Specifically for CCM (@ref RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_CCM),
-					 * the caller should setup this field as follows:
-					 *
-					 * - the nonce should be written starting at an offset
-					 * of one byte into the array, leaving room for the
-					 * implementation to write in the flags to the first
-					 *  byte.
-					 *
-					 * - the additional  authentication data itself should
-					 * be written starting at an offset of 18 bytes into
-					 * the array, leaving room for the length encoding in
-					 * the first two bytes of the second block.
-					 *
-					 * - the array should be big enough to hold the above
-					 *  fields, plus any padding to round this up to the
-					 *  nearest multiple of the block size (16 bytes).
-					 *  Padding will be added by the implementation.
-					 *
-					 * Finally, for GCM (@ref RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GCM), the
-					 * caller should setup this field as follows:
-					 *
-					 * - the AAD is written in starting at byte 0
-					 * - the array must be big enough to hold the AAD, plus
-					 * any space to round this up to the nearest multiple
-					 * of the block size (16 bytes).
-					 *
 					 */
 					phys_addr_t phys_addr;	/**< physical address */
 				} aad;
diff --git a/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.c b/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.c
index acd74a1..3198fb5 100644
--- a/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.c
@@ -124,11 +124,9 @@ rte_crypto_cipher_algorithm_strings[] = {
 	[RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_CTR]	= "3des-ctr",
 
 	[RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC]	= "aes-cbc",
-	[RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CCM]	= "aes-ccm",
 	[RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CTR]	= "aes-ctr",
 	[RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_DOCSISBPI]	= "aes-docsisbpi",
 	[RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_ECB]	= "aes-ecb",
-	[RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_GCM]	= "aes-gcm",
 	[RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_F8]	= "aes-f8",
 	[RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_XTS]	= "aes-xts",
 
@@ -161,9 +159,7 @@ rte_crypto_cipher_operation_strings[] = {
 const char *
 rte_crypto_auth_algorithm_strings[] = {
 	[RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_CBC_MAC]	= "aes-cbc-mac",
-	[RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_CCM]	= "aes-ccm",
 	[RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_CMAC]	= "aes-cmac",
-	[RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GCM]	= "aes-gcm",
 	[RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GMAC]	= "aes-gmac",
 	[RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_XCBC_MAC]	= "aes-xcbc-mac",
 
@@ -464,7 +460,7 @@ rte_cryptodev_sym_capability_check_aead(
 	if (param_range_check(aad_size, capability->aead.aad_size))
 		return -1;
 
-	if (param_range_check(iv_size, capability->iv_size))
+	if (param_range_check(iv_size, capability->aead.iv_size))
 		return -1;
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.h b/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.h
index 4bd58fe..afbbb14 100644
--- a/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_cryptodev.h
@@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ struct rte_cryptodev_symmetric_capability {
 			/**< AEAD key size range */
 			struct rte_crypto_param_range digest_size;
 			/**< digest size range */
+			struct rte_crypto_param_range iv_size;
+			/**< Initialisation vector data size range */
 			struct rte_crypto_param_range aad_size;
 			/**< Additional authentication data size range */
 		} aead;
diff --git a/test/test/test_cryptodev.c b/test/test/test_cryptodev.c
index b4b1289..77407f7 100644
--- a/test/test/test_cryptodev.c
+++ b/test/test/test_cryptodev.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ struct crypto_testsuite_params {
 struct crypto_unittest_params {
 	struct rte_crypto_sym_xform cipher_xform;
 	struct rte_crypto_sym_xform auth_xform;
+	struct rte_crypto_sym_xform aead_xform;
 
 	struct rte_cryptodev_sym_session *sess;
 
@@ -4630,54 +4631,34 @@ test_3DES_cipheronly_openssl_all(void)
 /* ***** AES-GCM Tests ***** */
 
 static int
-create_gcm_session(uint8_t dev_id, enum rte_crypto_cipher_operation op,
+create_gcm_session(uint8_t dev_id, enum rte_crypto_aead_operation op,
 		const uint8_t *key, const uint8_t key_len,
 		const uint16_t aad_len, const uint8_t auth_len,
-		uint8_t iv_len,
-		enum rte_crypto_auth_operation auth_op)
+		uint8_t iv_len)
 {
-	uint8_t cipher_key[key_len];
+	uint8_t aead_key[key_len];
 
 	struct crypto_unittest_params *ut_params = &unittest_params;
 
-	memcpy(cipher_key, key, key_len);
+	memcpy(aead_key, key, key_len);
 
-	/* Setup Cipher Parameters */
-	ut_params->cipher_xform.type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_CIPHER;
-	ut_params->cipher_xform.next = NULL;
-
-	ut_params->cipher_xform.cipher.algo = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_GCM;
-	ut_params->auth_xform.auth.op = auth_op;
-	ut_params->cipher_xform.cipher.op = op;
-	ut_params->cipher_xform.cipher.key.data = cipher_key;
-	ut_params->cipher_xform.cipher.key.length = key_len;
-	ut_params->cipher_xform.cipher.iv.offset = IV_OFFSET;
-	ut_params->cipher_xform.cipher.iv.length = iv_len;
+	/* Setup AEAD Parameters */
+	ut_params->aead_xform.type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AEAD;
+	ut_params->aead_xform.next = NULL;
+	ut_params->aead_xform.aead.algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_AES_GCM;
+	ut_params->aead_xform.aead.op = op;
+	ut_params->aead_xform.aead.key.data = aead_key;
+	ut_params->aead_xform.aead.key.length = key_len;
+	ut_params->aead_xform.aead.iv.offset = IV_OFFSET;
+	ut_params->aead_xform.aead.iv.length = iv_len;
+	ut_params->aead_xform.aead.digest_length = auth_len;
+	ut_params->aead_xform.aead.add_auth_data_length = aad_len;
 
 	TEST_HEXDUMP(stdout, "key:", key, key_len);
 
-	/* Setup Authentication Parameters */
-	ut_params->auth_xform.type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AUTH;
-	ut_params->auth_xform.next = NULL;
-
-	ut_params->auth_xform.auth.algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GCM;
-
-	ut_params->auth_xform.auth.digest_length = auth_len;
-	ut_params->auth_xform.auth.add_auth_data_length = aad_len;
-	ut_params->auth_xform.auth.key.length = 0;
-	ut_params->auth_xform.auth.key.data = NULL;
-
-	if (op == RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_ENCRYPT) {
-		ut_params->cipher_xform.next = &ut_params->auth_xform;
-
-		/* Create Crypto session*/
-		ut_params->sess = rte_cryptodev_sym_session_create(dev_id,
-				&ut_params->cipher_xform);
-	} else {/* Create Crypto session*/
-		ut_params->auth_xform.next = &ut_params->cipher_xform;
-		ut_params->sess = rte_cryptodev_sym_session_create(dev_id,
-				&ut_params->auth_xform);
-	}
+	/* Create Crypto session*/
+	ut_params->sess = rte_cryptodev_sym_session_create(dev_id,
+			&ut_params->aead_xform);
 
 	TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(ut_params->sess, "Session creation failed");
 
@@ -4686,43 +4667,35 @@ create_gcm_session(uint8_t dev_id, enum rte_crypto_cipher_operation op,
 
 static int
 create_gcm_xforms(struct rte_crypto_op *op,
-		enum rte_crypto_cipher_operation cipher_op,
+		enum rte_crypto_aead_operation aead_op,
 		uint8_t *key, const uint8_t key_len,
 		const uint8_t aad_len, const uint8_t auth_len,
-		uint8_t iv_len,
-		enum rte_crypto_auth_operation auth_op)
+		uint8_t iv_len)
 {
-	TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(rte_crypto_op_sym_xforms_alloc(op, 2),
-			"failed to allocate space for crypto transforms");
+	TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(rte_crypto_op_sym_xforms_alloc(op, 1),
+			"failed to allocate space for crypto transform");
 
 	struct rte_crypto_sym_op *sym_op = op->sym;
 
-	/* Setup Cipher Parameters */
-	sym_op->xform->type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_CIPHER;
-	sym_op->xform->cipher.algo = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_GCM;
-	sym_op->xform->cipher.op = cipher_op;
-	sym_op->xform->cipher.key.data = key;
-	sym_op->xform->cipher.key.length = key_len;
-	sym_op->xform->cipher.iv.offset = IV_OFFSET;
-	sym_op->xform->cipher.iv.length = iv_len;
+	/* Setup AEAD Parameters */
+	sym_op->xform->type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AEAD;
+	sym_op->xform->next = NULL;
+	sym_op->xform->aead.algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_AES_GCM;
+	sym_op->xform->aead.op = aead_op;
+	sym_op->xform->aead.key.data = key;
+	sym_op->xform->aead.key.length = key_len;
+	sym_op->xform->aead.iv.offset = IV_OFFSET;
+	sym_op->xform->aead.iv.length = iv_len;
+	sym_op->xform->aead.digest_length = auth_len;
+	sym_op->xform->aead.add_auth_data_length = aad_len;
 
 	TEST_HEXDUMP(stdout, "key:", key, key_len);
 
-	/* Setup Authentication Parameters */
-	sym_op->xform->next->type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AUTH;
-	sym_op->xform->next->auth.algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GCM;
-	sym_op->xform->next->auth.op = auth_op;
-	sym_op->xform->next->auth.digest_length = auth_len;
-	sym_op->xform->next->auth.add_auth_data_length = aad_len;
-	sym_op->xform->next->auth.key.length = 0;
-	sym_op->xform->next->auth.key.data = NULL;
-	sym_op->xform->next->next = NULL;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static int
-create_gcm_operation(enum rte_crypto_cipher_operation op,
+create_gcm_operation(enum rte_crypto_aead_operation op,
 		const struct gcm_test_data *tdata)
 {
 	struct crypto_testsuite_params *ts_params = &testsuite_params;
@@ -4741,15 +4714,15 @@ create_gcm_operation(enum rte_crypto_cipher_operation op,
 
 	/* Append aad data */
 	aad_pad_len = RTE_ALIGN_CEIL(tdata->aad.len, 16);
-	sym_op->auth.aad.data = (uint8_t *)rte_pktmbuf_append(ut_params->ibuf,
+	sym_op->aead.aad.data = (uint8_t *)rte_pktmbuf_append(ut_params->ibuf,
 			aad_pad_len);
-	TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(sym_op->auth.aad.data,
+	TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(sym_op->aead.aad.data,
 			"no room to append aad");
 
-	sym_op->auth.aad.phys_addr =
+	sym_op->aead.aad.phys_addr =
 			rte_pktmbuf_mtophys(ut_params->ibuf);
-	memcpy(sym_op->auth.aad.data, tdata->aad.data, tdata->aad.len);
-	TEST_HEXDUMP(stdout, "aad:", sym_op->auth.aad.data,
+	memcpy(sym_op->aead.aad.data, tdata->aad.data, tdata->aad.len);
+	TEST_HEXDUMP(stdout, "aad:", sym_op->aead.aad.data,
 		tdata->aad.len);
 
 	/* Append IV at the end of the crypto operation*/
@@ -4761,7 +4734,7 @@ create_gcm_operation(enum rte_crypto_cipher_operation op,
 		tdata->iv.len);
 
 	/* Append plaintext/ciphertext */
-	if (op == RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_ENCRYPT) {
+	if (op == RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_ENCRYPT) {
 		plaintext_pad_len = RTE_ALIGN_CEIL(tdata->plaintext.len, 16);
 		plaintext = (uint8_t *)rte_pktmbuf_append(ut_params->ibuf,
 				plaintext_pad_len);
@@ -4806,40 +4779,37 @@ create_gcm_operation(enum rte_crypto_cipher_operation op,
 	}
 
 	/* Append digest data */
-	if (op == RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_ENCRYPT) {
-		sym_op->auth.digest.data = (uint8_t *)rte_pktmbuf_append(
+	if (op == RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_ENCRYPT) {
+		sym_op->aead.digest.data = (uint8_t *)rte_pktmbuf_append(
 				ut_params->obuf ? ut_params->obuf :
 						ut_params->ibuf,
 						tdata->auth_tag.len);
-		TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(sym_op->auth.digest.data,
+		TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(sym_op->aead.digest.data,
 				"no room to append digest");
-		memset(sym_op->auth.digest.data, 0, tdata->auth_tag.len);
-		sym_op->auth.digest.phys_addr = rte_pktmbuf_mtophys_offset(
+		memset(sym_op->aead.digest.data, 0, tdata->auth_tag.len);
+		sym_op->aead.digest.phys_addr = rte_pktmbuf_mtophys_offset(
 				ut_params->obuf ? ut_params->obuf :
 						ut_params->ibuf,
 						plaintext_pad_len +
 						aad_pad_len);
 	} else {
-		sym_op->auth.digest.data = (uint8_t *)rte_pktmbuf_append(
+		sym_op->aead.digest.data = (uint8_t *)rte_pktmbuf_append(
 				ut_params->ibuf, tdata->auth_tag.len);
-		TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(sym_op->auth.digest.data,
+		TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(sym_op->aead.digest.data,
 				"no room to append digest");
-		sym_op->auth.digest.phys_addr = rte_pktmbuf_mtophys_offset(
+		sym_op->aead.digest.phys_addr = rte_pktmbuf_mtophys_offset(
 				ut_params->ibuf,
 				plaintext_pad_len + aad_pad_len);
 
-		rte_memcpy(sym_op->auth.digest.data, tdata->auth_tag.data,
+		rte_memcpy(sym_op->aead.digest.data, tdata->auth_tag.data,
 			tdata->auth_tag.len);
 		TEST_HEXDUMP(stdout, "digest:",
-			sym_op->auth.digest.data,
+			sym_op->aead.digest.data,
 			tdata->auth_tag.len);
 	}
 
-	sym_op->cipher.data.length = tdata->plaintext.len;
-	sym_op->cipher.data.offset = aad_pad_len;
-
-	sym_op->auth.data.length = tdata->plaintext.len;
-	sym_op->auth.data.offset = aad_pad_len;
+	sym_op->aead.data.length = tdata->plaintext.len;
+	sym_op->aead.data.offset = aad_pad_len;
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -4857,11 +4827,10 @@ test_mb_AES_GCM_authenticated_encryption(const struct gcm_test_data *tdata)
 
 	/* Create GCM session */
 	retval = create_gcm_session(ts_params->valid_devs[0],
-			RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_ENCRYPT,
+			RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_ENCRYPT,
 			tdata->key.data, tdata->key.len,
 			tdata->aad.len, tdata->auth_tag.len,
-			tdata->iv.len,
-			RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_OP_GENERATE);
+			tdata->iv.len);
 	if (retval < 0)
 		return retval;
 
@@ -4878,7 +4847,7 @@ test_mb_AES_GCM_authenticated_encryption(const struct gcm_test_data *tdata)
 			rte_pktmbuf_tailroom(ut_params->ibuf));
 
 	/* Create GCM operation */
-	retval = create_gcm_operation(RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_ENCRYPT, tdata);
+	retval = create_gcm_operation(RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_ENCRYPT, tdata);
 	if (retval < 0)
 		return retval;
 
@@ -5035,11 +5004,10 @@ test_mb_AES_GCM_authenticated_decryption(const struct gcm_test_data *tdata)
 
 	/* Create GCM session */
 	retval = create_gcm_session(ts_params->valid_devs[0],
-			RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_DECRYPT,
+			RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_DECRYPT,
 			tdata->key.data, tdata->key.len,
 			tdata->aad.len, tdata->auth_tag.len,
-			tdata->iv.len,
-			RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_OP_VERIFY);
+			tdata->iv.len);
 	if (retval < 0)
 		return retval;
 
@@ -5056,7 +5024,7 @@ test_mb_AES_GCM_authenticated_decryption(const struct gcm_test_data *tdata)
 			rte_pktmbuf_tailroom(ut_params->ibuf));
 
 	/* Create GCM operation */
-	retval = create_gcm_operation(RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_DECRYPT, tdata);
+	retval = create_gcm_operation(RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_DECRYPT, tdata);
 	if (retval < 0)
 		return retval;
 
@@ -5202,11 +5170,10 @@ test_AES_GCM_authenticated_encryption_oop(const struct gcm_test_data *tdata)
 
 	/* Create GCM session */
 	retval = create_gcm_session(ts_params->valid_devs[0],
-			RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_ENCRYPT,
+			RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_ENCRYPT,
 			tdata->key.data, tdata->key.len,
 			tdata->aad.len, tdata->auth_tag.len,
-			tdata->iv.len,
-			RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_OP_GENERATE);
+			tdata->iv.len);
 	if (retval < 0)
 		return retval;
 
@@ -5220,7 +5187,7 @@ test_AES_GCM_authenticated_encryption_oop(const struct gcm_test_data *tdata)
 			rte_pktmbuf_tailroom(ut_params->obuf));
 
 	/* Create GCM operation */
-	retval = create_gcm_operation(RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_ENCRYPT, tdata);
+	retval = create_gcm_operation(RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_ENCRYPT, tdata);
 	if (retval < 0)
 		return retval;
 
@@ -5279,11 +5246,10 @@ test_AES_GCM_authenticated_decryption_oop(const struct gcm_test_data *tdata)
 
 	/* Create GCM session */
 	retval = create_gcm_session(ts_params->valid_devs[0],
-			RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_DECRYPT,
+			RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_DECRYPT,
 			tdata->key.data, tdata->key.len,
 			tdata->aad.len, tdata->auth_tag.len,
-			tdata->iv.len,
-			RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_OP_VERIFY);
+			tdata->iv.len);
 	if (retval < 0)
 		return retval;
 
@@ -5297,7 +5263,7 @@ test_AES_GCM_authenticated_decryption_oop(const struct gcm_test_data *tdata)
 			rte_pktmbuf_tailroom(ut_params->obuf));
 
 	/* Create GCM operation */
-	retval = create_gcm_operation(RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_DECRYPT, tdata);
+	retval = create_gcm_operation(RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_DECRYPT, tdata);
 	if (retval < 0)
 		return retval;
 
@@ -5356,18 +5322,17 @@ test_AES_GCM_authenticated_encryption_sessionless(
 			rte_pktmbuf_tailroom(ut_params->ibuf));
 
 	/* Create GCM operation */
-	retval = create_gcm_operation(RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_ENCRYPT, tdata);
+	retval = create_gcm_operation(RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_ENCRYPT, tdata);
 	if (retval < 0)
 		return retval;
 
 	/* Create GCM xforms */
 	memcpy(key, tdata->key.data, tdata->key.len);
 	retval = create_gcm_xforms(ut_params->op,
-			RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_ENCRYPT,
+			RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_ENCRYPT,
 			key, tdata->key.len,
 			tdata->aad.len, tdata->auth_tag.len,
-			tdata->iv.len,
-			RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_OP_GENERATE);
+			tdata->iv.len);
 	if (retval < 0)
 		return retval;
 
@@ -5437,18 +5402,17 @@ test_AES_GCM_authenticated_decryption_sessionless(
 			rte_pktmbuf_tailroom(ut_params->ibuf));
 
 	/* Create GCM operation */
-	retval = create_gcm_operation(RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_DECRYPT, tdata);
+	retval = create_gcm_operation(RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_DECRYPT, tdata);
 	if (retval < 0)
 		return retval;
 
 	/* Create GCM xforms */
 	memcpy(key, tdata->key.data, tdata->key.len);
 	retval = create_gcm_xforms(ut_params->op,
-			RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_DECRYPT,
+			RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_DECRYPT,
 			key, tdata->key.len,
 			tdata->aad.len, tdata->auth_tag.len,
-			tdata->iv.len,
-			RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_OP_VERIFY);
+			tdata->iv.len);
 	if (retval < 0)
 		return retval;
 
@@ -7138,7 +7102,7 @@ test_authenticated_decryption_fail_when_corruption(
 }
 
 static int
-create_gcm_operation_SGL(enum rte_crypto_cipher_operation op,
+create_gcm_operation_SGL(enum rte_crypto_aead_operation op,
 		const struct gcm_test_data *tdata,
 		void *digest_mem, uint64_t digest_phys)
 {
@@ -7157,18 +7121,18 @@ create_gcm_operation_SGL(enum rte_crypto_cipher_operation op,
 
 	struct rte_crypto_sym_op *sym_op = ut_params->op->sym;
 
-	sym_op->auth.digest.data = digest_mem;
+	sym_op->aead.digest.data = digest_mem;
 
-	TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(sym_op->auth.digest.data,
+	TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(sym_op->aead.digest.data,
 			"no room to append digest");
 
-	sym_op->auth.digest.phys_addr = digest_phys;
+	sym_op->aead.digest.phys_addr = digest_phys;
 
-	if (op == RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_DECRYPT) {
-		rte_memcpy(sym_op->auth.digest.data, tdata->auth_tag.data,
+	if (op == RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_DECRYPT) {
+		rte_memcpy(sym_op->aead.digest.data, tdata->auth_tag.data,
 				auth_tag_len);
 		TEST_HEXDUMP(stdout, "digest:",
-				sym_op->auth.digest.data,
+				sym_op->aead.digest.data,
 				auth_tag_len);
 	}
 
@@ -7177,25 +7141,22 @@ create_gcm_operation_SGL(enum rte_crypto_cipher_operation op,
 
 	rte_memcpy(IV_ptr, tdata->iv.data, iv_len);
 
-	sym_op->auth.aad.data = (uint8_t *)rte_pktmbuf_prepend(
+	sym_op->aead.aad.data = (uint8_t *)rte_pktmbuf_prepend(
 			ut_params->ibuf, aad_len);
-	TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(sym_op->auth.aad.data,
+	TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(sym_op->aead.aad.data,
 			"no room to prepend aad");
-	sym_op->auth.aad.phys_addr = rte_pktmbuf_mtophys(
+	sym_op->aead.aad.phys_addr = rte_pktmbuf_mtophys(
 			ut_params->ibuf);
 
-	memset(sym_op->auth.aad.data, 0, aad_len);
-	rte_memcpy(sym_op->auth.aad.data, tdata->aad.data, aad_len);
+	memset(sym_op->aead.aad.data, 0, aad_len);
+	rte_memcpy(sym_op->aead.aad.data, tdata->aad.data, aad_len);
 
 	TEST_HEXDUMP(stdout, "iv:", IV_ptr, iv_len);
 	TEST_HEXDUMP(stdout, "aad:",
-			sym_op->auth.aad.data, aad_len);
+			sym_op->aead.aad.data, aad_len);
 
-	sym_op->cipher.data.length = tdata->plaintext.len;
-	sym_op->cipher.data.offset = aad_len;
-
-	sym_op->auth.data.offset = aad_len;
-	sym_op->auth.data.length = tdata->plaintext.len;
+	sym_op->aead.data.length = tdata->plaintext.len;
+	sym_op->aead.data.offset = aad_len;
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -7250,11 +7211,10 @@ test_AES_GCM_authenticated_encryption_SGL(const struct gcm_test_data *tdata,
 
 	/* Create GCM session */
 	retval = create_gcm_session(ts_params->valid_devs[0],
-			RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_ENCRYPT,
+			RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_ENCRYPT,
 			tdata->key.data, tdata->key.len,
 			tdata->aad.len, tdata->auth_tag.len,
-			tdata->iv.len,
-			RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_OP_GENERATE);
+			tdata->iv.len);
 	if (retval < 0)
 		return retval;
 
@@ -7380,7 +7340,7 @@ test_AES_GCM_authenticated_encryption_SGL(const struct gcm_test_data *tdata,
 	}
 
 	/* Create GCM opertaion */
-	retval = create_gcm_operation_SGL(RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_ENCRYPT,
+	retval = create_gcm_operation_SGL(RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_ENCRYPT,
 			tdata, digest_mem, digest_phys);
 
 	if (retval < 0)
diff --git a/test/test/test_cryptodev_perf.c b/test/test/test_cryptodev_perf.c
index 71b03cd..8e9c33a 100644
--- a/test/test/test_cryptodev_perf.c
+++ b/test/test/test_cryptodev_perf.c
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ enum chain_mode {
 	CIPHER_HASH,
 	HASH_CIPHER,
 	CIPHER_ONLY,
-	HASH_ONLY
+	HASH_ONLY,
+	AEAD
 };
 
 
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ struct symmetric_op {
 struct symmetric_session_attrs {
 	enum rte_crypto_cipher_operation cipher;
 	enum rte_crypto_auth_operation auth;
+	enum rte_crypto_aead_operation aead;
 
 	enum rte_crypto_cipher_algorithm cipher_algorithm;
 	const uint8_t *key_cipher_data;
@@ -95,6 +97,10 @@ struct symmetric_session_attrs {
 	const uint8_t *key_auth_data;
 	uint32_t key_auth_len;
 
+	enum rte_crypto_aead_algorithm aead_algorithm;
+	const uint8_t *key_aead_data;
+	uint32_t key_aead_len;
+
 	const uint8_t *iv_data;
 	uint16_t iv_len;
 	uint16_t aad_len;
@@ -124,8 +130,9 @@ struct perf_test_params {
 	enum chain_mode chain;
 
 	enum rte_crypto_cipher_algorithm cipher_algo;
-	unsigned cipher_key_length;
+	unsigned key_length;
 	enum rte_crypto_auth_algorithm auth_algo;
+	enum rte_crypto_aead_algorithm aead_algo;
 
 	struct symmetric_session_attrs *session_attrs;
 
@@ -157,7 +164,8 @@ static struct rte_cryptodev_sym_session *
 test_perf_create_openssl_session(uint8_t dev_id, enum chain_mode chain,
 		enum rte_crypto_cipher_algorithm cipher_algo,
 		unsigned int cipher_key_len,
-		enum rte_crypto_auth_algorithm auth_algo);
+		enum rte_crypto_auth_algorithm auth_algo,
+		enum rte_crypto_aead_algorithm aead_algo);
 static struct rte_cryptodev_sym_session *
 test_perf_create_armv8_session(uint8_t dev_id, enum chain_mode chain,
 		enum rte_crypto_cipher_algorithm cipher_algo,
@@ -191,6 +199,7 @@ static const char *chain_mode_name(enum chain_mode mode)
 	case HASH_CIPHER: return "hash_cipher"; break;
 	case CIPHER_ONLY: return "cipher_only"; break;
 	case HASH_ONLY: return "hash_only"; break;
+	case AEAD: return "aead"; break;
 	default: return ""; break;
 	}
 }
@@ -2085,7 +2094,7 @@ test_perf_snow3G_optimise_cyclecount(struct perf_test_params *pparams)
 	/* Create Crypto session*/
 	sess = test_perf_create_snow3g_session(ts_params->dev_id,
 			pparams->chain, pparams->cipher_algo,
-			pparams->cipher_key_length, pparams->auth_algo);
+			pparams->key_length, pparams->auth_algo);
 	TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(sess, "Session creation failed");
 
 	/* Generate Crypto op data structure(s)*/
@@ -2106,7 +2115,16 @@ test_perf_snow3G_optimise_cyclecount(struct perf_test_params *pparams)
 		c_ops[i] = op;
 	}
 
-	printf("\nOn %s dev%u qp%u, %s, cipher algo:%s, auth_algo:%s, "
+	if (pparams->chain == AEAD)
+		printf("\nOn %s dev%u qp%u, %s, aead algo:%s, "
+			"Packet Size %u bytes",
+			pmd_name(gbl_cryptodev_perftest_devtype),
+			ts_params->dev_id, 0,
+			chain_mode_name(pparams->chain),
+			rte_crypto_aead_algorithm_strings[pparams->aead_algo],
+			pparams->buf_size);
+	else
+		printf("\nOn %s dev%u qp%u, %s, cipher algo:%s, auth_algo:%s, "
 			"Packet Size %u bytes",
 			pmd_name(gbl_cryptodev_perftest_devtype),
 			ts_params->dev_id, 0,
@@ -2196,14 +2214,14 @@ test_perf_snow3G_vary_burst_size(void)
 			{
 					.chain = CIPHER_ONLY,
 					.cipher_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_SNOW3G_UEA2,
-					.cipher_key_length = 16,
+					.key_length = 16,
 					.auth_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_NULL,
 			},
 			{
 					.chain = HASH_ONLY,
 					.cipher_algo = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_NULL,
 					.auth_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SNOW3G_UIA2,
-					.cipher_key_length = 16
+					.key_length = 16
 			},
 	};
 
@@ -2260,7 +2278,8 @@ test_perf_openssl_optimise_cyclecount(struct perf_test_params *pparams)
 	/* Create Crypto session*/
 	sess = test_perf_create_openssl_session(ts_params->dev_id,
 			pparams->chain, pparams->cipher_algo,
-			pparams->cipher_key_length, pparams->auth_algo);
+			pparams->key_length, pparams->auth_algo,
+			pparams->aead_algo);
 	TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(sess, "Session creation failed");
 
 	/* Generate Crypto op data structure(s)*/
@@ -2275,21 +2294,22 @@ test_perf_openssl_optimise_cyclecount(struct perf_test_params *pparams)
 						RTE_CRYPTO_OP_TYPE_SYMMETRIC);
 		TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(op, "Failed to allocate op");
 
-		switch (pparams->cipher_algo) {
-		case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_CBC:
-		case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_CTR:
-			test_perf_set_crypto_op = test_perf_set_crypto_op_3des;
-			break;
-		case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC:
-		case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CTR:
-			test_perf_set_crypto_op = test_perf_set_crypto_op_aes;
-			break;
-		case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_GCM:
+		if (pparams->chain == AEAD)
 			test_perf_set_crypto_op =
 						test_perf_set_crypto_op_aes_gcm;
-			break;
-		default:
-			return TEST_FAILED;
+		else {
+			switch (pparams->cipher_algo) {
+			case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_CBC:
+			case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_CTR:
+				test_perf_set_crypto_op = test_perf_set_crypto_op_3des;
+				break;
+			case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC:
+			case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CTR:
+				test_perf_set_crypto_op = test_perf_set_crypto_op_aes;
+				break;
+			default:
+				return TEST_FAILED;
+			}
 		}
 
 		op = test_perf_set_crypto_op(op, m, sess, pparams->buf_size,
@@ -2299,14 +2319,24 @@ test_perf_openssl_optimise_cyclecount(struct perf_test_params *pparams)
 		c_ops[i] = op;
 	}
 
-	printf("\nOn %s dev%u qp%u, %s, cipher algo:%s, cipher key length:%u, "
-			"auth_algo:%s, Packet Size %u bytes",
+	if (pparams->chain == AEAD)
+		printf("\nOn %s dev%u qp%u, %s, aead_algo:%s, "
+			"key length:%u, Packet Size %u bytes",
+			pmd_name(gbl_cryptodev_perftest_devtype),
+			ts_params->dev_id, 0,
+			chain_mode_name(pparams->chain),
+			rte_crypto_aead_algorithm_strings[pparams->aead_algo],
+			pparams->key_length,
+			pparams->buf_size);
+	else
+		printf("\nOn %s dev%u qp%u, %s, cipher algo:%s, auth_algo:%s, "
+			"key length:%u, Packet Size %u bytes",
 			pmd_name(gbl_cryptodev_perftest_devtype),
 			ts_params->dev_id, 0,
 			chain_mode_name(pparams->chain),
 			rte_crypto_cipher_algorithm_strings[pparams->cipher_algo],
-			pparams->cipher_key_length,
 			rte_crypto_auth_algorithm_strings[pparams->auth_algo],
+			pparams->key_length,
 			pparams->buf_size);
 	printf("\nOps Tx\tOps Rx\tOps/burst  ");
 	printf("Retries  EmptyPolls\tIACycles/CyOp\tIACycles/Burst\t"
@@ -2410,7 +2440,7 @@ test_perf_armv8_optimise_cyclecount(struct perf_test_params *pparams)
 	/* Create Crypto session*/
 	sess = test_perf_create_armv8_session(ts_params->dev_id,
 			pparams->chain, pparams->cipher_algo,
-			pparams->cipher_key_length, pparams->auth_algo);
+			pparams->key_length, pparams->auth_algo);
 	TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(sess, "Session creation failed");
 
 	/* Generate Crypto op data structure(s)*/
@@ -2438,7 +2468,7 @@ test_perf_armv8_optimise_cyclecount(struct perf_test_params *pparams)
 			ts_params->dev_id, 0,
 			chain_mode_name(pparams->chain),
 			rte_crypto_cipher_algorithm_strings[pparams->cipher_algo],
-			pparams->cipher_key_length,
+			pparams->key_length,
 			rte_crypto_auth_algorithm_strings[pparams->auth_algo],
 			pparams->buf_size);
 	printf("\nOps Tx\tOps Rx\tOps/burst  ");
@@ -2532,8 +2562,6 @@ static uint32_t get_auth_key_max_length(enum rte_crypto_auth_algorithm algo)
 		return 128;
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA512_HMAC:
 		return 128;
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GCM:
-		return 0;
 	default:
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -2554,7 +2582,15 @@ static uint32_t get_auth_digest_length(enum rte_crypto_auth_algorithm algo)
 		return TRUNCATED_DIGEST_BYTE_LENGTH_SHA384;
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA512_HMAC:
 		return TRUNCATED_DIGEST_BYTE_LENGTH_SHA512;
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GCM:
+	default:
+		return 0;
+	}
+}
+
+static uint32_t get_aead_digest_length(enum rte_crypto_aead_algorithm algo)
+{
+	switch (algo) {
+	case RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_AES_GCM:
 		return DIGEST_BYTE_LENGTH_AES_GCM;
 	default:
 		return 0;
@@ -2732,55 +2768,73 @@ test_perf_create_snow3g_session(uint8_t dev_id, enum chain_mode chain,
 static struct rte_cryptodev_sym_session *
 test_perf_create_openssl_session(uint8_t dev_id, enum chain_mode chain,
 		enum rte_crypto_cipher_algorithm cipher_algo,
-		unsigned int cipher_key_len,
-		enum rte_crypto_auth_algorithm auth_algo)
+		unsigned int key_len,
+		enum rte_crypto_auth_algorithm auth_algo,
+		enum rte_crypto_aead_algorithm aead_algo)
 {
 	struct rte_crypto_sym_xform cipher_xform = { 0 };
 	struct rte_crypto_sym_xform auth_xform = { 0 };
+	struct rte_crypto_sym_xform aead_xform = { 0 };
 
-	/* Setup Cipher Parameters */
-	cipher_xform.type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_CIPHER;
-	cipher_xform.cipher.algo = cipher_algo;
-	cipher_xform.cipher.iv.offset = IV_OFFSET;
-	cipher_xform.cipher.op = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_ENCRYPT;
+	if (chain == CIPHER_HASH || chain == HASH_CIPHER) {
+		/* Setup Cipher Parameters */
+		cipher_xform.type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_CIPHER;
+		cipher_xform.cipher.algo = cipher_algo;
+		cipher_xform.cipher.iv.offset = IV_OFFSET;
+		cipher_xform.cipher.op = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_ENCRYPT;
 
-	switch (cipher_algo) {
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_CBC:
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_CTR:
-		cipher_xform.cipher.key.data = triple_des_key;
-		cipher_xform.cipher.iv.length = TRIPLE_DES_CIPHER_IV_LENGTH;
-		break;
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC:
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CTR:
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_GCM:
-		cipher_xform.cipher.key.data = aes_key;
-		cipher_xform.cipher.iv.length = AES_CIPHER_IV_LENGTH;
-		break;
-	default:
-		return NULL;
-	}
+		switch (cipher_algo) {
+		case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_CBC:
+		case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_CTR:
+			cipher_xform.cipher.key.data = triple_des_key;
+			cipher_xform.cipher.iv.length = TRIPLE_DES_CIPHER_IV_LENGTH;
+			break;
+		case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC:
+		case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CTR:
+			cipher_xform.cipher.key.data = aes_key;
+			cipher_xform.cipher.iv.length = AES_CIPHER_IV_LENGTH;
+			break;
+		default:
+			return NULL;
+		}
 
-	cipher_xform.cipher.key.length = cipher_key_len;
+		cipher_xform.cipher.key.length = key_len;
 
-	/* Setup Auth Parameters */
-	auth_xform.type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AUTH;
-	auth_xform.auth.op = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_OP_GENERATE;
-	auth_xform.auth.algo = auth_algo;
+		/* Setup Auth Parameters */
+		auth_xform.type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AUTH;
+		auth_xform.auth.op = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_OP_GENERATE;
+		auth_xform.auth.algo = auth_algo;
 
-	switch (auth_algo) {
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC:
-		auth_xform.auth.key.data = hmac_sha_key;
-		break;
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GCM:
-		auth_xform.auth.key.data = NULL;
-		auth_xform.auth.add_auth_data_length = AES_GCM_AAD_LENGTH;
-		break;
-	default:
-		return NULL;
-	}
+		switch (auth_algo) {
+		case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC:
+			auth_xform.auth.key.data = hmac_sha_key;
+			break;
+		default:
+			return NULL;
+		}
 
-	auth_xform.auth.key.length =  get_auth_key_max_length(auth_algo);
-	auth_xform.auth.digest_length = get_auth_digest_length(auth_algo);
+		auth_xform.auth.key.length =  get_auth_key_max_length(auth_algo);
+		auth_xform.auth.digest_length = get_auth_digest_length(auth_algo);
+	} else if (chain == AEAD) {
+		/* Setup AEAD Parameters */
+		aead_xform.type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AEAD;
+		aead_xform.aead.op = RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_ENCRYPT;
+		aead_xform.aead.algo = aead_algo;
+		aead_xform.aead.iv.offset = IV_OFFSET;
+
+		switch (aead_algo) {
+		case RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_AES_GCM:
+			aead_xform.aead.key.data = aes_key;
+			aead_xform.aead.iv.length = AES_CIPHER_IV_LENGTH;
+			aead_xform.aead.add_auth_data_length = AES_GCM_AAD_LENGTH;
+			aead_xform.aead.digest_length = get_aead_digest_length(auth_algo);
+			break;
+		default:
+			return NULL;
+		}
+
+		aead_xform.aead.key.length = key_len;
+	}
 
 	switch (chain) {
 	case CIPHER_HASH:
@@ -2793,6 +2847,9 @@ test_perf_create_openssl_session(uint8_t dev_id, enum chain_mode chain,
 		cipher_xform.next = NULL;
 		/* Create Crypto session*/
 		return rte_cryptodev_sym_session_create(dev_id,	&auth_xform);
+	case AEAD:
+		/* Create Crypto session*/
+		return rte_cryptodev_sym_session_create(dev_id,	&aead_xform);
 	default:
 		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -2916,22 +2973,19 @@ test_perf_set_crypto_op_aes_gcm(struct rte_crypto_op *op, struct rte_mbuf *m,
 	}
 
 	/* Authentication Parameters */
-	op->sym->auth.digest.data = (uint8_t *)m->buf_addr +
+	op->sym->aead.digest.data = (uint8_t *)m->buf_addr +
 					(m->data_off + data_len);
-	op->sym->auth.digest.phys_addr =
+	op->sym->aead.digest.phys_addr =
 				rte_pktmbuf_mtophys_offset(m, data_len);
-	op->sym->auth.aad.data = aes_gcm_aad;
+	op->sym->aead.aad.data = aes_gcm_aad;
 
 	/* Copy IV at the end of the crypto operation */
 	rte_memcpy(rte_crypto_op_ctod_offset(op, uint8_t *, IV_OFFSET),
 			aes_iv, AES_CIPHER_IV_LENGTH);
 
 	/* Data lengths/offsets Parameters */
-	op->sym->auth.data.offset = 0;
-	op->sym->auth.data.length = data_len;
-
-	op->sym->cipher.data.offset = 0;
-	op->sym->cipher.data.length = data_len;
+	op->sym->aead.data.offset = 0;
+	op->sym->aead.data.length = data_len;
 
 	op->sym->m_src = m;
 
@@ -3102,7 +3156,7 @@ test_perf_aes_sha(uint8_t dev_id, uint16_t queue_id,
 	/* Create Crypto session*/
 	sess = test_perf_create_aes_sha_session(ts_params->dev_id,
 			pparams->chain, pparams->cipher_algo,
-			pparams->cipher_key_length, pparams->auth_algo);
+			pparams->key_length, pparams->auth_algo);
 	TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(sess, "Session creation failed");
 
 	/* Generate a burst of crypto operations */
@@ -3235,7 +3289,7 @@ test_perf_snow3g(uint8_t dev_id, uint16_t queue_id,
 	/* Create Crypto session*/
 	sess = test_perf_create_snow3g_session(ts_params->dev_id,
 			pparams->chain, pparams->cipher_algo,
-			pparams->cipher_key_length, pparams->auth_algo);
+			pparams->key_length, pparams->auth_algo);
 	TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(sess, "Session creation failed");
 
 	/* Generate a burst of crypto operations */
@@ -3394,20 +3448,22 @@ test_perf_openssl(uint8_t dev_id, uint16_t queue_id,
 					unsigned int,
 					enum chain_mode);
 
-	switch (pparams->cipher_algo) {
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_CBC:
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_CTR:
-		test_perf_set_crypto_op = test_perf_set_crypto_op_3des;
-		break;
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC:
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CTR:
-		test_perf_set_crypto_op = test_perf_set_crypto_op_aes;
-		break;
-	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_GCM:
-		test_perf_set_crypto_op = test_perf_set_crypto_op_aes_gcm;
-		break;
-	default:
-		return TEST_FAILED;
+	if (pparams->chain == AEAD)
+		test_perf_set_crypto_op =
+					test_perf_set_crypto_op_aes_gcm;
+	else {
+		switch (pparams->cipher_algo) {
+		case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_CBC:
+		case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_CTR:
+			test_perf_set_crypto_op = test_perf_set_crypto_op_3des;
+			break;
+		case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC:
+		case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CTR:
+			test_perf_set_crypto_op = test_perf_set_crypto_op_aes;
+			break;
+		default:
+			return TEST_FAILED;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (rte_cryptodev_count() == 0) {
@@ -3418,7 +3474,8 @@ test_perf_openssl(uint8_t dev_id, uint16_t queue_id,
 	/* Create Crypto session*/
 	sess = test_perf_create_openssl_session(ts_params->dev_id,
 			pparams->chain, pparams->cipher_algo,
-			pparams->cipher_key_length, pparams->auth_algo);
+			pparams->key_length, pparams->auth_algo,
+			pparams->aead_algo);
 	TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(sess, "Session creation failed");
 
 	/* Generate a burst of crypto operations */
@@ -3548,7 +3605,7 @@ test_perf_armv8(uint8_t dev_id, uint16_t queue_id,
 	/* Create Crypto session*/
 	sess = test_perf_create_armv8_session(ts_params->dev_id,
 			pparams->chain, pparams->cipher_algo,
-			pparams->cipher_key_length, pparams->auth_algo);
+			pparams->key_length, pparams->auth_algo);
 	TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(sess, "Session creation failed");
 
 	/* Generate a burst of crypto operations */
@@ -3674,48 +3731,48 @@ test_perf_aes_cbc_encrypt_digest_vary_pkt_size(void)
 		{
 			.chain = CIPHER_ONLY,
 			.cipher_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC,
-			.cipher_key_length = 16,
+			.key_length = 16,
 			.auth_algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_NULL
 		},
 		{
 			.chain = CIPHER_HASH,
 			.cipher_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC,
-			.cipher_key_length = 16,
+			.key_length = 16,
 			.auth_algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC
 		},
 		{
 			.chain = CIPHER_HASH,
 
 			.cipher_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC,
-			.cipher_key_length = 16,
+			.key_length = 16,
 			.auth_algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA256_HMAC
 		},
 		{
 			.chain = CIPHER_HASH,
 
 			.cipher_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC,
-			.cipher_key_length = 16,
+			.key_length = 16,
 			.auth_algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA512_HMAC
 		},
 		{
 			.chain = CIPHER_HASH,
 
 			.cipher_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC,
-			.cipher_key_length = 32,
+			.key_length = 32,
 			.auth_algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC
 		},
 		{
 			.chain = CIPHER_HASH,
 
 			.cipher_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC,
-			.cipher_key_length = 32,
+			.key_length = 32,
 			.auth_algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA256_HMAC
 		},
 		{
 			.chain = CIPHER_HASH,
 
 			.cipher_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC,
-			.cipher_key_length = 32,
+			.key_length = 32,
 			.auth_algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA512_HMAC
 		},
 	};
@@ -3729,7 +3786,7 @@ test_perf_aes_cbc_encrypt_digest_vary_pkt_size(void)
 			chain_mode_name(params_set[i].chain),
 			rte_crypto_cipher_algorithm_strings[params_set[i].cipher_algo],
 			rte_crypto_auth_algorithm_strings[params_set[i].auth_algo],
-			params_set[i].cipher_key_length,
+			params_set[i].key_length,
 			burst_size);
 		printf("\nBuffer Size(B)\tOPS(M)\tThroughput(Gbps)\t"
 			"Retries\tEmptyPolls\n");
@@ -3755,14 +3812,14 @@ test_perf_snow3G_vary_pkt_size(void)
 		{
 			.chain = CIPHER_ONLY,
 			.cipher_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_SNOW3G_UEA2,
-			.cipher_key_length = 16,
+			.key_length = 16,
 			.auth_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_NULL,
 		},
 		{
 			.chain = HASH_ONLY,
 			.cipher_algo = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_NULL,
 			.auth_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SNOW3G_UIA2,
-			.cipher_key_length = 16
+			.key_length = 16
 		},
 	};
 
@@ -3813,63 +3870,77 @@ test_perf_openssl_vary_pkt_size(void)
 			.chain = CIPHER_HASH,
 
 			.cipher_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_CBC,
-			.cipher_key_length = 16,
+			.key_length = 16,
 			.auth_algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC
 		},
 		{
 			.chain = CIPHER_HASH,
 
 			.cipher_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_CBC,
-			.cipher_key_length = 24,
+			.key_length = 24,
 			.auth_algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC
 		},
 		{
 			.chain = CIPHER_HASH,
 
 			.cipher_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CTR,
-			.cipher_key_length = 16,
+			.key_length = 16,
 			.auth_algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC
 		},
 		{
 			.chain = CIPHER_HASH,
 
 			.cipher_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CTR,
-			.cipher_key_length = 32,
+			.key_length = 32,
 			.auth_algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC
 		},
 		{
 			.chain = CIPHER_HASH,
 
 			.cipher_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_CTR,
-			.cipher_key_length = 16,
+			.key_length = 16,
 			.auth_algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC
 		},
 		{
 			.chain = CIPHER_HASH,
 
 			.cipher_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_CTR,
-			.cipher_key_length = 24,
+			.key_length = 24,
 			.auth_algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC
 		},
 		{
-			.chain = CIPHER_HASH,
+			.chain = AEAD,
 
-			.cipher_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_GCM,
-			.cipher_key_length = 16,
-			.auth_algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GCM
+			.aead_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_AES_GCM,
+			.key_length = 16,
 		},
 	};
 
 	for (i = 0; i < RTE_DIM(params_set); i++) {
 		params_set[i].total_operations = total_operations;
 		params_set[i].burst_size = burst_size;
-		printf("\n%s. cipher algo: %s auth algo: %s cipher key size=%u."
-			" burst_size: %d ops\n",
-			chain_mode_name(params_set[i].chain),
-			rte_crypto_cipher_algorithm_strings[params_set[i].cipher_algo],
-			rte_crypto_auth_algorithm_strings[params_set[i].auth_algo],
-			params_set[i].cipher_key_length,
-			burst_size);
+		if (params_set[i].chain == AEAD) {
+			enum rte_crypto_aead_algorithm aead_algo =
+				params_set[i].aead_algo;
+			printf("\n%s. aead algo: %s  key size=%u."
+				" burst_size: %d ops\n",
+				chain_mode_name(params_set[i].chain),
+				rte_crypto_aead_algorithm_strings[aead_algo],
+				params_set[i].key_length,
+				burst_size);
+		} else {
+			enum rte_crypto_cipher_algorithm cipher_algo =
+				params_set[i].cipher_algo;
+			enum rte_crypto_auth_algorithm auth_algo =
+				params_set[i].auth_algo;
+			printf("\n%s. cipher algo: %s auth algo: %s key size=%u."
+				" burst_size: %d ops\n",
+				chain_mode_name(params_set[i].chain),
+				rte_crypto_cipher_algorithm_strings[cipher_algo],
+				rte_crypto_auth_algorithm_strings[auth_algo],
+				params_set[i].key_length,
+				burst_size);
+		}
 		printf("\nBuffer Size(B)\tOPS(M)\tThroughput(Gbps)\tRetries\t"
 				"EmptyPolls\n");
 		for (j = 0; j < RTE_DIM(buf_lengths); j++) {
@@ -3894,50 +3965,49 @@ test_perf_openssl_vary_burst_size(void)
 			.chain = CIPHER_HASH,
 
 			.cipher_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_CBC,
-			.cipher_key_length = 16,
+			.key_length = 16,
 			.auth_algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC
 		},
 		{
 			.chain = CIPHER_HASH,
 
 			.cipher_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_CBC,
-			.cipher_key_length = 24,
+			.key_length = 24,
 			.auth_algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC
 		},
 		{
 			.chain = CIPHER_HASH,
 
 			.cipher_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CTR,
-			.cipher_key_length = 16,
+			.key_length = 16,
 			.auth_algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC
 		},
 		{
 			.chain = CIPHER_HASH,
 
 			.cipher_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CTR,
-			.cipher_key_length = 32,
+			.key_length = 32,
 			.auth_algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC
 		},
 		{
 			.chain = CIPHER_HASH,
 
 			.cipher_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_CTR,
-			.cipher_key_length = 16,
+			.key_length = 16,
 			.auth_algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC
 		},
 		{
 			.chain = CIPHER_HASH,
 
 			.cipher_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_3DES_CTR,
-			.cipher_key_length = 24,
+			.key_length = 24,
 			.auth_algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC
 		},
 		{
-			.chain = CIPHER_HASH,
+			.chain = AEAD,
 
-			.cipher_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_GCM,
-			.cipher_key_length = 16,
-			.auth_algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GCM
+			.aead_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_AES_GCM,
+			.key_length = 16,
 		},
 	};
 
@@ -3974,28 +4044,28 @@ test_perf_armv8_vary_pkt_size(void)
 			.chain = CIPHER_HASH,
 
 			.cipher_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC,
-			.cipher_key_length = 16,
+			.key_length = 16,
 			.auth_algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC
 		},
 		{
 			.chain = HASH_CIPHER,
 
 			.cipher_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC,
-			.cipher_key_length = 16,
+			.key_length = 16,
 			.auth_algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC
 		},
 		{
 			.chain = CIPHER_HASH,
 
 			.cipher_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC,
-			.cipher_key_length = 16,
+			.key_length = 16,
 			.auth_algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA256_HMAC
 		},
 		{
 			.chain = HASH_CIPHER,
 
 			.cipher_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC,
-			.cipher_key_length = 16,
+			.key_length = 16,
 			.auth_algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA256_HMAC
 		},
 	};
@@ -4008,7 +4078,7 @@ test_perf_armv8_vary_pkt_size(void)
 			chain_mode_name(params_set[i].chain),
 			rte_crypto_cipher_algorithm_strings[params_set[i].cipher_algo],
 			rte_crypto_auth_algorithm_strings[params_set[i].auth_algo],
-			params_set[i].cipher_key_length,
+			params_set[i].key_length,
 			burst_size);
 		printf("\nBuffer Size(B)\tOPS(M)\tThroughput(Gbps)\tRetries\t"
 				"EmptyPolls\n");
@@ -4034,28 +4104,28 @@ test_perf_armv8_vary_burst_size(void)
 			.chain = CIPHER_HASH,
 
 			.cipher_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC,
-			.cipher_key_length = 16,
+			.key_length = 16,
 			.auth_algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC
 		},
 		{
 			.chain = HASH_CIPHER,
 
 			.cipher_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC,
-			.cipher_key_length = 16,
+			.key_length = 16,
 			.auth_algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC
 		},
 		{
 			.chain = CIPHER_HASH,
 
 			.cipher_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC,
-			.cipher_key_length = 16,
+			.key_length = 16,
 			.auth_algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA256_HMAC
 		},
 		{
 			.chain = HASH_CIPHER,
 
 			.cipher_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC,
-			.cipher_key_length = 16,
+			.key_length = 16,
 			.auth_algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA256_HMAC
 		},
 	};
@@ -4090,48 +4160,26 @@ static struct rte_cryptodev_sym_session *
 test_perf_create_session(uint8_t dev_id, struct perf_test_params *pparams)
 {
 	static struct rte_cryptodev_sym_session *sess;
-	struct rte_crypto_sym_xform cipher_xform = { 0 };
-	struct rte_crypto_sym_xform auth_xform = { 0 };
+	struct rte_crypto_sym_xform aead_xform = { 0 };
 
-	uint8_t cipher_key[pparams->session_attrs->key_cipher_len];
-	uint8_t auth_key[pparams->session_attrs->key_auth_len];
+	uint8_t aead_key[pparams->session_attrs->key_aead_len];
 
-	memcpy(cipher_key, pparams->session_attrs->key_cipher_data,
-		 pparams->session_attrs->key_cipher_len);
-	memcpy(auth_key, pparams->session_attrs->key_auth_data,
-		 pparams->session_attrs->key_auth_len);
-
-	cipher_xform.type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_CIPHER;
-	cipher_xform.next = NULL;
-
-	cipher_xform.cipher.algo = pparams->session_attrs->cipher_algorithm;
-	cipher_xform.cipher.op = pparams->session_attrs->cipher;
-	cipher_xform.cipher.key.data = cipher_key;
-	cipher_xform.cipher.key.length = pparams->session_attrs->key_cipher_len;
-	cipher_xform.cipher.iv.length = pparams->session_attrs->iv_len;
-	cipher_xform.cipher.iv.offset = IV_OFFSET;
-
-	auth_xform.type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AUTH;
-	auth_xform.next = NULL;
+	memcpy(aead_key, pparams->session_attrs->key_aead_data,
+		 pparams->session_attrs->key_aead_len);
 
-	auth_xform.auth.op = pparams->session_attrs->auth;
-	auth_xform.auth.algo = pparams->session_attrs->auth_algorithm;
+	aead_xform.type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AEAD;
+	aead_xform.next = NULL;
 
-	auth_xform.auth.add_auth_data_length = pparams->session_attrs->aad_len;
-	auth_xform.auth.digest_length = pparams->session_attrs->digest_len;
-	auth_xform.auth.key.length = pparams->session_attrs->key_auth_len;
+	aead_xform.aead.algo = pparams->session_attrs->aead_algorithm;
+	aead_xform.aead.op = pparams->session_attrs->aead;
+	aead_xform.aead.key.data = aead_key;
+	aead_xform.aead.key.length = pparams->session_attrs->key_aead_len;
+	aead_xform.aead.iv.length = pparams->session_attrs->iv_len;
+	aead_xform.aead.iv.offset = IV_OFFSET;
+	aead_xform.aead.add_auth_data_length = pparams->session_attrs->aad_len;
+	aead_xform.aead.digest_length = pparams->session_attrs->digest_len;
 
-
-	cipher_xform.cipher.op = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_ENCRYPT;
-	if (cipher_xform.cipher.op == RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_ENCRYPT) {
-		cipher_xform.next = &auth_xform;
-		sess = rte_cryptodev_sym_session_create(dev_id,
-				&cipher_xform);
-	} else {
-		auth_xform.next = &cipher_xform;
-		sess = rte_cryptodev_sym_session_create(dev_id,
-				&auth_xform);
-	}
+	sess = rte_cryptodev_sym_session_create(dev_id,	&aead_xform);
 
 	return sess;
 }
@@ -4150,17 +4198,17 @@ perf_gcm_set_crypto_op(struct rte_crypto_op *op, struct rte_mbuf *m,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	op->sym->auth.digest.data = m_hlp->digest;
-	op->sym->auth.digest.phys_addr = rte_pktmbuf_mtophys_offset(
+	op->sym->aead.digest.data = m_hlp->digest;
+	op->sym->aead.digest.phys_addr = rte_pktmbuf_mtophys_offset(
 					  m,
 					  params->session_attrs->aad_len +
 					  params->symmetric_op->p_len);
 
 
-	op->sym->auth.aad.data = m_hlp->aad;
-	op->sym->auth.aad.phys_addr = rte_pktmbuf_mtophys(m);
+	op->sym->aead.aad.data = m_hlp->aad;
+	op->sym->aead.aad.phys_addr = rte_pktmbuf_mtophys(m);
 
-	rte_memcpy(op->sym->auth.aad.data, params->symmetric_op->aad_data,
+	rte_memcpy(op->sym->aead.aad.data, params->symmetric_op->aad_data,
 		       params->session_attrs->aad_len);
 
 	rte_memcpy(IV_ptr, params->session_attrs->iv_data,
@@ -4168,13 +4216,9 @@ perf_gcm_set_crypto_op(struct rte_crypto_op *op, struct rte_mbuf *m,
 	if (params->session_attrs->iv_len == 12)
 		IV_ptr[15] = 1;
 
-	op->sym->auth.data.offset =
-			params->session_attrs->aad_len;
-	op->sym->auth.data.length = params->symmetric_op->p_len;
-
-	op->sym->cipher.data.offset =
+	op->sym->aead.data.offset =
 			params->session_attrs->aad_len;
-	op->sym->cipher.data.length = params->symmetric_op->p_len;
+	op->sym->aead.data.length = params->symmetric_op->p_len;
 
 	op->sym->m_src = m;
 
@@ -4388,20 +4432,14 @@ test_perf_AES_GCM(int continual_buf_len, int continual_size)
 
 		gcm_test = gcm_tests[i];
 
-		session_attrs[i].cipher =
-				RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_ENCRYPT;
-		session_attrs[i].cipher_algorithm =
-				RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_GCM;
-		session_attrs[i].key_cipher_data =
+		session_attrs[i].aead =
+				RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_OP_ENCRYPT;
+		session_attrs[i].aead_algorithm =
+				RTE_CRYPTO_AEAD_AES_GCM;
+		session_attrs[i].key_aead_data =
 				gcm_test->key.data;
-		session_attrs[i].key_cipher_len =
+		session_attrs[i].key_aead_len =
 				gcm_test->key.len;
-		session_attrs[i].auth_algorithm =
-				RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_GCM;
-		session_attrs[i].auth =
-			RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_OP_GENERATE;
-		session_attrs[i].key_auth_data = NULL;
-		session_attrs[i].key_auth_len = 0;
 		session_attrs[i].aad_len = gcm_test->aad.len;
 		session_attrs[i].digest_len =
 				gcm_test->auth_tag.len;
@@ -4416,7 +4454,7 @@ test_perf_AES_GCM(int continual_buf_len, int continual_size)
 		ops_set[i].t_data = gcm_test->auth_tags[i].data;
 		ops_set[i].t_len = gcm_test->auth_tags[i].len;
 
-		params_set[i].chain = CIPHER_HASH;
+		params_set[i].chain = AEAD;
 		params_set[i].session_attrs = &session_attrs[i];
 		params_set[i].symmetric_op = &ops_set[i];
 		if (continual_buf_len)
@@ -4518,7 +4556,7 @@ test_perf_continual_performance_test(void)
 		.chain = CIPHER_HASH,
 
 		.cipher_algo  = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_AES_CBC,
-		.cipher_key_length = 16,
+		.key_length = 16,
 		.auth_algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1_HMAC
 	};
 
@@ -4528,7 +4566,7 @@ test_perf_continual_performance_test(void)
 			chain_mode_name(params_set.chain),
 			rte_crypto_cipher_algorithm_strings[params_set.cipher_algo],
 			rte_crypto_auth_algorithm_strings[params_set.auth_algo],
-			params_set.cipher_key_length,
+			params_set.key_length,
 			burst_size);
 		printf("\nBuffer Size(B)\tOPS(M)\tThroughput(Gbps)\t"
 				"Retries\tEmptyPolls\n");
