diff --git a/drivers/net/softnic/Makefile b/drivers/net/softnic/Makefile
index 59711ec..9b33d81 100644
--- a/drivers/net/softnic/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/softnic/Makefile
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ LIBABIVER := 1
 # all source are stored in SRCS-y
 #
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_SOFTNIC) += rte_eth_softnic.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_SOFTNIC) += rte_eth_softnic_mempool.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_SOFTNIC) += rte_eth_softnic_swq.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_SOFTNIC) += rte_eth_softnic_link.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_SOFTNIC) += rte_eth_softnic_tm.c
diff --git a/drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic.c b/drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic.c
index 25fc865..1e508fb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic.c
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ pmd_init(struct pmd_params *params)
 	memcpy(&p->params, params, sizeof(p->params));
 
 	/* Resources */
+	mempool_init(p);
 	swq_init(p);
 	link_init(p);
 
@@ -236,6 +237,7 @@ pmd_free(struct pmd_internals *p)
 
 	link_free(p);
 	swq_free(p);
+	mempool_free(p);
 
 	rte_free(p);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic_internals.h b/drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic_internals.h
index 1cd7680..db645ff 100644
--- a/drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic_internals.h
+++ b/drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic_internals.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <sys/queue.h>
 
+#include <rte_mempool.h>
 #include <rte_mbuf.h>
 #include <rte_ring.h>
 #include <rte_ethdev.h>
@@ -54,6 +55,24 @@ struct pmd_params {
 };
 
 /**
+ * MEMPOOL
+ */
+struct mempool_params {
+	uint32_t buffer_size;
+	uint32_t pool_size;
+	uint32_t cache_size;
+};
+
+struct mempool {
+	TAILQ_ENTRY(mempool) node;
+	char name[NAME_SIZE];
+	struct rte_mempool *m;
+	uint32_t buffer_size;
+};
+
+TAILQ_HEAD(mempool_list, mempool);
+
+/**
  * SWQ
  */
 struct swq_params {
@@ -210,11 +229,30 @@ struct pmd_internals {
 		struct tm_internals tm; /**< Traffic Management */
 	} soft;
 
+	struct mempool_list mempool_list;
 	struct swq_list swq_list;
 	struct link_list link_list;
 };
 
 /**
+ * MEMPOOL
+ */
+int
+mempool_init(struct pmd_internals *p);
+
+void
+mempool_free(struct pmd_internals *p);
+
+struct mempool *
+mempool_find(struct pmd_internals *p,
+	const char *name);
+
+struct mempool *
+mempool_create(struct pmd_internals *p,
+	const char *name,
+	struct mempool_params *params);
+
+/**
  * SWQ
  */
 int
diff --git a/drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic_mempool.c b/drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic_mempool.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2d6f3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic_mempool.c
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2010-2018 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <rte_mbuf.h>
+#include <rte_string_fns.h>
+
+#include "rte_eth_softnic_internals.h"
+
+#define BUFFER_SIZE_MIN        (sizeof(struct rte_mbuf) + RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM)
+
+int
+mempool_init(struct pmd_internals *p)
+{
+	TAILQ_INIT(&p->mempool_list);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void
+mempool_free(struct pmd_internals *p)
+{
+	for ( ; ; ) {
+		struct mempool *mempool;
+
+		mempool = TAILQ_FIRST(&p->mempool_list);
+		if (mempool == NULL)
+			break;
+
+		TAILQ_REMOVE(&p->mempool_list, mempool, node);
+		rte_mempool_free(mempool->m);
+		free(mempool);
+	}
+}
+
+struct mempool *
+mempool_find(struct pmd_internals *p,
+	const char *name)
+{
+	struct mempool *mempool;
+
+	if (name == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+
+	TAILQ_FOREACH(mempool, &p->mempool_list, node)
+		if (strcmp(mempool->name, name) == 0)
+			return mempool;
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+struct mempool *
+mempool_create(struct pmd_internals *p,
+	const char *name,
+	struct mempool_params *params)
+{
+	char mempool_name[NAME_SIZE];
+	struct mempool *mempool;
+	struct rte_mempool *m;
+
+	/* Check input params */
+	if ((name == NULL) ||
+		mempool_find(p, name) ||
+		(params == NULL) ||
+		(params->buffer_size < BUFFER_SIZE_MIN) ||
+		(params->pool_size == 0))
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* Resource create */
+	snprintf(mempool_name, sizeof(mempool_name), "%s_%s",
+		p->params.name,
+		name);
+
+	m = rte_pktmbuf_pool_create(
+		mempool_name,
+		params->pool_size,
+		params->cache_size,
+		0,
+		params->buffer_size - sizeof(struct rte_mbuf),
+		p->params.cpu_id);
+
+	if (m == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* Node allocation */
+	mempool = calloc(1, sizeof(struct mempool));
+	if (mempool == NULL) {
+		rte_mempool_free(m);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	/* Node fill in */
+	strlcpy(mempool->name, name, sizeof(mempool->name));
+	mempool->m = m;
+	mempool->buffer_size = params->buffer_size;
+
+	/* Node add to list */
+	TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&p->mempool_list, mempool, node);
+
+	return mempool;
+}
