diff --git a/drivers/event/sw/sw_evdev.c b/drivers/event/sw/sw_evdev.c
index 10f0e1ad4..331c518ff 100644
--- a/drivers/event/sw/sw_evdev.c
+++ b/drivers/event/sw/sw_evdev.c
@@ -361,9 +361,99 @@ sw_init_qid_iqs(struct sw_evdev *sw)
 	}
 }
 
+static int
+sw_qids_empty(struct sw_evdev *sw)
+{
+	unsigned int i, j;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < sw->qid_count; i++) {
+		for (j = 0; j < SW_IQS_MAX; j++) {
+			if (iq_count(&sw->qids[i].iq[j]))
+				return 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static int
+sw_ports_empty(struct sw_evdev *sw)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < sw->port_count; i++) {
+		if ((rte_event_ring_count(sw->ports[i].rx_worker_ring)) ||
+		     rte_event_ring_count(sw->ports[i].cq_worker_ring))
+			return 0;
+	}
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static void
+sw_drain_ports(struct rte_eventdev *dev)
+{
+	struct sw_evdev *sw = sw_pmd_priv(dev);
+	eventdev_stop_flush_t flush;
+	unsigned int i;
+	uint8_t dev_id;
+	void *arg;
+
+	flush = dev->dev_ops->dev_stop_flush;
+	dev_id = dev->data->dev_id;
+	arg = dev->data->dev_stop_flush_arg;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < sw->port_count; i++) {
+		struct rte_event ev;
+
+		while (rte_event_dequeue_burst(dev_id, i, &ev, 1, 0)) {
+			if (flush)
+				flush(dev_id, ev, arg);
+
+			ev.op = RTE_EVENT_OP_RELEASE;
+			rte_event_enqueue_burst(dev_id, i, &ev, 1);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+static void
+sw_drain_queue(struct rte_eventdev *dev, struct sw_iq *iq)
+{
+	struct sw_evdev *sw = sw_pmd_priv(dev);
+	eventdev_stop_flush_t flush;
+	uint8_t dev_id;
+	void *arg;
+
+	flush = dev->dev_ops->dev_stop_flush;
+	dev_id = dev->data->dev_id;
+	arg = dev->data->dev_stop_flush_arg;
+
+	while (iq_count(iq) > 0) {
+		struct rte_event ev;
+
+		iq_dequeue_burst(sw, iq, &ev, 1);
+
+		if (flush)
+			flush(dev_id, ev, arg);
+	}
+}
+
+static void
+sw_drain_queues(struct rte_eventdev *dev)
+{
+	struct sw_evdev *sw = sw_pmd_priv(dev);
+	unsigned int i, j;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < sw->qid_count; i++) {
+		for (j = 0; j < SW_IQS_MAX; j++)
+			sw_drain_queue(dev, &sw->qids[i].iq[j]);
+	}
+}
+
 static void
-sw_clean_qid_iqs(struct sw_evdev *sw)
+sw_clean_qid_iqs(struct rte_eventdev *dev)
 {
+	struct sw_evdev *sw = sw_pmd_priv(dev);
 	int i, j;
 
 	/* Release the IQ memory of all configured qids */
@@ -729,10 +819,30 @@ static void
 sw_stop(struct rte_eventdev *dev)
 {
 	struct sw_evdev *sw = sw_pmd_priv(dev);
-	sw_clean_qid_iqs(sw);
+	int32_t runstate;
+
+	/* Stop the scheduler if it's running */
+	runstate = rte_service_runstate_get(sw->service_id);
+	if (runstate == 1)
+		rte_service_runstate_set(sw->service_id, 0);
+
+	while (rte_service_may_be_active(sw->service_id))
+		rte_pause();
+
+	/* Flush all events out of the device */
+	while (!(sw_qids_empty(sw) && sw_ports_empty(sw))) {
+		sw_event_schedule(dev);
+		sw_drain_ports(dev);
+		sw_drain_queues(dev);
+	}
+
+	sw_clean_qid_iqs(dev);
 	sw_xstats_uninit(sw);
 	sw->started = 0;
 	rte_smp_wmb();
+
+	if (runstate == 1)
+		rte_service_runstate_set(sw->service_id, 1);
 }
 
 static int
diff --git a/drivers/event/sw/sw_evdev_selftest.c b/drivers/event/sw/sw_evdev_selftest.c
index 78d30e07a..c40912db5 100644
--- a/drivers/event/sw/sw_evdev_selftest.c
+++ b/drivers/event/sw/sw_evdev_selftest.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #define MAX_PORTS 16
 #define MAX_QIDS 16
 #define NUM_PACKETS (1<<18)
+#define DEQUEUE_DEPTH 128
 
 static int evdev;
 
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ init(struct test *t, int nb_queues, int nb_ports)
 			.nb_event_ports = nb_ports,
 			.nb_event_queue_flows = 1024,
 			.nb_events_limit = 4096,
-			.nb_event_port_dequeue_depth = 128,
+			.nb_event_port_dequeue_depth = DEQUEUE_DEPTH,
 			.nb_event_port_enqueue_depth = 128,
 	};
 	int ret;
@@ -2807,6 +2808,78 @@ holb(struct test *t) /* test to check we avoid basic head-of-line blocking */
 	return -1;
 }
 
+static void
+flush(uint8_t dev_id __rte_unused, struct rte_event event, void *arg)
+{
+	*((uint8_t *) arg) += (event.u64 == 0xCA11BACC) ? 1 : 0;
+}
+
+static int
+dev_stop_flush(struct test *t) /* test to check we can properly flush events */
+{
+	const struct rte_event new_ev = {
+		.op = RTE_EVENT_OP_NEW,
+		.u64 = 0xCA11BACC,
+		.queue_id = 0
+	};
+	struct rte_event ev = new_ev;
+	uint8_t count = 0;
+	int i;
+
+	if (init(t, 1, 1) < 0 ||
+	    create_ports(t, 1) < 0 ||
+	    create_atomic_qids(t, 1) < 0) {
+		printf("%d: Error initializing device\n", __LINE__);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/* Link the queue so *_start() doesn't error out */
+	if (rte_event_port_link(evdev, t->port[0], NULL, NULL, 0) != 1) {
+		printf("%d: Error linking queue to port\n", __LINE__);
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	if (rte_event_dev_start(evdev) < 0) {
+		printf("%d: Error with start call\n", __LINE__);
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < DEQUEUE_DEPTH + 1; i++) {
+		if (rte_event_enqueue_burst(evdev, t->port[0], &ev, 1) != 1) {
+			printf("%d: Error enqueuing events\n", __LINE__);
+			goto err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* Schedule the events from the port to the IQ. At least one event
+	 * should be remaining in the queue.
+	 */
+	rte_service_run_iter_on_app_lcore(t->service_id, 1);
+
+	if (rte_event_dev_stop_flush_callback_register(evdev, flush, &count)) {
+		printf("%d: Error installing the flush callback\n", __LINE__);
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	cleanup(t);
+
+	if (count == 0) {
+		printf("%d: Error executing the flush callback\n", __LINE__);
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	if (rte_event_dev_stop_flush_callback_register(evdev, NULL, NULL)) {
+		printf("%d: Error uninstalling the flush callback\n", __LINE__);
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+err:
+	rte_event_dev_dump(evdev, stdout);
+	cleanup(t);
+	return -1;
+}
+
 static int
 worker_loopback_worker_fn(void *arg)
 {
@@ -3211,6 +3284,12 @@ test_sw_eventdev(void)
 		printf("ERROR - Head-of-line-blocking test FAILED.\n");
 		goto test_fail;
 	}
+	printf("*** Running Stop Flush test...\n");
+	ret = dev_stop_flush(t);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		printf("ERROR - Stop Flush test FAILED.\n");
+		goto test_fail;
+	}
 	if (rte_lcore_count() >= 3) {
 		printf("*** Running Worker loopback test...\n");
 		ret = worker_loopback(t, 0);
