diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
index 730c41707..6130aef16 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
@@ -299,19 +299,21 @@ virtio_init_vring(struct virtqueue *vq)
 
 	PMD_INIT_FUNC_TRACE();
 
-	/*
-	 * Reinitialise since virtio port might have been stopped and restarted
-	 */
 	memset(ring_mem, 0, vq->vq_ring_size);
-	vring_init(vr, size, ring_mem, VIRTIO_PCI_VRING_ALIGN);
+	vring_init(vq->hw, vr, size, ring_mem, VIRTIO_PCI_VRING_ALIGN);
+
 	vq->vq_used_cons_idx = 0;
 	vq->vq_desc_head_idx = 0;
 	vq->vq_avail_idx = 0;
 	vq->vq_desc_tail_idx = (uint16_t)(vq->vq_nentries - 1);
 	vq->vq_free_cnt = vq->vq_nentries;
 	memset(vq->vq_descx, 0, sizeof(struct vq_desc_extra) * vq->vq_nentries);
-
-	vring_desc_init(vr->desc, size);
+	if (vtpci_packed_queue(vq->hw)) {
+		if (!vtpci_with_feature(vq->hw, VIRTIO_F_IN_ORDER))
+			vring_desc_init_packed(vq, size);
+	} else {
+		vring_desc_init_split(vr->desc, size);
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Disable device(host) interrupting guest
@@ -386,7 +388,7 @@ virtio_init_queue(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t vtpci_queue_idx)
 	/*
 	 * Reserve a memzone for vring elements
 	 */
-	size = vring_size(vq_size, VIRTIO_PCI_VRING_ALIGN);
+	size = vring_size(hw, vq_size, VIRTIO_PCI_VRING_ALIGN);
 	vq->vq_ring_size = RTE_ALIGN_CEIL(size, VIRTIO_PCI_VRING_ALIGN);
 	PMD_INIT_LOG(DEBUG, "vring_size: %d, rounded_vring_size: %d",
 		     size, vq->vq_ring_size);
@@ -489,7 +491,7 @@ virtio_init_queue(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t vtpci_queue_idx)
 		for (i = 0; i < vq_size; i++) {
 			struct vring_desc *start_dp = txr[i].tx_indir;
 
-			vring_desc_init(start_dp, RTE_DIM(txr[i].tx_indir));
+			vring_desc_init_split(start_dp, RTE_DIM(txr[i].tx_indir));
 
 			/* first indirect descriptor is always the tx header */
 			start_dp->addr = txvq->virtio_net_hdr_mem
diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_pci.h b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_pci.h
index 58fdd3d45..c487d2be0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_pci.h
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_pci.h
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ struct virtnet_ctl;
 
 #define VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1		32
 #define VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM	33
+#define VIRTIO_F_RING_PACKED		34
 
 /*
  * Some VirtIO feature bits (currently bits 28 through 31) are
@@ -314,6 +315,12 @@ vtpci_with_feature(struct virtio_hw *hw, uint64_t bit)
 	return (hw->guest_features & (1ULL << bit)) != 0;
 }
 
+static inline int
+vtpci_packed_queue(struct virtio_hw *hw)
+{
+	return vtpci_with_feature(hw, VIRTIO_F_RING_PACKED);
+}
+
 /*
  * Function declaration from virtio_pci.c
  */
diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ring.h b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ring.h
index 9e3c2a015..e65da100b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ring.h
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ring.h
@@ -54,11 +54,38 @@ struct vring_used {
 	struct vring_used_elem ring[0];
 };
 
+/* For support of packed virtqueues in Virtio 1.1 the format of descriptors
+ * looks like this.
+ */
+struct vring_desc_packed {
+	uint64_t addr;
+	uint32_t len;
+	uint16_t index;
+	uint16_t flags;
+} __attribute__ ((aligned(16)));
+
+#define RING_EVENT_FLAGS_ENABLE 0x0
+#define RING_EVENT_FLAGS_DISABLE 0x1
+#define RING_EVENT_FLAGS_DESC 0x2
+struct vring_packed_desc_event {
+	uint16_t desc_event_off_wrap;
+	uint16_t desc_event_flags;
+};
+
 struct vring {
 	unsigned int num;
-	struct vring_desc  *desc;
-	struct vring_avail *avail;
-	struct vring_used  *used;
+	union {
+		struct vring_desc_packed *desc_packed;
+		struct vring_desc *desc;
+	};
+	union {
+		struct vring_avail *avail;
+		struct vring_packed_desc_event *driver_event;
+	};
+	union {
+		struct vring_used  *used;
+		struct vring_packed_desc_event *device_event;
+	};
 };
 
 /* The standard layout for the ring is a continuous chunk of memory which
@@ -95,10 +122,18 @@ struct vring {
 #define vring_avail_event(vr) (*(uint16_t *)&(vr)->used->ring[(vr)->num])
 
 static inline size_t
-vring_size(unsigned int num, unsigned long align)
+vring_size(struct virtio_hw *hw, unsigned int num, unsigned long align)
 {
 	size_t size;
 
+	if (vtpci_packed_queue(hw)) {
+		size = num * sizeof(struct vring_desc_packed);
+		size += sizeof(struct vring_packed_desc_event);
+		size = RTE_ALIGN_CEIL(size, align);
+		size += sizeof(struct vring_packed_desc_event);
+		return size;
+	}
+
 	size = num * sizeof(struct vring_desc);
 	size += sizeof(struct vring_avail) + (num * sizeof(uint16_t));
 	size = RTE_ALIGN_CEIL(size, align);
@@ -106,17 +141,36 @@ vring_size(unsigned int num, unsigned long align)
 		(num * sizeof(struct vring_used_elem));
 	return size;
 }
-
 static inline void
-vring_init(struct vring *vr, unsigned int num, uint8_t *p,
-	unsigned long align)
+vring_init_split(struct vring *vr, uint8_t *p, unsigned long align)
 {
-	vr->num = num;
 	vr->desc = (struct vring_desc *) p;
 	vr->avail = (struct vring_avail *) (p +
-		num * sizeof(struct vring_desc));
+			vr->num * sizeof(struct vring_desc));
 	vr->used = (void *)
-		RTE_ALIGN_CEIL((uintptr_t)(&vr->avail->ring[num]), align);
+		RTE_ALIGN_CEIL((uintptr_t)(&vr->avail->ring[vr->num]), align);
+}
+
+static inline void
+vring_init_packed(struct vring *vr, uint8_t *p, unsigned long align)
+{
+	vr->desc_packed = (struct vring_desc_packed *)p;
+	vr->driver_event = (struct vring_packed_desc_event *)(p +
+			vr->num * sizeof(struct vring_desc_packed));
+	vr->device_event = (struct vring_packed_desc_event *)
+		RTE_ALIGN_CEIL((uintptr_t)(vr->driver_event +
+				sizeof(struct vring_packed_desc_event)), align);
+}
+
+static inline void
+vring_init(struct virtio_hw *hw, struct vring *vr, unsigned int num, uint8_t *p,
+	unsigned long align)
+{
+	vr->num = num;
+	if (vtpci_packed_queue(hw))
+		vring_init_packed(vr, p, align);
+	else
+		vring_init_split(vr, p, align);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtqueue.h b/drivers/net/virtio/virtqueue.h
index 26518ed98..3d512fe30 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtqueue.h
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtqueue.h
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ struct virtio_pmd_ctrl {
 struct vq_desc_extra {
 	void *cookie;
 	uint16_t ndescs;
+	uint16_t next;
 };
 
 struct virtqueue {
@@ -245,9 +246,21 @@ struct virtio_tx_region {
 			   __attribute__((__aligned__(16)));
 };
 
+static inline void
+vring_desc_init_packed(struct virtqueue *vq, int n)
+{
+	int i;
+	for (i = 0; i < n - 1; i++) {
+		vq->vq_ring.desc_packed[i].index = i;
+		vq->vq_descx[i].next = i + 1;
+	}
+	vq->vq_ring.desc_packed[i].index = i;
+	vq->vq_descx[i].next = VQ_RING_DESC_CHAIN_END;
+}
+
 /* Chain all the descriptors in the ring with an END */
 static inline void
-vring_desc_init(struct vring_desc *dp, uint16_t n)
+vring_desc_init_split(struct vring_desc *dp, uint16_t n)
 {
 	uint16_t i;
 
