diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/octeontx2.rst b/doc/guides/nics/octeontx2.rst
index fc8a130fb..adf7c7131 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/octeontx2.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/octeontx2.rst
@@ -170,6 +170,18 @@ Runtime Config Options
    With the above configuration, each send queue's decscriptor buffer count is
    limited to a maximum of 64 buffers.

+- ``switch header enable`` (default ``none``)
+
+   A port can be configured to a specific switch header type by using
+   ``switch_header`` ``devargs`` parameter.
+
+   For example::
+
+      -w 0002:02:00.0,switch_header="higig2"
+
+   With the above configuration, higig2 will be enabled on that port and the
+   traffic on this port should be higig2 traffic only. Supported switch header
+   types are "higig2" and "dsa".

 .. note::

diff --git a/drivers/common/octeontx2/otx2_mbox.h b/drivers/common/octeontx2/otx2_mbox.h
index 445b03e26..c2a9e9fe6 100644
--- a/drivers/common/octeontx2/otx2_mbox.h
+++ b/drivers/common/octeontx2/otx2_mbox.h
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ struct mbox_msghdr {
 #define OTX2_MBOX_RSP_SIG (0xbeef)
 	/* Signature, for validating corrupted msgs */
 	uint16_t __otx2_io sig;
-#define OTX2_MBOX_VERSION (0x0002)
+#define OTX2_MBOX_VERSION (0x0003)
 	/* Version of msg's structure for this ID */
 	uint16_t __otx2_io ver;
 	/* Offset of next msg within mailbox region */
@@ -236,6 +236,9 @@ M(NPC_DELETE_FLOW,	  0x600e, npc_delete_flow,			\
 M(NPC_MCAM_READ_ENTRY,	  0x600f, npc_mcam_read_entry,			\
 				  npc_mcam_read_entry_req,		\
 				  npc_mcam_read_entry_rsp)		\
+M(NPC_SET_PKIND,          0x6010, npc_set_pkind,                        \
+				  npc_set_pkind,                        \
+				  msg_rsp)                              \
 /* NIX mbox IDs (range 0x8000 - 0xFFFF) */				\
 M(NIX_LF_ALLOC,		0x8000, nix_lf_alloc, nix_lf_alloc_req,		\
 				nix_lf_alloc_rsp)			\
@@ -329,6 +332,20 @@ struct ready_msg_rsp {
 	uint16_t __otx2_io rclk_freq; /* RCLK frequency */
 };

+/* Struct to set pkind */
+struct npc_set_pkind {
+	struct mbox_msghdr hdr;
+#define OTX2_PRIV_FLAGS_DEFAULT  BIT_ULL(0)
+#define OTX2_PRIV_FLAGS_EDSA     BIT_ULL(1)
+#define OTX2_PRIV_FLAGS_HIGIG    BIT_ULL(2)
+#define OTX2_PRIV_FLAGS_CUSTOM   BIT_ULL(63)
+	uint64_t __otx2_io mode;
+#define PKIND_TX		BIT_ULL(0)
+#define PKIND_RX		BIT_ULL(1)
+	uint8_t __otx2_io dir;
+	uint8_t __otx2_io pkind; /* valid only in case custom flag */
+};
+
 /* Structure for requesting resource provisioning.
  * 'modify' flag to be used when either requesting more
  * or detach partial of a certain resource type.
diff --git a/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev.c
index 62291c698..dfa8cd205 100644
--- a/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev.c
@@ -90,6 +90,30 @@ nix_lf_alloc(struct otx2_eth_dev *dev, uint32_t nb_rxq, uint32_t nb_txq)
 	return 0;
 }

+static int
+nix_lf_switch_header_type_enable(struct otx2_eth_dev *dev)
+{
+	struct otx2_mbox *mbox = dev->mbox;
+	struct npc_set_pkind *req;
+	struct msg_resp *rsp;
+	int rc;
+
+	if (dev->npc_flow.switch_header_type == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* Notify AF about higig2 config */
+	req = otx2_mbox_alloc_msg_npc_set_pkind(mbox);
+	req->mode = dev->npc_flow.switch_header_type;
+	req->dir = PKIND_RX;
+	rc = otx2_mbox_process_msg(mbox, (void *)&rsp);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
+	req = otx2_mbox_alloc_msg_npc_set_pkind(mbox);
+	req->mode = dev->npc_flow.switch_header_type;
+	req->dir = PKIND_TX;
+	return otx2_mbox_process_msg(mbox, (void *)&rsp);
+}
+
 static int
 nix_lf_free(struct otx2_eth_dev *dev)
 {
@@ -1612,6 +1636,12 @@ otx2_nix_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 		goto fail_offloads;
 	}

+	rc = nix_lf_switch_header_type_enable(dev);
+	if (rc) {
+		otx2_err("Failed to enable switch type nix_lf rc=%d", rc);
+		goto free_nix_lf;
+	}
+
 	rc = nix_setup_lso_formats(dev);
 	if (rc) {
 		otx2_err("failed to setup nix lso format fields, rc=%d", rc);
diff --git a/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev_devargs.c b/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev_devargs.c
index 7dc6e92be..ca9a5ffb8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev_devargs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev_devargs.c
@@ -104,12 +104,27 @@ parse_sqb_count(const char *key, const char *value, void *extra_args)
 	return 0;
 }

+static int
+parse_switch_header_type(const char *key, const char *value, void *extra_args)
+{
+	RTE_SET_USED(key);
+
+	if (strcmp(value, "higig2") == 0)
+		*(uint16_t *)extra_args = OTX2_PRIV_FLAGS_HIGIG;
+
+	if (strcmp(value, "dsa") == 0)
+		*(uint16_t *)extra_args = OTX2_PRIV_FLAGS_EDSA;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 #define OTX2_RSS_RETA_SIZE "reta_size"
 #define OTX2_PTYPE_DISABLE "ptype_disable"
 #define OTX2_SCL_ENABLE "scalar_enable"
 #define OTX2_MAX_SQB_COUNT "max_sqb_count"
 #define OTX2_FLOW_PREALLOC_SIZE "flow_prealloc_size"
 #define OTX2_FLOW_MAX_PRIORITY "flow_max_priority"
+#define OTX2_SWITCH_HEADER_TYPE "switch_header"

 int
 otx2_ethdev_parse_devargs(struct rte_devargs *devargs, struct otx2_eth_dev *dev)
@@ -118,6 +133,7 @@ otx2_ethdev_parse_devargs(struct rte_devargs *devargs, struct otx2_eth_dev *dev)
 	uint16_t rss_size = NIX_RSS_RETA_SIZE;
 	uint16_t sqb_count = NIX_MAX_SQB;
 	uint16_t flow_prealloc_size = 8;
+	uint16_t switch_header_type = 0;
 	uint16_t flow_max_priority = 3;
 	uint16_t scalar_enable = 0;
 	struct rte_kvargs *kvlist;
@@ -141,6 +157,8 @@ otx2_ethdev_parse_devargs(struct rte_devargs *devargs, struct otx2_eth_dev *dev)
 			   &parse_flow_prealloc_size, &flow_prealloc_size);
 	rte_kvargs_process(kvlist, OTX2_FLOW_MAX_PRIORITY,
 			   &parse_flow_max_priority, &flow_max_priority);
+	rte_kvargs_process(kvlist, OTX2_SWITCH_HEADER_TYPE,
+			   &parse_switch_header_type, &switch_header_type);
 	rte_kvargs_free(kvlist);

 null_devargs:
@@ -150,6 +168,7 @@ otx2_ethdev_parse_devargs(struct rte_devargs *devargs, struct otx2_eth_dev *dev)
 	dev->rss_info.rss_size = rss_size;
 	dev->npc_flow.flow_prealloc_size = flow_prealloc_size;
 	dev->npc_flow.flow_max_priority = flow_max_priority;
+	dev->npc_flow.switch_header_type = switch_header_type;
 	return 0;

 exit:
@@ -162,4 +181,5 @@ RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PARAM_STRING(net_octeontx2,
 			      OTX2_SCL_ENABLE "=1"
 			      OTX2_MAX_SQB_COUNT "=<8-512>"
 			      OTX2_FLOW_PREALLOC_SIZE "=<1-32>"
-			      OTX2_FLOW_MAX_PRIORITY "=<1-32>");
+			      OTX2_FLOW_MAX_PRIORITY "=<1-32>"
+			      OTX2_SWITCH_HEADER_TYPE "=<higig2|dsa>");
diff --git a/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_flow.h b/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_flow.h
index ab068b088..6bfd5afde 100644
--- a/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_flow.h
+++ b/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_flow.h
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ struct otx2_npc_flow_info {
 	uint16_t channel; /*rx channel */
 	uint16_t flow_prealloc_size;
 	uint16_t flow_max_priority;
+	uint16_t switch_header_type;
 };

 struct otx2_parse_state {
