diff --git a/app/test-flow-perf/actions_gen.c b/app/test-flow-perf/actions_gen.c
index 3ae6059fb1..10ddef4deb 100644
--- a/app/test-flow-perf/actions_gen.c
+++ b/app/test-flow-perf/actions_gen.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "flow_gen.h"
 #include "config.h"
 
+
 /* Storage for additional parameters for actions */
 struct additional_para {
 	uint16_t queue;
@@ -750,6 +751,57 @@ add_raw_decap(struct rte_flow_action *actions,
 	actions[actions_counter].conf = &action_decap_data->conf;
 }
 
+static void
+add_vxlan_encap(struct rte_flow_action *actions,
+	uint8_t actions_counter,
+	__rte_unused struct additional_para para)
+{
+	static struct rte_flow_action_vxlan_encap vxlan_encap;
+	static struct rte_flow_item items[5];
+	static struct rte_flow_item_eth item_eth;
+	static struct rte_flow_item_ipv4 item_ipv4;
+	static struct rte_flow_item_udp item_udp;
+	static struct rte_flow_item_vxlan item_vxlan;
+
+	items[0].spec = &item_eth;
+	items[0].mask = &item_eth;
+	items[0].type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_ETH;
+
+	item_ipv4.hdr.src_addr = RTE_IPV4(127, 0, 0, 1);
+	item_ipv4.hdr.dst_addr = RTE_IPV4(255, 255, 255, 255);
+	item_ipv4.hdr.version_ihl = RTE_IPV4_VHL_DEF;
+	items[1].spec = &item_ipv4;
+	items[1].mask = &item_ipv4;
+	items[1].type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_IPV4;
+
+
+	item_udp.hdr.dst_port = RTE_BE16(RTE_VXLAN_DEFAULT_PORT);
+	items[2].spec = &item_udp;
+	items[2].mask = &item_udp;
+	items[2].type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_UDP;
+
+
+	item_vxlan.vni[2] = 1;
+	items[3].spec = &item_vxlan;
+	items[3].mask = &item_vxlan;
+	items[3].type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_VXLAN;
+
+	items[4].type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_END;
+
+	vxlan_encap.definition = items;
+
+	actions[actions_counter].type = RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_VXLAN_ENCAP;
+	actions[actions_counter].conf = &vxlan_encap;
+}
+
+static void
+add_vxlan_decap(struct rte_flow_action *actions,
+	uint8_t actions_counter,
+	__rte_unused struct additional_para para)
+{
+	actions[actions_counter].type = RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_VXLAN_DECAP;
+}
+
 void
 fill_actions(struct rte_flow_action *actions, uint64_t *flow_actions,
 	uint32_t counter, uint16_t next_table, uint16_t hairpinq,
@@ -949,6 +1001,18 @@ fill_actions(struct rte_flow_action *actions, uint64_t *flow_actions,
 			),
 			.funct = add_raw_decap,
 		},
+		{
+			.mask = FLOW_ACTION_MASK(
+				RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_VXLAN_ENCAP
+			),
+			.funct = add_vxlan_encap,
+		},
+		{
+			.mask = FLOW_ACTION_MASK(
+				RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_VXLAN_DECAP
+			),
+			.funct = add_vxlan_decap,
+		},
 	};
 
 	for (j = 0; j < MAX_ACTIONS_NUM; j++) {
diff --git a/app/test-flow-perf/main.c b/app/test-flow-perf/main.c
index 1b456e6922..0a030a462c 100644
--- a/app/test-flow-perf/main.c
+++ b/app/test-flow-perf/main.c
@@ -180,6 +180,10 @@ usage(char *progname)
 	printf("  --raw-decap=<data>: add raw decap action to flow actions\n"
 		"Data is the data needed to be decaped\n"
 		"Example: raw-decap=ether,ipv4,udp,vxlan\n");
+	printf("  --vxlan-encap: add vxlan-encap action to flow actions\n"
+		"Encapped data is fixed with pattern: ether,ipv4,udp,vxlan\n"
+		"With fixed values\n");
+	printf("  --vxlan-decap: add vxlan_decap action to flow actions\n");
 }
 
 static void
@@ -484,6 +488,22 @@ args_parse(int argc, char **argv)
 			.map = &flow_actions[0],
 			.map_idx = &actions_idx
 		},
+		{
+			.str = "vxlan-encap",
+			.mask = FLOW_ACTION_MASK(
+				RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_VXLAN_ENCAP
+			),
+			.map = &flow_actions[0],
+			.map_idx = &actions_idx
+		},
+		{
+			.str = "vxlan-decap",
+			.mask = FLOW_ACTION_MASK(
+				RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_VXLAN_DECAP
+			),
+			.map = &flow_actions[0],
+			.map_idx = &actions_idx
+		},
 	};
 
 	static const struct option lgopts[] = {
@@ -544,6 +564,8 @@ args_parse(int argc, char **argv)
 		{ "flag",                       0, 0, 0 },
 		{ "raw-encap",                  1, 0, 0 },
 		{ "raw-decap",                  1, 0, 0 },
+		{ "vxlan-encap",                0, 0, 0 },
+		{ "vxlan-decap",                0, 0, 0 },
 	};
 
 	hairpin_queues_num = 0;
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
index 5a94eacded..c0f7ab6293 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_20_08.rst
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ New Features
   * Start supporting header modify actions.
   * Start supporting flag action.
   * Start supporting raw-encap and raw-decap actions.
+  * Start supporting vxlan-encap and vxlan-decap actions.
 
 
 Removed Items
diff --git a/doc/guides/tools/flow-perf.rst b/doc/guides/tools/flow-perf.rst
index 10c0c422e4..15b4273cc0 100644
--- a/doc/guides/tools/flow-perf.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/tools/flow-perf.rst
@@ -316,3 +316,11 @@ Actions:
 	Add raw decap action to all flows actions.
 	Data is the data needed to be decaped, with fixed values.
 	Example: raw-decap=ether,ipv4,gre
+
+*	``--vxlan-encap``
+	Add vxlan encap action to all flows actions.
+	Data to encap is fixed with pattern: ether,ipv4,udp,vxlan,
+	all encapped items have fixed values.
+
+*	``--vxlan-decap``
+	Add vxlan decap action to all flows actions.
