diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b19c0717e6..49494e0c6c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ doc/guides/compressdevs/overview_feature_table.txt
 doc/guides/regexdevs/overview_feature_table.txt
 doc/guides/vdpadevs/overview_feature_table.txt
 doc/guides/bbdevs/overview_feature_table.txt
+doc/guides/gpus/overview_feature_table.txt
 
 # ignore generated ctags/cscope files
 cscope.out.po
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 5877a16971..c4755dfe9a 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -452,6 +452,12 @@ F: app/test-regex/
 F: doc/guides/prog_guide/regexdev.rst
 F: doc/guides/regexdevs/features/default.ini
 
+GPU API - EXPERIMENTAL
+M: Elena Agostini <eagostini@nvidia.com>
+F: lib/gpudev/
+F: doc/guides/prog_guide/gpu.rst
+F: doc/guides/gpus/features/default.ini
+
 Eventdev API
 M: Jerin Jacob <jerinj@marvell.com>
 T: git://dpdk.org/next/dpdk-next-eventdev
diff --git a/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md b/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md
index 1992107a03..bd10342ca2 100644
--- a/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md
+++ b/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ The public API headers are grouped by topics:
   [compressdev]        (@ref rte_compressdev.h),
   [compress]           (@ref rte_comp.h),
   [regexdev]           (@ref rte_regexdev.h),
+  [gpudev]             (@ref rte_gpudev.h),
   [eventdev]           (@ref rte_eventdev.h),
   [event_eth_rx_adapter]   (@ref rte_event_eth_rx_adapter.h),
   [event_eth_tx_adapter]   (@ref rte_event_eth_tx_adapter.h),
diff --git a/doc/api/doxy-api.conf.in b/doc/api/doxy-api.conf.in
index 325a0195c6..831b9a6b33 100644
--- a/doc/api/doxy-api.conf.in
+++ b/doc/api/doxy-api.conf.in
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ INPUT                   = @TOPDIR@/doc/api/doxy-api-index.md \
                           @TOPDIR@/lib/eventdev \
                           @TOPDIR@/lib/fib \
                           @TOPDIR@/lib/flow_classify \
+                          @TOPDIR@/lib/gpudev \
                           @TOPDIR@/lib/graph \
                           @TOPDIR@/lib/gro \
                           @TOPDIR@/lib/gso \
diff --git a/doc/guides/conf.py b/doc/guides/conf.py
index 67d2dd62c7..7930da9ceb 100644
--- a/doc/guides/conf.py
+++ b/doc/guides/conf.py
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ def generate_overview_table(output_filename, table_id, section, table_name, titl
         name = ini_filename[:-4]
         name = name.replace('_vf', 'vf')
         pmd_names.append(name)
+    if not pmd_names:
+        # Add an empty column if table is empty (required by RST syntax)
+        pmd_names.append(' ')
 
     # Pad the table header names.
     max_header_len = len(max(pmd_names, key=len))
@@ -388,6 +391,11 @@ def setup(app):
                             'Features',
                             'Features availability in bbdev drivers',
                             'Feature')
+    table_file = dirname(__file__) + '/gpus/overview_feature_table.txt'
+    generate_overview_table(table_file, 1,
+                            'Features',
+                            'Features availability in GPU drivers',
+                            'Feature')
 
     if LooseVersion(sphinx_version) < LooseVersion('1.3.1'):
         print('Upgrade sphinx to version >= 1.3.1 for '
diff --git a/doc/guides/gpus/features/default.ini b/doc/guides/gpus/features/default.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c363447b0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/guides/gpus/features/default.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+;
+; Features of a GPU driver.
+;
+; This file defines the features that are valid for inclusion in
+; the other driver files and also the order that they appear in
+; the features table in the documentation. The feature description
+; string should not exceed feature_str_len defined in conf.py.
+;
+[Features]
+Get device info                =
+Share CPU memory with GPU      =
+Allocate GPU memory            =
+Free memory                    =
diff --git a/doc/guides/gpus/index.rst b/doc/guides/gpus/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9c62aeb36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/guides/gpus/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+   Copyright 2021 NVIDIA Corporation & Affiliates
+
+GPU Drivers
+===========
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+   :numbered:
+
+   overview
diff --git a/doc/guides/gpus/overview.rst b/doc/guides/gpus/overview.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e7f985e98b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/guides/gpus/overview.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+   Copyright 2021 NVIDIA Corporation & Affiliates
+
+Overview of GPU Drivers
+=======================
+
+.. include:: overview_feature_table.txt
diff --git a/doc/guides/index.rst b/doc/guides/index.rst
index 857f0363d3..ee4d79a4eb 100644
--- a/doc/guides/index.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/index.rst
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ DPDK documentation
    compressdevs/index
    vdpadevs/index
    regexdevs/index
+   gpus/index
    eventdevs/index
    rawdevs/index
    mempool/index
diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/gpu.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/gpu.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54f9fa8300
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/gpu.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+   Copyright 2021 NVIDIA Corporation & Affiliates
+
+GPU Library
+===========
diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst
index 2dce507f46..dfddf90b51 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Programmer's Guide
     cryptodev_lib
     compressdev
     regexdev
+    gpu
     rte_security
     rawdev
     link_bonding_poll_mode_drv_lib
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/meson.build b/drivers/gpu/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5189950616
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpu/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright 2021 NVIDIA Corporation & Affiliates
+
+drivers = []
diff --git a/drivers/meson.build b/drivers/meson.build
index bc6f4f567f..f607040d79 100644
--- a/drivers/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/meson.build
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ subdirs = [
         'vdpa',           # depends on common, bus and mempool.
         'event',          # depends on common, bus, mempool and net.
         'baseband',       # depends on common and bus.
+        'gpu',            # depends on common and bus.
 ]
 
 if meson.is_cross_build()
diff --git a/lib/gpudev/gpu_driver.h b/lib/gpudev/gpu_driver.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ff609e49d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/gpudev/gpu_driver.h
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright 2021 NVIDIA Corporation & Affiliates
+ */
+
+#ifndef GPU_DRIVER_H
+#define GPU_DRIVER_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include <rte_common.h>
+
+#include "rte_gpudev.h"
+
+struct rte_gpu_dev;
+
+typedef int (*gpu_malloc_t)(struct rte_gpu_dev *dev, size_t size, void **ptr);
+typedef int (*gpu_free_t)(struct rte_gpu_dev *dev, void *ptr);
+
+struct rte_gpu_dev {
+	/* Backing device. */
+	struct rte_device *device;
+	/* GPU info structure. */
+	struct rte_gpu_info info;
+	/* Counter of processes using the device. */
+	uint16_t process_cnt;
+	/* If device is currently used or not. */
+	enum rte_gpu_state state;
+	/* FUNCTION: Allocate memory on the GPU. */
+	gpu_malloc_t gpu_malloc;
+	/* FUNCTION: Allocate memory on the CPU visible from the GPU. */
+	gpu_malloc_t gpu_malloc_visible;
+	/* FUNCTION: Free allocated memory on the GPU. */
+	gpu_free_t gpu_free;
+	/* Device interrupt handle. */
+	struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle;
+	/* Driver-specific private data. */
+	void *dev_private;
+} __rte_cache_aligned;
+
+struct rte_gpu_dev *rte_gpu_dev_allocate(const char *name);
+struct rte_gpu_dev *rte_gpu_dev_get_by_name(const char *name);
+int rte_gpu_dev_release(struct rte_gpu_dev *gpudev);
+
+#endif /* GPU_DRIVER_H */
diff --git a/lib/gpudev/meson.build b/lib/gpudev/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f05459e18d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/gpudev/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright 2021 NVIDIA Corporation & Affiliates
+
+headers = files(
+        'rte_gpudev.h',
+)
+
+sources = files(
+)
diff --git a/lib/gpudev/rte_gpudev.h b/lib/gpudev/rte_gpudev.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b12f35c17e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/gpudev/rte_gpudev.h
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright 2021 NVIDIA Corporation & Affiliates
+ */
+
+#ifndef RTE_GPUDEV_H
+#define RTE_GPUDEV_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+#include <rte_common.h>
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Generic library to interact with a GPU.
+ *
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/** Maximum number of GPU engines. */
+#define RTE_GPU_MAX_DEVS UINT16_C(32)
+/** Maximum length of device name. */
+#define RTE_GPU_NAME_MAX_LEN 128
+
+/** Flags indicate current state of GPU device. */
+enum rte_gpu_state {
+	RTE_GPU_STATE_UNUSED,        /**< not initialized */
+	RTE_GPU_STATE_INITIALIZED,   /**< initialized */
+};
+
+/** Store a list of info for a given GPU. */
+struct rte_gpu_info {
+	/** GPU device ID. */
+	uint16_t gpu_id;
+	/** Unique identifier name. */
+	char name[RTE_GPU_NAME_MAX_LEN];
+	/** Total memory available on device. */
+	size_t total_memory;
+	/** Total processors available on device. */
+	int processor_count;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Returns the number of GPUs detected and associated to DPDK.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   The number of available GPUs.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+uint16_t rte_gpu_dev_count_avail(void);
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Check if the device is valid and initialized in DPDK.
+ *
+ * @param gpu_id
+ *   The input GPU ID.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   - True if gpu_id is a valid and initialized GPU.
+ *   - False otherwise.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+bool rte_gpu_dev_is_valid(uint16_t gpu_id);
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Get the GPU ID of the next valid GPU initialized in DPDK.
+ *
+ * @param gpu_id
+ *   The initial GPU ID to start the research.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   Next GPU ID corresponding to a valid and initialized GPU device.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+uint16_t rte_gpu_dev_find_next(uint16_t gpu_id);
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Macro to iterate over all valid GPUs.
+ *
+ * @param gpu_id
+ *   The ID of the next possible valid GPU.
+ * @return
+ *   Next valid GPU ID, RTE_GPU_MAX_DEVS if there is none.
+ */
+#define RTE_GPU_FOREACH_DEV(gpu_id) \
+	for (gpu_id = rte_gpu_find_next(0); \
+	     gpu_id < RTE_GPU_MAX_DEVS; \
+	     gpu_id = rte_gpu_find_next(gpu_id + 1))
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Return GPU specific info.
+ *
+ * @param gpu_id
+ *   GPU ID to get info.
+ * @param info
+ *   Memory structure to fill with the info.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   0 on success, -1 otherwise.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+int rte_gpu_dev_info_get(uint16_t gpu_id, struct rte_gpu_info **info);
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Allocate a chunk of memory on the GPU.
+ *
+ * @param gpu_id
+ *   GPU ID to allocate memory.
+ * @param size
+ *   Number of bytes to allocate.
+ * @param ptr
+ *   Pointer to store the address of the allocated memory.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   0 on success, -1 otherwise.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+int rte_gpu_malloc(uint16_t gpu_id, size_t size, void **ptr);
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Allocate a chunk of memory on the CPU that is visible from the GPU.
+ *
+ * @param gpu_id
+ *   Reference GPU ID.
+ * @param size
+ *   Number of bytes to allocate.
+ * @param ptr
+ *   Pointer to store the address of the allocated memory.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   0 on success, -1 otherwise.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+int rte_gpu_malloc_visible(uint16_t gpu_id, size_t size, void **ptr);
+
+/**
+ * @warning
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice.
+ *
+ * Deallocate a chunk of memory allocated with rte_gpu_malloc*.
+ *
+ * @param gpu_id
+ *   Reference GPU ID.
+ * @param ptr
+ *   Pointer to the memory area to be deallocated.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   0 on success, -1 otherwise.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+int rte_gpu_free(uint16_t gpu_id, void *ptr);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* RTE_GPUDEV_H */
diff --git a/lib/gpudev/version.map b/lib/gpudev/version.map
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e0f218e8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/gpudev/version.map
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+EXPERIMENTAL {
+	global:
+
+	rte_gpu_dev_count_avail;
+	rte_gpu_dev_find_next;
+	rte_gpu_dev_info_get;
+	rte_gpu_dev_is_valid;
+	rte_gpu_free;
+	rte_gpu_malloc;
+	rte_gpu_malloc_visible;
+};
diff --git a/lib/meson.build b/lib/meson.build
index 4a64756a68..ffefc64c69 100644
--- a/lib/meson.build
+++ b/lib/meson.build
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ libraries = [
         'distributor',
         'efd',
         'eventdev',
+        'gpudev',
         'gro',
         'gso',
         'ip_frag',
