diff --git a/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c b/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c
index 498fe2c2b7..9de7ecdab7 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@
 #include "bpf_cmd.h"
 
 static struct cmdline *testpmd_cl;
+static cmdline_parse_ctx_t *main_ctx;
+static TAILQ_HEAD(, testpmd_cmdline_parser) cmdline_parsers =
+	TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(cmdline_parsers);
 
 static void cmd_reconfig_device_queue(portid_t id, uint8_t dev, uint8_t queue);
 
@@ -94,6 +97,7 @@ static void cmd_help_brief_parsed(__rte_unused void *parsed_result,
 		"    help filters                    : Filters configuration help.\n"
 		"    help traffic_management         : Traffic Management commands.\n"
 		"    help devices                    : Device related cmds.\n"
+		"    help drivers                    : Driver specific cmds.\n"
 		"    help all                        : All of the above sections.\n\n"
 	);
 
@@ -1177,6 +1181,21 @@ static void cmd_help_long_parsed(void *parsed_result,
 		);
 	}
 
+	if (show_all || !strcmp(res->section, "drivers")) {
+		struct testpmd_cmdline_parser *parser;
+		unsigned int i;
+
+		cmdline_printf(
+			cl,
+			"\n"
+			"Driver specific:\n"
+			"----------------\n"
+		);
+		TAILQ_FOREACH(parser, &cmdline_parsers, next) {
+			for (i = 0; parser->help[i] != NULL; i++)
+				cmdline_printf(cl, "%s\n", parser->help[i]);
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 static cmdline_parse_token_string_t cmd_help_long_help =
@@ -1184,14 +1203,14 @@ static cmdline_parse_token_string_t cmd_help_long_help =
 
 static cmdline_parse_token_string_t cmd_help_long_section =
 	TOKEN_STRING_INITIALIZER(struct cmd_help_long_result, section,
-			"all#control#display#config#"
-			"ports#registers#filters#traffic_management#devices");
+		"all#control#display#config#ports#registers#"
+		"filters#traffic_management#devices#drivers");
 
 static cmdline_parse_inst_t cmd_help_long = {
 	.f = cmd_help_long_parsed,
 	.data = NULL,
 	.help_str = "help all|control|display|config|ports|register|"
-		"filters|traffic_management|devices: "
+		"filters|traffic_management|devices|drivers: "
 		"Show help",
 	.tokens = {
 		(void *)&cmd_help_long_help,
@@ -17800,7 +17819,7 @@ static cmdline_parse_inst_t cmd_show_port_flow_transfer_proxy = {
 /* ******************************************************************************** */
 
 /* list of instructions */
-static cmdline_parse_ctx_t main_ctx[] = {
+static cmdline_parse_ctx_t builtin_ctx[] = {
 	(cmdline_parse_inst_t *)&cmd_help_brief,
 	(cmdline_parse_inst_t *)&cmd_help_long,
 	(cmdline_parse_inst_t *)&cmd_quit,
@@ -18086,6 +18105,59 @@ static cmdline_parse_ctx_t main_ctx[] = {
 	NULL,
 };
 
+void
+testpmd_add_commands(struct testpmd_cmdline_parser *parser)
+{
+	TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&cmdline_parsers, parser, next);
+}
+
+int
+init_cmdline(void)
+{
+	struct testpmd_cmdline_parser *parser;
+	cmdline_parse_ctx_t *ctx;
+	unsigned int count = 0;
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	/* initialize non-constant commands */
+	cmd_set_fwd_mode_init();
+	cmd_set_fwd_retry_mode_init();
+
+	main_ctx = NULL;
+	for (i = 0; builtin_ctx[i] != NULL; i++) {
+		ctx = realloc(main_ctx, (count + i + 1) * sizeof(*ctx));
+		if (ctx == NULL)
+			goto err;
+		main_ctx = ctx;
+		main_ctx[count + i] = builtin_ctx[i];
+	}
+	count += i;
+
+	TAILQ_FOREACH(parser, &cmdline_parsers, next) {
+		for (i = 0; parser->ctx[i] != NULL; i++) {
+			ctx = realloc(main_ctx, (count + i + 1) * sizeof(*ctx));
+			if (ctx == NULL)
+				goto err;
+			main_ctx = ctx;
+			main_ctx[count + i] = builtin_ctx[i];
+		}
+		count += i;
+	}
+
+	/* cmdline expects a NULL terminated array */
+	ctx = realloc(main_ctx, (count + 1) * sizeof(*ctx));
+	if (ctx == NULL)
+		goto err;
+	main_ctx = ctx;
+	main_ctx[count] = NULL;
+	count += 1;
+
+	return 0;
+err:
+	free(main_ctx);
+	return -1;
+}
+
 /* read cmdline commands from file */
 void
 cmdline_read_from_file(const char *filename)
@@ -18113,9 +18185,6 @@ void
 prompt(void)
 {
 	int ret;
-	/* initialize non-constant commands */
-	cmd_set_fwd_mode_init();
-	cmd_set_fwd_retry_mode_init();
 
 	testpmd_cl = cmdline_stdin_new(main_ctx, "testpmd> ");
 	if (testpmd_cl == NULL)
diff --git a/app/test-pmd/meson.build b/app/test-pmd/meson.build
index 43130c8856..46a7511e9a 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/meson.build
+++ b/app/test-pmd/meson.build
@@ -73,3 +73,8 @@ endif
 if dpdk_conf.has('RTE_NET_DPAA')
     deps += ['bus_dpaa', 'mempool_dpaa', 'net_dpaa']
 endif
+
+# Driver specific sources include some testpmd headers.
+includes = include_directories('.')
+sources += testpmd_drivers_sources
+deps += testpmd_drivers_deps
diff --git a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
index 79bb23264b..93ec930b15 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
@@ -4275,6 +4275,10 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
 	}
 #endif
 #ifdef RTE_LIB_CMDLINE
+	if (init_cmdline() != 0)
+		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+			"Could not initialise cmdline context.\n");
+
 	if (strlen(cmdline_filename) != 0)
 		cmdline_read_from_file(cmdline_filename);
 
diff --git a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h
index 31f766c965..b7f926cd38 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h
+++ b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h
@@ -16,7 +16,13 @@
 #include <rte_gso.h>
 #endif
 #include <rte_os_shim.h>
+#include <rte_ethdev.h>
+#include <rte_flow.h>
+#include <rte_mbuf_dyn.h>
+
 #include <cmdline.h>
+#include <cmdline_parse.h>
+
 #include <sys/queue.h>
 #ifdef RTE_HAS_JANSSON
 #include <jansson.h>
@@ -866,6 +872,7 @@ unsigned int parse_item_list(const char *str, const char *item_name,
 			unsigned int *parsed_items, int check_unique_values);
 void launch_args_parse(int argc, char** argv);
 void cmdline_read_from_file(const char *filename);
+int init_cmdline(void);
 void prompt(void);
 void prompt_exit(void);
 void nic_stats_display(portid_t port_id);
@@ -1169,6 +1176,15 @@ extern int flow_parse(const char *src, void *result, unsigned int size,
 		      struct rte_flow_item **pattern,
 		      struct rte_flow_action **actions);
 
+/* For registering commands out of testpmd sources. */
+struct testpmd_cmdline_parser {
+	TAILQ_ENTRY(testpmd_cmdline_parser) next;
+	cmdline_parse_ctx_t *ctx;
+	const char *help[];
+};
+
+extern void testpmd_add_commands(struct testpmd_cmdline_parser *parser);
+
 /*
  * Work-around of a compilation error with ICC on invocations of the
  * rte_be_to_cpu_16() function.
diff --git a/drivers/meson.build b/drivers/meson.build
index 1d8123b00c..4daa2658b7 100644
--- a/drivers/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/meson.build
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ foreach subpath:subdirs
         # static builds.
         ext_deps = []
         pkgconfig_extra_libs = []
+        testpmd_sources = []
 
         if not enable_drivers.contains(drv_path)
             build = false
@@ -246,6 +247,10 @@ foreach subpath:subdirs
         set_variable('shared_@0@'.format(lib_name), shared_dep)
         set_variable('static_@0@'.format(lib_name), static_dep)
         dependency_name = ''.join(lib_name.split('rte_'))
+        if testpmd_sources.length() != 0
+            testpmd_drivers_sources += testpmd_sources
+            testpmd_drivers_deps += dependency_name
+        endif
         if developer_mode
             message('drivers/@0@: Defining dependency "@1@"'.format(
                     drv_path, dependency_name))
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 937f6110c0..5561171617 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ dpdk_drivers = []
 dpdk_extra_ldflags = []
 dpdk_libs_disabled = []
 dpdk_drvs_disabled = []
+testpmd_drivers_sources = []
+testpmd_drivers_deps = []
 abi_version_file = files('ABI_VERSION')
 
 if host_machine.cpu_family().startswith('x86')
