diff --git a/drivers/crypto/openssl/openssl_pmd_private.h b/drivers/crypto/openssl/openssl_pmd_private.h
index b2054b3754..6cc6fe1230 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/openssl/openssl_pmd_private.h
+++ b/drivers/crypto/openssl/openssl_pmd_private.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #ifndef _OPENSSL_PMD_PRIVATE_H_
 #define _OPENSSL_PMD_PRIVATE_H_
 
+#include <openssl/cmac.h>
 #include <openssl/evp.h>
 #include <openssl/hmac.h>
 #include <openssl/des.h>
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ enum openssl_cipher_mode {
 enum openssl_auth_mode {
 	OPENSSL_AUTH_AS_AUTH,
 	OPENSSL_AUTH_AS_HMAC,
+	OPENSSL_AUTH_AS_CMAC,
 };
 
 /** private data structure for each OPENSSL crypto device */
@@ -137,6 +139,13 @@ struct openssl_session {
 				HMAC_CTX *ctx;
 				/**< pointer to EVP context structure */
 			} hmac;
+
+			struct {
+				const EVP_CIPHER *evp_algo;
+				/**< pointer to EVP algorithm function */
+				CMAC_CTX *ctx;
+				/**< pointer to EVP context structure */
+			} cmac;
 		};
 
 		uint16_t aad_length;
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd.c b/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd.c
index 6ac2dfff5a..bac55220c0 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <rte_cpuflags.h>
 
 #include <openssl/hmac.h>
+#include <openssl/cmac.h>
 #include <openssl/evp.h>
 
 #include "openssl_pmd_private.h"
@@ -569,6 +570,29 @@ openssl_set_session_auth_parameters(struct openssl_session *sess,
 						xform->auth.key.data);
 		break;
 
+	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_CMAC:
+		sess->auth.mode = OPENSSL_AUTH_AS_CMAC;
+		sess->auth.cmac.ctx = CMAC_CTX_new();
+		switch (xform->auth.key.length) {
+		case 16:
+			sess->auth.cmac.evp_algo = EVP_aes_128_cbc();
+			break;
+		case 24:
+			sess->auth.cmac.evp_algo = EVP_aes_192_cbc();
+			break;
+		case 32:
+			sess->auth.cmac.evp_algo = EVP_aes_256_cbc();
+			break;
+		default:
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+		if (CMAC_Init(sess->auth.cmac.ctx,
+			      xform->auth.key.data,
+			      xform->auth.key.length,
+			      sess->auth.cmac.evp_algo, NULL) != 1)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		break;
+
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_MD5:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA1:
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_SHA224:
@@ -727,6 +751,9 @@ openssl_reset_session(struct openssl_session *sess)
 		EVP_PKEY_free(sess->auth.hmac.pkey);
 		HMAC_CTX_free(sess->auth.hmac.ctx);
 		break;
+	case OPENSSL_AUTH_AS_CMAC:
+		CMAC_CTX_free(sess->auth.cmac.ctx);
+		break;
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -1262,6 +1289,58 @@ process_openssl_auth(struct rte_mbuf *mbuf_src, uint8_t *dst, int offset,
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
+/** Process standard openssl auth algorithms with cmac */
+static int
+process_openssl_auth_cmac(struct rte_mbuf *mbuf_src, uint8_t *dst, int offset,
+		int srclen, CMAC_CTX *ctx)
+{
+	unsigned int dstlen;
+	struct rte_mbuf *m;
+	int l, n = srclen;
+	uint8_t *src;
+
+	for (m = mbuf_src; m != NULL && offset > rte_pktmbuf_data_len(m);
+			m = m->next)
+		offset -= rte_pktmbuf_data_len(m);
+
+	if (m == 0)
+		goto process_auth_err;
+
+	src = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(m, uint8_t *, offset);
+
+	l = rte_pktmbuf_data_len(m) - offset;
+	if (srclen <= l) {
+		if (CMAC_Update(ctx, (unsigned char *)src, srclen) != 1)
+			goto process_auth_err;
+		goto process_auth_final;
+	}
+
+	if (CMAC_Update(ctx, (unsigned char *)src, l) != 1)
+		goto process_auth_err;
+
+	n -= l;
+
+	for (m = m->next; (m != NULL) && (n > 0); m = m->next) {
+		src = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m, uint8_t *);
+		l = rte_pktmbuf_data_len(m) < n ? rte_pktmbuf_data_len(m) : n;
+		if (CMAC_Update(ctx, (unsigned char *)src, l) != 1)
+			goto process_auth_err;
+		n -= l;
+	}
+
+process_auth_final:
+	if (CMAC_Final(ctx, dst, (size_t *)&dstlen) != 1)
+		goto process_auth_err;
+
+	CMAC_CTX_cleanup(ctx);
+
+	return 0;
+
+process_auth_err:
+	OPENSSL_LOG(ERR, "Process openssl cmac auth failed");
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
 /** Process standard openssl auth algorithms with hmac */
 static int
 process_openssl_auth_hmac(struct rte_mbuf *mbuf_src, uint8_t *dst, int offset,
@@ -1558,6 +1637,7 @@ process_openssl_auth_op(struct openssl_qp *qp, struct rte_crypto_op *op,
 	int srclen, status;
 	EVP_MD_CTX *ctx_a;
 	HMAC_CTX *ctx_h;
+	CMAC_CTX *ctx_c;
 
 	srclen = op->sym->auth.data.length;
 
@@ -1580,6 +1660,14 @@ process_openssl_auth_op(struct openssl_qp *qp, struct rte_crypto_op *op,
 				ctx_h);
 		HMAC_CTX_free(ctx_h);
 		break;
+	case OPENSSL_AUTH_AS_CMAC:
+		ctx_c = CMAC_CTX_new();
+		CMAC_CTX_copy(ctx_c, sess->auth.cmac.ctx);
+		status = process_openssl_auth_cmac(mbuf_src, dst,
+				op->sym->auth.data.offset, srclen,
+				ctx_c);
+		CMAC_CTX_free(ctx_c);
+		break;
 	default:
 		status = -1;
 		break;
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd_ops.c b/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd_ops.c
index 7d0da52a33..94b266d14e 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd_ops.c
@@ -392,6 +392,26 @@ static const struct rte_cryptodev_capabilities openssl_pmd_capabilities[] = {
 			}, }
 		}, }
 	},
+	{	/* AES CMAC (AUTH) */
+		.op = RTE_CRYPTO_OP_TYPE_SYMMETRIC,
+		{.sym = {
+			.xform_type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_AUTH,
+			{.auth = {
+				.algo = RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_AES_CMAC,
+				.block_size = 16,
+				.key_size = {
+					.min = 16,
+					.max = 32,
+					.increment = 8
+				},
+				.digest_size = {
+					.min = 4,
+					.max = 16,
+					.increment = 4
+				},
+			}, }
+		}, }
+	},
 	{	/* 3DES CBC */
 		.op = RTE_CRYPTO_OP_TYPE_SYMMETRIC,
 		{.sym = {
