diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/nfp.rst b/doc/guides/nics/nfp.rst
index 456a22dcbc..fee1860f4a 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/nfp.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/nfp.rst
@@ -348,6 +348,18 @@ Metadata with L2 (1W/4B)
    The vlan[0] is the innermost VLAN
    The vlan[1] is the QinQ info
 
+NFP_NET_META_IPSEC
+The IPsec type requires 4 bit.
+The SA index value is 32 bit which need 1 data field.
+::
+
+   ----------------------------------------------------------------
+      3                   2                   1                   0
+    1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
+   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+   |                           sa_idx                              |
+   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+
 TX
 ~~
 
@@ -363,3 +375,22 @@ NFP_NET_META_VLAN
                                    ^                               ^
                              NOTE: |             TCI               |
                                    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+
+NFP_NET_META_IPSEC
+The IPsec type requires 12 bit, because it requires three data fields.
+::
+
+   ----------------------------------------------------------------
+      3                   2                   1                   0
+    1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
+   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+   |                            sa_idx                             |
+   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+   |                     nfp_ipsec_force_seq_low                   |
+   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+   |                     nfp_ipsec_force_seq_hi                    |
+   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+
+   The sa_idx is 32 bit which need 1 data field.
+   The nfp_ipsec_force_seq_low & nfp_ipsec_force_seq_hi is Anti-re-anti-count,
+   which is 64 bit need two data fields.
diff --git a/drivers/net/nfp/nfd3/nfp_nfd3_dp.c b/drivers/net/nfp/nfd3/nfp_nfd3_dp.c
index ab0747fc16..64928254d8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/nfp/nfd3/nfp_nfd3_dp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/nfp/nfd3/nfp_nfd3_dp.c
@@ -147,10 +147,13 @@ nfp_net_nfd3_set_meta_data(struct nfp_net_meta_raw *meta_data,
 	char *meta;
 	uint8_t layer = 0;
 	uint32_t meta_info;
+	uint32_t cap_extend;
 	struct nfp_net_hw *hw;
 	uint8_t vlan_layer = 0;
+	uint8_t ipsec_layer = 0;
 
 	hw = txq->hw;
+	cap_extend = nn_cfg_readl(hw, NFP_NET_CFG_CAP_WORD1);
 
 	if ((pkt->ol_flags & RTE_MBUF_F_TX_VLAN) != 0 &&
 			(hw->ctrl & NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_TXVLAN_V2) != 0) {
@@ -160,6 +163,18 @@ nfp_net_nfd3_set_meta_data(struct nfp_net_meta_raw *meta_data,
 		meta_data->header |= NFP_NET_META_VLAN;
 	}
 
+	if ((pkt->ol_flags & RTE_MBUF_F_TX_SEC_OFFLOAD) != 0 &&
+			(cap_extend & NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_IPSEC) != 0) {
+		uint32_t ipsec_type = NFP_NET_META_IPSEC |
+				NFP_NET_META_IPSEC << NFP_NET_META_FIELD_SIZE |
+				NFP_NET_META_IPSEC << (2 * NFP_NET_META_FIELD_SIZE);
+		if (meta_data->length == 0)
+			meta_data->length = NFP_NET_META_FIELD_SIZE;
+		uint8_t ipsec_offset = meta_data->length - NFP_NET_META_FIELD_SIZE;
+		meta_data->header |= (ipsec_type << ipsec_offset);
+		meta_data->length += 3 * NFP_NET_META_FIELD_SIZE;
+	}
+
 	if (meta_data->length == 0)
 		return;
 
@@ -180,6 +195,15 @@ nfp_net_nfd3_set_meta_data(struct nfp_net_meta_raw *meta_data,
 			nfp_net_set_meta_vlan(meta_data, pkt, layer);
 			vlan_layer++;
 			break;
+		case NFP_NET_META_IPSEC:
+			if (ipsec_layer > 2) {
+				PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "At most 3 layers of ipsec is supported for now.");
+				return;
+			}
+
+			nfp_net_set_meta_ipsec(meta_data, txq, pkt, layer, ipsec_layer);
+			ipsec_layer++;
+			break;
 		default:
 			PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "The metadata type not supported");
 			return;
diff --git a/drivers/net/nfp/nfdk/nfp_nfdk_dp.c b/drivers/net/nfp/nfdk/nfp_nfdk_dp.c
index a85734f121..d4bd5edb0a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/nfp/nfdk/nfp_nfdk_dp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/nfp/nfdk/nfp_nfdk_dp.c
@@ -177,13 +177,16 @@ nfp_net_nfdk_set_meta_data(struct rte_mbuf *pkt,
 	char *meta;
 	uint8_t layer = 0;
 	uint32_t meta_type;
+	uint32_t cap_extend;
 	struct nfp_net_hw *hw;
 	uint32_t header_offset;
 	uint8_t vlan_layer = 0;
+	uint8_t ipsec_layer = 0;
 	struct nfp_net_meta_raw meta_data;
 
 	memset(&meta_data, 0, sizeof(meta_data));
 	hw = txq->hw;
+	cap_extend = nn_cfg_readl(hw, NFP_NET_CFG_CAP_WORD1);
 
 	if ((pkt->ol_flags & RTE_MBUF_F_TX_VLAN) != 0 &&
 			(hw->ctrl & NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_TXVLAN_V2) != 0) {
@@ -193,6 +196,18 @@ nfp_net_nfdk_set_meta_data(struct rte_mbuf *pkt,
 		meta_data.header |= NFP_NET_META_VLAN;
 	}
 
+	if ((pkt->ol_flags & RTE_MBUF_F_TX_SEC_OFFLOAD) != 0 &&
+			(cap_extend & NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_IPSEC) != 0) {
+		uint32_t ipsec_type = NFP_NET_META_IPSEC |
+				NFP_NET_META_IPSEC << NFP_NET_META_FIELD_SIZE |
+				NFP_NET_META_IPSEC << (2 * NFP_NET_META_FIELD_SIZE);
+		if (meta_data.length == 0)
+			meta_data.length = NFP_NET_META_FIELD_SIZE;
+		uint8_t ipsec_offset = meta_data.length - NFP_NET_META_FIELD_SIZE;
+		meta_data.header |= (ipsec_type << ipsec_offset);
+		meta_data.length += 3 * NFP_NET_META_FIELD_SIZE;
+	}
+
 	if (meta_data.length == 0)
 		return;
 
@@ -215,6 +230,15 @@ nfp_net_nfdk_set_meta_data(struct rte_mbuf *pkt,
 			nfp_net_set_meta_vlan(&meta_data, pkt, layer);
 			vlan_layer++;
 			break;
+		case NFP_NET_META_IPSEC:
+			if (ipsec_layer > 2) {
+				PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "At most 3 layers of ipsec is supported for now.");
+				return;
+			}
+
+			nfp_net_set_meta_ipsec(&meta_data, txq, pkt, layer, ipsec_layer);
+			ipsec_layer++;
+			break;
 		default:
 			PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "The metadata type not supported");
 			return;
diff --git a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_ctrl.h b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_ctrl.h
index 361739a4b9..3488df6ba8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_ctrl.h
+++ b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_ctrl.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #define NFP_NET_META_HASH               1 /* next field carries hash type */
 #define NFP_NET_META_VLAN               4
 #define NFP_NET_META_PORTID             5
+#define NFP_NET_META_IPSEC              9
 
 #define NFP_META_PORT_ID_CTRL           ~0U
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_ipsec.c b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_ipsec.c
index eb5b1d88d5..b11b1c9df3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_ipsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_ipsec.c
@@ -1161,6 +1161,47 @@ nfp_crypto_update_session(void *device __rte_unused,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+nfp_security_set_pkt_metadata(void *device,
+		struct rte_security_session *session,
+		struct rte_mbuf *m,
+		void *params)
+{
+	int offset;
+	uint64_t *sqn;
+	struct nfp_net_hw *hw;
+	struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev;
+	struct nfp_ipsec_session *priv_session;
+
+	sqn = params;
+	eth_dev = device;
+	priv_session = SECURITY_GET_SESS_PRIV(session);
+	hw = NFP_NET_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_HW(eth_dev->data->dev_private);
+
+	if (priv_session->ipsec.direction == RTE_SECURITY_IPSEC_SA_DIR_EGRESS) {
+		struct nfp_tx_ipsec_desc_msg *desc_md;
+
+		offset = hw->ipsec_data->pkt_dynfield_offset;
+		desc_md = RTE_MBUF_DYNFIELD(m, offset, struct nfp_tx_ipsec_desc_msg *);
+
+		if (priv_session->msg.ctrl_word.ext_seq != 0 && sqn != NULL) {
+			desc_md->esn.low = rte_cpu_to_be_32(*sqn);
+			desc_md->esn.hi = rte_cpu_to_be_32(*sqn >> 32);
+		} else if (priv_session->msg.ctrl_word.ext_seq != 0) {
+			desc_md->esn.low = rte_cpu_to_be_32(priv_session->ipsec.esn.low);
+			desc_md->esn.hi = rte_cpu_to_be_32(priv_session->ipsec.esn.hi);
+		} else {
+			desc_md->esn.low = rte_cpu_to_be_32(priv_session->ipsec.esn.value);
+			desc_md->esn.hi = 0;
+		}
+
+		desc_md->enc = 1;
+		desc_md->sa_idx = rte_cpu_to_be_32(priv_session->sa_index);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * Get discards packet statistics for each SA
  *
@@ -1255,6 +1296,7 @@ static const struct rte_security_ops nfp_security_ops = {
 	.session_update = nfp_crypto_update_session,
 	.session_get_size = nfp_security_session_get_size,
 	.session_stats_get = nfp_security_session_get_stats,
+	.set_pkt_metadata = nfp_security_set_pkt_metadata,
 	.capabilities_get = nfp_crypto_capabilities_get,
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_ipsec.h b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_ipsec.h
index 531bc60c5a..cacb05f13e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_ipsec.h
+++ b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_ipsec.h
@@ -163,6 +163,12 @@ struct nfp_net_ipsec_data {
 	struct nfp_ipsec_session *sa_entries[NFP_NET_IPSEC_MAX_SA_CNT];
 };
 
+enum nfp_ipsec_meta_layer {
+	NFP_IPSEC_META_SAIDX,       /**< Order of SA index in metadata */
+	NFP_IPSEC_META_SEQLOW,      /**< Order of Sequence Number (low 32bits) in metadata */
+	NFP_IPSEC_META_SEQHI,       /**< Order of Sequence Number (high 32bits) in metadata */
+};
+
 int nfp_ipsec_init(struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
 void nfp_ipsec_uninit(struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_rxtx.c
index e74aba7439..66a5d6cb3a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_rxtx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_rxtx.c
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@
 #include "nfp_rxtx.h"
 
 #include <ethdev_pci.h>
+#include <rte_security.h>
 
 #include "nfd3/nfp_nfd3.h"
 #include "nfdk/nfp_nfdk.h"
 #include "flower/nfp_flower.h"
 
+#include "nfp_ipsec.h"
 #include "nfp_logs.h"
 
 /* Maximum number of supported VLANs in parsed form packet metadata. */
@@ -25,8 +27,10 @@
  * read-only after it have been recorded during parsing by nfp_net_parse_meta().
  *
  * @port_id: Port id value
+ * @sa_idx: IPsec SA index
  * @hash: RSS hash value
  * @hash_type: RSS hash type
+ * @ipsec_type: IPsec type
  * @vlan_layer: The layers of VLAN info which are passed from nic.
  *              Only this number of entries of the @vlan array are valid.
  *
@@ -44,8 +48,10 @@
  */
 struct nfp_meta_parsed {
 	uint32_t port_id;
+	uint32_t sa_idx;
 	uint32_t hash;
 	uint8_t hash_type;
+	uint8_t ipsec_type;
 	uint8_t vlan_layer;
 	struct {
 		uint8_t offload;
@@ -304,6 +310,10 @@ nfp_net_parse_chained_meta(uint8_t *meta_base,
 			meta->vlan[meta->vlan_layer].tpid = NFP_NET_META_TPID(vlan_info);
 			++meta->vlan_layer;
 			break;
+		case NFP_NET_META_IPSEC:
+			meta->sa_idx = rte_be_to_cpu_32(*(rte_be32_t *)meta_offset);
+			meta->ipsec_type = meta_info & NFP_NET_META_FIELD_MASK;
+			break;
 		default:
 			/* Unsupported metadata can be a performance issue */
 			return false;
@@ -429,6 +439,39 @@ nfp_net_parse_meta_qinq(const struct nfp_meta_parsed *meta,
 	mb->ol_flags |= RTE_MBUF_F_RX_QINQ | RTE_MBUF_F_RX_QINQ_STRIPPED;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Set mbuf IPsec Offload features based on metadata info.
+ *
+ * The IPsec Offload features is prepended to the mbuf ol_flags.
+ * Extract and decode metadata info and set the mbuf ol_flags.
+ */
+static void
+nfp_net_parse_meta_ipsec(struct nfp_meta_parsed *meta,
+		struct nfp_net_rxq *rxq,
+		struct rte_mbuf *mbuf)
+{
+	int offset;
+	uint32_t sa_idx;
+	struct nfp_net_hw *hw;
+	struct nfp_tx_ipsec_desc_msg *desc_md;
+
+	hw = rxq->hw;
+	sa_idx = meta->sa_idx;
+
+	if (meta->ipsec_type != NFP_NET_META_IPSEC)
+		return;
+
+	if (sa_idx >= NFP_NET_IPSEC_MAX_SA_CNT) {
+		mbuf->ol_flags |= RTE_MBUF_F_RX_SEC_OFFLOAD_FAILED;
+	} else {
+		mbuf->ol_flags |= RTE_MBUF_F_RX_SEC_OFFLOAD;
+		offset = hw->ipsec_data->pkt_dynfield_offset;
+		desc_md = RTE_MBUF_DYNFIELD(mbuf, offset, struct nfp_tx_ipsec_desc_msg *);
+		desc_md->sa_idx = sa_idx;
+		desc_md->enc = 0;
+	}
+}
+
 /* nfp_net_parse_meta() - Parse the metadata from packet */
 static void
 nfp_net_parse_meta(struct nfp_net_rx_desc *rxds,
@@ -453,6 +496,7 @@ nfp_net_parse_meta(struct nfp_net_rx_desc *rxds,
 			nfp_net_parse_meta_hash(meta, rxq, mb);
 			nfp_net_parse_meta_vlan(meta, rxds, rxq, mb);
 			nfp_net_parse_meta_qinq(meta, rxq, mb);
+			nfp_net_parse_meta_ipsec(meta, rxq, mb);
 		} else {
 			PMD_RX_LOG(DEBUG, "RX chained metadata format is wrong!");
 		}
@@ -1035,6 +1079,36 @@ nfp_net_set_meta_vlan(struct nfp_net_meta_raw *meta_data,
 	meta_data->data[layer] = rte_cpu_to_be_32(tpid << 16 | vlan_tci);
 }
 
+void
+nfp_net_set_meta_ipsec(struct nfp_net_meta_raw *meta_data,
+		struct nfp_net_txq *txq,
+		struct rte_mbuf *pkt,
+		uint8_t layer,
+		uint8_t ipsec_layer)
+{
+	int offset;
+	struct nfp_net_hw *hw;
+	struct nfp_tx_ipsec_desc_msg *desc_md;
+
+	hw = txq->hw;
+	offset = hw->ipsec_data->pkt_dynfield_offset;
+	desc_md = RTE_MBUF_DYNFIELD(pkt, offset, struct nfp_tx_ipsec_desc_msg *);
+
+	switch (ipsec_layer) {
+	case NFP_IPSEC_META_SAIDX:
+		meta_data->data[layer] = desc_md->sa_idx;
+		break;
+	case NFP_IPSEC_META_SEQLOW:
+		meta_data->data[layer] = desc_md->esn.low;
+		break;
+	case NFP_IPSEC_META_SEQHI:
+		meta_data->data[layer] = desc_md->esn.hi;
+		break;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+}
+
 int
 nfp_net_tx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 		uint16_t queue_idx,
diff --git a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_rxtx.h b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_rxtx.h
index 4e8558074e..3c7138f7d6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_rxtx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_rxtx.h
@@ -257,5 +257,10 @@ int nfp_net_tx_free_bufs(struct nfp_net_txq *txq);
 void nfp_net_set_meta_vlan(struct nfp_net_meta_raw *meta_data,
 		struct rte_mbuf *pkt,
 		uint8_t layer);
+void nfp_net_set_meta_ipsec(struct nfp_net_meta_raw *meta_data,
+		struct nfp_net_txq *txq,
+		struct rte_mbuf *pkt,
+		uint8_t layer,
+		uint8_t ipsec_layer);
 
 #endif /* _NFP_RXTX_H_ */
