diff --git a/config/rte_config.h b/config/rte_config.h
index 400e44e3cf..401727703f 100644
--- a/config/rte_config.h
+++ b/config/rte_config.h
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
 #define RTE_EVENT_ETH_INTR_RING_SIZE 1024
 #define RTE_EVENT_CRYPTO_ADAPTER_MAX_INSTANCE 32
 #define RTE_EVENT_ETH_TX_ADAPTER_MAX_INSTANCE 32
+#define RTE_EVENT_DMA_ADAPTER_MAX_INSTANCE 32
 
 /* rawdev defines */
 #define RTE_RAWDEV_MAX_DEVS 64
diff --git a/lib/eventdev/meson.build b/lib/eventdev/meson.build
index b46bbbc9aa..250abcb154 100644
--- a/lib/eventdev/meson.build
+++ b/lib/eventdev/meson.build
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ sources = files(
         'eventdev_private.c',
         'eventdev_trace_points.c',
         'rte_event_crypto_adapter.c',
+        'rte_event_dma_adapter.c',
         'rte_event_eth_rx_adapter.c',
         'rte_event_eth_tx_adapter.c',
         'rte_event_ring.c',
diff --git a/lib/eventdev/rte_event_dma_adapter.c b/lib/eventdev/rte_event_dma_adapter.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..241327d2a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/eventdev/rte_event_dma_adapter.c
@@ -0,0 +1,335 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 Marvell.
+ */
+
+#include <eventdev_pmd.h>
+
+#include "rte_event_dma_adapter.h"
+
+#define DMA_BATCH_SIZE 32
+#define DMA_DEFAULT_MAX_NB 128
+#define DMA_ADAPTER_NAME_LEN 32
+#define DMA_ADAPTER_BUFFER_SIZE 1024
+
+#define DMA_ADAPTER_OPS_BUFFER_SIZE (DMA_BATCH_SIZE + DMA_BATCH_SIZE)
+
+#define DMA_ADAPTER_ARRAY "event_dma_adapter_array"
+
+/* Macros to check for valid adapter */
+#define EVENT_DMA_ADAPTER_ID_VALID_OR_ERR_RET(id, retval) \
+	do { \
+		if (!edma_adapter_valid_id(id)) { \
+			RTE_EDEV_LOG_ERR("Invalid DMA adapter id = %d\n", id); \
+			return retval; \
+		} \
+	} while (0)
+
+/* DMA ops circular buffer */
+struct dma_ops_circular_buffer {
+	/* Index of head element */
+	uint16_t head;
+
+	/* Index of tail element */
+	uint16_t tail;
+
+	/* Number of elements in buffer */
+	uint16_t count;
+
+	/* Size of circular buffer */
+	uint16_t size;
+
+	/* Pointer to hold rte_event_dma_adapter_op for processing */
+	struct rte_event_dma_adapter_op **op_buffer;
+} __rte_cache_aligned;
+
+/* DMA device information */
+struct dma_device_info {
+	/* Number of vchans configured for a DMA device. */
+	uint16_t num_dma_dev_vchan;
+} __rte_cache_aligned;
+
+struct event_dma_adapter {
+	/* Event device identifier */
+	uint8_t eventdev_id;
+
+	/* Event port identifier */
+	uint8_t event_port_id;
+
+	/* Adapter mode */
+	enum rte_event_dma_adapter_mode mode;
+
+	/* Memory allocation name */
+	char mem_name[DMA_ADAPTER_NAME_LEN];
+
+	/* Socket identifier cached from eventdev */
+	int socket_id;
+
+	/* Lock to serialize config updates with service function */
+	rte_spinlock_t lock;
+
+	/* DMA device structure array */
+	struct dma_device_info *dma_devs;
+
+	/* Circular buffer for processing DMA ops to eventdev */
+	struct dma_ops_circular_buffer ebuf;
+
+	/* Configuration callback for rte_service configuration */
+	rte_event_dma_adapter_conf_cb conf_cb;
+
+	/* Configuration callback argument */
+	void *conf_arg;
+
+	/* Set if  default_cb is being used */
+	int default_cb_arg;
+} __rte_cache_aligned;
+
+static struct event_dma_adapter **event_dma_adapter;
+
+static inline int
+edma_adapter_valid_id(uint8_t id)
+{
+	return id < RTE_EVENT_DMA_ADAPTER_MAX_INSTANCE;
+}
+
+static inline struct event_dma_adapter *
+edma_id_to_adapter(uint8_t id)
+{
+	return event_dma_adapter ? event_dma_adapter[id] : NULL;
+}
+
+static int
+edma_array_init(void)
+{
+	const struct rte_memzone *mz;
+	uint32_t sz;
+
+	mz = rte_memzone_lookup(DMA_ADAPTER_ARRAY);
+	if (mz == NULL) {
+		sz = sizeof(struct event_dma_adapter *) * RTE_EVENT_DMA_ADAPTER_MAX_INSTANCE;
+		sz = RTE_ALIGN(sz, RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE);
+
+		mz = rte_memzone_reserve_aligned(DMA_ADAPTER_ARRAY, sz, rte_socket_id(), 0,
+						 RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE);
+		if (mz == NULL) {
+			RTE_EDEV_LOG_ERR("Failed to reserve memzone : %s, err = %d",
+					 DMA_ADAPTER_ARRAY, rte_errno);
+			return -rte_errno;
+		}
+	}
+
+	event_dma_adapter = mz->addr;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int
+edma_circular_buffer_init(const char *name, struct dma_ops_circular_buffer *buf, uint16_t sz)
+{
+	buf->op_buffer = rte_zmalloc(name, sizeof(struct rte_event_dma_adapter_op *) * sz, 0);
+	if (buf->op_buffer == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	buf->size = sz;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void
+edma_circular_buffer_free(struct dma_ops_circular_buffer *buf)
+{
+	rte_free(buf->op_buffer);
+}
+
+static int
+edma_default_config_cb(uint8_t id, uint8_t evdev_id, struct rte_event_dma_adapter_conf *conf,
+		       void *arg)
+{
+	struct rte_event_port_conf *port_conf;
+	struct rte_event_dev_config dev_conf;
+	struct event_dma_adapter *adapter;
+	struct rte_eventdev *dev;
+	uint8_t port_id;
+	int started;
+	int ret;
+
+	adapter = edma_id_to_adapter(id);
+	if (adapter == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	dev = &rte_eventdevs[adapter->eventdev_id];
+	dev_conf = dev->data->dev_conf;
+
+	started = dev->data->dev_started;
+	if (started)
+		rte_event_dev_stop(evdev_id);
+
+	port_id = dev_conf.nb_event_ports;
+	dev_conf.nb_event_ports += 1;
+
+	port_conf = arg;
+	if (port_conf->event_port_cfg & RTE_EVENT_PORT_CFG_SINGLE_LINK)
+		dev_conf.nb_single_link_event_port_queues += 1;
+
+	ret = rte_event_dev_configure(evdev_id, &dev_conf);
+	if (ret) {
+		RTE_EDEV_LOG_ERR("Failed to configure event dev %u\n", evdev_id);
+		if (started) {
+			if (rte_event_dev_start(evdev_id))
+				return -EIO;
+		}
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	ret = rte_event_port_setup(evdev_id, port_id, port_conf);
+	if (ret) {
+		RTE_EDEV_LOG_ERR("Failed to setup event port %u\n", port_id);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	conf->event_port_id = port_id;
+	conf->max_nb = DMA_DEFAULT_MAX_NB;
+	if (started)
+		ret = rte_event_dev_start(evdev_id);
+
+	adapter->default_cb_arg = 1;
+	adapter->event_port_id = conf->event_port_id;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int
+rte_event_dma_adapter_create_ext(uint8_t id, uint8_t evdev_id,
+				 rte_event_dma_adapter_conf_cb conf_cb,
+				 enum rte_event_dma_adapter_mode mode, void *conf_arg)
+{
+	struct rte_event_dev_info dev_info;
+	struct event_dma_adapter *adapter;
+	char name[DMA_ADAPTER_NAME_LEN];
+	struct rte_dma_info info;
+	uint16_t num_dma_dev;
+	int socket_id;
+	uint8_t i;
+	int ret;
+
+	EVENT_DMA_ADAPTER_ID_VALID_OR_ERR_RET(id, -EINVAL);
+	RTE_EVENTDEV_VALID_DEVID_OR_ERR_RET(evdev_id, -EINVAL);
+
+	if (conf_cb == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (event_dma_adapter == NULL) {
+		ret = edma_array_init();
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
+	adapter = edma_id_to_adapter(id);
+	if (adapter != NULL) {
+		RTE_EDEV_LOG_ERR("ML adapter ID %d already exists!", id);
+		return -EEXIST;
+	}
+
+	socket_id = rte_event_dev_socket_id(evdev_id);
+	snprintf(name, DMA_ADAPTER_NAME_LEN, "rte_event_dma_adapter_%d", id);
+	adapter = rte_zmalloc_socket(name, sizeof(struct event_dma_adapter), RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE,
+				     socket_id);
+	if (adapter == NULL) {
+		RTE_EDEV_LOG_ERR("Failed to get mem for event ML adapter!");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	if (edma_circular_buffer_init("edma_circular_buffer", &adapter->ebuf,
+				      DMA_ADAPTER_BUFFER_SIZE)) {
+		RTE_EDEV_LOG_ERR("Failed to get memory for event adapter circular buffer");
+		rte_free(adapter);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	ret = rte_event_dev_info_get(evdev_id, &dev_info);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		RTE_EDEV_LOG_ERR("Failed to get info for eventdev %d: %s", evdev_id,
+				 dev_info.driver_name);
+		edma_circular_buffer_free(&adapter->ebuf);
+		rte_free(adapter);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	num_dma_dev = rte_dma_count_avail();
+
+	adapter->eventdev_id = evdev_id;
+	adapter->mode = mode;
+	rte_strscpy(adapter->mem_name, name, DMA_ADAPTER_NAME_LEN);
+	adapter->socket_id = socket_id;
+	adapter->conf_cb = conf_cb;
+	adapter->conf_arg = conf_arg;
+	adapter->dma_devs = rte_zmalloc_socket(adapter->mem_name,
+					       num_dma_dev * sizeof(struct dma_device_info), 0,
+					       socket_id);
+	if (adapter->dma_devs == NULL) {
+		RTE_EDEV_LOG_ERR("Failed to get memory for DMA devices\n");
+		edma_circular_buffer_free(&adapter->ebuf);
+		rte_free(adapter);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	rte_spinlock_init(&adapter->lock);
+	for (i = 0; i < num_dma_dev; i++) {
+		ret = rte_dma_info_get(i, &info);
+		if (ret) {
+			RTE_EDEV_LOG_ERR("Failed to get dma device info\n");
+			edma_circular_buffer_free(&adapter->ebuf);
+			rte_free(adapter);
+			return ret;
+		}
+
+		adapter->dma_devs[i].num_dma_dev_vchan = info.nb_vchans;
+	}
+
+	event_dma_adapter[id] = adapter;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int
+rte_event_dma_adapter_create(uint8_t id, uint8_t evdev_id, struct rte_event_port_conf *port_config,
+			    enum rte_event_dma_adapter_mode mode)
+{
+	struct rte_event_port_conf *pc;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (port_config == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	EVENT_DMA_ADAPTER_ID_VALID_OR_ERR_RET(id, -EINVAL);
+
+	pc = rte_malloc(NULL, sizeof(struct rte_event_port_conf), 0);
+	if (pc == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	rte_memcpy(pc, port_config, sizeof(struct rte_event_port_conf));
+	ret = rte_event_dma_adapter_create_ext(id, evdev_id, edma_default_config_cb, mode, pc);
+	if (ret != 0)
+		rte_free(pc);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int
+rte_event_dma_adapter_free(uint8_t id)
+{
+	struct event_dma_adapter *adapter;
+
+	EVENT_DMA_ADAPTER_ID_VALID_OR_ERR_RET(id, -EINVAL);
+
+	adapter = edma_id_to_adapter(id);
+	if (adapter == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	rte_free(adapter->conf_arg);
+	rte_free(adapter->dma_devs);
+	edma_circular_buffer_free(&adapter->ebuf);
+	rte_free(adapter);
+	event_dma_adapter[id] = NULL;
+
+	return 0;
+}
