diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst
index 45b6749a1..161e1452c 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst
@@ -125,10 +125,22 @@ The Intel E810 requires a programmable pipeline package be downloaded
 by the driver to support normal operations. The E810 has a limited
 functionality built in to allow PXE boot and other use cases, but the
 driver must download a package file during the driver initialization
-stage. The file must be in the /lib/firmware/intel/ice/ddp directory
-and it must be named ice.pkg. A symbolic link to this file is also ok.
-The same package file is used by both the kernel driver and the DPDK PMD.
-
+stage.
+
+The default DDP package file name is ice.pkg. For a specific NIC, the
+DDP package supposed to be loaded can have a filename: ice-xxxxxx.pkg,
+where 'xxxxxx' is the 64-bit PCIe Device Serial Number of the NIC. For
+example, if the NIC's device serial number is 00-CC-BB-FF-FF-AA-05-68,
+the device-specific DDP package filename is ice-00ccbbffffaa0568.pkg
+(in hex and all low case). During initialization, the driver searches
+in the following paths in order: /lib/firmware/updates/intel/ice/ddp
+and /lib/firmware/intel/ice/ddp. The correponding device-specific DDP
+package will be downloaded first if the file exists. If not, then the
+driver tries to load the default package. The type of loaded package
+is stored in ``ice_adapter->active_pkg_type``.
+
+A symbolic link to the DDP package file is also ok. The same package
+file is used by both the kernel driver and the DPDK PMD.
 
 19.02 limitation
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_11.rst
index 8490d897c..ef5048829 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_11.rst
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ New Features
      Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
      =========================================================
 
+* **Support device-specific DDP package loading.**
+
+  Added support to load device-specific DDP package. The package file
+  with name including NIC's device serial number would be searched and
+  loaded (if existed) prior to the default package (ice.pkg).
 
 Removed Items
 -------------
diff --git a/drivers/net/ice/ice_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/ice/ice_ethdev.c
index 686d6f00f..0811d8053 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ice/ice_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ice/ice_ethdev.c
@@ -28,7 +28,16 @@ static const char * const ice_valid_args[] = {
 };
 
 #define ICE_DFLT_OUTER_TAG_TYPE ICE_AQ_VSI_OUTER_TAG_VLAN_9100
-#define ICE_DFLT_PKG_FILE "/lib/firmware/intel/ice/ddp/ice.pkg"
+
+/* DDP package search path */
+#define ICE_PKG_FILE_DEFAULT "/lib/firmware/intel/ice/ddp/ice.pkg"
+#define ICE_PKG_FILE_UPDATES "/lib/firmware/updates/intel/ice/ddp/ice.pkg"
+#define ICE_PKG_FILE_SEARCH_PATH_DEFAULT "/lib/firmware/intel/ice/ddp/"
+#define ICE_PKG_FILE_SEARCH_PATH_UPDATES "/lib/firmware/updates/intel/ice/ddp/"
+
+#define ICE_OS_DEFAULT_PKG_NAME		"ICE OS Default Package"
+#define ICE_COMMS_PKG_NAME			"ICE COMMS Package"
+#define ICE_MAX_PKG_FILENAME_SIZE   256
 
 int ice_logtype_init;
 int ice_logtype_driver;
@@ -1265,15 +1274,132 @@ ice_pf_setup(struct ice_pf *pf)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* PCIe configuration space setting */
+#define PCI_CFG_SPACE_SIZE          256
+#define PCI_CFG_SPACE_EXP_SIZE      4096
+#define PCI_EXT_CAP_ID(header)      (int)((header) & 0x0000ffff)
+#define PCI_EXT_CAP_NEXT(header)    (((header) >> 20) & 0xffc)
+#define PCI_EXT_CAP_ID_DSN          0x03
+
+static int
+ice_pci_find_next_ext_capability(struct rte_pci_device *dev, int cap)
+{
+	uint32_t header;
+	int ttl;
+	int pos = PCI_CFG_SPACE_SIZE;
+
+	/* minimum 8 bytes per capability */
+	ttl = (PCI_CFG_SPACE_EXP_SIZE - PCI_CFG_SPACE_SIZE) / 8;
+
+	if (rte_pci_read_config(dev, &header, 4, pos) < 0) {
+		PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "ice error reading extended capabilities\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * If we have no capabilities, this is indicated by cap ID,
+	 * cap version and next pointer all being 0.
+	 */
+	if (header == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	while (ttl-- > 0) {
+		if (PCI_EXT_CAP_ID(header) == cap)
+			return pos;
+
+		pos = PCI_EXT_CAP_NEXT(header);
+
+		if (pos < PCI_CFG_SPACE_SIZE)
+			break;
+
+		if (rte_pci_read_config(dev, &header, 4, pos) < 0) {
+			PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "ice error reading extended capabilities\n");
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Extract device serial number from PCIe Configuration Space and
+ * determine the pkg file path according to the DSN.
+ */
+static int
+ice_pkg_file_search_path(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev, char *pkg_file)
+{
+	int pos;
+	char opt_ddp_filename[ICE_MAX_PKG_FILENAME_SIZE];
+	uint32_t dsn_low, dsn_high;
+	memset(opt_ddp_filename, 0, ICE_MAX_PKG_FILENAME_SIZE);
+
+	pos = ice_pci_find_next_ext_capability(pci_dev, PCI_EXT_CAP_ID_DSN);
+
+	if (pos) {
+		rte_pci_read_config(pci_dev, &dsn_low, 4, pos + 4);
+		rte_pci_read_config(pci_dev, &dsn_high, 4, pos + 8);
+		snprintf(opt_ddp_filename, ICE_MAX_PKG_FILENAME_SIZE,
+			 "ice-%08x%08x.pkg", dsn_high, dsn_low);
+	} else {
+		PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "Failed to read device serial number\n");
+		goto fail_dsn;
+	}
+
+	strncpy(pkg_file, ICE_PKG_FILE_SEARCH_PATH_UPDATES,
+		ICE_MAX_PKG_FILENAME_SIZE);
+	if (!access(strcat(pkg_file, opt_ddp_filename), 0))
+		return 0;
+
+	strncpy(pkg_file, ICE_PKG_FILE_SEARCH_PATH_DEFAULT,
+		ICE_MAX_PKG_FILENAME_SIZE);
+	if (!access(strcat(pkg_file, opt_ddp_filename), 0))
+		return 0;
+
+fail_dsn:
+	strncpy(pkg_file, ICE_PKG_FILE_UPDATES, ICE_MAX_PKG_FILENAME_SIZE);
+	if (!access(pkg_file, 0))
+		return 0;
+	strncpy(pkg_file, ICE_PKG_FILE_DEFAULT, ICE_MAX_PKG_FILENAME_SIZE);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static enum ice_pkg_type
+ice_load_pkg_type(struct ice_hw *hw)
+{
+	enum ice_pkg_type package_type;
+
+	/* store the activated package type (OS default or Comms) */
+	if (!strncmp((char *)hw->active_pkg_name, ICE_OS_DEFAULT_PKG_NAME,
+		ICE_PKG_NAME_SIZE))
+		package_type = ICE_PKG_TYPE_OS_DEFAULT;
+	else if (!strncmp((char *)hw->active_pkg_name, ICE_COMMS_PKG_NAME,
+		ICE_PKG_NAME_SIZE))
+		package_type = ICE_PKG_TYPE_COMMS;
+	else
+		package_type = ICE_PKG_TYPE_UNKNOWN;
+
+	PMD_INIT_LOG(NOTICE, "Active package is: %d.%d.%d.%d, %s",
+		hw->active_pkg_ver.major, hw->active_pkg_ver.minor,
+		hw->active_pkg_ver.update, hw->active_pkg_ver.draft,
+		hw->active_pkg_name);
+
+	return package_type;
+}
+
 static int ice_load_pkg(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 {
 	struct ice_hw *hw = ICE_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_HW(dev->data->dev_private);
-	const char *pkg_file = ICE_DFLT_PKG_FILE;
+	char pkg_file[ICE_MAX_PKG_FILENAME_SIZE];
 	int err;
 	uint8_t *buf;
 	int buf_len;
 	FILE *file;
 	struct stat fstat;
+	struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev = RTE_DEV_TO_PCI(dev->device);
+	struct ice_adapter *ad =
+		ICE_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_ADAPTER(dev->data->dev_private);
+
+	ice_pkg_file_search_path(pci_dev, pkg_file);
 
 	file = fopen(pkg_file, "rb");
 	if (!file)  {
@@ -1313,6 +1439,10 @@ static int ice_load_pkg(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 		PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "ice_copy_and_init_hw failed: %d\n", err);
 		goto fail_exit;
 	}
+
+	/* store the loaded pkg type info */
+	ad->active_pkg_type = ice_load_pkg_type(hw);
+
 	err = ice_init_hw_tbls(hw);
 	if (err) {
 		PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "ice_init_hw_tbls failed: %d\n", err);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ice/ice_ethdev.h b/drivers/net/ice/ice_ethdev.h
index 5063960a8..d1d07641d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ice/ice_ethdev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ice/ice_ethdev.h
@@ -124,6 +124,13 @@
 #define ICE_ETH_OVERHEAD \
 	(RTE_ETHER_HDR_LEN + RTE_ETHER_CRC_LEN + ICE_VLAN_TAG_SIZE * 2)
 
+/* DDP package type */
+enum ice_pkg_type {
+	ICE_PKG_TYPE_UNKNOWN,
+	ICE_PKG_TYPE_OS_DEFAULT,
+	ICE_PKG_TYPE_COMMS,
+};
+
 struct ice_adapter;
 
 /**
@@ -296,6 +303,7 @@ struct ice_adapter {
 	uint32_t ptype_tbl[ICE_MAX_PKT_TYPE] __rte_cache_min_aligned;
 	bool is_safe_mode;
 	struct ice_devargs devargs;
+	enum ice_pkg_type active_pkg_type; /* loaded ddp package type */
 };
 
 struct ice_vsi_vlan_pvid_info {
