diff --git a/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c b/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c
index 93573606f..711914e53 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c
@@ -789,6 +789,12 @@ static void cmd_help_long_parsed(void *parsed_result,
 			" vlan-tci eth-src eth-dst\n"
 			"       Configure the VXLAN encapsulation for flows.\n\n"
 
+			"nvgre ipv4|ipv6 tni ip-src ip-dst eth-src eth-dst\n"
+			"       Configure the NVGRE encapsulation for flows.\n\n"
+
+			"nvgre-with-vlan ipv4|ipv6 tni ip-src ip-dst vlan-tci eth-src eth-dst\n"
+			"       Configure the NVGRE encapsulation for flows.\n\n"
+
 			, list_pkt_forwarding_modes()
 		);
 	}
@@ -14965,6 +14971,111 @@ cmdline_parse_inst_t cmd_set_vxlan_with_vlan = {
 	},
 };
 
+/** Set NVGRE encapsulation details */
+struct cmd_set_nvgre_result {
+	cmdline_fixed_string_t set;
+	cmdline_fixed_string_t nvgre;
+	cmdline_fixed_string_t ip_version;
+	uint32_t tni;
+	cmdline_ipaddr_t ip_src;
+	cmdline_ipaddr_t ip_dst;
+	uint16_t tci;
+	struct ether_addr eth_src;
+	struct ether_addr eth_dst;
+};
+
+cmdline_parse_token_string_t cmd_set_nvgre_set =
+	TOKEN_STRING_INITIALIZER(struct cmd_set_nvgre_result, set, "set");
+cmdline_parse_token_string_t cmd_set_nvgre_nvgre =
+	TOKEN_STRING_INITIALIZER(struct cmd_set_nvgre_result, nvgre, "nvgre");
+cmdline_parse_token_string_t cmd_set_nvgre_nvgre_with_vlan =
+	TOKEN_STRING_INITIALIZER(struct cmd_set_nvgre_result, nvgre, "nvgre-with-vlan");
+cmdline_parse_token_string_t cmd_set_nvgre_ip_version =
+	TOKEN_STRING_INITIALIZER(struct cmd_set_nvgre_result, ip_version,
+				 "ipv4#ipv6");
+cmdline_parse_token_num_t cmd_set_nvgre_tni =
+	TOKEN_NUM_INITIALIZER(struct cmd_set_nvgre_result, tni, UINT32);
+cmdline_parse_token_num_t cmd_set_nvgre_ip_src =
+	TOKEN_IPADDR_INITIALIZER(struct cmd_set_nvgre_result, ip_src);
+cmdline_parse_token_ipaddr_t cmd_set_nvgre_ip_dst =
+	TOKEN_IPADDR_INITIALIZER(struct cmd_set_nvgre_result, ip_dst);
+cmdline_parse_token_num_t cmd_set_nvgre_vlan =
+	TOKEN_NUM_INITIALIZER(struct cmd_set_nvgre_result, tci, UINT16);
+cmdline_parse_token_etheraddr_t cmd_set_nvgre_eth_src =
+	TOKEN_ETHERADDR_INITIALIZER(struct cmd_set_nvgre_result, eth_src);
+cmdline_parse_token_etheraddr_t cmd_set_nvgre_eth_dst =
+	TOKEN_ETHERADDR_INITIALIZER(struct cmd_set_nvgre_result, eth_dst);
+
+static void cmd_set_nvgre_parsed(void *parsed_result,
+	__attribute__((unused)) struct cmdline *cl,
+	__attribute__((unused)) void *data)
+{
+	struct cmd_set_nvgre_result *res = parsed_result;
+	uint32_t tni = rte_cpu_to_be_32(res->tni) >> 8;
+
+	if (strcmp(res->nvgre, "nvgre") == 0)
+		nvgre_encap_conf.select_vlan = 0;
+	else if (strcmp(res->nvgre, "nvgre-with-vlan") == 0)
+		nvgre_encap_conf.select_vlan = 1;
+	if (strcmp(res->ip_version, "ipv4") == 0)
+		nvgre_encap_conf.select_ipv4 = 1;
+	else if (strcmp(res->ip_version, "ipv6") == 0)
+		nvgre_encap_conf.select_ipv4 = 0;
+	else
+		return;
+	memcpy(nvgre_encap_conf.tni, &tni, 3);
+	if (nvgre_encap_conf.select_ipv4) {
+		IPV4_ADDR_TO_UINT(res->ip_src, nvgre_encap_conf.ipv4_src);
+		IPV4_ADDR_TO_UINT(res->ip_dst, nvgre_encap_conf.ipv4_dst);
+	} else {
+		IPV6_ADDR_TO_ARRAY(res->ip_src, nvgre_encap_conf.ipv6_src);
+		IPV6_ADDR_TO_ARRAY(res->ip_dst, nvgre_encap_conf.ipv6_dst);
+	}
+	if (nvgre_encap_conf.select_vlan)
+		nvgre_encap_conf.vlan_tci = rte_cpu_to_be_16(res->tci);
+	memcpy(nvgre_encap_conf.eth_src, res->eth_src.addr_bytes,
+	       ETHER_ADDR_LEN);
+	memcpy(nvgre_encap_conf.eth_dst, res->eth_dst.addr_bytes,
+	       ETHER_ADDR_LEN);
+}
+
+cmdline_parse_inst_t cmd_set_nvgre = {
+	.f = cmd_set_nvgre_parsed,
+	.data = NULL,
+	.help_str = "set nvgre ipv4|ipv6 <vni> <ip-src> <ip-dst> <eth-src>"
+		" <eth-dst>",
+	.tokens = {
+		(void *)&cmd_set_nvgre_set,
+		(void *)&cmd_set_nvgre_nvgre,
+		(void *)&cmd_set_nvgre_ip_version,
+		(void *)&cmd_set_nvgre_tni,
+		(void *)&cmd_set_nvgre_ip_src,
+		(void *)&cmd_set_nvgre_ip_dst,
+		(void *)&cmd_set_nvgre_eth_src,
+		(void *)&cmd_set_nvgre_eth_dst,
+		NULL,
+	},
+};
+
+cmdline_parse_inst_t cmd_set_nvgre_with_vlan = {
+	.f = cmd_set_nvgre_parsed,
+	.data = NULL,
+	.help_str = "set nvgre-with-vlan ipv4|ipv6 <vni> <ip-src> <ip-dst>"
+		" <vlan-tci> <eth-src> <eth-dst>",
+	.tokens = {
+		(void *)&cmd_set_nvgre_set,
+		(void *)&cmd_set_nvgre_nvgre_with_vlan,
+		(void *)&cmd_set_nvgre_ip_version,
+		(void *)&cmd_set_nvgre_tni,
+		(void *)&cmd_set_nvgre_ip_src,
+		(void *)&cmd_set_nvgre_ip_dst,
+		(void *)&cmd_set_nvgre_vlan,
+		(void *)&cmd_set_nvgre_eth_src,
+		(void *)&cmd_set_nvgre_eth_dst,
+		NULL,
+	},
+};
+
 /* Strict link priority scheduling mode setting */
 static void
 cmd_strict_link_prio_parsed(
@@ -17591,6 +17702,8 @@ cmdline_parse_ctx_t main_ctx[] = {
 #endif
 	(cmdline_parse_inst_t *)&cmd_set_vxlan,
 	(cmdline_parse_inst_t *)&cmd_set_vxlan_with_vlan,
+	(cmdline_parse_inst_t *)&cmd_set_nvgre,
+	(cmdline_parse_inst_t *)&cmd_set_nvgre_with_vlan,
 	(cmdline_parse_inst_t *)&cmd_ddp_add,
 	(cmdline_parse_inst_t *)&cmd_ddp_del,
 	(cmdline_parse_inst_t *)&cmd_ddp_get_list,
diff --git a/app/test-pmd/cmdline_flow.c b/app/test-pmd/cmdline_flow.c
index a8b5221a6..8f3bf58bf 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/cmdline_flow.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/cmdline_flow.c
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ enum index {
 	ACTION_OF_PUSH_MPLS_ETHERTYPE,
 	ACTION_VXLAN_ENCAP,
 	ACTION_VXLAN_DECAP,
+	ACTION_NVGRE_ENCAP,
+	ACTION_NVGRE_DECAP,
 };
 
 /** Maximum size for pattern in struct rte_flow_item_raw. */
@@ -277,6 +279,22 @@ struct action_vxlan_encap_data {
 	struct rte_flow_item_vxlan item_vxlan;
 };
 
+/** Maximum number of items in struct rte_flow_action_nvgre_encap. */
+#define ACTION_NVGRE_ENCAP_ITEMS_NUM 5
+
+/** Storage for struct rte_flow_action_nvgre_encap including external data. */
+struct action_nvgre_encap_data {
+	struct rte_flow_action_nvgre_encap conf;
+	struct rte_flow_item items[ACTION_NVGRE_ENCAP_ITEMS_NUM];
+	struct rte_flow_item_eth item_eth;
+	struct rte_flow_item_vlan item_vlan;
+	union {
+		struct rte_flow_item_ipv4 item_ipv4;
+		struct rte_flow_item_ipv6 item_ipv6;
+	};
+	struct rte_flow_item_nvgre item_nvgre;
+};
+
 /** Maximum number of subsequent tokens and arguments on the stack. */
 #define CTX_STACK_SIZE 16
 
@@ -796,6 +814,8 @@ static const enum index next_action[] = {
 	ACTION_OF_PUSH_MPLS,
 	ACTION_VXLAN_ENCAP,
 	ACTION_VXLAN_DECAP,
+	ACTION_NVGRE_ENCAP,
+	ACTION_NVGRE_DECAP,
 	ZERO,
 };
 
@@ -929,6 +949,9 @@ static int parse_vc_action_rss_queue(struct context *, const struct token *,
 static int parse_vc_action_vxlan_encap(struct context *, const struct token *,
 				       const char *, unsigned int, void *,
 				       unsigned int);
+static int parse_vc_action_nvgre_encap(struct context *, const struct token *,
+				       const char *, unsigned int, void *,
+				       unsigned int);
 static int parse_destroy(struct context *, const struct token *,
 			 const char *, unsigned int,
 			 void *, unsigned int);
@@ -2429,6 +2452,24 @@ static const struct token token_list[] = {
 		.next = NEXT(NEXT_ENTRY(ACTION_NEXT)),
 		.call = parse_vc,
 	},
+	[ACTION_NVGRE_ENCAP] = {
+		.name = "nvgre_encap",
+		.help = "NVGRE encapsulation, uses configuration set by \"set"
+			" nvgre\"",
+		.priv = PRIV_ACTION(NVGRE_ENCAP,
+				    sizeof(struct action_nvgre_encap_data)),
+		.next = NEXT(NEXT_ENTRY(ACTION_NEXT)),
+		.call = parse_vc_action_nvgre_encap,
+	},
+	[ACTION_NVGRE_DECAP] = {
+		.name = "nvgre_decap",
+		.help = "Performs a decapsulation action by stripping all"
+			" headers of the NVGRE tunnel network overlay from the"
+			" matched flow.",
+		.priv = PRIV_ACTION(NVGRE_DECAP, 0),
+		.next = NEXT(NEXT_ENTRY(ACTION_NEXT)),
+		.call = parse_vc,
+	},
 };
 
 /** Remove and return last entry from argument stack. */
@@ -3090,6 +3131,94 @@ parse_vc_action_vxlan_encap(struct context *ctx, const struct token *token,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/** Parse NVGRE encap action. */
+static int
+parse_vc_action_nvgre_encap(struct context *ctx, const struct token *token,
+			    const char *str, unsigned int len,
+			    void *buf, unsigned int size)
+{
+	struct buffer *out = buf;
+	struct rte_flow_action *action;
+	struct action_nvgre_encap_data *action_nvgre_encap_data;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = parse_vc(ctx, token, str, len, buf, size);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+	/* Nothing else to do if there is no buffer. */
+	if (!out)
+		return ret;
+	if (!out->args.vc.actions_n)
+		return -1;
+	action = &out->args.vc.actions[out->args.vc.actions_n - 1];
+	/* Point to selected object. */
+	ctx->object = out->args.vc.data;
+	ctx->objmask = NULL;
+	/* Set up default configuration. */
+	action_nvgre_encap_data = ctx->object;
+	*action_nvgre_encap_data = (struct action_nvgre_encap_data){
+		.conf = (struct rte_flow_action_nvgre_encap){
+			.definition = action_nvgre_encap_data->items,
+		},
+		.items = {
+			{
+				.type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_ETH,
+				.spec = &action_nvgre_encap_data->item_eth,
+				.mask = &action_nvgre_encap_data->item_eth,
+			},
+			{
+				.type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_VLAN,
+				.spec = &action_nvgre_encap_data->item_vlan,
+				.mask = &action_nvgre_encap_data->item_vlan,
+			},
+			{
+				.type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_IPV4,
+				.spec = &action_nvgre_encap_data->item_ipv4,
+				.mask = &action_nvgre_encap_data->item_ipv4,
+			},
+			{
+				.type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_NVGRE,
+				.spec = &action_nvgre_encap_data->item_nvgre,
+				.mask = &action_nvgre_encap_data->item_nvgre,
+			},
+			{
+				.type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_END,
+			},
+		},
+		.item_eth.type = 0,
+		.item_vlan.tci = nvgre_encap_conf.vlan_tci,
+		.item_ipv4.hdr = {
+		       .src_addr = nvgre_encap_conf.ipv4_src,
+		       .dst_addr = nvgre_encap_conf.ipv4_dst,
+		},
+		.item_nvgre.flow_id = 0,
+	};
+	memcpy(action_nvgre_encap_data->item_eth.dst.addr_bytes,
+	       nvgre_encap_conf.eth_dst, ETHER_ADDR_LEN);
+	memcpy(action_nvgre_encap_data->item_eth.src.addr_bytes,
+	       nvgre_encap_conf.eth_src, ETHER_ADDR_LEN);
+	if (!nvgre_encap_conf.select_ipv4) {
+		memcpy(&action_nvgre_encap_data->item_ipv6.hdr.src_addr,
+		       &nvgre_encap_conf.ipv6_src,
+		       sizeof(nvgre_encap_conf.ipv6_src));
+		memcpy(&action_nvgre_encap_data->item_ipv6.hdr.dst_addr,
+		       &nvgre_encap_conf.ipv6_dst,
+		       sizeof(nvgre_encap_conf.ipv6_dst));
+		action_nvgre_encap_data->items[2] = (struct rte_flow_item){
+			.type = RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_IPV6,
+			.spec = &action_nvgre_encap_data->item_ipv6,
+			.mask = &action_nvgre_encap_data->item_ipv6,
+		};
+	}
+	if (!nvgre_encap_conf.select_vlan)
+		action_nvgre_encap_data->items[1].type =
+			RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_VOID;
+	memcpy(action_nvgre_encap_data->item_nvgre.tni, nvgre_encap_conf.tni,
+	       RTE_DIM(nvgre_encap_conf.tni));
+	action->conf = &action_nvgre_encap_data->conf;
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /** Parse tokens for destroy command. */
 static int
 parse_destroy(struct context *ctx, const struct token *token,
diff --git a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
index af9b96f9b..8f580ac5b 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.c
@@ -410,6 +410,21 @@ struct vxlan_encap_conf vxlan_encap_conf = {
 	.eth_dst = "\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff",
 };
 
+struct nvgre_encap_conf nvgre_encap_conf = {
+	.select_ipv4 = 1,
+	.select_vlan = 0,
+	.tni = "\x00\x00\x00",
+	.ipv4_src = IPv4(127, 0, 0, 1),
+	.ipv4_dst = IPv4(255, 255, 255, 255),
+	.ipv6_src = "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"
+		"\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01",
+	.ipv6_dst = "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"
+		"\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x11\x11",
+	.vlan_tci = 0,
+	.eth_src = "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00",
+	.eth_dst = "\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff",
+};
+
 /* Forward function declarations */
 static void map_port_queue_stats_mapping_registers(portid_t pi,
 						   struct rte_port *port);
diff --git a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h
index 0d6618788..2b1e448b0 100644
--- a/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h
+++ b/app/test-pmd/testpmd.h
@@ -496,6 +496,21 @@ struct vxlan_encap_conf {
 };
 struct vxlan_encap_conf vxlan_encap_conf;
 
+/* NVGRE encap/decap parameters. */
+struct nvgre_encap_conf {
+	uint32_t select_ipv4:1;
+	uint32_t select_vlan:1;
+	uint8_t tni[3];
+	rte_be32_t ipv4_src;
+	rte_be32_t ipv4_dst;
+	uint8_t ipv6_src[16];
+	uint8_t ipv6_dst[16];
+	rte_be16_t vlan_tci;
+	uint8_t eth_src[ETHER_ADDR_LEN];
+	uint8_t eth_dst[ETHER_ADDR_LEN];
+};
+struct nvgre_encap_conf nvgre_encap_conf;
+
 static inline unsigned int
 lcore_num(void)
 {
diff --git a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst
index 30dc53046..78508b441 100644
--- a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst
@@ -1542,6 +1542,14 @@ Configure the outer layer to encapsulate a packet inside a VXLAN tunnel::
  testpmd> set vxlan ipv4|ipv6 (vni) (udp-src) (udp-dst) (ip-src) (ip-dst) (mac-src) (mac-dst)
  testpmd> set vxlan-with-vlan ipv4|ipv6 (vni) (udp-src) (udp-dst) (ip-src) (ip-dst) (vlan-tci) (mac-src) (mac-dst)
 
+Config NVGRE Encap outer layers
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Configure the outer layer to encapsulate a packet inside a NVGRE tunnel::
+
+ testpmd> set nvgre ipv4|ipv6 (tni) (ip-src) (ip-dst) (mac-src) (mac-dst)
+ testpmd> set nvgre-with-vlan ipv4|ipv6 (tni) (ip-src) (ip-dst) (vlan-tci) (mac-src) (mac-dst)
+
 Port Functions
 --------------
 
@@ -3663,6 +3671,12 @@ This section lists supported actions and their attributes, if any.
 - ``vxlan_decap``: Performs a decapsulation action by stripping all headers of
   the VXLAN tunnel network overlay from the matched flow.
 
+- ``nvgre_encap``: Performs a NVGRE encapsulation, outer layer configuration
+  is done through `Config NVGRE Encap outer layers`_.
+
+- ``nvgre_decap``: Performs a decapsulation action by stripping all headers of
+  the NVGRE tunnel network overlay from the matched flow.
+
 Destroying flow rules
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
