diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/features/default.ini b/doc/guides/nics/features/default.ini
index f1bf9bf..ae40d57 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/features/default.ini
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/features/default.ini
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ Timesync             =
 Basic stats          =
 Extended stats       =
 Stats per queue      =
+FW version           =
 EEPROM dump          =
 Registers dump       =
 Multiprocess aware   =
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 1438c77..291e03d 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@ Deprecation Notices
   ``nb_seg_max`` and ``nb_mtu_seg_max`` providing information about number of
   segments limit to be transmitted by device for TSO/non-TSO packets.
 
-* In 17.02 ABI change is planned: the ``rte_eth_dev_info`` structure
-  will be extended with a new member ``fw_version`` in order to store
-  the NIC firmware version.
-
 * ethdev: an API change is planned for 17.02 for the function
   ``_rte_eth_dev_callback_process``. In 17.02 the function will return an ``int``
   instead of ``void`` and a fourth parameter ``void *ret_param`` will be added.
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst
index 180af82..260033d 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_02.rst
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ New Features
   See the :ref:`Generic flow API <Generic_flow_API>` documentation for more
   information.
 
+* **Added firmware version get API.**
+ Added a new function ``rte_eth_dev_fw_version_get()`` to fetch firmware
+ version by a given device.
 
 Resolved Issues
 ---------------
diff --git a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
index 280f0db..cb80476 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
@@ -1586,6 +1586,18 @@ rte_eth_dev_set_rx_queue_stats_mapping(uint8_t port_id, uint16_t rx_queue_id,
 }
 
 void
+rte_eth_dev_fw_version_get(uint8_t port_id, char *fw_version, int fw_length)
+{
+	struct rte_eth_dev *dev;
+
+	RTE_ETH_VALID_PORTID_OR_RET(port_id);
+	dev = &rte_eth_devices[port_id];
+
+	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_RET(*dev->dev_ops->fw_version_get);
+	(*dev->dev_ops->fw_version_get)(dev, fw_version, fw_length);
+}
+
+void
 rte_eth_dev_info_get(uint8_t port_id, struct rte_eth_dev_info *dev_info)
 {
 	struct rte_eth_dev *dev;
diff --git a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
index fb51754..2be31d2 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
@@ -1150,6 +1150,10 @@ typedef uint32_t (*eth_rx_queue_count_t)(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 typedef int (*eth_rx_descriptor_done_t)(void *rxq, uint16_t offset);
 /**< @internal Check DD bit of specific RX descriptor */
 
+typedef void (*eth_fw_version_get_t)(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+				     char *fw_version, int fw_length);
+/**< @internal Get firmware information of an Ethernet device. */
+
 typedef void (*eth_rxq_info_get_t)(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 	uint16_t rx_queue_id, struct rte_eth_rxq_info *qinfo);
 
@@ -1455,6 +1459,7 @@ struct eth_dev_ops {
 	eth_dev_infos_get_t        dev_infos_get; /**< Get device info. */
 	eth_rxq_info_get_t         rxq_info_get; /**< retrieve RX queue information. */
 	eth_txq_info_get_t         txq_info_get; /**< retrieve TX queue information. */
+	eth_fw_version_get_t       fw_version_get; /**< Get firmware version. */
 	eth_dev_supported_ptypes_get_t dev_supported_ptypes_get;
 	/**< Get packet types supported and identified by device. */
 
@@ -2395,6 +2400,21 @@ void rte_eth_macaddr_get(uint8_t port_id, struct ether_addr *mac_addr);
 void rte_eth_dev_info_get(uint8_t port_id, struct rte_eth_dev_info *dev_info);
 
 /**
+ * Retrieve the firmware version of a device.
+ *
+ * @param port_id
+ *   The port identifier of the device.
+ * @param fw_version
+ *   A array pointer to store the firmware version of a device,
+ *   allocated by caller.
+ * @param fw_length
+ *   The size of the array pointed by fw_version, which should be
+ *   large enough to store firmware version of the device.
+ */
+void rte_eth_dev_fw_version_get(uint8_t port_id,
+				char *fw_version, int fw_length);
+
+/**
  * Retrieve the supported packet types of an Ethernet device.
  *
  * When a packet type is announced as supported, it *must* be recognized by
diff --git a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ether_version.map b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ether_version.map
index a021781..0cf94ed 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ether_version.map
+++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ether_version.map
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ DPDK_17.02 {
 	global:
 
 	_rte_eth_dev_reset;
+	rte_eth_dev_fw_version_get;
 	rte_flow_create;
 	rte_flow_destroy;
 	rte_flow_flush;
