diff --git a/test/test/packet_burst_generator.c b/test/test/packet_burst_generator.c
index a93c3b5..8f4ddcc 100644
--- a/test/test/packet_burst_generator.c
+++ b/test/test/packet_burst_generator.c
@@ -134,6 +134,36 @@
 	return pkt_len;
 }
 
+uint16_t
+initialize_tcp_header(struct tcp_hdr *tcp_hdr, uint16_t src_port,
+		uint16_t dst_port, uint16_t pkt_data_len)
+{
+	uint16_t pkt_len;
+
+	pkt_len = (uint16_t) (pkt_data_len + sizeof(struct tcp_hdr));
+
+	memset(tcp_hdr, 0, sizeof(struct tcp_hdr));
+	tcp_hdr->src_port = rte_cpu_to_be_16(src_port);
+	tcp_hdr->dst_port = rte_cpu_to_be_16(dst_port);
+
+	return pkt_len;
+}
+
+uint16_t
+initialize_sctp_header(struct sctp_hdr *sctp_hdr, uint16_t src_port,
+		uint16_t dst_port, uint16_t pkt_data_len)
+{
+	uint16_t pkt_len;
+
+	pkt_len = (uint16_t) (pkt_data_len + sizeof(struct udp_hdr));
+
+	sctp_hdr->src_port = rte_cpu_to_be_16(src_port);
+	sctp_hdr->dst_port = rte_cpu_to_be_16(dst_port);
+	sctp_hdr->tag = 0;
+	sctp_hdr->cksum = 0; /* No SCTP checksum. */
+
+	return pkt_len;
+}
 
 uint16_t
 initialize_ipv6_header(struct ipv6_hdr *ip_hdr, uint8_t *src_addr,
@@ -198,7 +228,53 @@
 	return pkt_len;
 }
 
+uint16_t
+initialize_ipv4_header_proto(struct ipv4_hdr *ip_hdr, uint32_t src_addr,
+		uint32_t dst_addr, uint16_t pkt_data_len, uint8_t proto)
+{
+	uint16_t pkt_len;
+	unaligned_uint16_t *ptr16;
+	uint32_t ip_cksum;
+
+	/*
+	 * Initialize IP header.
+	 */
+	pkt_len = (uint16_t) (pkt_data_len + sizeof(struct ipv4_hdr));
+
+	ip_hdr->version_ihl   = IP_VHL_DEF;
+	ip_hdr->type_of_service   = 0;
+	ip_hdr->fragment_offset = 0;
+	ip_hdr->time_to_live   = IP_DEFTTL;
+	ip_hdr->next_proto_id = proto;
+	ip_hdr->packet_id = 0;
+	ip_hdr->total_length   = rte_cpu_to_be_16(pkt_len);
+	ip_hdr->src_addr = rte_cpu_to_be_32(src_addr);
+	ip_hdr->dst_addr = rte_cpu_to_be_32(dst_addr);
+
+	/*
+	 * Compute IP header checksum.
+	 */
+	ptr16 = (unaligned_uint16_t *)ip_hdr;
+	ip_cksum = 0;
+	ip_cksum += ptr16[0]; ip_cksum += ptr16[1];
+	ip_cksum += ptr16[2]; ip_cksum += ptr16[3];
+	ip_cksum += ptr16[4];
+	ip_cksum += ptr16[6]; ip_cksum += ptr16[7];
+	ip_cksum += ptr16[8]; ip_cksum += ptr16[9];
 
+	/*
+	 * Reduce 32 bit checksum to 16 bits and complement it.
+	 */
+	ip_cksum = ((ip_cksum & 0xFFFF0000) >> 16) +
+		(ip_cksum & 0x0000FFFF);
+	ip_cksum %= 65536;
+	ip_cksum = (~ip_cksum) & 0x0000FFFF;
+	if (ip_cksum == 0)
+		ip_cksum = 0xFFFF;
+	ip_hdr->hdr_checksum = (uint16_t) ip_cksum;
+
+	return pkt_len;
+}
 
 /*
  * The maximum number of segments per packet is used when creating
@@ -283,3 +359,118 @@
 
 	return nb_pkt;
 }
+
+int
+generate_packet_burst_proto(struct rte_mempool *mp,
+		struct rte_mbuf **pkts_burst,
+		struct ether_hdr *eth_hdr, uint8_t vlan_enabled, void *ip_hdr,
+		uint8_t ipv4, uint8_t proto, void *proto_hdr,
+		int nb_pkt_per_burst, uint8_t pkt_len, uint8_t nb_pkt_segs)
+{
+	int i, nb_pkt = 0;
+	size_t eth_hdr_size;
+
+	struct rte_mbuf *pkt_seg;
+	struct rte_mbuf *pkt;
+
+	for (nb_pkt = 0; nb_pkt < nb_pkt_per_burst; nb_pkt++) {
+		pkt = rte_pktmbuf_alloc(mp);
+		if (pkt == NULL) {
+nomore_mbuf:
+			if (nb_pkt == 0)
+				return -1;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		pkt->data_len = pkt_len;
+		pkt_seg = pkt;
+		for (i = 1; i < nb_pkt_segs; i++) {
+			pkt_seg->next = rte_pktmbuf_alloc(mp);
+			if (pkt_seg->next == NULL) {
+				pkt->nb_segs = i;
+				rte_pktmbuf_free(pkt);
+				goto nomore_mbuf;
+			}
+			pkt_seg = pkt_seg->next;
+			pkt_seg->data_len = pkt_len;
+		}
+		pkt_seg->next = NULL; /* Last segment of packet. */
+
+		/*
+		 * Copy headers in first packet segment(s).
+		 */
+		if (vlan_enabled)
+			eth_hdr_size = sizeof(struct ether_hdr) +
+				sizeof(struct vlan_hdr);
+		else
+			eth_hdr_size = sizeof(struct ether_hdr);
+
+		copy_buf_to_pkt(eth_hdr, eth_hdr_size, pkt, 0);
+
+		if (ipv4) {
+			copy_buf_to_pkt(ip_hdr, sizeof(struct ipv4_hdr), pkt,
+				eth_hdr_size);
+			switch (proto) {
+			case IPPROTO_UDP:
+				copy_buf_to_pkt(proto_hdr,
+					sizeof(struct udp_hdr), pkt,
+					eth_hdr_size + sizeof(struct ipv4_hdr));
+				break;
+			case IPPROTO_TCP:
+				copy_buf_to_pkt(proto_hdr,
+					sizeof(struct tcp_hdr), pkt,
+					eth_hdr_size + sizeof(struct ipv4_hdr));
+				break;
+			case IPPROTO_SCTP:
+				copy_buf_to_pkt(proto_hdr,
+					sizeof(struct sctp_hdr), pkt,
+					eth_hdr_size + sizeof(struct ipv4_hdr));
+				break;
+			default:
+				break;
+			}
+		} else {
+			copy_buf_to_pkt(ip_hdr, sizeof(struct ipv6_hdr), pkt,
+				eth_hdr_size);
+			switch (proto) {
+			case IPPROTO_UDP:
+				copy_buf_to_pkt(proto_hdr,
+					sizeof(struct udp_hdr), pkt,
+					eth_hdr_size + sizeof(struct ipv6_hdr));
+				break;
+			case IPPROTO_TCP:
+				copy_buf_to_pkt(proto_hdr,
+					sizeof(struct tcp_hdr), pkt,
+					eth_hdr_size + sizeof(struct ipv6_hdr));
+				break;
+			case IPPROTO_SCTP:
+				copy_buf_to_pkt(proto_hdr,
+					sizeof(struct sctp_hdr), pkt,
+					eth_hdr_size + sizeof(struct ipv6_hdr));
+				break;
+			default:
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Complete first mbuf of packet and append it to the
+		 * burst of packets to be transmitted.
+		 */
+		pkt->nb_segs = nb_pkt_segs;
+		pkt->pkt_len = pkt_len;
+		pkt->l2_len = eth_hdr_size;
+
+		if (ipv4) {
+			pkt->vlan_tci  = ETHER_TYPE_IPv4;
+			pkt->l3_len = sizeof(struct ipv4_hdr);
+		} else {
+			pkt->vlan_tci  = ETHER_TYPE_IPv6;
+			pkt->l3_len = sizeof(struct ipv6_hdr);
+		}
+
+		pkts_burst[nb_pkt] = pkt;
+	}
+
+	return nb_pkt;
+}
diff --git a/test/test/packet_burst_generator.h b/test/test/packet_burst_generator.h
index edc1044..3315bfa 100644
--- a/test/test/packet_burst_generator.h
+++ b/test/test/packet_burst_generator.h
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@
 #include <rte_arp.h>
 #include <rte_ip.h>
 #include <rte_udp.h>
-
+#include <rte_tcp.h>
+#include <rte_sctp.h>
 
 #define IPV4_ADDR(a, b, c, d)(((a & 0xff) << 24) | ((b & 0xff) << 16) | \
 		((c & 0xff) << 8) | (d & 0xff))
@@ -65,6 +66,13 @@
 initialize_udp_header(struct udp_hdr *udp_hdr, uint16_t src_port,
 		uint16_t dst_port, uint16_t pkt_data_len);
 
+uint16_t
+initialize_tcp_header(struct tcp_hdr *tcp_hdr, uint16_t src_port,
+		uint16_t dst_port, uint16_t pkt_data_len);
+
+uint16_t
+initialize_sctp_header(struct sctp_hdr *sctp_hdr, uint16_t src_port,
+		uint16_t dst_port, uint16_t pkt_data_len);
 
 uint16_t
 initialize_ipv6_header(struct ipv6_hdr *ip_hdr, uint8_t *src_addr,
@@ -74,15 +82,25 @@
 initialize_ipv4_header(struct ipv4_hdr *ip_hdr, uint32_t src_addr,
 		uint32_t dst_addr, uint16_t pkt_data_len);
 
+uint16_t
+initialize_ipv4_header_proto(struct ipv4_hdr *ip_hdr, uint32_t src_addr,
+		uint32_t dst_addr, uint16_t pkt_data_len, uint8_t proto);
+
 int
 generate_packet_burst(struct rte_mempool *mp, struct rte_mbuf **pkts_burst,
 		struct ether_hdr *eth_hdr, uint8_t vlan_enabled, void *ip_hdr,
 		uint8_t ipv4, struct udp_hdr *udp_hdr, int nb_pkt_per_burst,
 		uint8_t pkt_len, uint8_t nb_pkt_segs);
 
+int
+generate_packet_burst_proto(struct rte_mempool *mp,
+		struct rte_mbuf **pkts_burst,
+		struct ether_hdr *eth_hdr, uint8_t vlan_enabled, void *ip_hdr,
+		uint8_t ipv4, uint8_t proto, void *proto_hdr,
+		int nb_pkt_per_burst, uint8_t pkt_len, uint8_t nb_pkt_segs);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
 
-
 #endif /* PACKET_BURST_GENERATOR_H_ */
