diff --git a/config/common_base b/config/common_base
index e0e5768..175209a 100644
--- a/config/common_base
+++ b/config/common_base
@@ -540,6 +540,10 @@ CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_MRVL_CRYPTO_DEBUG=n
 CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_COMPRESSDEV=y
 CONFIG_RTE_COMPRESS_MAX_DEVS=64
 
+# Compile PMD for ISA-L device
+#
+CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_ISAL=n
+
 #
 # Compile generic security library
 #
diff --git a/drivers/Makefile b/drivers/Makefile
index ee65c87..7dd4d2d 100644
--- a/drivers/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ DIRS-y += net
 DEPDIRS-net := bus mempool
 DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_BBDEV) += bbdev
 DEPDIRS-bbdev := bus mempool
+DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_COMPRESSDEV) += compress
+DEPDIRS-compress := bus mempool
 DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_CRYPTODEV) += crypto
 DEPDIRS-crypto := bus mempool
 DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_EVENTDEV) += event
diff --git a/drivers/compress/Makefile b/drivers/compress/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7aed60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/compress/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright(c) 2018 Intel Corporation
+
+include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.vars.mk
+
+DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_ISAL) += isa-l
+
+include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.subdir.mk
+
diff --git a/drivers/compress/isa-l/Makefile b/drivers/compress/isa-l/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f732f90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/compress/isa-l/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright(c) 2018 Intel Corporation
+
+include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.vars.mk
+
+# library name
+LIB = librte_pmd_isal_comp.a
+
+# build flags
+CFLAGS += -O3
+CFLAGS += $(WERROR_FLAGS)
+CFLAGS += -DALLOW_EXPERIMENTAL_API
+
+# external library dependencies
+LDLIBS += -lisal
+LDLIBS += -lrte_eal -lrte_mbuf -lrte_mempool -lrte_ring
+LDLIBS += -lrte_compressdev
+LDLIBS += -lrte_bus_vdev
+
+# library version
+LIBABIVER := 1
+
+# versioning export map
+EXPORT_MAP := rte_pmd_isa-l_version.map
+
+# library source files
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_ISAL) += isa-l_compress_pmd.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_ISAL) += isa-l_compress_pmd_ops.c
+
+# export include files
+include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.lib.mk
diff --git a/drivers/compress/isa-l/isa-l_compress_pmd.c b/drivers/compress/isa-l/isa-l_compress_pmd.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f75b2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/compress/isa-l/isa-l_compress_pmd.c
@@ -0,0 +1,491 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2018 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#include <isa-l.h>
+
+#include <rte_common.h>
+#include <rte_eal.h>
+#include <rte_compressdev_pmd.h>
+#include <rte_bus_vdev.h>
+#include <rte_malloc.h>
+
+#include "isa-l_compress_pmd_private.h"
+
+#define RTE_COMP_ISAL_WINDOW_SIZE 32768
+#define RTE_COMP_ISAL_LEVEL_ZERO 0 /* ISA-L Level 0 used for fixed Huffman */
+#define RTE_COMP_ISAL_LEVEL_ONE 1
+#define RTE_COMP_ISAL_LEVEL_TWO 2
+#define RTE_COMP_ISAL_LEVEL_THREE 3 /* Optimised for AVX512 only */
+
+static uint8_t compdev_driver_id;
+int isal_logtype_driver;
+
+/* Verify and set session parameters */
+int
+isal_comp_set_session_parameters(struct isal_comp_session *sess,
+		const struct rte_comp_xform *xform)
+{
+	if (xform == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* Check for chained xforms */
+	if (xform->next != NULL)
+		return -ENOTSUP;
+
+	/* Set compression session variables*/
+	if (xform->type == RTE_COMP_COMPRESS) {
+		/* Set session type */
+		sess->type = RTE_COMP_COMPRESS;
+
+		/* Set session algorithm */
+		if (xform->compress.algo != RTE_COMP_DEFLATE) {
+			if (xform->compress.algo == RTE_COMP_NULL) {
+				ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "By-pass not supported\n");
+				return -ENOTSUP;
+			}
+			ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "Algorithm not supported\n");
+			return -ENOTSUP;
+		}
+		sess->compress.algo = RTE_COMP_DEFLATE;
+
+
+		/* Set session checksum */
+		if (xform->compress.chksum == RTE_COMP_NONE)
+			sess->compress.chksum = RTE_COMP_NONE;
+		else if (xform->compress.chksum == RTE_COMP_ADLER32)
+			sess->compress.chksum = RTE_COMP_ADLER32;
+		else if (xform->compress.chksum == RTE_COMP_CRC32)
+			sess->compress.chksum = RTE_COMP_CRC32;
+		else {
+			ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "Checksum not supported\n");
+			return -ENOTSUP;
+		}
+
+		/* Set session window size, 32K supported */
+		if (xform->compress.window_size == RTE_COMP_ISAL_WINDOW_SIZE)
+			sess->compress.window_size = RTE_COMP_ISAL_WINDOW_SIZE;
+		else {
+			ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "Window size not supported\n");
+			return -ENOTSUP;
+		}
+
+		/* Set session huffman type */
+		if (xform->compress.deflate.huffman == RTE_COMP_DEFAULT)
+			sess->compress.deflate.huffman = RTE_COMP_DEFAULT;
+		else if (xform->compress.deflate.huffman == RTE_COMP_FIXED)
+			sess->compress.deflate.huffman = RTE_COMP_FIXED;
+		else if (xform->compress.deflate.huffman == RTE_COMP_DYNAMIC)
+			sess->compress.deflate.huffman = RTE_COMP_DYNAMIC;
+		else {
+			ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "Huffman code not supported\n");
+			return -ENOTSUP;
+		}
+
+		/* Set session level */
+		/* Checking compliance with compressdev API, -1 <= level => 9 */
+		if (xform->compress.level < RTE_COMP_LEVEL_PMD_DEFAULT ||
+				xform->compress.level > RTE_COMP_LEVEL_MAX) {
+			ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "Compression level out of range\n");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+		/* Check for Compressdev API level 0, No compression
+		 * not supported in ISA-L
+		 */
+		else if (xform->compress.level == RTE_COMP_LEVEL_NONE) {
+			ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "No Compression not supported\n");
+			return -ENOTSUP;
+		}
+		/* If using fixed huffman code level must be 0 */
+		else if (sess->compress.deflate.huffman == RTE_COMP_FIXED) {
+			ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "ISA-L level 0 used due to"
+						" fixed huffman code\n");
+			sess->compress.level = RTE_COMP_ISAL_LEVEL_ZERO;
+		} else {
+			/* Mapping API levels to ISA-L levels 1,2 & 3 */
+			switch (xform->compress.level) {
+			case RTE_COMP_LEVEL_PMD_DEFAULT:
+				/* Default is 1 if not using fixed huffman */
+				sess->compress.level = RTE_COMP_ISAL_LEVEL_ONE;
+				break;
+			case RTE_COMP_LEVEL_MIN:
+				sess->compress.level = RTE_COMP_ISAL_LEVEL_ONE;
+				break;
+			case RTE_COMP_ISAL_LEVEL_TWO:
+				sess->compress.level = RTE_COMP_ISAL_LEVEL_TWO;
+				break;
+			default: /* Level 3 or higher */
+				if (rte_cpu_get_flag_enabled(
+						RTE_CPUFLAG_AVX512F))
+					sess->compress.level =
+						RTE_COMP_ISAL_LEVEL_THREE;
+				else{
+					ISAL_PMD_LOG(INFO, "ISA-L level 3 "
+						"optimized for AVX512 only,"
+						" level changed to 2\n");
+					sess->compress.level =
+						RTE_COMP_ISAL_LEVEL_TWO;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* Set decompression session variables */
+	else if (xform->type == RTE_COMP_DECOMPRESS) {
+
+		/* Set session type */
+		sess->type = RTE_COMP_DECOMPRESS;
+
+		/* Set session algorithm */
+		if (xform->decompress.algo != RTE_COMP_DEFLATE) {
+			if (xform->decompress.algo == RTE_COMP_NULL) {
+				ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "By pass not supported\n");
+				return -ENOTSUP;
+			}
+			ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "Algorithm not supported\n");
+			return -ENOTSUP;
+		}
+		sess->decompress.algo = RTE_COMP_DEFLATE;
+
+		/* Set session checksum */
+		if (xform->decompress.chksum == RTE_COMP_NONE)
+			sess->decompress.chksum = RTE_COMP_NONE;
+		else if (xform->decompress.chksum == RTE_COMP_ADLER32)
+			sess->decompress.chksum = RTE_COMP_ADLER32;
+		else if (xform->decompress.chksum == RTE_COMP_CRC32)
+			sess->decompress.chksum = RTE_COMP_CRC32;
+		else {
+			ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "Checksum not supported\n");
+			return -ENOTSUP;
+		}
+
+		/* Set session window size, 32K supported */
+		if (xform->decompress.window_size == RTE_COMP_ISAL_WINDOW_SIZE)
+			sess->decompress.window_size = ISAL_DEF_HIST_SIZE;
+		else {
+			ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "Window size not supported\n");
+			return -ENOTSUP;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Stateless Compression Function */
+static int
+process_isal_deflate(struct rte_comp_op *op, struct isal_comp_qp *qp,
+		const struct isal_comp_session *sess)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	op->status = RTE_COMP_OP_STATUS_SUCCESS;
+
+	/* Initialize compression stream */
+	isal_deflate_stateless_init(qp->stream);
+	qp->stream->flush = NO_FLUSH;
+
+	/* Set op checksum, none by default */
+	if (sess->compress.chksum == RTE_COMP_CRC32)
+		qp->stream->gzip_flag = IGZIP_GZIP;
+	else if (sess->compress.chksum == RTE_COMP_ADLER32)
+		qp->stream->gzip_flag = IGZIP_ZLIB;
+
+	/* set op level & intermediate level buffer */
+	if (sess->compress.level == RTE_COMP_ISAL_LEVEL_ZERO) {
+		qp->stream->level = ISAL_DEF_MIN_LEVEL;
+		qp->stream->level_buf_size = ISAL_DEF_LVL0_DEFAULT;
+	} else if (sess->compress.level == RTE_COMP_ISAL_LEVEL_ONE) {
+		qp->stream->level = RTE_COMP_ISAL_LEVEL_ONE;
+		qp->stream->level_buf_size = ISAL_DEF_LVL1_DEFAULT;
+	} else if (sess->compress.level == RTE_COMP_ISAL_LEVEL_TWO) {
+		qp->stream->level = RTE_COMP_ISAL_LEVEL_TWO;
+		qp->stream->level_buf_size = ISAL_DEF_LVL2_DEFAULT;
+	} else {
+		qp->stream->level = ISAL_DEF_MAX_LEVEL;
+		qp->stream->level_buf_size = ISAL_DEF_LVL3_DEFAULT;
+	}
+
+	/* Point compression stream structure to input/output buffers */
+	qp->stream->avail_in = op->src.length;
+	qp->stream->next_in = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(op->m_src, uint8_t *);
+	qp->stream->avail_out = op->m_dst->data_len;
+	qp->stream->next_out  = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(op->m_dst, uint8_t *);
+	qp->stream->end_of_stream = 1;
+
+	/* Set op huffman code */
+	if (sess->compress.deflate.huffman == RTE_COMP_FIXED)
+		isal_deflate_set_hufftables(qp->stream, NULL,
+				IGZIP_HUFFTABLE_STATIC);
+	else if (sess->compress.deflate.huffman == RTE_COMP_DEFAULT)
+		isal_deflate_set_hufftables(qp->stream, NULL,
+			IGZIP_HUFFTABLE_DEFAULT);
+	/* Dynamically change the huffman code to suit the input data */
+	else if (sess->compress.deflate.huffman == RTE_COMP_DYNAMIC) {
+		struct isal_hufftables     hufftable;
+		struct isal_huff_histogram histogram;
+		memset(&histogram, 0, sizeof(struct isal_huff_histogram));
+
+		isal_update_histogram(qp->stream->next_in, qp->stream->avail_in,
+				&histogram);
+		isal_create_hufftables(&hufftable, &histogram);
+		isal_deflate_set_hufftables(qp->stream, &hufftable,
+				IGZIP_HUFFTABLE_CUSTOM);
+	}
+
+	/* Execute compression operation */
+	ret =  isal_deflate_stateless(qp->stream);
+
+	/* Check that input buffer has been fully consumed */
+	if (qp->stream->avail_in != (uint32_t)0) {
+		ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "Input buffer could not be read entirely\n");
+		op->status = RTE_COMP_OP_STATUS_ERROR;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (ret != COMP_OK) {
+		op->status = RTE_COMP_OP_STATUS_ERROR;
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	op->consumed = op->src.length - qp->stream->avail_in;
+	op->produced = qp->stream->total_out;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/* Stateless Decompression Function */
+static int
+process_isal_inflate(struct rte_comp_op *op, struct isal_comp_qp *qp,
+			const struct isal_comp_session *sess)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	op->status = RTE_COMP_OP_STATUS_SUCCESS;
+
+	/* Initialize decompression state */
+	isal_inflate_init(qp->state);
+
+	/* Set op checksum, none by default */
+	if (sess->decompress.chksum == RTE_COMP_CRC32)
+		qp->state->crc_flag = ISAL_GZIP;
+	else if (sess->decompress.chksum == RTE_COMP_ADLER32)
+		qp->state->crc_flag = ISAL_ZLIB;
+
+	/* Point decompression state structure to input/output buffers */
+	qp->state->avail_in = op->src.length;
+	qp->state->next_in = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(op->m_src, uint8_t *);
+	qp->state->avail_out = op->m_dst->data_len;
+	qp->state->next_out  = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(op->m_dst, uint8_t *);
+
+	/* Execute decompression operation */
+	ret = isal_inflate_stateless(qp->state);
+
+	/* Check that input buffer has been fully consumed */
+	if (qp->state->avail_in != (uint32_t)0) {
+		ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "Input buffer could not be read entirely\n");
+		op->status = RTE_COMP_OP_STATUS_ERROR;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (ret != ISAL_DECOMP_OK) {
+		op->status = RTE_COMP_OP_STATUS_ERROR;
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	op->consumed = op->src.length - qp->state->avail_in;
+	op->produced = qp->state->total_out;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/* Process compression operation */
+static int
+process_op(struct isal_comp_qp *qp, struct rte_comp_op *op,
+		struct isal_comp_session *sess)
+{
+	switch (sess->type) {
+	case RTE_COMP_COMPRESS:
+		process_isal_deflate(op, qp, sess);
+		break;
+	case RTE_COMP_DECOMPRESS:
+		process_isal_inflate(op, qp, sess);
+		break;
+	default:
+		ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "Operation Not Supported\n");
+		return -ENOTSUP;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct isal_comp_session *
+get_session(struct rte_comp_op *op)
+{
+	struct isal_comp_session *sess = NULL;
+
+	if (likely(op->session != NULL))
+		sess = (struct isal_comp_session *)
+	get_session_private_data(op->session, compdev_driver_id);
+
+	return sess;
+}
+
+/* Enqueue burst */
+static uint16_t
+isal_comp_pmd_enqueue_burst(void *queue_pair, struct rte_comp_op **ops,
+		uint16_t nb_ops)
+{
+	struct isal_comp_session *sess;
+	struct isal_comp_qp *qp = queue_pair;
+	uint16_t i;
+	int retval;
+	uint16_t num_enq = RTE_MIN(qp->num_free_elements, nb_ops);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num_enq; i++) {
+		sess = get_session(ops[i]);
+		if (unlikely(sess == NULL)) {
+			ops[i]->status = RTE_COMP_OP_STATUS_INVALID_ARGS;
+			qp->qp_stats.enqueue_err_count++;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		retval = process_op(qp, ops[i], sess);
+		if (unlikely(retval < 0)) {
+			qp->qp_stats.enqueue_err_count++;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (ops[i]->status != RTE_COMP_OP_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
+			qp->qp_stats.enqueue_err_count++;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	retval = rte_ring_enqueue_burst(qp->processed_pkts, (void *)ops, i,
+			NULL);
+	qp->num_free_elements -= retval;
+	qp->qp_stats.enqueued_count += retval;
+
+	return retval;
+}
+
+/* Dequeue burst */
+static uint16_t
+isal_comp_pmd_dequeue_burst(void *queue_pair, struct rte_comp_op **ops,
+		uint16_t nb_ops)
+{
+	struct isal_comp_qp *qp = queue_pair;
+	uint16_t nb_dequeued;
+
+	nb_dequeued = rte_ring_dequeue_burst(qp->processed_pkts, (void **)ops,
+			nb_ops, NULL);
+	qp->qp_stats.dequeued_count += nb_dequeued;
+
+	return nb_dequeued;
+}
+
+/* Create ISA-L compression device */
+static int
+compdev_isal_create(const char *name, struct rte_vdev_device *vdev,
+		struct rte_compressdev_pmd_init_params *init_params)
+{
+	struct rte_compressdev *dev;
+	struct isal_comp_private *internals;
+
+	dev = rte_compressdev_pmd_create(name, &vdev->device, init_params);
+	if (dev == NULL) {
+		ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "failed to create compressdev vdev");
+		return -EFAULT;
+	}
+
+	dev->driver_id = compdev_driver_id;
+	dev->dev_ops = isal_compress_pmd_ops;
+
+	 /* register rx/tx burst functions for data path */
+	dev->dequeue_burst = isal_comp_pmd_dequeue_burst;
+	dev->enqueue_burst = isal_comp_pmd_enqueue_burst;
+
+	dev->feature_flags = RTE_COMP_FF_STATEFUL_COMPRESSION |
+			RTE_COMP_FF_STATEFUL_DECOMPRESSION |
+			RTE_COMP_FF_MULTI_PKT_CHECKSUM |
+			RTE_COMPDEV_FF_CPU_AVX512 |
+			RTE_COMPDEV_FF_CPU_AVX2 |
+			RTE_COMPDEV_FF_CPU_AVX |
+			RTE_COMPDEV_FF_CPU_SSE;
+
+	internals = dev->data->dev_private;
+
+	internals->max_nb_qpairs = init_params->max_nb_queue_pairs;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+/* Initialise ISA-L compression device */
+static int
+compdev_isal_probe(struct rte_vdev_device *dev)
+{
+	struct rte_compressdev_pmd_init_params init_params = {
+		"",
+		sizeof(struct isal_comp_private),
+		rte_socket_id(),
+		RTE_COMPRESSDEV_PMD_DEFAULT_MAX_NB_QPS
+	};
+	const char *name, *args;
+	int retval;
+
+	name = rte_vdev_device_name(dev);
+	if (name == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	args = rte_vdev_device_args(dev);
+
+	retval = rte_compressdev_pmd_parse_input_args(&init_params, args);
+	if (retval) {
+		ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR,
+			"Failed to parse initialisation arguments[%s]\n", args);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return compdev_isal_create(name, dev, &init_params);
+}
+
+static int
+compdev_isal_remove_dev(struct rte_vdev_device *vdev)
+{
+	struct rte_compressdev *compdev;
+	const char *name;
+
+	name = rte_vdev_device_name(vdev);
+	if (name == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	compdev = rte_compressdev_pmd_get_named_dev(name);
+	if (compdev == NULL)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	return rte_compressdev_pmd_destroy(compdev);
+}
+
+static struct rte_vdev_driver compdev_isal_pmd_drv = {
+	.probe = compdev_isal_probe,
+	.remove = compdev_isal_remove_dev,
+};
+
+static struct compressdev_driver isal_comp_drv;
+
+RTE_PMD_REGISTER_VDEV(COMPDEV_NAME_ISAL_PMD, compdev_isal_pmd_drv);
+RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PARAM_STRING(COMPDEV_NAME_ISAL_PMD,
+	"max_nb_queue_pairs=<int> "
+	"max_nb_sessions=<int> "
+	"socket_id=<int>");
+RTE_PMD_REGISTER_COMPRESSDEV_DRIVER(isal_comp_drv, compdev_isal_pmd_drv,
+		compdev_driver_id);
+
+RTE_INIT(isal_init_log);
+
+static void
+isal_init_log(void)
+{
+	isal_logtype_driver = rte_log_register("comp_isal");
+	if (isal_logtype_driver >= 0)
+		rte_log_set_level(isal_logtype_driver, RTE_LOG_DEBUG);
+}
diff --git a/drivers/compress/isa-l/isa-l_compress_pmd_ops.c b/drivers/compress/isa-l/isa-l_compress_pmd_ops.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8254c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/compress/isa-l/isa-l_compress_pmd_ops.c
@@ -0,0 +1,321 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2018 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#include <rte_common.h>
+#include <rte_malloc.h>
+#include <rte_compressdev_pmd.h>
+
+#include "isa-l_compress_pmd_private.h"
+
+static const struct rte_compressdev_capabilities isal_pmd_capabilities[] = {
+	{
+		.algo = RTE_COMP_DEFLATE,
+		.comp_feature_flags = RTE_COMP_FF_ADLER32_CHECKSUM ||
+				RTE_COMP_FF_CRC32_CHECKSUM,
+		.window_size = {
+			.min = 15,
+			.max = 15,
+			.increment = 0
+		},
+	},
+	RTE_COMP_END_OF_CAPABILITIES_LIST()
+};
+
+/** Configure device */
+static int
+isal_comp_pmd_config(__rte_unused struct rte_compressdev *dev,
+		__rte_unused struct rte_compressdev_config *config)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/** Start device */
+static int
+isal_comp_pmd_start(__rte_unused struct rte_compressdev *dev)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/** Stop device */
+static void
+isal_comp_pmd_stop(__rte_unused struct rte_compressdev *dev)
+{
+}
+
+/** Close device */
+static int
+isal_comp_pmd_close(__rte_unused struct rte_compressdev *dev)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/** Get device statistics */
+static void
+isal_comp_pmd_stats_get(struct rte_compressdev *dev,
+		struct rte_compressdev_stats *stats)
+{
+	uint16_t qp_id;
+
+	for (qp_id = 0; qp_id < dev->data->nb_queue_pairs; qp_id++) {
+		struct isal_comp_qp *qp = dev->data->queue_pairs[qp_id];
+
+		stats->enqueued_count += qp->qp_stats.enqueued_count;
+		stats->dequeued_count += qp->qp_stats.dequeued_count;
+
+		stats->enqueue_err_count += qp->qp_stats.enqueue_err_count;
+		stats->dequeue_err_count += qp->qp_stats.dequeue_err_count;
+	}
+}
+
+/** Reset device statistics */
+static void
+isal_comp_pmd_stats_reset(struct rte_compressdev *dev)
+{
+	uint16_t qp_id;
+
+	for (qp_id = 0; qp_id < dev->data->nb_queue_pairs; qp_id++) {
+		struct isal_comp_qp *qp = dev->data->queue_pairs[qp_id];
+
+		memset(&qp->qp_stats, 0, sizeof(qp->qp_stats));
+	}
+}
+
+
+/** Get device info */
+static void
+isal_comp_pmd_info_get(struct rte_compressdev *dev,
+		struct rte_compressdev_info *dev_info)
+{
+	struct isal_comp_private *internals = dev->data->dev_private;
+
+	if (dev_info != NULL) {
+		dev_info->driver_id = dev->driver_id;
+		dev_info->max_nb_queue_pairs = internals->max_nb_qpairs;
+		dev_info->feature_flags = dev->feature_flags;
+		dev_info->capabilities = isal_pmd_capabilities;
+	}
+}
+
+/** Release queue pair */
+static int
+isal_comp_pmd_qp_release(struct rte_compressdev *dev, uint16_t qp_id)
+{
+	struct isal_comp_qp *qp = dev->data->queue_pairs[qp_id];
+
+	if (qp == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (qp->stream != NULL)
+		rte_free(qp->stream);
+
+	if (qp->state != NULL)
+		rte_free(qp->state);
+
+	if (dev->data->queue_pairs[qp_id] != NULL)
+		rte_free(dev->data->queue_pairs[qp_id]);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/** set a unique name for the queue pair based on it's name, dev_id and qp_id */
+static int
+isal_comp_pmd_qp_set_unique_name(struct rte_compressdev *dev,
+		struct isal_comp_qp *qp)
+{
+	unsigned int n = snprintf(qp->name, sizeof(qp->name),
+			"isal_compression_pmd_%u_qp_%u",
+			dev->data->dev_id, qp->id);
+
+	if (n >= sizeof(qp->name))
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/** Create a ring to place process packets on */
+static struct rte_ring *
+isal_comp_pmd_qp_create_processed_pkts_ring(struct isal_comp_qp *qp,
+		unsigned int ring_size, int socket_id)
+{
+	struct rte_ring *r;
+
+	r = rte_ring_lookup(qp->name);
+	if (r) {
+		if (rte_ring_get_size(r) >= ring_size) {
+			ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR,
+				"Reusing existing ring %s for processed packets",
+				qp->name);
+			return r;
+		}
+
+			ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR,
+					"Unable to reuse existing ring %s for processed packets",
+			 qp->name);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return rte_ring_create(qp->name, ring_size, socket_id,
+			RING_F_SP_ENQ | RING_F_SC_DEQ);
+}
+
+/* Setup a queue pair */
+static int
+isal_comp_pmd_qp_setup(struct rte_compressdev *dev, uint16_t qp_id,
+		uint32_t max_inflight_ops, int socket_id)
+{
+	struct isal_comp_private *internals = dev->data->dev_private;
+	struct isal_comp_qp *qp = NULL;
+	int retval;
+
+	if (qp_id >= internals->max_nb_qpairs) {
+		ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "Invalid qp_id %u, greater than maximum "
+				"number of queue pairs supported (%u).",
+				qp_id, internals->max_nb_qpairs);
+		return (-EINVAL);
+	}
+
+	/* Free memory prior to re-allocation if needed. */
+	if (dev->data->queue_pairs[qp_id] != NULL)
+		isal_comp_pmd_qp_release(dev, qp_id);
+
+	/* Allocate the queue pair data structure. */
+	qp = rte_zmalloc_socket("Isa-l compression PMD Queue Pair", sizeof(*qp),
+					RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE, socket_id);
+	if (qp == NULL) {
+		ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "Failed to allocate queue pair memory");
+		return (-ENOMEM);
+	}
+
+	/* Initialize memory for compression stream structure */
+	qp->stream = rte_zmalloc_socket("Isa-l compression stream ",
+			sizeof(struct isal_zstream),  RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE,
+			socket_id);
+
+	/* Initialize memory for compression level buffer */
+	qp->stream->level_buf = rte_zmalloc_socket("Isa-l compression lev_buf",
+			 ISAL_DEF_LVL3_DEFAULT, RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE,
+			socket_id);
+
+	/* Initialize memory for decompression state structure */
+	qp->state = rte_zmalloc_socket("Isa-l decompression state",
+			sizeof(struct inflate_state), RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE,
+			socket_id);
+
+	qp->id = qp_id;
+	dev->data->queue_pairs[qp_id] = qp;
+
+	retval = isal_comp_pmd_qp_set_unique_name(dev, qp);
+	if (retval) {
+		ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "Failed to create unique name for isal "
+				"compression device");
+		goto qp_setup_cleanup;
+	}
+
+	qp->processed_pkts = isal_comp_pmd_qp_create_processed_pkts_ring(qp,
+			max_inflight_ops, socket_id);
+	if (qp->processed_pkts == NULL) {
+		ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "Failed to create unique name for isal "
+				"compression device");
+		goto qp_setup_cleanup;
+	}
+
+	qp->num_free_elements = rte_ring_free_count(qp->processed_pkts);
+
+	memset(&qp->qp_stats, 0, sizeof(qp->qp_stats));
+	return 0;
+
+qp_setup_cleanup:
+	if (qp)
+		rte_free(qp);
+
+	return -1;
+}
+
+/** Return the number of allocated queue pairs */
+static uint32_t
+isal_comp_pmd_qp_count(struct rte_compressdev *dev)
+{
+	return dev->data->nb_queue_pairs;
+}
+
+/** Returns the size of the NULL comp session structure */
+static unsigned
+isal_comp_pmd_session_get_size(struct rte_compressdev *dev __rte_unused)
+{
+	return sizeof(struct isal_comp_session);
+}
+
+/** Configure an isal comp session from a comp xform chain */
+static int
+isal_comp_pmd_session_configure(struct rte_compressdev *dev __rte_unused,
+		struct rte_comp_xform *xform,
+		struct rte_comp_session *sess,
+		struct rte_mempool *mp)
+{
+	void *sess_private_data;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (unlikely(sess == NULL)) {
+		ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "Invalid session struct");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (rte_mempool_get(mp, &sess_private_data)) {
+		ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR,
+			"Couldn't get object from session mempool");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	ret = isal_comp_set_session_parameters(sess_private_data, xform);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		ISAL_PMD_LOG(ERR, "Failed to configure session parameters");
+
+		/* Return session to mempool */
+		rte_mempool_put(mp, sess_private_data);
+		return ret;
+	}
+	set_session_private_data(sess, dev->driver_id,
+		sess_private_data);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/** Clear the memory of session so it doesn't leave key material behind */
+static void
+isal_comp_pmd_session_clear(struct rte_compressdev *dev,
+		struct rte_comp_session *sess)
+{
+	uint8_t index = dev->driver_id;
+	void *sess_priv = get_session_private_data(sess, index);
+
+	/* Zero out the whole structure */
+	if (sess_priv) {
+		memset(sess_priv, 0, sizeof(struct isal_comp_session));
+		struct rte_mempool *sess_mp = rte_mempool_from_obj(sess_priv);
+		set_session_private_data(sess, index, NULL);
+		rte_mempool_put(sess_mp, sess_priv);
+	}
+}
+
+struct rte_compressdev_ops isal_pmd_ops = {
+		.dev_configure		= isal_comp_pmd_config,
+		.dev_start		= isal_comp_pmd_start,
+		.dev_stop		= isal_comp_pmd_stop,
+		.dev_close		= isal_comp_pmd_close,
+
+		.stats_get		= isal_comp_pmd_stats_get,
+		.stats_reset		= isal_comp_pmd_stats_reset,
+
+		.dev_infos_get		= isal_comp_pmd_info_get,
+
+		.queue_pair_setup	= isal_comp_pmd_qp_setup,
+		.queue_pair_release	= isal_comp_pmd_qp_release,
+		.queue_pair_count	= isal_comp_pmd_qp_count,
+
+		.session_get_size	= isal_comp_pmd_session_get_size,
+		.session_configure	= isal_comp_pmd_session_configure,
+		.session_clear		= isal_comp_pmd_session_clear
+};
+
+struct rte_compressdev_ops *isal_compress_pmd_ops = &isal_pmd_ops;
diff --git a/drivers/compress/isa-l/isa-l_compress_pmd_private.h b/drivers/compress/isa-l/isa-l_compress_pmd_private.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c8b62c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/compress/isa-l/isa-l_compress_pmd_private.h
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2018 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#include <isa-l.h>
+
+#ifndef _ISAL_COMP_PMD_PRIVATE_H_
+#define _ISAL_COMP_PMD_PRIVATE_H_
+
+#define COMPDEV_NAME_ISAL_PMD		compress_isal
+/**< ISA-L comp PMD device name */
+
+extern int isal_logtype_driver;
+#define ISAL_PMD_LOG(level, fmt, args...) \
+	rte_log(RTE_LOG_ ## level, isal_logtype_driver, "%s(): "fmt "\n", \
+			__func__, ##args)
+
+/** private data structure for each isa-l comp device */
+struct isal_comp_private {
+	unsigned int max_nb_qpairs; /**< Max number of queue pairs */
+	unsigned int max_nb_sessions; /**< Max number of sessions */
+};
+
+/** ISA-L comp queue pair */
+struct isal_comp_qp {
+	/* Queue Pair Identifier */
+	uint16_t id;
+	/* Unique Queue Pair Name */
+	char name[RTE_COMPRESSDEV_NAME_MAX_LEN];
+	/* Ring for placing process packets */
+	struct rte_ring *processed_pkts;
+	/* Queue pair statistics */
+	struct rte_compressdev_stats qp_stats;
+	/* Compression stream information*/
+	struct isal_zstream *stream;
+	/* Decompression state information*/
+	struct inflate_state *state;
+	/* Number of free elements on ring */
+	uint16_t num_free_elements;
+} __rte_cache_aligned;
+
+/** ISA-L comp private session structure */
+struct isal_comp_session {
+	enum rte_comp_xform_type type;
+	struct rte_comp_compress_xform compress;
+	struct rte_comp_decompress_xform decompress;
+} __rte_cache_aligned;
+
+/** Set and validate NULL comp session parameters */
+extern int
+isal_comp_set_session_parameters(struct isal_comp_session *sess,
+		const struct rte_comp_xform *xform);
+
+/** device specific operations function pointer structure */
+extern struct rte_compressdev_ops *isal_compress_pmd_ops;
+
+#endif /* _ISAL_COMP_PMD_PRIVATE_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/compress/isa-l/rte_pmd_isa-l_version.map b/drivers/compress/isa-l/rte_pmd_isa-l_version.map
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de8e412
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/compress/isa-l/rte_pmd_isa-l_version.map
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+DPDK_18.05 {
+	local: *;
+};
diff --git a/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_comp.h b/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_comp.h
index 0f5ee32..24b9e60 100644
--- a/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_comp.h
+++ b/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_comp.h
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ enum rte_comp_op_status {
 
 /** Compression Algorithms */
 enum rte_comp_algorithm {
-	RTE_COMP_NULL = 0,
+	RTE_COMP_UNSPECIFIED = 0,
+	/** No Compression algorithm */
+	RTE_COMP_NULL,
 	/**< No compression.
 	 * Pass-through, data is copied unchanged from source buffer to
 	 * destination buffer.
diff --git a/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_compressdev.h b/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_compressdev.h
index 72390b4..1b220ac 100644
--- a/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_compressdev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_compressdev.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ struct rte_compressdev_capabilities {
 
 /** Macro used at end of comp PMD list */
 #define RTE_COMP_END_OF_CAPABILITIES_LIST() \
-	{ RTE_COMP_ALGO_LIST_END }
+	{ RTE_COMP_UNSPECIFIED }
 
 /**
  * compression device supported feature flags
diff --git a/mk/rte.app.mk b/mk/rte.app.mk
index cff710a..c8bdb57 100644
--- a/mk/rte.app.mk
+++ b/mk/rte.app.mk
@@ -218,6 +218,12 @@ endif # CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_DPAA_BUS
 
 endif # CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_CRYPTODEV
 
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_COMPRESSDEV),y)
+_LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_ISAL) += -lrte_pmd_isal_comp
+_LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_ISAL) +=  -lisal
+endif # CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_COMPRESSDEV
+
+
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_EVENTDEV),y)
 _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_SKELETON_EVENTDEV) += -lrte_pmd_skeleton_event
 _LDLIBS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_SW_EVENTDEV) += -lrte_pmd_sw_event
