diff --git a/lib/librte_ipsec/Makefile b/lib/librte_ipsec/Makefile
index 79f187fae..98c52f388 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ipsec/Makefile
+++ b/lib/librte_ipsec/Makefile
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IPSEC) += ses.c
 
 # install header files
 SYMLINK-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IPSEC)-include += rte_ipsec.h
+SYMLINK-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IPSEC)-include += rte_ipsec_group.h
 SYMLINK-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_IPSEC)-include += rte_ipsec_sa.h
 
 include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.lib.mk
diff --git a/lib/librte_ipsec/meson.build b/lib/librte_ipsec/meson.build
index 6e8c6fabe..d2427b809 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ipsec/meson.build
+++ b/lib/librte_ipsec/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ allow_experimental_apis = true
 
 sources=files('sa.c', 'ses.c')
 
-install_headers = files('rte_ipsec.h', 'rte_ipsec_sa.h')
+install_headers = files('rte_ipsec.h', 'rte_ipsec_group.h', 'rte_ipsec_sa.h')
 
 deps += ['mbuf', 'net', 'cryptodev', 'security']
diff --git a/lib/librte_ipsec/rte_ipsec.h b/lib/librte_ipsec/rte_ipsec.h
index 429d4bf38..0df7ea907 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ipsec/rte_ipsec.h
+++ b/lib/librte_ipsec/rte_ipsec.h
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ rte_ipsec_pkt_process(const struct rte_ipsec_session *ss, struct rte_mbuf *mb[],
 	return ss->pkt_func.process(ss, mb, num);
 }
 
+#include <rte_ipsec_group.h>
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/librte_ipsec/rte_ipsec_group.h b/lib/librte_ipsec/rte_ipsec_group.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d264d7e78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/librte_ipsec/rte_ipsec_group.h
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2018 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#ifndef _RTE_IPSEC_GROUP_H_
+#define _RTE_IPSEC_GROUP_H_
+
+/**
+ * @file rte_ipsec_group.h
+ * @b EXPERIMENTAL: this API may change without prior notice
+ *
+ * RTE IPsec support.
+ * It is not recomended to include this file direclty,
+ * include <rte_ipsec.h> instead.
+ * Contains helper functions to process completed crypto-ops
+ * and group related packets by sessions they belong to.
+ */
+
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Used to group mbufs by some id.
+ * See below for particular usage.
+ */
+struct rte_ipsec_group {
+	union {
+		uint64_t val;
+		void *ptr;
+	} id; /**< grouped by value */
+	struct rte_mbuf **m;  /**< start of the group */
+	uint32_t cnt;         /**< number of entries in the group */
+	int32_t rc;           /**< status code associated with the group */
+};
+
+/**
+ * Take crypto-op as an input and extract pointer to related ipsec session.
+ * @param cop
+ *   The address of an input *rte_crypto_op* structure.
+ * @return
+ *   The pointer to the related *rte_ipsec_session* structure.
+ */
+static inline __rte_experimental struct rte_ipsec_session *
+rte_ipsec_ses_from_crypto(const struct rte_crypto_op *cop)
+{
+	const struct rte_security_session *ss;
+	const struct rte_cryptodev_sym_session *cs;
+
+	if (cop->sess_type == RTE_CRYPTO_OP_SECURITY_SESSION) {
+		ss = cop->sym[0].sec_session;
+		return (void *)(uintptr_t)ss->opaque_data;
+	} else if (cop->sess_type == RTE_CRYPTO_OP_WITH_SESSION) {
+		cs = cop->sym[0].session;
+		return (void *)(uintptr_t)cs->opaque_data;
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Take as input completed crypto ops, extract related mbufs
+ * and group them by rte_ipsec_session they belong to.
+ * For mbuf which crypto-op wasn't completed successfully
+ * PKT_RX_SEC_OFFLOAD_FAILED will be raised in ol_flags.
+ * Note that mbufs with undetermined SA (session-less) are not freed
+ * by the function, but are placed beyond mbufs for the last valid group.
+ * It is a user responsibility to handle them further.
+ * @param cop
+ *   The address of an array of *num* pointers to the input *rte_crypto_op*
+ *   structures.
+ * @param mb
+ *   The address of an array of *num* pointers to output *rte_mbuf* structures.
+ * @param grp
+ *   The address of an array of *num* to output *rte_ipsec_group* structures.
+ * @param num
+ *   The maximum number of crypto-ops to process.
+ * @return
+ *   Number of filled elements in *grp* array.
+ */
+static inline uint16_t __rte_experimental
+rte_ipsec_pkt_crypto_group(const struct rte_crypto_op *cop[],
+	struct rte_mbuf *mb[], struct rte_ipsec_group grp[], uint16_t num)
+{
+	uint32_t i, j, k, n;
+	void *ns, *ps;
+	struct rte_mbuf *m, *dr[num];
+
+	j = 0;
+	k = 0;
+	n = 0;
+	ps = NULL;
+
+	for (i = 0; i != num; i++) {
+
+		m = cop[i]->sym[0].m_src;
+		ns = cop[i]->sym[0].session;
+
+		m->ol_flags |= PKT_RX_SEC_OFFLOAD;
+		if (cop[i]->status != RTE_CRYPTO_OP_STATUS_SUCCESS)
+			m->ol_flags |= PKT_RX_SEC_OFFLOAD_FAILED;
+
+		/* no valid session found */
+		if (ns == NULL) {
+			dr[k++] = m;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		/* different SA */
+		if (ps != ns) {
+
+			/*
+			 * we already have an open group - finilise it,
+			 * then open a new one.
+			 */
+			if (ps != NULL) {
+				grp[n].id.ptr =
+					rte_ipsec_ses_from_crypto(cop[i - 1]);
+				grp[n].cnt = mb + j - grp[n].m;
+				n++;
+			}
+
+			/* start new group */
+			grp[n].m = mb + j;
+			ps = ns;
+		}
+
+		mb[j++] = m;
+	}
+
+	/* finalise last group */
+	if (ps != NULL) {
+		grp[n].id.ptr = rte_ipsec_ses_from_crypto(cop[i - 1]);
+		grp[n].cnt = mb + j - grp[n].m;
+		n++;
+	}
+
+	/* copy mbufs with unknown session beyond recognised ones */
+	if (k != 0 && k != num) {
+		for (i = 0; i != k; i++)
+			mb[j + i] = dr[i];
+	}
+
+	return n;
+}
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _RTE_IPSEC_GROUP_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/librte_ipsec/rte_ipsec_version.map b/lib/librte_ipsec/rte_ipsec_version.map
index d1c52d7ca..0f91fb134 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ipsec/rte_ipsec_version.map
+++ b/lib/librte_ipsec/rte_ipsec_version.map
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 EXPERIMENTAL {
 	global:
 
+	rte_ipsec_pkt_crypto_group;
 	rte_ipsec_pkt_crypto_prepare;
 	rte_ipsec_session_prepare;
 	rte_ipsec_pkt_process;
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ EXPERIMENTAL {
 	rte_ipsec_sa_init;
 	rte_ipsec_sa_size;
 	rte_ipsec_sa_type;
+	rte_ipsec_ses_from_crypto;
 
 	local: *;
 };
