diff --git a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.c b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.c
index 8fa7f49..a709246 100644
--- a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.c
+++ b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.c
@@ -59,9 +59,12 @@
 	}
 
 	RTE_ASSERT(mp->elt_size >= sizeof(struct rte_mbuf) +
-		user_mbp_priv->mbuf_data_room_size +
+		((user_mbp_priv->flags & RTE_PKTMBUF_POOL_F_PINNED_EXT_BUF) ?
+			sizeof(struct rte_mbuf_ext_shared_info) :
+			user_mbp_priv->mbuf_data_room_size) +
 		user_mbp_priv->mbuf_priv_size);
-	RTE_ASSERT(user_mbp_priv->flags == 0);
+	RTE_ASSERT((user_mbp_priv->flags &
+		    ~RTE_PKTMBUF_POOL_F_PINNED_EXT_BUF) == 0);
 
 	mbp_priv = rte_mempool_get_priv(mp);
 	memcpy(mbp_priv, user_mbp_priv, sizeof(*mbp_priv));
@@ -107,6 +110,108 @@
 	m->next = NULL;
 }
 
+/*
+ * @internal The callback routine called when reference counter in shinfo
+ * for mbufs with pinned external buffer reaches zero. It means there is
+ * no more reference to buffer backing mbuf and this one should be freed.
+ * This routine is called for the regular (not with pinned external or
+ * indirect buffer) mbufs on detaching from the mbuf with pinned external
+ * buffer.
+ */
+static void rte_pktmbuf_free_pinned_extmem(void *addr, void *opaque)
+{
+	struct rte_mbuf *m = opaque;
+
+	RTE_SET_USED(addr);
+	RTE_ASSERT(RTE_MBUF_HAS_EXTBUF(m));
+	RTE_ASSERT(RTE_MBUF_HAS_PINNED_EXTBUF(m));
+	RTE_ASSERT(m->shinfo->fcb_opaque == m);
+
+	rte_mbuf_ext_refcnt_set(m->shinfo, 1);
+	m->ol_flags = EXT_ATTACHED_MBUF;
+	if (m->next != NULL) {
+		m->next = NULL;
+		m->nb_segs = 1;
+	}
+	rte_mbuf_raw_free(m);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @internal Packet mbuf constructor for pools with pinned external memory.
+ *
+ * This function initializes some fields in the mbuf structure that are
+ * not modified by the user once created (origin pool, buffer start
+ * address, and so on). This function is given as a callback function to
+ * rte_mempool_obj_iter() called from rte_mempool_create_extmem().
+ *
+ * @param mp
+ *   The mempool from which mbufs originate.
+ * @param opaque_arg
+ *   A pointer to the rte_pktmbuf_extmem_init_ctx - initialization
+ *   context structure
+ * @param m
+ *   The mbuf to initialize.
+ * @param i
+ *   The index of the mbuf in the pool table.
+ */
+static void
+__rte_pktmbuf_init_extmem(struct rte_mempool *mp,
+			  void *opaque_arg,
+			  void *_m,
+			  __attribute__((unused)) unsigned int i)
+{
+	struct rte_mbuf *m = _m;
+	struct rte_pktmbuf_extmem_init_ctx *ctx = opaque_arg;
+	const struct rte_pktmbuf_extmem *ext_mem;
+	uint32_t mbuf_size, buf_len, priv_size;
+	struct rte_mbuf_ext_shared_info *shinfo;
+
+	priv_size = rte_pktmbuf_priv_size(mp);
+	mbuf_size = sizeof(struct rte_mbuf) + priv_size;
+	buf_len = rte_pktmbuf_data_room_size(mp);
+
+	RTE_ASSERT(RTE_ALIGN(priv_size, RTE_MBUF_PRIV_ALIGN) == priv_size);
+	RTE_ASSERT(mp->elt_size >= mbuf_size);
+	RTE_ASSERT(buf_len <= UINT16_MAX);
+
+	memset(m, 0, mbuf_size);
+	m->priv_size = priv_size;
+	m->buf_len = (uint16_t)buf_len;
+
+	/* set the data buffer pointers to external memory */
+	ext_mem = ctx->ext_mem + ctx->ext;
+
+	RTE_ASSERT(ctx->ext < ctx->ext_num);
+	RTE_ASSERT(ctx->off < ext_mem->buf_len);
+
+	m->buf_addr = RTE_PTR_ADD(ext_mem->buf_ptr, ctx->off);
+	m->buf_iova = ext_mem->buf_iova == RTE_BAD_IOVA ?
+		      RTE_BAD_IOVA : (ext_mem->buf_iova + ctx->off);
+
+	ctx->off += ext_mem->elt_size;
+	if (ctx->off >= ext_mem->buf_len) {
+		ctx->off = 0;
+		++ctx->ext;
+	}
+	/* keep some headroom between start of buffer and data */
+	m->data_off = RTE_MIN(RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM, (uint16_t)m->buf_len);
+
+	/* init some constant fields */
+	m->pool = mp;
+	m->nb_segs = 1;
+	m->port = MBUF_INVALID_PORT;
+	m->ol_flags = EXT_ATTACHED_MBUF;
+	rte_mbuf_refcnt_set(m, 1);
+	m->next = NULL;
+
+	/* init external buffer shared info items */
+	shinfo = RTE_PTR_ADD(m, mbuf_size);
+	m->shinfo = shinfo;
+	shinfo->free_cb = rte_pktmbuf_free_pinned_extmem;
+	shinfo->fcb_opaque = m;
+	rte_mbuf_ext_refcnt_set(shinfo, 1);
+}
+
 /* Helper to create a mbuf pool with given mempool ops name*/
 struct rte_mempool *
 rte_pktmbuf_pool_create_by_ops(const char *name, unsigned int n,
@@ -169,6 +274,93 @@ struct rte_mempool *
 			data_room_size, socket_id, NULL);
 }
 
+/* Helper to create a mbuf pool with pinned external data buffers. */
+struct rte_mempool *
+rte_pktmbuf_pool_create_extbuf(const char *name, unsigned int n,
+	unsigned int cache_size, uint16_t priv_size,
+	uint16_t data_room_size, int socket_id,
+	const struct rte_pktmbuf_extmem *ext_mem,
+	unsigned int ext_num)
+{
+	struct rte_mempool *mp;
+	struct rte_pktmbuf_pool_private mbp_priv;
+	struct rte_pktmbuf_extmem_init_ctx init_ctx;
+	const char *mp_ops_name;
+	unsigned int elt_size;
+	unsigned int i, n_elts = 0;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (RTE_ALIGN(priv_size, RTE_MBUF_PRIV_ALIGN) != priv_size) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, MBUF, "mbuf priv_size=%u is not aligned\n",
+			priv_size);
+		rte_errno = EINVAL;
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	/* Check the external memory descriptors. */
+	for (i = 0; i < ext_num; i++) {
+		const struct rte_pktmbuf_extmem *extm = ext_mem + i;
+
+		if (!extm->elt_size || !extm->buf_len || !extm->buf_ptr) {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, MBUF, "invalid extmem descriptor\n");
+			rte_errno = EINVAL;
+			return NULL;
+		}
+		if (data_room_size > extm->elt_size) {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, MBUF, "ext elt_size=%u is too small\n",
+				priv_size);
+			rte_errno = EINVAL;
+			return NULL;
+		}
+		n_elts += extm->buf_len / extm->elt_size;
+	}
+	/* Check whether enough external memory provided. */
+	if (n_elts < n) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, MBUF, "not enough extmem\n");
+		rte_errno = ENOMEM;
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	elt_size = sizeof(struct rte_mbuf) +
+		   (unsigned int)priv_size +
+		   sizeof(struct rte_mbuf_ext_shared_info);
+
+	memset(&mbp_priv, 0, sizeof(mbp_priv));
+	mbp_priv.mbuf_data_room_size = data_room_size;
+	mbp_priv.mbuf_priv_size = priv_size;
+	mbp_priv.flags = RTE_PKTMBUF_POOL_F_PINNED_EXT_BUF;
+
+	mp = rte_mempool_create_empty(name, n, elt_size, cache_size,
+		 sizeof(struct rte_pktmbuf_pool_private), socket_id, 0);
+	if (mp == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+
+	mp_ops_name = rte_mbuf_best_mempool_ops();
+	ret = rte_mempool_set_ops_byname(mp, mp_ops_name, NULL);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, MBUF, "error setting mempool handler\n");
+		rte_mempool_free(mp);
+		rte_errno = -ret;
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	rte_pktmbuf_pool_init(mp, &mbp_priv);
+
+	ret = rte_mempool_populate_default(mp);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		rte_mempool_free(mp);
+		rte_errno = -ret;
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	init_ctx = (struct rte_pktmbuf_extmem_init_ctx){
+		.ext_mem = ext_mem,
+		.ext_num = ext_num,
+		.ext = 0,
+		.off = 0,
+	};
+	rte_mempool_obj_iter(mp, __rte_pktmbuf_init_extmem, &init_ctx);
+
+	return mp;
+}
+
 /* do some sanity checks on a mbuf: panic if it fails */
 void
 rte_mbuf_sanity_check(const struct rte_mbuf *m, int is_header)
@@ -247,7 +439,7 @@ int rte_mbuf_check(const struct rte_mbuf *m, int is_header,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/**
+/*
  * @internal helper function for freeing a bulk of packet mbuf segments
  * via an array holding the packet mbuf segments from the same mempool
  * pending to be freed.
diff --git a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
index 7a41aad..eaeda04 100644
--- a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
+++ b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf.h
@@ -637,6 +637,13 @@ static inline struct rte_mbuf *rte_mbuf_raw_alloc(struct rte_mempool *mp)
 void rte_pktmbuf_init(struct rte_mempool *mp, void *opaque_arg,
 		      void *m, unsigned i);
 
+/** The context to initialize the mbufs with pinned external buffers. */
+struct rte_pktmbuf_extmem_init_ctx {
+	const struct rte_pktmbuf_extmem *ext_mem; /* descriptor array. */
+	unsigned int ext_num; /* number of descriptors in array. */
+	unsigned int ext; /* loop descriptor index. */
+	size_t off; /* loop buffer offset. */
+};
 
 /**
  * A  packet mbuf pool constructor.
@@ -738,6 +745,63 @@ struct rte_mempool *
 	unsigned int cache_size, uint16_t priv_size, uint16_t data_room_size,
 	int socket_id, const char *ops_name);
 
+/** A structure that describes the pinned external buffer segment. */
+struct rte_pktmbuf_extmem {
+	void *buf_ptr;		/**< The virtual address of data buffer. */
+	rte_iova_t buf_iova;	/**< The IO address of the data buffer. */
+	size_t buf_len;		/**< External buffer length in bytes. */
+	uint16_t elt_size;	/**< mbuf element size in bytes. */
+};
+
+/**
+ * Create a mbuf pool with external pinned data buffers.
+ *
+ * This function creates and initializes a packet mbuf pool that contains
+ * only mbufs with external buffer. It is a wrapper to rte_mempool functions.
+ *
+ * @param name
+ *   The name of the mbuf pool.
+ * @param n
+ *   The number of elements in the mbuf pool. The optimum size (in terms
+ *   of memory usage) for a mempool is when n is a power of two minus one:
+ *   n = (2^q - 1).
+ * @param cache_size
+ *   Size of the per-core object cache. See rte_mempool_create() for
+ *   details.
+ * @param priv_size
+ *   Size of application private are between the rte_mbuf structure
+ *   and the data buffer. This value must be aligned to RTE_MBUF_PRIV_ALIGN.
+ * @param data_room_size
+ *   Size of data buffer in each mbuf, including RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM.
+ * @param socket_id
+ *   The socket identifier where the memory should be allocated. The
+ *   value can be *SOCKET_ID_ANY* if there is no NUMA constraint for the
+ *   reserved zone.
+ * @param ext_mem
+ *   Pointer to the array of structures describing the external memory
+ *   for data buffers. It is caller responsibility to register this memory
+ *   with rte_extmem_register() (if needed), map this memory to appropriate
+ *   physical device, etc.
+ * @param ext_num
+ *   Number of elements in the ext_mem array.
+ * @return
+ *   The pointer to the new allocated mempool, on success. NULL on error
+ *   with rte_errno set appropriately. Possible rte_errno values include:
+ *    - E_RTE_NO_CONFIG - function could not get pointer to rte_config structure
+ *    - E_RTE_SECONDARY - function was called from a secondary process instance
+ *    - EINVAL - cache size provided is too large, or priv_size is not aligned.
+ *    - ENOSPC - the maximum number of memzones has already been allocated
+ *    - EEXIST - a memzone with the same name already exists
+ *    - ENOMEM - no appropriate memory area found in which to create memzone
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+struct rte_mempool *
+rte_pktmbuf_pool_create_extbuf(const char *name, unsigned int n,
+	unsigned int cache_size, uint16_t priv_size,
+	uint16_t data_room_size, int socket_id,
+	const struct rte_pktmbuf_extmem *ext_mem,
+	unsigned int ext_num);
+
 /**
  * Get the data room size of mbufs stored in a pktmbuf_pool
  *
diff --git a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf_version.map b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf_version.map
index 3bbb476..ab161bc 100644
--- a/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf_version.map
+++ b/lib/librte_mbuf/rte_mbuf_version.map
@@ -44,5 +44,6 @@ EXPERIMENTAL {
 	rte_mbuf_dyn_dump;
 	rte_pktmbuf_copy;
 	rte_pktmbuf_free_bulk;
+	rte_pktmbuf_pool_create_extbuf;
 
 };
