diff --git a/examples/pipeline/cli.c b/examples/pipeline/cli.c
index 1ba9b8c52c..c98d137768 100644
--- a/examples/pipeline/cli.c
+++ b/examples/pipeline/cli.c
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ static const char cmd_pipeline_port_in_help[] =
 "pipeline <pipeline_name> port in <port_id>\n"
 "   link <link_name> rxq <queue_id> bsz <burst_size>\n"
 "   ring <ring_name> bsz <burst_size>\n"
-"   | source <mempool_name> <file_name>\n"
+"   | source <mempool_name> <file_name> loop <n_loops>\n"
 "   | tap <tap_name> mempool <mempool_name> mtu <mtu> bsz <burst_size>\n";
 
 static void
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ cmd_pipeline_port_in(char **tokens,
 		struct rte_swx_port_source_params params;
 		struct mempool *mp;
 
-		if (n_tokens < t0 + 3) {
+		if (n_tokens < t0 + 5) {
 			snprintf(out, out_size, MSG_ARG_MISMATCH,
 				"pipeline port in source");
 			return;
@@ -698,7 +698,18 @@ cmd_pipeline_port_in(char **tokens,
 
 		params.file_name = tokens[t0 + 2];
 
-		t0 += 3;
+		if (strcmp(tokens[t0 + 3], "loop") != 0) {
+			snprintf(out, out_size, MSG_ARG_NOT_FOUND, "loop");
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if (parser_read_uint64(&params.n_loops, tokens[t0 + 4])) {
+			snprintf(out, out_size, MSG_ARG_INVALID,
+				"n_loops");
+			return;
+		}
+
+		t0 += 5;
 
 		status = rte_swx_pipeline_port_in_config(p->p,
 			port_id,
diff --git a/examples/pipeline/examples/l2fwd_macswp_pcap.cli b/examples/pipeline/examples/l2fwd_macswp_pcap.cli
index 043379cdd6..e9656fe3c2 100644
--- a/examples/pipeline/examples/l2fwd_macswp_pcap.cli
+++ b/examples/pipeline/examples/l2fwd_macswp_pcap.cli
@@ -5,16 +5,16 @@ mempool MEMPOOL0 buffer 2304 pool 32K cache 256 cpu 0
 
 pipeline PIPELINE0 create 0
 
-pipeline PIPELINE0 port in 0 source MEMPOOL0 ./examples/packet.pcap
-pipeline PIPELINE0 port in 1 source MEMPOOL0 ./examples/packet.pcap
-pipeline PIPELINE0 port in 2 source MEMPOOL0 ./examples/packet.pcap
-pipeline PIPELINE0 port in 3 source MEMPOOL0 ./examples/packet.pcap
+pipeline PIPELINE0 port in 0 source MEMPOOL0 ./examples/pipeline/examples/packet.pcap loop 1
+pipeline PIPELINE0 port in 1 source MEMPOOL0 ./examples/pipeline/examples/packet.pcap loop 1
+pipeline PIPELINE0 port in 2 source MEMPOOL0 ./examples/pipeline/examples/packet.pcap loop 1
+pipeline PIPELINE0 port in 3 source MEMPOOL0 ./examples/pipeline/examples/packet.pcap loop 1
 
 pipeline PIPELINE0 port out 0 sink none
 pipeline PIPELINE0 port out 1 sink none
 pipeline PIPELINE0 port out 2 sink none
 pipeline PIPELINE0 port out 3 sink none
 
-pipeline PIPELINE0 build ./examples/l2fwd_macswp.spec
+pipeline PIPELINE0 build ./examples/pipeline/examples/l2fwd_macswp.spec
 
 thread 1 pipeline PIPELINE0 enable
diff --git a/examples/pipeline/examples/l2fwd_pcap.cli b/examples/pipeline/examples/l2fwd_pcap.cli
index 0cf5e32faa..23fcb199f1 100644
--- a/examples/pipeline/examples/l2fwd_pcap.cli
+++ b/examples/pipeline/examples/l2fwd_pcap.cli
@@ -5,16 +5,16 @@ mempool MEMPOOL0 buffer 2304 pool 32K cache 256 cpu 0
 
 pipeline PIPELINE0 create 0
 
-pipeline PIPELINE0 port in 0 source MEMPOOL0 ./examples/packet.pcap
-pipeline PIPELINE0 port in 1 source MEMPOOL0 ./examples/packet.pcap
-pipeline PIPELINE0 port in 2 source MEMPOOL0 ./examples/packet.pcap
-pipeline PIPELINE0 port in 3 source MEMPOOL0 ./examples/packet.pcap
+pipeline PIPELINE0 port in 0 source MEMPOOL0 ./examples/pipeline/examples/packet.pcap loop 1
+pipeline PIPELINE0 port in 1 source MEMPOOL0 ./examples/pipeline/examples/packet.pcap loop 1
+pipeline PIPELINE0 port in 2 source MEMPOOL0 ./examples/pipeline/examples/packet.pcap loop 1
+pipeline PIPELINE0 port in 3 source MEMPOOL0 ./examples/pipeline/examples/packet.pcap loop 1
 
 pipeline PIPELINE0 port out 0 sink none
 pipeline PIPELINE0 port out 1 sink none
 pipeline PIPELINE0 port out 2 sink none
 pipeline PIPELINE0 port out 3 sink none
 
-pipeline PIPELINE0 build ./examples/l2fwd.spec
+pipeline PIPELINE0 build ./examples/pipeline/examples/l2fwd.spec
 
 thread 1 pipeline PIPELINE0 enable
diff --git a/examples/pipeline/examples/vxlan_pcap.cli b/examples/pipeline/examples/vxlan_pcap.cli
index 3cc9a94afe..c03dc9303d 100644
--- a/examples/pipeline/examples/vxlan_pcap.cli
+++ b/examples/pipeline/examples/vxlan_pcap.cli
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ mempool MEMPOOL0 buffer 2304 pool 32K cache 256 cpu 0
 
 pipeline PIPELINE0 create 0
 
-pipeline PIPELINE0 port in 0 source MEMPOOL0 ./examples/packet.pcap
-pipeline PIPELINE0 port in 1 source MEMPOOL0 ./examples/packet.pcap
-pipeline PIPELINE0 port in 2 source MEMPOOL0 ./examples/packet.pcap
-pipeline PIPELINE0 port in 3 source MEMPOOL0 ./examples/packet.pcap
+pipeline PIPELINE0 port in 0 source MEMPOOL0 ./examples/pipeline/examples/packet.pcap loop 1
+pipeline PIPELINE0 port in 1 source MEMPOOL0 ./examples/pipeline/examples/packet.pcap loop 1
+pipeline PIPELINE0 port in 2 source MEMPOOL0 ./examples/pipeline/examples/packet.pcap loop 1
+pipeline PIPELINE0 port in 3 source MEMPOOL0 ./examples/pipeline/examples/packet.pcap loop 1
 
 pipeline PIPELINE0 port out 0 sink none
 pipeline PIPELINE0 port out 1 sink none
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ pipeline PIPELINE0 port out 2 sink none
 pipeline PIPELINE0 port out 3 sink none
 pipeline PIPELINE0 port out 4 sink none
 
-pipeline PIPELINE0 build ./examples/vxlan.spec
-pipeline PIPELINE0 table vxlan_table add ./examples/vxlan_table.txt
+pipeline PIPELINE0 build ./examples/pipeline/examples/vxlan.spec
+pipeline PIPELINE0 table vxlan_table add ./examples/pipeline/examples/vxlan_table.txt
 pipeline PIPELINE0 commit
 
 thread 1 pipeline PIPELINE0 enable
diff --git a/lib/port/rte_swx_port_source_sink.c b/lib/port/rte_swx_port_source_sink.c
index 4180cba1c5..93c346cfb1 100644
--- a/lib/port/rte_swx_port_source_sink.c
+++ b/lib/port/rte_swx_port_source_sink.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ do {                                                                           \
 struct source {
 	struct {
 		struct rte_mempool *pool;
+		uint64_t n_loops;
 	} params;
 	struct rte_swx_port_in_stats stats;
 	struct rte_mbuf **pkts;
@@ -96,6 +97,8 @@ source_create(void *args)
 	/* Initialization. */
 	p->params.pool = params->pool;
 
+	p->params.n_loops = params->n_loops ? params->n_loops : UINT64_MAX;
+
 	/* PCAP file. */
 	for (i = 0; i < n_pkts_max; i++) {
 		struct pcap_pkthdr pcap_pkthdr;
@@ -142,6 +145,8 @@ source_pkt_rx(void *port, struct rte_swx_pkt *pkt)
 	struct rte_mbuf *m_dst, *m_src;
 	uint8_t *m_dst_data, *m_src_data;
 
+	if (!p->params.n_loops)
+		return 0;
 	/* m_src identification. */
 	m_src = p->pkts[p->pos];
 	m_src_data = rte_pktmbuf_mtod(m_src, uint8_t *);
@@ -177,8 +182,10 @@ source_pkt_rx(void *port, struct rte_swx_pkt *pkt)
 
 	/* m_src next. */
 	p->pos++;
-	if (p->pos == p->n_pkts)
+	if (p->pos == p->n_pkts) {
 		p->pos = 0;
+		p->params.n_loops--;
+	}
 
 	return 1;
 }
diff --git a/lib/port/rte_swx_port_source_sink.h b/lib/port/rte_swx_port_source_sink.h
index 88a890c5a5..7b2cb2c759 100644
--- a/lib/port/rte_swx_port_source_sink.h
+++ b/lib/port/rte_swx_port_source_sink.h
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ struct rte_swx_port_source_params {
 	/** Name of a valid PCAP file to read the input packets from. */
 	const char *file_name;
 
+	/** Number of times to loop through the input PCAP file. Loop
+	 * infinite times when set to 0.
+	 */
+	uint64_t n_loops;
+
 	/** Maximum number of packets to read from the PCAP file. When 0, it is
 	 * internally set to RTE_SWX_PORT_SOURCE_PKTS_MAX. Once read from the
 	 * PCAP file, the same packets are looped forever.
