diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map
index de25582..1ab50a5 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map
@@ -201,6 +201,15 @@ DPDK_17.08 {
 
 } DPDK_17.05;
 
+DPDK_17.11 {
+	global:
+
+	rte_mallocv;
+	rte_mallocv_socket;
+	rte_zmallocv;
+	rte_zmallocv_socket;
+} DPDK_17.08;
+
 EXPERIMENTAL {
 	global:
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_malloc.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_malloc.h
index 3d37f79..545697c 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_malloc.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_malloc.h
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ struct rte_malloc_socket_stats {
 	size_t heap_allocsz_bytes; /**< Total allocated bytes on heap */
 };
 
+/** Object description used with rte_mallocv() and similar functions. */
+struct rte_malloc_vec {
+	size_t align; /**< Alignment constraint (power of 2), 0 if unknown. */
+	size_t size; /**< Object size. */
+	void **addr; /**< Storage for allocation address. */
+};
+
 /**
  * This function allocates memory from the huge-page area of memory. The memory
  * is not cleared. In NUMA systems, the memory allocated resides on the same
@@ -335,6 +342,84 @@ rte_malloc_set_limit(const char *type, size_t max);
 phys_addr_t
 rte_malloc_virt2phy(const void *addr);
 
+/**
+ * Allocate memory once for several disparate objects.
+ *
+ * This function adds iovec-like semantics (e.g. readv()) to rte_malloc().
+ * Memory is allocated once for several contiguous objects of nonuniform
+ * sizes and alignment constraints.
+ *
+ * Each entry of @p vec describes the size, alignment constraint and
+ * provides a buffer address where the resulting object pointer must be
+ * stored.
+ *
+ * The buffer of the first entry is guaranteed to point to the beginning of
+ * the allocated region and is safe to use with rte_free().
+ *
+ * NULL buffers are silently ignored.
+ *
+ * Providing a NULL buffer in the first entry prevents this function from
+ * allocating any memory but has otherwise no effect on its behavior. In
+ * this case, the contents of remaining non-NULL buffers are updated with
+ * addresses relative to zero (i.e. offsets that would have been used during
+ * the allocation).
+ *
+ * @param[in] type
+ *   A string identifying the type of allocated objects (useful for debug
+ *   purposes, such as identifying the cause of a memory leak). Can be NULL.
+ * @param[in, out] vec
+ *   Description of objects to allocate memory for.
+ * @param cnt
+ *   Number of entries in @p vec.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   Size in bytes of the allocated region including any padding. In case of
+ *   error, rte_errno is set, 0 is returned and NULL is stored in the
+ *   non-NULL buffers pointed by @p vec.
+ *
+ * @see rte_malloc()
+ * @see struct rte_malloc_vec
+ */
+size_t
+rte_mallocv(const char *type, const struct rte_malloc_vec *vec,
+	    unsigned int cnt);
+
+/**
+ * Combines the semantics of rte_mallocv() with those of rte_zmalloc().
+ *
+ * @see rte_mallocv()
+ * @see rte_zmalloc()
+ */
+size_t
+rte_zmallocv(const char *type, const struct rte_malloc_vec *vec,
+	     unsigned int cnt);
+
+/**
+ * Socket-aware version of rte_mallocv().
+ *
+ * This function takes one additional parameter.
+ *
+ * @param socket
+ *   NUMA socket to allocate memory on. If SOCKET_ID_ANY is used, this
+ *   function will behave the same as rte_mallocv().
+ *
+ * @see rte_mallocv()
+ */
+size_t
+rte_mallocv_socket(const char *type, const struct rte_malloc_vec *vec,
+		   unsigned int cnt, int socket);
+
+/**
+ * Combines the semantics of rte_mallocv_socket() with those of
+ * rte_zmalloc_socket().
+ *
+ * @see rte_mallocv_socket()
+ * @see rte_zmalloc_socket()
+ */
+size_t
+rte_zmallocv_socket(const char *type, const struct rte_malloc_vec *vec,
+		    unsigned int cnt, int socket);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/rte_malloc.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/rte_malloc.c
index d65c05a..6c7a4f7 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/rte_malloc.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/rte_malloc.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include <rte_memory.h>
 #include <rte_eal.h>
 #include <rte_eal_memconfig.h>
+#include <rte_errno.h>
 #include <rte_branch_prediction.h>
 #include <rte_debug.h>
 #include <rte_launch.h>
@@ -265,3 +266,94 @@ rte_malloc_virt2phy(const void *addr)
 			((uintptr_t)addr - (uintptr_t)elem->ms->addr);
 	return paddr;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Internal helper to allocate memory once for several disparate objects.
+ *
+ * The most restrictive alignment constraint for standard objects is assumed
+ * to be sizeof(double) and is used as a default value.
+ *
+ * C11 code would include stdalign.h and use alignof(max_align_t) however
+ * we'll stick with C99 for the time being.
+ */
+static inline size_t
+rte_mallocv_inline(const char *type, const struct rte_malloc_vec *vec,
+		   unsigned int cnt, int zero, int socket)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+	size_t size;
+	size_t least;
+	uint8_t *data = NULL;
+	int fill = !vec[0].addr;
+
+fill:
+	size = 0;
+	least = 0;
+	for (i = 0; i < cnt; ++i) {
+		size_t align = (uintptr_t)vec[i].align;
+
+		if (!align) {
+			align = sizeof(double);
+		} else if (!rte_is_power_of_2(align)) {
+			rte_errno = EINVAL;
+			goto error;
+		}
+		if (least < align)
+			least = align;
+		align = RTE_ALIGN_CEIL(size, align);
+		size = align + vec[i].size;
+		if (fill && vec[i].addr)
+			*vec[i].addr = data + align;
+	}
+	if (fill)
+		return size;
+	if (!zero)
+		data = rte_malloc_socket(type, size, least, socket);
+	else
+		data = rte_zmalloc_socket(type, size, least, socket);
+	if (data) {
+		fill = 1;
+		goto fill;
+	}
+	rte_errno = ENOMEM;
+error:
+	for (i = 0; i != cnt; ++i)
+		if (vec[i].addr)
+			*vec[i].addr = NULL;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Allocate memory once for several disparate objects. */
+size_t
+rte_mallocv(const char *type, const struct rte_malloc_vec *vec,
+	    unsigned int cnt)
+{
+	return rte_mallocv_inline(type, vec, cnt, 0, SOCKET_ID_ANY);
+}
+
+/* Combines the semantics of rte_mallocv() with those of rte_zmalloc(). */
+size_t
+rte_zmallocv(const char *type, const struct rte_malloc_vec *vec,
+	     unsigned int cnt)
+{
+	return rte_mallocv_inline(type, vec, cnt, 1, SOCKET_ID_ANY);
+}
+
+/* Socket-aware version of rte_mallocv(). */
+size_t
+rte_mallocv_socket(const char *type, const struct rte_malloc_vec *vec,
+		   unsigned int cnt, int socket)
+{
+	return rte_mallocv_inline(type, vec, cnt, 0, socket);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Combines the semantics of rte_mallocv_socket() with those of
+ * rte_zmalloc_socket().
+ */
+size_t
+rte_zmallocv_socket(const char *type, const struct rte_malloc_vec *vec,
+		    unsigned int cnt, int socket)
+{
+	return rte_mallocv_inline(type, vec, cnt, 1, socket);
+}
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map
index 146156e..d620da3 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/rte_eal_version.map
@@ -205,6 +205,15 @@ DPDK_17.08 {
 
 } DPDK_17.05;
 
+DPDK_17.11 {
+	global:
+
+	rte_mallocv;
+	rte_mallocv_socket;
+	rte_zmallocv;
+	rte_zmallocv_socket;
+} DPDK_17.08;
+
 EXPERIMENTAL {
 	global:
 
