diff --git a/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd.c b/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd.c
index 438535e..926caa6 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd.c
@@ -336,6 +336,33 @@ openssl_set_session_cipher_parameters(struct openssl_session *sess,
 				sess->cipher.key.data) != 0)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		break;
+
+	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_DES_CBC:
+		sess->cipher.algo = xform->cipher.algo;
+		sess->cipher.ctx = EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new();
+		sess->cipher.evp_algo = EVP_des_cbc();
+
+		get_cipher_key(xform->cipher.key.data, sess->cipher.key.length,
+			sess->cipher.key.data);
+		if (sess->cipher.direction == RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_ENCRYPT) {
+			if (EVP_EncryptInit_ex(sess->cipher.ctx,
+					sess->cipher.evp_algo,
+					NULL, xform->cipher.key.data,
+					NULL) != 1) {
+				return -EINVAL;
+			}
+		} else if (sess->cipher.direction ==
+				RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_OP_DECRYPT) {
+			if (EVP_DecryptInit_ex(sess->cipher.ctx,
+					sess->cipher.evp_algo,
+					NULL, xform->cipher.key.data,
+					NULL) != 1) {
+				return -EINVAL;
+			}
+		}
+
+		break;
+
 	case RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_DES_DOCSISBPI:
 		sess->cipher.algo = xform->cipher.algo;
 		sess->chain_order = OPENSSL_CHAIN_CIPHER_BPI;
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd_ops.c b/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd_ops.c
index 8cdd0b2..a197f79 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/openssl/rte_openssl_pmd_ops.c
@@ -427,6 +427,26 @@ static const struct rte_cryptodev_capabilities openssl_pmd_capabilities[] = {
 			}, }
 		}, }
 	},
+	{	/* DES CBC */
+		.op = RTE_CRYPTO_OP_TYPE_SYMMETRIC,
+		{.sym = {
+			.xform_type = RTE_CRYPTO_SYM_XFORM_CIPHER,
+			{.cipher = {
+				.algo = RTE_CRYPTO_CIPHER_DES_CBC,
+				.block_size = 8,
+				.key_size = {
+					.min = 8,
+					.max = 8,
+					.increment = 0
+				},
+				.iv_size = {
+					.min = 8,
+					.max = 8,
+					.increment = 0
+				}
+			}, }
+		}, }
+	},
 	{	/* DES DOCSIS BPI */
 		.op = RTE_CRYPTO_OP_TYPE_SYMMETRIC,
 		{.sym = {
diff --git a/test/test/test_cryptodev.c b/test/test/test_cryptodev.c
index c282f4d..0557152 100644
--- a/test/test/test_cryptodev.c
+++ b/test/test/test_cryptodev.c
@@ -4672,6 +4672,25 @@ test_DES_cipheronly_qat_all(void)
 }
 
 static int
+test_DES_cipheronly_openssl_all(void)
+{
+	struct crypto_testsuite_params *ts_params = &testsuite_params;
+	int status;
+
+	status = test_blockcipher_all_tests(ts_params->mbuf_pool,
+		ts_params->op_mpool,
+		ts_params->session_mpool,
+		ts_params->valid_devs[0],
+		rte_cryptodev_driver_id_get(
+		RTE_STR(CRYPTODEV_NAME_OPENSSL_PMD)),
+		BLKCIPHER_DES_CIPHERONLY_TYPE);
+
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(status, 0, "Test failed");
+
+	return TEST_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+static int
 test_DES_docsis_openssl_all(void)
 {
 	struct crypto_testsuite_params *ts_params = &testsuite_params;
@@ -8353,6 +8372,8 @@ static struct unit_test_suite cryptodev_openssl_testsuite  = {
 		TEST_CASE_ST(ut_setup, ut_teardown,
 				test_3DES_cipheronly_openssl_all),
 		TEST_CASE_ST(ut_setup, ut_teardown,
+				test_DES_cipheronly_openssl_all),
+		TEST_CASE_ST(ut_setup, ut_teardown,
 				test_DES_docsis_openssl_all),
 		TEST_CASE_ST(ut_setup, ut_teardown,
 				test_authonly_openssl_all),
diff --git a/test/test/test_cryptodev_des_test_vectors.h b/test/test/test_cryptodev_des_test_vectors.h
index 9bb3618..bb01246 100644
--- a/test/test/test_cryptodev_des_test_vectors.h
+++ b/test/test/test_cryptodev_des_test_vectors.h
@@ -852,14 +852,16 @@ static const struct blockcipher_test_case des_cipheronly_test_cases[] = {
 		.test_data = &des_cbc_test_vector,
 		.op_mask = BLOCKCIPHER_TEST_OP_ENCRYPT,
 		.pmd_mask = BLOCKCIPHER_TEST_TARGET_PMD_QAT |
-			BLOCKCIPHER_TEST_TARGET_PMD_MB
+			BLOCKCIPHER_TEST_TARGET_PMD_MB |
+			BLOCKCIPHER_TEST_TARGET_PMD_OPENSSL
 	},
 	{
 		.test_descr = "DES-CBC Decryption",
 		.test_data = &des_cbc_test_vector,
 		.op_mask = BLOCKCIPHER_TEST_OP_DECRYPT,
 		.pmd_mask = BLOCKCIPHER_TEST_TARGET_PMD_QAT |
-			BLOCKCIPHER_TEST_TARGET_PMD_MB
+			BLOCKCIPHER_TEST_TARGET_PMD_MB |
+			BLOCKCIPHER_TEST_TARGET_PMD_OPENSSL
 	},
 
 };
