diff --git a/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_compressdev.c b/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_compressdev.c
index 03f1ab8a7..855385e10 100644
--- a/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_compressdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_compressdev.c
@@ -555,6 +555,46 @@ rte_compressdev_enqueue_burst(uint8_t dev_id, uint16_t qp_id,
 			dev->data->queue_pairs[qp_id], ops, nb_ops);
 }
 
+int __rte_experimental
+rte_compressdev_stats_get(uint8_t dev_id, struct rte_compressdev_stats *stats)
+{
+	struct rte_compressdev *dev;
+
+	if (!rte_compressdev_is_valid_dev(dev_id)) {
+		COMPRESSDEV_LOG(ERR, "Invalid dev_id=%d", dev_id);
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	if (stats == NULL) {
+		COMPRESSDEV_LOG(ERR, "Invalid stats ptr");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	dev = &rte_comp_devices[dev_id];
+	memset(stats, 0, sizeof(*stats));
+
+	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(*dev->dev_ops->stats_get, -ENOTSUP);
+	(*dev->dev_ops->stats_get)(dev, stats);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void __rte_experimental
+rte_compressdev_stats_reset(uint8_t dev_id)
+{
+	struct rte_compressdev *dev;
+
+	if (!rte_compressdev_is_valid_dev(dev_id)) {
+		COMPRESSDEV_LOG(ERR, "Invalid dev_id=%" PRIu8, dev_id);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	dev = &rte_comp_devices[dev_id];
+
+	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_RET(*dev->dev_ops->stats_reset);
+	(*dev->dev_ops->stats_reset)(dev);
+}
+
+
 void __rte_experimental
 rte_compressdev_info_get(uint8_t dev_id, struct rte_compressdev_info *dev_info)
 {
diff --git a/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_compressdev.h b/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_compressdev.h
index 30cf64c6e..5ad926976 100644
--- a/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_compressdev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_compressdev.h
@@ -63,6 +63,19 @@ struct rte_compressdev_info {
 	 */
 };
 
+/** comp device statistics */
+struct rte_compressdev_stats {
+	uint64_t enqueued_count;
+	/**< Count of all operations enqueued */
+	uint64_t dequeued_count;
+	/**< Count of all operations dequeued */
+
+	uint64_t enqueue_err_count;
+	/**< Total error count on operations enqueued */
+	uint64_t dequeue_err_count;
+	/**< Total error count on operations dequeued */
+};
+
 /**
  * Get the compress device name given a device identifier.
  *
@@ -229,6 +242,32 @@ rte_compressdev_queue_pair_setup(uint8_t dev_id, uint16_t queue_pair_id,
 uint16_t __rte_experimental
 rte_compressdev_queue_pair_count(uint8_t dev_id);
 
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve the general I/O statistics of a device.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device
+ * @param stats
+ *   A pointer to a structure of type
+ *   *rte_compressdev_stats* to be filled with the
+ *   values of device counters
+ * @return
+ *   - Zero if successful.
+ *   - Non-zero otherwise.
+ */
+int __rte_experimental
+rte_compressdev_stats_get(uint8_t dev_id, struct rte_compressdev_stats *stats);
+
+/**
+ * Reset the general I/O statistics of a device.
+ *
+ * @param dev_id
+ *   The identifier of the device.
+ */
+void __rte_experimental
+rte_compressdev_stats_reset(uint8_t dev_id);
+
 /**
  * Retrieve the contextual information of a device.
  *
diff --git a/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_compressdev_pmd.h b/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_compressdev_pmd.h
index c08a3ee63..38e9ea02b 100644
--- a/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_compressdev_pmd.h
+++ b/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_compressdev_pmd.h
@@ -116,6 +116,27 @@ typedef void (*compressdev_stop_t)(struct rte_compressdev *dev);
 typedef int (*compressdev_close_t)(struct rte_compressdev *dev);
 
 
+/**
+ * Function used to get statistics of a device.
+ *
+ * @param dev
+ *   Compress device
+ * @param stats
+ *   Compress device stats to populate
+ */
+typedef void (*compressdev_stats_get_t)(struct rte_compressdev *dev,
+				struct rte_compressdev_stats *stats);
+
+
+/**
+ * Function used to reset statistics of a device.
+ *
+ * @param dev
+ *   Compress device
+ */
+typedef void (*compressdev_stats_reset_t)(struct rte_compressdev *dev);
+
+
 /**
  * Function used to get specific information of a device.
  *
@@ -247,6 +268,11 @@ struct rte_compressdev_ops {
 
 	compressdev_info_get_t dev_infos_get;	/**< Get device info. */
 
+	compressdev_stats_get_t stats_get;
+	/**< Get device statistics. */
+	compressdev_stats_reset_t stats_reset;
+	/**< Reset device statistics. */
+
 	compressdev_queue_pair_setup_t queue_pair_setup;
 	/**< Set up a device queue pair. */
 	compressdev_queue_pair_release_t queue_pair_release;
diff --git a/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_compressdev_version.map b/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_compressdev_version.map
index 5ed3080b4..8e4004631 100644
--- a/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_compressdev_version.map
+++ b/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_compressdev_version.map
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ EXPERIMENTAL {
 	rte_compressdev_queue_pair_setup;
 	rte_compressdev_socket_id;
 	rte_compressdev_start;
+	rte_compressdev_stats_get;
+	rte_compressdev_stats_reset;
 	rte_compressdev_stop;
 	rte_compressdev_stream_create;
 	rte_compressdev_stream_free;
