diff --git a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/aesni_mb.rst b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/aesni_mb.rst
index 465d20d88..02a0a499d 100644
--- a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/aesni_mb.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/aesni_mb.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ support for utilizing Intel multi buffer library, see the white paper
 
 The AES-NI MB PMD has current only been tested on Fedora 21 64-bit with gcc.
 
+The AES-NI GCM PMD supports synchronous mode of operation with
+``rte_cryptodev_sym_cpu_crypto_process`` function call.
+
 Features
 --------
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/features/aesni_mb.ini b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/features/aesni_mb.ini
index ee6a07460..6cc4c82e8 100644
--- a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/features/aesni_mb.ini
+++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/features/aesni_mb.ini
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ CPU AVX2               = Y
 CPU AVX512             = Y
 CPU AESNI              = Y
 OOP LB  In LB  Out     = Y
+CPU crypto             = Y
 
 ;
 ; Supported crypto algorithms of the 'aesni_mb' crypto driver.
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/aesni_mb/aesni_mb_pmd_private.h b/drivers/crypto/aesni_mb/aesni_mb_pmd_private.h
index 3456693c2..ce3ea9add 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/aesni_mb/aesni_mb_pmd_private.h
+++ b/drivers/crypto/aesni_mb/aesni_mb_pmd_private.h
@@ -275,6 +275,9 @@ aesni_mb_set_session_parameters(const MB_MGR *mb_mgr,
 /** device specific operations function pointer structure */
 extern struct rte_cryptodev_ops *rte_aesni_mb_pmd_ops;
 
-
+extern uint32_t
+aesni_mb_cpu_crypto_process_bulk(struct rte_cryptodev *dev,
+	struct rte_cryptodev_sym_session *sess, union rte_crypto_sym_ofs sofs,
+	struct rte_crypto_sym_vec *vec);
 
 #endif /* _AESNI_MB_PMD_PRIVATE_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/aesni_mb/rte_aesni_mb_pmd.c b/drivers/crypto/aesni_mb/rte_aesni_mb_pmd.c
index 33f416745..91567f98e 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/aesni_mb/rte_aesni_mb_pmd.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/aesni_mb/rte_aesni_mb_pmd.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <rte_bus_vdev.h>
 #include <rte_malloc.h>
 #include <rte_cpuflags.h>
+#include <rte_per_lcore.h>
 
 #include "aesni_mb_pmd_private.h"
 
@@ -19,6 +20,12 @@
 #define HMAC_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE 128
 static uint8_t cryptodev_driver_id;
 
+/*
+ * Needed to support CPU-CRYPTO API (rte_cryptodev_sym_cpu_crypto_process),
+ * as we still use JOB based API even for synchronous processing.
+ */
+static RTE_DEFINE_PER_LCORE(MB_MGR *, sync_mb_mgr);
+
 typedef void (*hash_one_block_t)(const void *data, void *digest);
 typedef void (*aes_keyexp_t)(const void *key, void *enc_exp_keys, void *dec_exp_keys);
 
@@ -808,6 +815,119 @@ auth_start_offset(struct rte_crypto_op *op, struct aesni_mb_session *session,
 			(UINT64_MAX - u_src + u_dst + 1);
 }
 
+static inline void
+set_cpu_mb_job_params(JOB_AES_HMAC *job, struct aesni_mb_session *session,
+		union rte_crypto_sym_ofs sofs, void *buf, uint32_t len,
+		void *iv, void *aad, void *digest, void *udata)
+{
+	/* Set crypto operation */
+	job->chain_order = session->chain_order;
+
+	/* Set cipher parameters */
+	job->cipher_direction = session->cipher.direction;
+	job->cipher_mode = session->cipher.mode;
+
+	job->aes_key_len_in_bytes = session->cipher.key_length_in_bytes;
+
+	/* Set authentication parameters */
+	job->hash_alg = session->auth.algo;
+	job->iv = iv;
+
+	switch (job->hash_alg) {
+	case AES_XCBC:
+		job->u.XCBC._k1_expanded = session->auth.xcbc.k1_expanded;
+		job->u.XCBC._k2 = session->auth.xcbc.k2;
+		job->u.XCBC._k3 = session->auth.xcbc.k3;
+
+		job->aes_enc_key_expanded =
+				session->cipher.expanded_aes_keys.encode;
+		job->aes_dec_key_expanded =
+				session->cipher.expanded_aes_keys.decode;
+		break;
+
+	case AES_CCM:
+		job->u.CCM.aad = (uint8_t *)aad + 18;
+		job->u.CCM.aad_len_in_bytes = session->aead.aad_len;
+		job->aes_enc_key_expanded =
+				session->cipher.expanded_aes_keys.encode;
+		job->aes_dec_key_expanded =
+				session->cipher.expanded_aes_keys.decode;
+		job->iv++;
+		break;
+
+	case AES_CMAC:
+		job->u.CMAC._key_expanded = session->auth.cmac.expkey;
+		job->u.CMAC._skey1 = session->auth.cmac.skey1;
+		job->u.CMAC._skey2 = session->auth.cmac.skey2;
+		job->aes_enc_key_expanded =
+				session->cipher.expanded_aes_keys.encode;
+		job->aes_dec_key_expanded =
+				session->cipher.expanded_aes_keys.decode;
+		break;
+
+	case AES_GMAC:
+		if (session->cipher.mode == GCM) {
+			job->u.GCM.aad = aad;
+			job->u.GCM.aad_len_in_bytes = session->aead.aad_len;
+		} else {
+			/* For GMAC */
+			job->u.GCM.aad = buf;
+			job->u.GCM.aad_len_in_bytes = len;
+			job->cipher_mode = GCM;
+		}
+		job->aes_enc_key_expanded = &session->cipher.gcm_key;
+		job->aes_dec_key_expanded = &session->cipher.gcm_key;
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		job->u.HMAC._hashed_auth_key_xor_ipad =
+				session->auth.pads.inner;
+		job->u.HMAC._hashed_auth_key_xor_opad =
+				session->auth.pads.outer;
+
+		if (job->cipher_mode == DES3) {
+			job->aes_enc_key_expanded =
+				session->cipher.exp_3des_keys.ks_ptr;
+			job->aes_dec_key_expanded =
+				session->cipher.exp_3des_keys.ks_ptr;
+		} else {
+			job->aes_enc_key_expanded =
+				session->cipher.expanded_aes_keys.encode;
+			job->aes_dec_key_expanded =
+				session->cipher.expanded_aes_keys.decode;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Multi-buffer library current only support returning a truncated
+	 * digest length as specified in the relevant IPsec RFCs
+	 */
+
+	/* Set digest location and length */
+	job->auth_tag_output = digest;
+	job->auth_tag_output_len_in_bytes = session->auth.gen_digest_len;
+
+	/* Set IV parameters */
+	job->iv_len_in_bytes = session->iv.length;
+
+	/* Data Parameters */
+	job->src = buf;
+	job->dst = (uint8_t *)buf + sofs.ofs.cipher.head;
+	job->cipher_start_src_offset_in_bytes = sofs.ofs.cipher.head;
+	job->hash_start_src_offset_in_bytes = sofs.ofs.auth.head;
+	if (job->hash_alg == AES_GMAC && session->cipher.mode != GCM) {
+		job->msg_len_to_hash_in_bytes = 0;
+		job->msg_len_to_cipher_in_bytes = 0;
+	} else {
+		job->msg_len_to_hash_in_bytes = len - sofs.ofs.auth.head -
+			sofs.ofs.auth.tail;
+		job->msg_len_to_cipher_in_bytes = len - sofs.ofs.cipher.head -
+			sofs.ofs.cipher.tail;
+	}
+
+	job->user_data = udata;
+}
+
 /**
  * Process a crypto operation and complete a JOB_AES_HMAC job structure for
  * submission to the multi buffer library for processing.
@@ -1100,6 +1220,15 @@ post_process_mb_job(struct aesni_mb_qp *qp, JOB_AES_HMAC *job)
 	return op;
 }
 
+static inline void
+post_process_mb_sync_job(JOB_AES_HMAC *job)
+{
+	uint32_t *st;
+
+	st = job->user_data;
+	st[0] = (job->status == STS_COMPLETED) ? 0 : EBADMSG;
+}
+
 /**
  * Process a completed JOB_AES_HMAC job and keep processing jobs until
  * get_completed_job return NULL
@@ -1136,6 +1265,26 @@ handle_completed_jobs(struct aesni_mb_qp *qp, JOB_AES_HMAC *job,
 	return processed_jobs;
 }
 
+static inline uint32_t
+handle_completed_sync_jobs(JOB_AES_HMAC *job, MB_MGR *mb_mgr)
+{
+	uint32_t i;
+
+	for (i = 0; job != NULL; i++, job = IMB_GET_COMPLETED_JOB(mb_mgr))
+		post_process_mb_sync_job(job);
+
+	return i;
+}
+
+static inline uint32_t
+flush_mb_sync_mgr(MB_MGR *mb_mgr)
+{
+	JOB_AES_HMAC *job;
+
+	job = IMB_FLUSH_JOB(mb_mgr);
+	return handle_completed_sync_jobs(job, mb_mgr);
+}
+
 static inline uint16_t
 flush_mb_mgr(struct aesni_mb_qp *qp, struct rte_crypto_op **ops,
 		uint16_t nb_ops)
@@ -1239,8 +1388,201 @@ aesni_mb_pmd_dequeue_burst(void *queue_pair, struct rte_crypto_op **ops,
 	return processed_jobs;
 }
 
+static MB_MGR *
+alloc_init_mb_mgr(enum aesni_mb_vector_mode vector_mode)
+{
+	MB_MGR *mb_mgr = alloc_mb_mgr(0);
+	if (mb_mgr == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+
+	switch (vector_mode) {
+	case RTE_AESNI_MB_SSE:
+		init_mb_mgr_sse(mb_mgr);
+		break;
+	case RTE_AESNI_MB_AVX:
+		init_mb_mgr_avx(mb_mgr);
+		break;
+	case RTE_AESNI_MB_AVX2:
+		init_mb_mgr_avx2(mb_mgr);
+		break;
+	case RTE_AESNI_MB_AVX512:
+		init_mb_mgr_avx512(mb_mgr);
+		break;
+	default:
+		AESNI_MB_LOG(ERR, "Unsupported vector mode %u\n", vector_mode);
+		free_mb_mgr(mb_mgr);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return mb_mgr;
+}
+
+static inline void
+aesni_mb_fill_error_code(struct rte_crypto_sym_vec *vec, int32_t err)
+{
+	uint32_t i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i != vec->num; ++i)
+		vec->status[i] = err;
+}
+
+static inline int
+check_crypto_sgl(union rte_crypto_sym_ofs so, const struct rte_crypto_sgl *sgl)
+{
+	/* no multi-seg support with current AESNI-MB PMD */
+	if (sgl->num != 1)
+		return ENOTSUP;
+	else if (so.ofs.cipher.head + so.ofs.cipher.tail > sgl->vec[0].len)
+		return EINVAL;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline JOB_AES_HMAC *
+submit_sync_job(MB_MGR *mb_mgr)
+{
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_AESNI_MB_DEBUG
+	return IMB_SUBMIT_JOB(mb_mgr);
+#else
+	return IMB_SUBMIT_JOB_NOCHECK(mb_mgr);
+#endif
+}
+
+static inline uint32_t
+generate_sync_dgst(struct rte_crypto_sym_vec *vec,
+	const uint8_t dgst[][DIGEST_LENGTH_MAX], uint32_t len)
+{
+	uint32_t i, k;
+
+	for (i = 0, k = 0; i != vec->num; i++) {
+		if (vec->status[i] == 0) {
+			memcpy(vec->digest[i], dgst[i], len);
+			k++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return k;
+}
+
+static inline uint32_t
+verify_sync_dgst(struct rte_crypto_sym_vec *vec,
+	const uint8_t dgst[][DIGEST_LENGTH_MAX], uint32_t len)
+{
+	uint32_t i, k;
+
+	for (i = 0, k = 0; i != vec->num; i++) {
+		if (vec->status[i] == 0) {
+			if (memcmp(vec->digest[i], dgst[i], len) != 0)
+				vec->status[i] = EBADMSG;
+			else
+				k++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return k;
+}
+
+uint32_t
+aesni_mb_cpu_crypto_process_bulk(struct rte_cryptodev *dev,
+	struct rte_cryptodev_sym_session *sess, union rte_crypto_sym_ofs sofs,
+	struct rte_crypto_sym_vec *vec)
+{
+	int32_t ret;
+	uint32_t i, j, k, len;
+	void *buf;
+	JOB_AES_HMAC *job;
+	MB_MGR *mb_mgr;
+	struct aesni_mb_private *priv;
+	struct aesni_mb_session *s;
+	uint8_t tmp_dgst[vec->num][DIGEST_LENGTH_MAX];
+
+	s = get_sym_session_private_data(sess, dev->driver_id);
+	if (s == NULL) {
+		aesni_mb_fill_error_code(vec, EINVAL);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* get per-thread MB MGR, create one if needed */
+	mb_mgr = RTE_PER_LCORE(sync_mb_mgr);
+	if (mb_mgr == NULL) {
+
+		priv = dev->data->dev_private;
+		mb_mgr = alloc_init_mb_mgr(priv->vector_mode);
+		if (mb_mgr == NULL) {
+			aesni_mb_fill_error_code(vec, ENOMEM);
+			return 0;
+		}
+		RTE_PER_LCORE(sync_mb_mgr) = mb_mgr;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0, j = 0, k = 0; i != vec->num; i++) {
+
+
+		ret = check_crypto_sgl(sofs, vec->sgl + i);
+		if (ret != 0) {
+			vec->status[i] = ret;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		buf = vec->sgl[i].vec[0].base;
+		len = vec->sgl[i].vec[0].len;
+
+		job = IMB_GET_NEXT_JOB(mb_mgr);
+		if (job == NULL) {
+			k += flush_mb_sync_mgr(mb_mgr);
+			job = IMB_GET_NEXT_JOB(mb_mgr);
+			RTE_ASSERT(job != NULL);
+		}
+
+		/* Submit job for processing */
+		set_cpu_mb_job_params(job, s, sofs, buf, len,
+			vec->iv[i], vec->aad[i], tmp_dgst[i],
+			&vec->status[i]);
+		job = submit_sync_job(mb_mgr);
+		j++;
+
+		/* handle completed jobs */
+		k += handle_completed_sync_jobs(job, mb_mgr);
+	}
+
+	/* flush remaining jobs */
+	while (k != j)
+		k += flush_mb_sync_mgr(mb_mgr);
+
+	/* finish processing for successful jobs: check/update digest */
+	if (k != 0) {
+		if (s->auth.operation == RTE_CRYPTO_AUTH_OP_VERIFY)
+			k = verify_sync_dgst(vec,
+				(const uint8_t (*)[DIGEST_LENGTH_MAX])tmp_dgst,
+				s->auth.req_digest_len);
+		else
+			k = generate_sync_dgst(vec,
+				(const uint8_t (*)[DIGEST_LENGTH_MAX])tmp_dgst,
+				s->auth.req_digest_len);
+	}
+
+	return k;
+}
+
 static int cryptodev_aesni_mb_remove(struct rte_vdev_device *vdev);
 
+static uint64_t
+vec_mode_to_flags(enum aesni_mb_vector_mode mode)
+{
+	switch (mode) {
+	case RTE_AESNI_MB_SSE:
+		return RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_CPU_SSE;
+	case RTE_AESNI_MB_AVX:
+		return RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_CPU_AVX;
+	case RTE_AESNI_MB_AVX2:
+		return RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_CPU_AVX2;
+	case RTE_AESNI_MB_AVX512:
+		return RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_CPU_AVX512;
+	default:
+		AESNI_MB_LOG(ERR, "Unsupported vector mode %u\n", mode);
+		return 0;
+	}
+}
+
 static int
 cryptodev_aesni_mb_create(const char *name,
 			struct rte_vdev_device *vdev,
@@ -1276,7 +1618,8 @@ cryptodev_aesni_mb_create(const char *name,
 
 	dev->feature_flags = RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_SYMMETRIC_CRYPTO |
 			RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_SYM_OPERATION_CHAINING |
-			RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_OOP_LB_IN_LB_OUT;
+			RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_OOP_LB_IN_LB_OUT |
+			RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_SYM_CPU_CRYPTO;
 
 	/* Check CPU for support for AES instruction set */
 	if (rte_cpu_get_flag_enabled(RTE_CPUFLAG_AES))
@@ -1284,30 +1627,12 @@ cryptodev_aesni_mb_create(const char *name,
 	else
 		AESNI_MB_LOG(WARNING, "AES instructions not supported by CPU");
 
-	mb_mgr = alloc_mb_mgr(0);
-	if (mb_mgr == NULL)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	dev->feature_flags |= vec_mode_to_flags(vector_mode);
 
-	switch (vector_mode) {
-	case RTE_AESNI_MB_SSE:
-		dev->feature_flags |= RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_CPU_SSE;
-		init_mb_mgr_sse(mb_mgr);
-		break;
-	case RTE_AESNI_MB_AVX:
-		dev->feature_flags |= RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_CPU_AVX;
-		init_mb_mgr_avx(mb_mgr);
-		break;
-	case RTE_AESNI_MB_AVX2:
-		dev->feature_flags |= RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_CPU_AVX2;
-		init_mb_mgr_avx2(mb_mgr);
-		break;
-	case RTE_AESNI_MB_AVX512:
-		dev->feature_flags |= RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_CPU_AVX512;
-		init_mb_mgr_avx512(mb_mgr);
-		break;
-	default:
-		AESNI_MB_LOG(ERR, "Unsupported vector mode %u\n", vector_mode);
-		goto error_exit;
+	mb_mgr = alloc_init_mb_mgr(vector_mode);
+	if (mb_mgr == NULL) {
+		rte_cryptodev_pmd_destroy(dev);
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
 	/* Set vector instructions mode supported */
@@ -1319,16 +1644,7 @@ cryptodev_aesni_mb_create(const char *name,
 
 	AESNI_MB_LOG(INFO, "IPSec Multi-buffer library version used: %s\n",
 			imb_get_version_str());
-
 	return 0;
-
-error_exit:
-	if (mb_mgr)
-		free_mb_mgr(mb_mgr);
-
-	rte_cryptodev_pmd_destroy(dev);
-
-	return -1;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -1377,6 +1693,10 @@ cryptodev_aesni_mb_remove(struct rte_vdev_device *vdev)
 	internals = cryptodev->data->dev_private;
 
 	free_mb_mgr(internals->mb_mgr);
+	if (RTE_PER_LCORE(sync_mb_mgr)) {
+		free_mb_mgr(RTE_PER_LCORE(sync_mb_mgr));
+		RTE_PER_LCORE(sync_mb_mgr) = NULL;
+	}
 
 	return rte_cryptodev_pmd_destroy(cryptodev);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/aesni_mb/rte_aesni_mb_pmd_ops.c b/drivers/crypto/aesni_mb/rte_aesni_mb_pmd_ops.c
index d8609ad11..e8371ea69 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/aesni_mb/rte_aesni_mb_pmd_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/aesni_mb/rte_aesni_mb_pmd_ops.c
@@ -805,6 +805,8 @@ struct rte_cryptodev_ops aesni_mb_pmd_ops = {
 		.queue_pair_release	= aesni_mb_pmd_qp_release,
 		.queue_pair_count	= aesni_mb_pmd_qp_count,
 
+		.sym_cpu_process	= aesni_mb_cpu_crypto_process_bulk,
+
 		.sym_session_get_size	= aesni_mb_pmd_sym_session_get_size,
 		.sym_session_configure	= aesni_mb_pmd_sym_session_configure,
 		.sym_session_clear	= aesni_mb_pmd_sym_session_clear
