diff --git a/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_devx_cmds.c b/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_devx_cmds.c
index b075af9f6d..cc70c794e7 100644
--- a/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_devx_cmds.c
+++ b/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_devx_cmds.c
@@ -744,6 +744,11 @@ mlx5_devx_cmd_query_hca_attr(void *ctx,
 					      log_compress_mmo_size);
 	attr->log_max_mmo_decompress = MLX5_GET(cmd_hca_cap, hcattr,
 						log_decompress_mmo_size);
+	attr->cqe_compression = MLX5_GET(cmd_hca_cap, hcattr, cqe_compression);
+	attr->mini_cqe_resp_flow_tag = MLX5_GET(cmd_hca_cap, hcattr,
+						mini_cqe_resp_flow_tag);
+	attr->mini_cqe_resp_l3_l4_tag = MLX5_GET(cmd_hca_cap, hcattr,
+						 mini_cqe_resp_l3_l4_tag);
 	if (attr->qos.sup) {
 		MLX5_SET(query_hca_cap_in, in, op_mod,
 			 MLX5_GET_HCA_CAP_OP_MOD_QOS_CAP |
diff --git a/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_devx_cmds.h b/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_devx_cmds.h
index 3e2a0a24f9..9dcd917c39 100644
--- a/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_devx_cmds.h
+++ b/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_devx_cmds.h
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ struct mlx5_hca_attr {
 	uint32_t regexp_num_of_engines;
 	uint32_t log_max_ft_sampler_num:8;
 	uint32_t geneve_tlv_opt;
+	uint32_t cqe_compression:1;
+	uint32_t mini_cqe_resp_flow_tag:1;
+	uint32_t mini_cqe_resp_l3_l4_tag:1;
 	struct mlx5_hca_qos_attr qos;
 	struct mlx5_hca_vdpa_attr vdpa;
 	int log_max_qp_sz;
diff --git a/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_prm.h b/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_prm.h
index 751dda2537..de721aa177 100644
--- a/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_prm.h
+++ b/drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_prm.h
@@ -1444,7 +1444,10 @@ struct mlx5_ifc_cmd_hca_cap_bits {
 	u8 max_geneve_tlv_options[0x8];
 	u8 reserved_at_568[0x3];
 	u8 max_geneve_tlv_option_data_len[0x5];
-	u8 reserved_at_570[0x4c];
+	u8 reserved_at_570[0x49];
+	u8 mini_cqe_resp_l3_l4_tag[0x1];
+	u8 mini_cqe_resp_flow_tag[0x1];
+	u8 enhanced_cqe_compression[0x1];
 	u8 mini_cqe_resp_stride_index[0x1];
 	u8 cqe_128_always[0x1];
 	u8 cqe_compression_128[0x1];
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_os.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_os.c
index 9b95b9fe31..79a4376f91 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_os.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_os.c
@@ -676,7 +676,6 @@ mlx5_dev_spawn(struct rte_device *dpdk_dev,
 	int err = 0;
 	unsigned int hw_padding = 0;
 	unsigned int mps;
-	unsigned int cqe_comp;
 	unsigned int tunnel_en = 0;
 	unsigned int mpls_en = 0;
 	unsigned int swp = 0;
@@ -868,12 +867,6 @@ mlx5_dev_spawn(struct rte_device *dpdk_dev,
 			mprq_caps.max_single_wqe_log_num_of_strides;
 	}
 #endif
-	if (RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE == 128 &&
-	    !(dv_attr.flags & MLX5DV_CONTEXT_FLAGS_CQE_128B_COMP))
-		cqe_comp = 0;
-	else
-		cqe_comp = 1;
-	config->cqe_comp = cqe_comp;
 #ifdef HAVE_IBV_DEVICE_TUNNEL_SUPPORT
 	if (dv_attr.comp_mask & MLX5DV_CONTEXT_MASK_TUNNEL_OFFLOADS) {
 		tunnel_en = ((dv_attr.tunnel_offloads_caps &
@@ -1104,10 +1097,6 @@ mlx5_dev_spawn(struct rte_device *dpdk_dev,
 		config->mps == MLX5_MPW_ENHANCED ? "enhanced " :
 		config->mps == MLX5_MPW ? "legacy " : "",
 		config->mps != MLX5_MPW_DISABLED ? "enabled" : "disabled");
-	if (config->cqe_comp && !cqe_comp) {
-		DRV_LOG(WARNING, "Rx CQE compression isn't supported");
-		config->cqe_comp = 0;
-	}
 	if (config->devx) {
 		err = mlx5_devx_cmd_query_hca_attr(sh->ctx, &config->hca_attr);
 		if (err) {
@@ -1206,6 +1195,25 @@ mlx5_dev_spawn(struct rte_device *dpdk_dev,
 		}
 #endif
 	}
+	if (config->cqe_comp && RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE == 128 &&
+	    !(dv_attr.flags & MLX5DV_CONTEXT_FLAGS_CQE_128B_COMP)) {
+		DRV_LOG(WARNING, "Rx CQE 128B compression is not supported");
+		config->cqe_comp = 0;
+	}
+	if (config->cqe_comp_fmt == MLX5_CQE_RESP_FORMAT_FTAG_STRIDX &&
+	    (!config->devx || !config->hca_attr.mini_cqe_resp_flow_tag)) {
+		DRV_LOG(WARNING, "Flow Tag CQE compression"
+				 " format isn't supported.");
+		config->cqe_comp = 0;
+	}
+	if (config->cqe_comp_fmt == MLX5_CQE_RESP_FORMAT_L34H_STRIDX &&
+	    (!config->devx || !config->hca_attr.mini_cqe_resp_l3_l4_tag)) {
+		DRV_LOG(WARNING, "L3/L4 Header CQE compression"
+				 " format isn't supported.");
+		config->cqe_comp = 0;
+	}
+	DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "Rx CQE compression is %ssupported",
+			config->cqe_comp ? "" : "not ");
 	if (config->tx_pp) {
 		DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "Timestamp counter frequency %u kHz",
 			config->hca_attr.dev_freq_khz);
