diff --git a/app/test-eventdev/evt_common.h b/app/test-eventdev/evt_common.h
index 0e228258e7..28afb114b3 100644
--- a/app/test-eventdev/evt_common.h
+++ b/app/test-eventdev/evt_common.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ struct evt_options {
 	uint8_t timdev_cnt;
 	uint8_t nb_timer_adptrs;
 	uint8_t timdev_use_burst;
+	uint8_t per_port_pool;
 	uint8_t sched_type_list[EVT_MAX_STAGES];
 	uint16_t mbuf_sz;
 	uint16_t wkr_deq_dep;
diff --git a/app/test-eventdev/evt_options.c b/app/test-eventdev/evt_options.c
index 061b63e12e..bfa3840dbc 100644
--- a/app/test-eventdev/evt_options.c
+++ b/app/test-eventdev/evt_options.c
@@ -297,6 +297,12 @@ evt_parse_eth_queues(struct evt_options *opt, const char *arg)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+evt_parse_per_port_pool(struct evt_options *opt, const char *arg __rte_unused)
+{
+	opt->per_port_pool = 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static void
 usage(char *program)
 {
@@ -333,6 +339,7 @@ usage(char *program)
 		"\t--enable_vector    : enable event vectorization.\n"
 		"\t--vector_size      : Max vector size.\n"
 		"\t--vector_tmo_ns    : Max vector timeout in nanoseconds\n"
+		"\t--per_port_pool    : Configure unique pool per ethdev port\n"
 		);
 	printf("available tests:\n");
 	evt_test_dump_names();
@@ -408,6 +415,7 @@ static struct option lgopts[] = {
 	{ EVT_ENA_VECTOR,          0, 0, 0 },
 	{ EVT_VECTOR_SZ,           1, 0, 0 },
 	{ EVT_VECTOR_TMO,          1, 0, 0 },
+	{ EVT_PER_PORT_POOL,       0, 0, 0 },
 	{ EVT_HELP,                0, 0, 0 },
 	{ NULL,                    0, 0, 0 }
 };
@@ -446,6 +454,7 @@ evt_opts_parse_long(int opt_idx, struct evt_options *opt)
 		{ EVT_ENA_VECTOR, evt_parse_ena_vector},
 		{ EVT_VECTOR_SZ, evt_parse_vector_size},
 		{ EVT_VECTOR_TMO, evt_parse_vector_tmo_ns},
+		{ EVT_PER_PORT_POOL, evt_parse_per_port_pool},
 	};
 
 	for (i = 0; i < RTE_DIM(parsermap); i++) {
diff --git a/app/test-eventdev/evt_options.h b/app/test-eventdev/evt_options.h
index 1cea2a3e11..6436200b40 100644
--- a/app/test-eventdev/evt_options.h
+++ b/app/test-eventdev/evt_options.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #define EVT_ENA_VECTOR           ("enable_vector")
 #define EVT_VECTOR_SZ            ("vector_size")
 #define EVT_VECTOR_TMO           ("vector_tmo_ns")
+#define EVT_PER_PORT_POOL	 ("per_port_pool")
 #define EVT_HELP                 ("help")
 
 void evt_options_default(struct evt_options *opt);
diff --git a/app/test-eventdev/test_pipeline_common.c b/app/test-eventdev/test_pipeline_common.c
index d5ef90500f..6ee530d4cd 100644
--- a/app/test-eventdev/test_pipeline_common.c
+++ b/app/test-eventdev/test_pipeline_common.c
@@ -259,9 +259,10 @@ pipeline_ethdev_setup(struct evt_test *test, struct evt_options *opt)
 		}
 
 		for (j = 0; j < opt->eth_queues; j++) {
-			if (rte_eth_rx_queue_setup(i, j, NB_RX_DESC,
-						   rte_socket_id(), &rx_conf,
-						   t->pool) < 0) {
+			if (rte_eth_rx_queue_setup(
+				    i, j, NB_RX_DESC, rte_socket_id(), &rx_conf,
+				    opt->per_port_pool ? t->pool[i] :
+							      t->pool[0]) < 0) {
 				evt_err("Failed to setup eth port [%d] rx_queue: %d.",
 					i, 0);
 				return -EINVAL;
@@ -569,18 +570,35 @@ pipeline_mempool_setup(struct evt_test *test, struct evt_options *opt)
 			if (data_size  > opt->mbuf_sz)
 				opt->mbuf_sz = data_size;
 		}
+		if (opt->per_port_pool) {
+			char name[RTE_MEMPOOL_NAMESIZE];
+
+			snprintf(name, RTE_MEMPOOL_NAMESIZE, "%s-%d",
+				 test->name, i);
+			t->pool[i] = rte_pktmbuf_pool_create(
+				name,	      /* mempool name */
+				opt->pool_sz, /* number of elements*/
+				0,	      /* cache size*/
+				0, opt->mbuf_sz, opt->socket_id); /* flags */
+
+			if (t->pool[i] == NULL) {
+				evt_err("failed to create mempool %s", name);
+				return -ENOMEM;
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
-	t->pool = rte_pktmbuf_pool_create(test->name, /* mempool name */
+	if (!opt->per_port_pool) {
+		t->pool[0] = rte_pktmbuf_pool_create(
+			test->name,   /* mempool name */
 			opt->pool_sz, /* number of elements*/
-			512, /* cache size*/
-			0,
-			opt->mbuf_sz,
-			opt->socket_id); /* flags */
-
-	if (t->pool == NULL) {
-		evt_err("failed to create mempool");
-		return -ENOMEM;
+			0,	      /* cache size*/
+			0, opt->mbuf_sz, opt->socket_id); /* flags */
+
+		if (t->pool[0] == NULL) {
+			evt_err("failed to create mempool");
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -589,10 +607,16 @@ pipeline_mempool_setup(struct evt_test *test, struct evt_options *opt)
 void
 pipeline_mempool_destroy(struct evt_test *test, struct evt_options *opt)
 {
-	RTE_SET_USED(opt);
 	struct test_pipeline *t = evt_test_priv(test);
+	int i;
 
-	rte_mempool_free(t->pool);
+	RTE_SET_USED(opt);
+	if (opt->per_port_pool) {
+		RTE_ETH_FOREACH_DEV(i)
+			rte_mempool_free(t->pool[i]);
+	} else {
+		rte_mempool_free(t->pool[0]);
+	}
 }
 
 int
diff --git a/app/test-eventdev/test_pipeline_common.h b/app/test-eventdev/test_pipeline_common.h
index 800a90616f..d69e2f8a3e 100644
--- a/app/test-eventdev/test_pipeline_common.h
+++ b/app/test-eventdev/test_pipeline_common.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ struct test_pipeline {
 	enum evt_test_result result;
 	uint32_t nb_flows;
 	uint64_t outstand_pkts;
-	struct rte_mempool *pool;
+	struct rte_mempool *pool[RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS];
 	struct worker_data worker[EVT_MAX_PORTS];
 	struct evt_options *opt;
 	uint8_t sched_type_list[EVT_MAX_STAGES] __rte_cache_aligned;
diff --git a/doc/guides/tools/testeventdev.rst b/doc/guides/tools/testeventdev.rst
index f252dc2c19..b81340471e 100644
--- a/doc/guides/tools/testeventdev.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/tools/testeventdev.rst
@@ -178,6 +178,12 @@ The following are the application command-line options:
        Vector timeout nanoseconds to be configured for the Rx adapter.
        Only applicable for `pipeline_atq` and `pipeline_queue` tests.
 
+* ``--per_port_pool``
+
+        Configure unique mempool per ethernet device, the size of each pool
+        is equal to `pool_sz`.
+        Only applicable for pipeline_atq` and `pipeline_queue` tests.
+
 
 Eventdev Tests
 --------------
@@ -631,6 +637,7 @@ Supported application command line options are following::
         --enable_vector
         --vector_size
         --vector_tmo_ns
+        --per_port_pool
 
 
 .. Note::
@@ -734,6 +741,7 @@ Supported application command line options are following::
         --enable_vector
         --vector_size
         --vector_tmo_ns
+        --per_port_pool
 
 
 .. Note::
