diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/cnxk.rst b/doc/guides/nics/cnxk.rst
index 87ceda5..af7141f 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/cnxk.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/cnxk.rst
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Features of the CNXK Ethdev PMD are:
 - Lock-free Tx queue
 - Multiple queues for TX and RX
 - Receiver Side Scaling (RSS)
+- MAC filtering
 - Inner and Outer Checksum offload
 - Link state information
 - MTU update
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/features/cnxk.ini b/doc/guides/nics/features/cnxk.ini
index 9b2e163..20d4d12 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/features/cnxk.ini
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/features/cnxk.ini
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Queue start/stop     = Y
 MTU update           = Y
 TSO                  = Y
 Promiscuous mode     = Y
+Unicast MAC filter   = Y
 RSS hash             = Y
 Inner RSS            = Y
 Jumbo frame          = Y
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/features/cnxk_vec.ini b/doc/guides/nics/features/cnxk_vec.ini
index 31471e0..e1de8ab 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/features/cnxk_vec.ini
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/features/cnxk_vec.ini
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Free Tx mbuf on demand = Y
 Queue start/stop     = Y
 MTU update           = Y
 Promiscuous mode     = Y
+Unicast MAC filter   = Y
 RSS hash             = Y
 Inner RSS            = Y
 Jumbo frame          = Y
diff --git a/drivers/net/cnxk/cnxk_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/cnxk/cnxk_ethdev.c
index e5590a0..7b9e37b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cnxk/cnxk_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/cnxk/cnxk_ethdev.c
@@ -1097,6 +1097,8 @@ cnxk_nix_dev_start(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 /* CNXK platform independent eth dev ops */
 struct eth_dev_ops cnxk_eth_dev_ops = {
 	.mtu_set = cnxk_nix_mtu_set,
+	.mac_addr_add = cnxk_nix_mac_addr_add,
+	.mac_addr_remove = cnxk_nix_mac_addr_del,
 	.mac_addr_set = cnxk_nix_mac_addr_set,
 	.dev_infos_get = cnxk_nix_info_get,
 	.link_update = cnxk_nix_link_update,
diff --git a/drivers/net/cnxk/cnxk_ethdev.h b/drivers/net/cnxk/cnxk_ethdev.h
index 2fce20e..ab94b99 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cnxk/cnxk_ethdev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/cnxk/cnxk_ethdev.h
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ struct cnxk_eth_dev {
 
 	/* Max macfilter entries */
 	uint8_t max_mac_entries;
+	bool dmac_filter_enable;
 
 	uint16_t flags;
 	uint8_t ptype_disable;
@@ -221,6 +222,10 @@ int cnxk_nix_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv,
 		   struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev);
 int cnxk_nix_remove(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev);
 int cnxk_nix_mtu_set(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, uint16_t mtu);
+int cnxk_nix_mac_addr_add(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev,
+			  struct rte_ether_addr *addr, uint32_t index,
+			  uint32_t pool);
+void cnxk_nix_mac_addr_del(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, uint32_t index);
 int cnxk_nix_mac_addr_set(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev,
 			  struct rte_ether_addr *addr);
 int cnxk_nix_promisc_enable(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/cnxk/cnxk_ethdev_ops.c b/drivers/net/cnxk/cnxk_ethdev_ops.c
index 6feb3a9..fc60576 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cnxk/cnxk_ethdev_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/net/cnxk/cnxk_ethdev_ops.c
@@ -101,6 +101,43 @@ cnxk_nix_mac_addr_set(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, struct rte_ether_addr *addr)
 }
 
 int
+cnxk_nix_mac_addr_add(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, struct rte_ether_addr *addr,
+		      uint32_t index, uint32_t pool)
+{
+	struct cnxk_eth_dev *dev = cnxk_eth_pmd_priv(eth_dev);
+	struct roc_nix *nix = &dev->nix;
+	int rc;
+
+	PLT_SET_USED(index);
+	PLT_SET_USED(pool);
+
+	rc = roc_nix_mac_addr_add(nix, addr->addr_bytes);
+	if (rc < 0) {
+		plt_err("Failed to add mac address, rc=%d", rc);
+		return rc;
+	}
+
+	/* Enable promiscuous mode at NIX level */
+	roc_nix_npc_promisc_ena_dis(nix, true);
+	dev->dmac_filter_enable = true;
+	eth_dev->data->promiscuous = false;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void
+cnxk_nix_mac_addr_del(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, uint32_t index)
+{
+	struct cnxk_eth_dev *dev = cnxk_eth_pmd_priv(eth_dev);
+	struct roc_nix *nix = &dev->nix;
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = roc_nix_mac_addr_del(nix, index);
+	if (rc)
+		plt_err("Failed to delete mac address, rc=%d", rc);
+}
+
+int
 cnxk_nix_mtu_set(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, uint16_t mtu)
 {
 	uint32_t old_frame_size, frame_size = mtu + CNXK_NIX_L2_OVERHEAD;
@@ -212,8 +249,8 @@ cnxk_nix_promisc_disable(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 	if (roc_nix_is_vf_or_sdp(nix))
 		return rc;
 
-	rc = roc_nix_npc_promisc_ena_dis(nix, false);
-	if (rc < 0) {
+	rc = roc_nix_npc_promisc_ena_dis(nix, dev->dmac_filter_enable);
+	if (rc) {
 		plt_err("Failed to setup promisc mode in npc, rc=%d(%s)", rc,
 			roc_error_msg_get(rc));
 		return rc;
@@ -223,9 +260,10 @@ cnxk_nix_promisc_disable(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 	if (rc) {
 		plt_err("Failed to setup promisc mode in mac, rc=%d(%s)", rc,
 			roc_error_msg_get(rc));
-		roc_nix_npc_promisc_ena_dis(nix, true);
+		roc_nix_npc_promisc_ena_dis(nix, !dev->dmac_filter_enable);
 		return rc;
 	}
 
+	dev->dmac_filter_enable = false;
 	return 0;
 }
