diff --git a/lib/pipeline/rte_swx_pipeline.c b/lib/pipeline/rte_swx_pipeline.c
index e1227cbfcc..e9e024029e 100644
--- a/lib/pipeline/rte_swx_pipeline.c
+++ b/lib/pipeline/rte_swx_pipeline.c
@@ -8893,6 +8893,7 @@ rte_swx_pipeline_learner_config(struct rte_swx_pipeline *p,
 	struct learner *l = NULL;
 	struct action *default_action;
 	struct header *header = NULL;
+	struct hash_func *hf = NULL;
 	uint32_t action_data_size_max = 0, i;
 	int status = 0;
 
@@ -8955,6 +8956,12 @@ rte_swx_pipeline_learner_config(struct rte_swx_pipeline *p,
 	CHECK((default_action->st && params->default_action_args) || !params->default_action_args,
 	      EINVAL);
 
+	/* Hash function checks. */
+	if (params->hash_func_name) {
+		hf = hash_func_find(p, params->hash_func_name);
+		CHECK(hf, EINVAL);
+	}
+
 	/* Any other checks. */
 	CHECK(size, EINVAL);
 	CHECK(timeout, EINVAL);
@@ -9043,6 +9050,8 @@ rte_swx_pipeline_learner_config(struct rte_swx_pipeline *p,
 
 	l->action_data_size_max = action_data_size_max;
 
+	l->hf = hf;
+
 	l->size = size;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < n_timeouts; i++)
@@ -9132,6 +9141,9 @@ learner_params_get(struct learner *l)
 	/* Action data size. */
 	params->action_data_size = l->action_data_size_max;
 
+	/* Hash function. */
+	params->hash_func = l->hf ? l->hf->func : NULL;
+
 	/* Maximum number of keys. */
 	params->n_keys_max = l->size;
 
diff --git a/lib/pipeline/rte_swx_pipeline.h b/lib/pipeline/rte_swx_pipeline.h
index 09c75180f8..2c9cc6ee44 100644
--- a/lib/pipeline/rte_swx_pipeline.h
+++ b/lib/pipeline/rte_swx_pipeline.h
@@ -829,6 +829,12 @@ struct rte_swx_pipeline_learner_params {
 	 * list.
 	 */
 	int default_action_is_const;
+
+	/** Hash function name. When not set to NULL, it must point to one of
+	 * the hash functions that were registered for the current pipeline.
+	 * When NULL, the default hash function will be used.
+	 */
+	const char *hash_func_name;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/pipeline/rte_swx_pipeline_internal.h b/lib/pipeline/rte_swx_pipeline_internal.h
index ee579c6656..ef60288dca 100644
--- a/lib/pipeline/rte_swx_pipeline_internal.h
+++ b/lib/pipeline/rte_swx_pipeline_internal.h
@@ -900,6 +900,7 @@ struct learner {
 	int *action_is_for_table_entries;
 	int *action_is_for_default_entry;
 
+	struct hash_func *hf;
 	uint32_t size;
 	uint32_t timeout[RTE_SWX_TABLE_LEARNER_N_KEY_TIMEOUTS_MAX];
 	uint32_t n_timeouts;
diff --git a/lib/pipeline/rte_swx_pipeline_spec.c b/lib/pipeline/rte_swx_pipeline_spec.c
index c0ca7335ff..5a07edd519 100644
--- a/lib/pipeline/rte_swx_pipeline_spec.c
+++ b/lib/pipeline/rte_swx_pipeline_spec.c
@@ -1350,7 +1350,7 @@ selector_block_parse(struct selector_spec *s,
 static void
 learner_spec_free(struct learner_spec *s)
 {
-	uintptr_t default_action_name, default_action_args;
+	uintptr_t default_action_name, default_action_args, hash_func_name;
 	uint32_t i;
 
 	if (!s)
@@ -1397,6 +1397,10 @@ learner_spec_free(struct learner_spec *s)
 
 	s->params.default_action_is_const = 0;
 
+	hash_func_name = (uintptr_t)s->params.hash_func_name;
+	free((void *)hash_func_name);
+	s->params.hash_func_name = NULL;
+
 	s->size = 0;
 
 	free(s->timeout);
@@ -1853,6 +1857,35 @@ learner_block_parse(struct learner_spec *s,
 							      err_line,
 							      err_msg);
 
+	if (!strcmp(tokens[0], "hash")) {
+		if (n_tokens != 2) {
+			if (err_line)
+				*err_line = n_lines;
+			if (err_msg)
+				*err_msg = "Invalid hash statement.";
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
+		if (s->params.hash_func_name) {
+			if (err_line)
+				*err_line = n_lines;
+			if (err_msg)
+				*err_msg = "Duplicate hash statement.";
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
+		s->params.hash_func_name = strdup(tokens[1]);
+		if (!s->params.hash_func_name) {
+			if (err_line)
+				*err_line = n_lines;
+			if (err_msg)
+				*err_msg = "Memory allocation failed.";
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	if (!strcmp(tokens[0], "size")) {
 		char *p = tokens[1];
 
diff --git a/lib/pipeline/rte_swx_pipeline_spec.h b/lib/pipeline/rte_swx_pipeline_spec.h
index dbe1b40adc..123e175f8b 100644
--- a/lib/pipeline/rte_swx_pipeline_spec.h
+++ b/lib/pipeline/rte_swx_pipeline_spec.h
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ struct selector_spec {
  *		...
  *	}
  *	default_action ACTION_NAME args none | ARG0_NAME ARG0_VALUE ... [ const ]
+ *	hash HASH_FUNCTION_NAME
  *	size SIZE
  *	timeout {
  *		TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS
