diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 51d77460ec..e018e396d0 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ F: buildtools/symlink-drivers-solibs.py
 F: devtools/test-meson-builds.sh
 F: devtools/check-meson.py
 
+DTS
+M: Lijuan Tu <lijuan.tu@intel.com>
+M: Owen Hilyard <ohilyard@iol.unh.edu>
+F: dts/
+
 Public CI
 M: Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com>
 M: Michael Santana <maicolgabriel@hotmail.com>
diff --git a/doc/guides/tools/dts.rst b/doc/guides/tools/dts.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a88901119
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/guides/tools/dts.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+..  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+    Copyright(c) 2022 PANTHEON.tech s.r.o.
+
+DPDK Test Suite
+===============
+
+The DPDK Test Suite, abbreviated DTS, is a Python test framework with test suites
+implementing functional and performance tests used to test DPDK.
+
+
+DTS Environment
+---------------
+
+DTS is written entirely in Python using a variety of dependencies.
+DTS uses Poetry as its Python dependency management.
+Python build/development and runtime environments are the same and DTS development environment,
+DTS runtime environment or just plain DTS environment are used interchangeably.
+
+
+Setting up DTS environment
+--------------------------
+
+#. **Python Version**
+
+   The Python Version required by DTS is specified in ``dts/pyproject.toml`` in the
+   **[tool.poetry.dependencies]** section:
+
+   .. literalinclude:: ../../../dts/pyproject.toml
+      :language: cfg
+      :start-at: [tool.poetry.dependencies]
+      :end-at: python
+
+   The Python dependency manager DTS uses, Poetry, doesn't install Python, so you may need
+   to satisfy this requirement by other means if your Python is not up-to-date.
+   A tool such as `Pyenv <https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv>`_ is a good way to get Python,
+   though not the only one.
+
+#. **Poetry**
+
+   The typical style of python dependency management, pip with ``requirements.txt``,
+   has a few issues.
+   The advantages of Poetry include specifying what Python version is required and forcing you
+   to specify versions, enforced by a lockfile, both of which help prevent broken dependencies.
+   Another benefit is the usage of ``pyproject.toml``, which has become the standard config file
+   for python projects, improving project organization.
+   To install Poetry, visit their `doc pages <https://python-poetry.org/docs/>`_.
+
+#. **Getting a Poetry shell**
+
+   Once you have Poetry along with the proper Python version all set up, it's just a matter
+   of installing dependencies via Poetry and using the virtual environment Poetry provides:
+
+   .. code-block:: console
+
+      poetry install
+      poetry shell
diff --git a/doc/guides/tools/index.rst b/doc/guides/tools/index.rst
index 0e5041a3f0..f21ef0aac9 100644
--- a/doc/guides/tools/index.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/tools/index.rst
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ DPDK Tools User Guides
     comp_perf
     testeventdev
     testregex
+    dts
diff --git a/dts/poetry.lock b/dts/poetry.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b2a007d4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dts/poetry.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,337 @@
+[[package]]
+name = "attrs"
+version = "22.1.0"
+description = "Classes Without Boilerplate"
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.5"
+
+[package.extras]
+dev = ["coverage[toml] (>=5.0.2)", "hypothesis", "pympler", "pytest (>=4.3.0)", "mypy (>=0.900,!=0.940)", "pytest-mypy-plugins", "zope.interface", "furo", "sphinx", "sphinx-notfound-page", "pre-commit", "cloudpickle"]
+docs = ["furo", "sphinx", "zope.interface", "sphinx-notfound-page"]
+tests = ["coverage[toml] (>=5.0.2)", "hypothesis", "pympler", "pytest (>=4.3.0)", "mypy (>=0.900,!=0.940)", "pytest-mypy-plugins", "zope.interface", "cloudpickle"]
+tests_no_zope = ["coverage[toml] (>=5.0.2)", "hypothesis", "pympler", "pytest (>=4.3.0)", "mypy (>=0.900,!=0.940)", "pytest-mypy-plugins", "cloudpickle"]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "black"
+version = "22.10.0"
+description = "The uncompromising code formatter."
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+
+[package.dependencies]
+click = ">=8.0.0"
+mypy-extensions = ">=0.4.3"
+pathspec = ">=0.9.0"
+platformdirs = ">=2"
+tomli = {version = ">=1.1.0", markers = "python_full_version < \"3.11.0a7\""}
+
+[package.extras]
+colorama = ["colorama (>=0.4.3)"]
+d = ["aiohttp (>=3.7.4)"]
+jupyter = ["ipython (>=7.8.0)", "tokenize-rt (>=3.2.0)"]
+uvloop = ["uvloop (>=0.15.2)"]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "click"
+version = "8.1.3"
+description = "Composable command line interface toolkit"
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+
+[package.dependencies]
+colorama = {version = "*", markers = "platform_system == \"Windows\""}
+
+[[package]]
+name = "colorama"
+version = "0.4.6"
+description = "Cross-platform colored terminal text."
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,!=3.3.*,!=3.4.*,!=3.5.*,!=3.6.*,>=2.7"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "isort"
+version = "5.10.1"
+description = "A Python utility / library to sort Python imports."
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.6.1,<4.0"
+
+[package.extras]
+pipfile_deprecated_finder = ["pipreqs", "requirementslib"]
+requirements_deprecated_finder = ["pipreqs", "pip-api"]
+colors = ["colorama (>=0.4.3,<0.5.0)"]
+plugins = ["setuptools"]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "jsonpatch"
+version = "1.32"
+description = "Apply JSON-Patches (RFC 6902)"
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*"
+
+[package.dependencies]
+jsonpointer = ">=1.9"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "jsonpointer"
+version = "2.3"
+description = "Identify specific nodes in a JSON document (RFC 6901)"
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "jsonschema"
+version = "4.17.0"
+description = "An implementation of JSON Schema validation for Python"
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+
+[package.dependencies]
+attrs = ">=17.4.0"
+pyrsistent = ">=0.14.0,<0.17.0 || >0.17.0,<0.17.1 || >0.17.1,<0.17.2 || >0.17.2"
+
+[package.extras]
+format = ["fqdn", "idna", "isoduration", "jsonpointer (>1.13)", "rfc3339-validator", "rfc3987", "uri-template", "webcolors (>=1.11)"]
+format-nongpl = ["fqdn", "idna", "isoduration", "jsonpointer (>1.13)", "rfc3339-validator", "rfc3986-validator (>0.1.0)", "uri-template", "webcolors (>=1.11)"]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "mccabe"
+version = "0.7.0"
+description = "McCabe checker, plugin for flake8"
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.6"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "mypy"
+version = "0.961"
+description = "Optional static typing for Python"
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.6"
+
+[package.dependencies]
+mypy-extensions = ">=0.4.3"
+tomli = {version = ">=1.1.0", markers = "python_version < \"3.11\""}
+typing-extensions = ">=3.10"
+
+[package.extras]
+dmypy = ["psutil (>=4.0)"]
+python2 = ["typed-ast (>=1.4.0,<2)"]
+reports = ["lxml"]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "mypy-extensions"
+version = "0.4.3"
+description = "Experimental type system extensions for programs checked with the mypy typechecker."
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pathspec"
+version = "0.10.1"
+description = "Utility library for gitignore style pattern matching of file paths."
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pexpect"
+version = "4.8.0"
+description = "Pexpect allows easy control of interactive console applications."
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+
+[package.dependencies]
+ptyprocess = ">=0.5"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "platformdirs"
+version = "2.5.2"
+description = "A small Python module for determining appropriate platform-specific dirs, e.g. a \"user data dir\"."
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+
+[package.extras]
+docs = ["furo (>=2021.7.5b38)", "proselint (>=0.10.2)", "sphinx-autodoc-typehints (>=1.12)", "sphinx (>=4)"]
+test = ["appdirs (==1.4.4)", "pytest-cov (>=2.7)", "pytest-mock (>=3.6)", "pytest (>=6)"]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ptyprocess"
+version = "0.7.0"
+description = "Run a subprocess in a pseudo terminal"
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pycodestyle"
+version = "2.9.1"
+description = "Python style guide checker"
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.6"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pydocstyle"
+version = "6.1.1"
+description = "Python docstring style checker"
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.6"
+
+[package.dependencies]
+snowballstemmer = "*"
+
+[package.extras]
+toml = ["toml"]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pyflakes"
+version = "2.5.0"
+description = "passive checker of Python programs"
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.6"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pylama"
+version = "8.4.1"
+description = "Code audit tool for python"
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+
+[package.dependencies]
+mccabe = ">=0.7.0"
+pycodestyle = ">=2.9.1"
+pydocstyle = ">=6.1.1"
+pyflakes = ">=2.5.0"
+
+[package.extras]
+all = ["pylint", "eradicate", "radon", "mypy", "vulture"]
+eradicate = ["eradicate"]
+mypy = ["mypy"]
+pylint = ["pylint"]
+radon = ["radon"]
+tests = ["pytest (>=7.1.2)", "pytest-mypy", "eradicate (>=2.0.0)", "radon (>=5.1.0)", "mypy", "pylint (>=2.11.1)", "pylama-quotes", "toml", "vulture", "types-setuptools", "types-toml"]
+toml = ["toml (>=0.10.2)"]
+vulture = ["vulture"]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pyrsistent"
+version = "0.19.1"
+description = "Persistent/Functional/Immutable data structures"
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pyyaml"
+version = "6.0"
+description = "YAML parser and emitter for Python"
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.6"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "snowballstemmer"
+version = "2.2.0"
+description = "This package provides 29 stemmers for 28 languages generated from Snowball algorithms."
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "toml"
+version = "0.10.2"
+description = "Python Library for Tom's Obvious, Minimal Language"
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=2.6, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tomli"
+version = "2.0.1"
+description = "A lil' TOML parser"
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "types-pyyaml"
+version = "6.0.12.1"
+description = "Typing stubs for PyYAML"
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "typing-extensions"
+version = "4.4.0"
+description = "Backported and Experimental Type Hints for Python 3.7+"
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "warlock"
+version = "2.0.1"
+description = "Python object model built on JSON schema and JSON patch."
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7,<4.0"
+
+[package.dependencies]
+jsonpatch = ">=1,<2"
+jsonschema = ">=4,<5"
+
+[metadata]
+lock-version = "1.1"
+python-versions = "^3.10"
+content-hash = "a0f040b07fc6ce4deb0be078b9a88c2a465cb6bccb9e260a67e92c2403e2319f"
+
+[metadata.files]
+attrs = []
+black = []
+click = []
+colorama = []
+isort = []
+jsonpatch = []
+jsonpointer = []
+jsonschema = []
+mccabe = []
+mypy = []
+mypy-extensions = []
+pathspec = []
+pexpect = [
+    {file = "pexpect-4.8.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:0b48a55dcb3c05f3329815901ea4fc1537514d6ba867a152b581d69ae3710937"},
+    {file = "pexpect-4.8.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:fc65a43959d153d0114afe13997d439c22823a27cefceb5ff35c2178c6784c0c"},
+]
+platformdirs = [
+    {file = "platformdirs-2.5.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:027d8e83a2d7de06bbac4e5ef7e023c02b863d7ea5d079477e722bb41ab25788"},
+    {file = "platformdirs-2.5.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:58c8abb07dcb441e6ee4b11d8df0ac856038f944ab98b7be6b27b2a3c7feef19"},
+]
+ptyprocess = []
+pycodestyle = []
+pydocstyle = []
+pyflakes = []
+pylama = []
+pyrsistent = []
+pyyaml = []
+snowballstemmer = []
+toml = []
+tomli = []
+types-pyyaml = []
+typing-extensions = []
+warlock = []
diff --git a/dts/pyproject.toml b/dts/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a136c91e5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dts/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright(c) 2022 University of New Hampshire
+
+[tool.poetry]
+name = "dts"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = ""
+authors = ["Owen Hilyard <ohilyard@iol.unh.edu>", "dts@dpdk.org"]
+
+[tool.poetry.dependencies]
+python = "^3.10"
+pexpect = "^4.8.0"
+warlock = "^2.0.1"
+PyYAML = "^6.0"
+types-PyYAML = "^6.0.8"
+
+[tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
+mypy = "^0.961"
+black = "^22.6.0"
+isort = "^5.10.1"
+pylama = "^8.4.1"
+pyflakes = "2.5.0"
+toml = "^0.10.2"
+
+[tool.poetry.scripts]
+dts = "main:main"
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["poetry-core>=1.0.0"]
+build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
+
+[tool.pylama]
+linters = "pep8,pylint,mccabe,mypy,pycodestyle,pyflakes"
+format = "pylint"
+max_line_length = 88 # https://black.readthedocs.io/en/stable/the_black_code_style/current_style.html#line-length
+
+[tool.mypy]
+python_version = "3.10"
+
+[tool.isort]
+profile = "black"
+
+[tool.black]
+target-version = ['py310']
+include = '\.pyi?$'
+line-length = 88 # https://black.readthedocs.io/en/stable/the_black_code_style/current_style.html#line-length
