diff --git a/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_options.h b/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_options.h
index 5e5227a700..828a7309d8 100644
--- a/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_options.h
+++ b/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_options.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ struct comp_test_data {
 	uint16_t max_sgl_segs;
 	uint32_t total_segs;
 
+	uint8_t lz4_flags;
 	enum rte_comp_huffman huffman_enc;
 	enum comp_operation test_op;
 	enum rte_comp_algorithm test_algo;
diff --git a/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_options_parse.c b/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_options_parse.c
index 97ddff87ef..6d8c370fc2 100644
--- a/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_options_parse.c
+++ b/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_options_parse.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #define CPERF_OPTYPE		("operation")
 #define CPERF_ALGO		("algo")
 #define CPERF_HUFFMAN_ENC	("huffman-enc")
+#define CPERF_LZ4_FLAGS		("lz4-flags")
 #define CPERF_LEVEL		("compress-level")
 #define CPERF_WINDOW_SIZE	("window-sz")
 #define CPERF_EXTERNAL_MBUFS	("external-mbufs")
@@ -57,10 +58,11 @@ usage(char *progname)
 		"		compressed/decompressed (default: 10000)\n"
 		" --operation [comp/decomp/comp_and_decomp]: perform test on\n"
 		"		compression, decompression or both operations\n"
-		" --algo [null/deflate/lzs]: perform test on algorithm\n"
-		"		null(DMA), deflate or lzs (default: deflate)\n"
+		" --algo [null/deflate/lzs/lz4]: perform test on algorithm\n"
+		"		null(DMA), deflate, lzs or lz4 (default: deflate)\n"
 		" --huffman-enc [fixed/dynamic/default]: Huffman encoding\n"
 		"		(default: dynamic)\n"
+		" --lz4-flags N: flags to configure LZ4 algorithm (default: 0)\n"
 		" --compress-level N: compression level, which could be a single value, list or range\n"
 		"		(default: range between 1 and 9)\n"
 		" --window-sz N: base two log value of compression window size\n"
@@ -153,6 +155,23 @@ parse_uint16_t(uint16_t *value, const char *arg)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+parse_uint8_t(uint8_t *value, const char *arg)
+{
+	uint32_t val = 0;
+	int ret = parse_uint32_t(&val, arg);
+
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (val > UINT8_MAX)
+		return -ERANGE;
+
+	*value = (uint8_t) val;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int
 parse_range(const char *arg, uint8_t *min, uint8_t *max, uint8_t *inc)
 {
@@ -488,6 +507,10 @@ parse_algo(struct comp_test_data *test_data, const char *arg)
 		{
 			"lzs",
 			RTE_COMP_ALGO_LZS
+		},
+		{
+			"lz4",
+			RTE_COMP_ALGO_LZ4
 		}
 	};
 
@@ -533,6 +556,19 @@ parse_huffman_enc(struct comp_test_data *test_data, const char *arg)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+parse_lz4_flags(struct comp_test_data *test_data, const char *arg)
+{
+	int ret = parse_uint8_t(&test_data->lz4_flags, arg);
+
+	if (ret) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, USER1, "Failed to parse LZ4 flags\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int
 parse_level(struct comp_test_data *test_data, const char *arg)
 {
@@ -607,6 +643,7 @@ static struct option lgopts[] = {
 	{ CPERF_OPTYPE,	required_argument, 0, 0 },
 	{ CPERF_ALGO, required_argument, 0, 0 },
 	{ CPERF_HUFFMAN_ENC, required_argument, 0, 0 },
+	{ CPERF_LZ4_FLAGS, required_argument, 0, 0 },
 	{ CPERF_LEVEL, required_argument, 0, 0 },
 	{ CPERF_WINDOW_SIZE, required_argument, 0, 0 },
 	{ CPERF_EXTERNAL_MBUFS, 0, 0, 0 },
@@ -630,6 +667,7 @@ comp_perf_opts_parse_long(int opt_idx, struct comp_test_data *test_data)
 		{ CPERF_OPTYPE,		parse_op_type },
 		{ CPERF_ALGO,		parse_algo },
 		{ CPERF_HUFFMAN_ENC,	parse_huffman_enc },
+		{ CPERF_LZ4_FLAGS,	parse_lz4_flags },
 		{ CPERF_LEVEL,		parse_level },
 		{ CPERF_WINDOW_SIZE,	parse_window_sz },
 		{ CPERF_EXTERNAL_MBUFS,	parse_external_mbufs },
@@ -682,6 +720,7 @@ comp_perf_options_default(struct comp_test_data *test_data)
 	test_data->pool_sz = 8192;
 	test_data->max_sgl_segs = 16;
 	test_data->num_iter = 10000;
+	test_data->lz4_flags = 0;
 	test_data->huffman_enc = RTE_COMP_HUFFMAN_DYNAMIC;
 	test_data->test_op = COMPRESS_DECOMPRESS;
 	test_data->test_algo = RTE_COMP_ALGO_DEFLATE;
diff --git a/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_test_cyclecount.c b/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_test_cyclecount.c
index 81c3d30038..4d336ec8d6 100644
--- a/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_test_cyclecount.c
+++ b/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_test_cyclecount.c
@@ -194,13 +194,16 @@ main_loop(struct cperf_cyclecount_ctx *ctx, enum rte_comp_xform_type type)
 			.type = RTE_COMP_COMPRESS,
 			.compress = {
 				.algo = test_data->test_algo,
-				.deflate.huffman = test_data->huffman_enc,
 				.level = test_data->level,
 				.window_size = test_data->window_sz,
 				.chksum = RTE_COMP_CHECKSUM_NONE,
 				.hash_algo = RTE_COMP_HASH_ALGO_NONE
 			}
 		};
+		if (test_data->test_algo == RTE_COMP_ALGO_DEFLATE)
+			xform.compress.deflate.huffman = test_data->huffman_enc;
+		else if (test_data->test_algo == RTE_COMP_ALGO_LZ4)
+			xform.compress.lz4.flags = test_data->lz4_flags;
 		input_bufs = mem->decomp_bufs;
 		output_bufs = mem->comp_bufs;
 		out_seg_sz = test_data->out_seg_sz;
@@ -214,6 +217,8 @@ main_loop(struct cperf_cyclecount_ctx *ctx, enum rte_comp_xform_type type)
 				.hash_algo = RTE_COMP_HASH_ALGO_NONE
 			}
 		};
+		if (test_data->test_algo == RTE_COMP_ALGO_LZ4)
+			xform.decompress.lz4.flags = test_data->lz4_flags;
 		input_bufs = mem->comp_bufs;
 		output_bufs = mem->decomp_bufs;
 		out_seg_sz = test_data->seg_sz;
diff --git a/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_test_throughput.c b/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_test_throughput.c
index 2545ee9925..1f7072d223 100644
--- a/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_test_throughput.c
+++ b/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_test_throughput.c
@@ -85,13 +85,16 @@ main_loop(struct cperf_benchmark_ctx *ctx, enum rte_comp_xform_type type)
 			.type = RTE_COMP_COMPRESS,
 			.compress = {
 				.algo = test_data->test_algo,
-				.deflate.huffman = test_data->huffman_enc,
 				.level = test_data->level,
 				.window_size = test_data->window_sz,
 				.chksum = RTE_COMP_CHECKSUM_NONE,
 				.hash_algo = RTE_COMP_HASH_ALGO_NONE
 			}
 		};
+		if (test_data->test_algo == RTE_COMP_ALGO_DEFLATE)
+			xform.compress.deflate.huffman = test_data->huffman_enc;
+		else if (test_data->test_algo == RTE_COMP_ALGO_LZ4)
+			xform.compress.lz4.flags = test_data->lz4_flags;
 		input_bufs = mem->decomp_bufs;
 		output_bufs = mem->comp_bufs;
 		out_seg_sz = test_data->out_seg_sz;
@@ -105,6 +108,8 @@ main_loop(struct cperf_benchmark_ctx *ctx, enum rte_comp_xform_type type)
 				.hash_algo = RTE_COMP_HASH_ALGO_NONE
 			}
 		};
+		if (test_data->test_algo == RTE_COMP_ALGO_LZ4)
+			xform.decompress.lz4.flags = test_data->lz4_flags;
 		input_bufs = mem->comp_bufs;
 		output_bufs = mem->decomp_bufs;
 		out_seg_sz = test_data->seg_sz;
diff --git a/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_test_verify.c b/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_test_verify.c
index 88f4f41851..7bd18073cf 100644
--- a/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_test_verify.c
+++ b/app/test-compress-perf/comp_perf_test_verify.c
@@ -88,13 +88,16 @@ main_loop(struct cperf_verify_ctx *ctx, enum rte_comp_xform_type type)
 			.type = RTE_COMP_COMPRESS,
 			.compress = {
 				.algo = test_data->test_algo,
-				.deflate.huffman = test_data->huffman_enc,
 				.level = test_data->level,
 				.window_size = test_data->window_sz,
 				.chksum = RTE_COMP_CHECKSUM_NONE,
 				.hash_algo = RTE_COMP_HASH_ALGO_NONE
 			}
 		};
+		if (test_data->test_algo == RTE_COMP_ALGO_DEFLATE)
+			xform.compress.deflate.huffman = test_data->huffman_enc;
+		else if (test_data->test_algo == RTE_COMP_ALGO_LZ4)
+			xform.compress.lz4.flags = test_data->lz4_flags;
 		output_data_ptr = ctx->mem.compressed_data;
 		output_data_sz = &ctx->comp_data_sz;
 		input_bufs = mem->decomp_bufs;
@@ -110,6 +113,8 @@ main_loop(struct cperf_verify_ctx *ctx, enum rte_comp_xform_type type)
 				.hash_algo = RTE_COMP_HASH_ALGO_NONE
 			}
 		};
+		if (test_data->test_algo == RTE_COMP_ALGO_LZ4)
+			xform.decompress.lz4.flags = test_data->lz4_flags;
 		output_data_ptr = ctx->mem.decompressed_data;
 		output_data_sz = &ctx->decomp_data_sz;
 		input_bufs = mem->comp_bufs;
diff --git a/app/test-compress-perf/main.c b/app/test-compress-perf/main.c
index d049527ba1..fa366123ed 100644
--- a/app/test-compress-perf/main.c
+++ b/app/test-compress-perf/main.c
@@ -86,6 +86,23 @@ comp_perf_check_capabilities(struct comp_test_data *test_data, uint8_t cdev_id)
 			return -1;
 		}
 		break;
+	case RTE_COMP_ALGO_LZ4:
+		/* LZ4 flags */
+		if ((test_data->lz4_flags & RTE_COMP_LZ4_FLAG_BLOCK_CHECKSUM) &&
+		    (comp_flags & RTE_COMP_FF_LZ4_BLOCK_WITH_CHECKSUM) == 0) {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, USER1,
+				"Compress device does not support LZ4 block with checksum\n");
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		if ((test_data->lz4_flags &
+		     RTE_COMP_LZ4_FLAG_BLOCK_INDEPENDENCE) &&
+		    (comp_flags & RTE_COMP_FF_LZ4_BLOCK_INDEPENDENCE) == 0) {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, USER1,
+				"Compress device does not support LZ4 independent blocks\n");
+			return -1;
+		}
+		break;
 	case RTE_COMP_ALGO_LZS:
 	case RTE_COMP_ALGO_NULL:
 		break;
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_23_03.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_23_03.rst
index 6aa3f31246..c05fa2930b 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_23_03.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_23_03.rst
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ New Features
 
   * Added support for ``RTE_COMP_ALGO_LZ4``.
   * Added support for ``RTE_COMP_CHECKSUM_XXHASH32``.
+  * Added support for ``lz4`` in test-compress-perf algo options.
 
 * **Allowed test single compress operation in test-compress-perf.**
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/tools/comp_perf.rst b/doc/guides/tools/comp_perf.rst
index cf9035cc23..5eb05a095c 100644
--- a/doc/guides/tools/comp_perf.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/tools/comp_perf.rst
@@ -84,10 +84,13 @@ Application Options
 
  ``--operation [comp/decomp/comp_and_decomp]``: perform test on compression, decompression or both operations
 
- ``--algo [null/deflate/lzs]`` : perform test on algorithm null(DMA), Deflate or lzs (default: Deflate)
+ ``--algo [null/deflate/lzs/lz4]`` : perform test on algorithm null(DMA), Deflate, lzs or lz4 (default: Deflate)
 
  ``--huffman-enc [fixed/dynamic/default]``: Huffman encoding (default: dynamic)
 
+ ``--lz4-flags N``: flags to for LZ4 parameters,
+ see `LZ4 Frame Descriptor <https://github.com/lz4/lz4/blob/dev/doc/lz4_Frame_format.md#frame-descriptor>`_ (default: no flags)
+
  ``--compress-level N``: compression level, which could be a single value, list or range (default: range between 1 and 9)
 
  ``--window-sz N``: base two log value of compression window size (default: max supported by PMD)
