diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/l2_forward_event.rst b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/l2_forward_event.rst
index 540ca015db..904f6f1a4a 100644
--- a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/l2_forward_event.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/l2_forward_event.rst
@@ -52,7 +52,12 @@ The application requires a number of command line options:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    ./<build_dir>/examples/dpdk-l2fwd-event [EAL options] -- -p PORTMASK [-q NQ] --[no-]mac-updating --mode=MODE --eventq-sched=SCHED_MODE
+    ./<build_dir>/examples/dpdk-l2fwd-event [EAL options] -- -p PORTMASK
+                                                        [-q NQ]
+                                                        [--[no-]mac-updating]
+                                                        [--mode=MODE]
+                                                        [--eventq-sched=SCHED_MODE]
+                                                        [--event-vector [--event-vector-size SIZE] [--event-vector-tmo NS]]
 
 where,
 
@@ -68,6 +73,12 @@ where,
 
 *   --config: Configure forwarding port pair mapping. Alternate port pairs by default.
 
+*   --event-vector: Enable event vectorization. Only valid if --mode=eventdev.
+
+*   --event-vector-size: Max vector size if event vectorization is enabled.
+
+*   --event-vector-tmo: Max timeout to form vector in nanoseconds if event vectorization is enabled.
+
 Sample usage commands are given below to run the application into different mode:
 
 Poll mode with 4 lcores, 16 ports and 8 RX queues per lcore and MAC address updating enabled,
diff --git a/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_common.h b/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_common.h
index 939221d45a..5e380ded16 100644
--- a/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_common.h
+++ b/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_common.h
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@
 #define DEFAULT_TIMER_PERIOD	10 /* default period is 10 seconds */
 #define MAX_TIMER_PERIOD	86400 /* 1 day max */
 
+#define VECTOR_SIZE_DEFAULT   MAX_PKT_BURST
+#define VECTOR_TMO_NS_DEFAULT 1E6 /* 1ms */
+
 /* Per-port statistics struct */
 struct l2fwd_port_statistics {
 	uint64_t dropped;
@@ -63,6 +66,13 @@ struct l2fwd_port_statistics {
 	uint64_t rx;
 } __rte_cache_aligned;
 
+/* Event vector attributes */
+struct l2fwd_event_vector_params {
+	uint8_t enabled;
+	uint16_t size;
+	uint64_t timeout_ns;
+};
+
 struct l2fwd_resources {
 	volatile uint8_t force_quit;
 	uint8_t event_mode;
@@ -75,9 +85,11 @@ struct l2fwd_resources {
 	uint32_t enabled_port_mask;
 	uint64_t timer_period;
 	struct rte_mempool *pktmbuf_pool;
+	struct rte_mempool *evt_vec_pool;
 	uint32_t dst_ports[RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS];
 	struct rte_ether_addr eth_addr[RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS];
 	struct l2fwd_port_statistics port_stats[RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS];
+	struct l2fwd_event_vector_params evt_vec;
 	void *evt_rsrc;
 	void *poll_rsrc;
 } __rte_cache_aligned;
diff --git a/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_event.c b/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_event.c
index 7ba5311d66..09080fa666 100644
--- a/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_event.c
+++ b/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_event.c
@@ -346,19 +346,198 @@ l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_q_brst_mac(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc)
 			L2FWD_EVENT_TX_ENQ | L2FWD_EVENT_BURST);
 }
 
+static __rte_always_inline void
+l2fwd_event_vector_fwd(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc,
+		       struct rte_event_vector *vec,
+		       const uint64_t timer_period, const uint32_t flags)
+{
+	struct rte_mbuf **mbufs = vec->mbufs;
+	uint16_t i, j;
+
+	rte_prefetch0(rte_pktmbuf_mtod(mbufs[0], void *));
+
+	/* If vector attribute is valid, mbufs will be from same port/queue */
+	if (vec->attr_valid) {
+		vec->port = rsrc->dst_ports[mbufs[0]->port];
+		if (flags & L2FWD_EVENT_TX_DIRECT)
+			vec->queue = 0;
+
+		if (timer_period > 0)
+			__atomic_fetch_add(&rsrc->port_stats[mbufs[0]->port].rx,
+					   vec->nb_elem, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+
+		for (i = 0, j = 1; i < vec->nb_elem; i++, j++) {
+			if (j < vec->nb_elem)
+				rte_prefetch0(
+					rte_pktmbuf_mtod(mbufs[j], void *));
+
+			if (flags & L2FWD_EVENT_UPDT_MAC)
+				l2fwd_mac_updating(
+					mbufs[i], vec->port,
+					&rsrc->eth_addr[vec->port]);
+		}
+
+		if (timer_period > 0)
+			__atomic_fetch_add(&rsrc->port_stats[vec->port].tx,
+					   vec->nb_elem, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+	} else {
+		for (i = 0, j = 1; i < vec->nb_elem; i++, j++) {
+			if (timer_period > 0)
+				__atomic_fetch_add(
+					&rsrc->port_stats[mbufs[i]->port].rx, 1,
+					__ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+
+			if (j < vec->nb_elem)
+				rte_prefetch0(
+					rte_pktmbuf_mtod(mbufs[j], void *));
+
+			mbufs[i]->port = rsrc->dst_ports[mbufs[i]->port];
+
+			if (flags & L2FWD_EVENT_UPDT_MAC)
+				l2fwd_mac_updating(
+					mbufs[i], mbufs[i]->port,
+					&rsrc->eth_addr[mbufs[i]->port]);
+
+			if (flags & L2FWD_EVENT_TX_DIRECT)
+				rte_event_eth_tx_adapter_txq_set(mbufs[i], 0);
+
+			if (timer_period > 0)
+				__atomic_fetch_add(
+					&rsrc->port_stats[mbufs[i]->port].tx, 1,
+					__ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+static __rte_always_inline void
+l2fwd_event_loop_vector(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc, const uint32_t flags)
+{
+	struct l2fwd_event_resources *evt_rsrc = rsrc->evt_rsrc;
+	const int port_id = l2fwd_get_free_event_port(evt_rsrc);
+	const uint8_t tx_q_id =
+		evt_rsrc->evq.event_q_id[evt_rsrc->evq.nb_queues - 1];
+	const uint64_t timer_period = rsrc->timer_period;
+	const uint8_t event_d_id = evt_rsrc->event_d_id;
+	const uint8_t deq_len = evt_rsrc->deq_depth;
+	struct rte_event ev[MAX_PKT_BURST];
+	uint16_t nb_rx, nb_tx;
+	uint8_t i;
+
+	if (port_id < 0)
+		return;
+
+	printf("%s(): entering eventdev main loop on lcore %u\n", __func__,
+	       rte_lcore_id());
+
+	while (!rsrc->force_quit) {
+		nb_rx = rte_event_dequeue_burst(event_d_id, port_id, ev,
+						deq_len, 0);
+		if (nb_rx == 0)
+			continue;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < nb_rx; i++) {
+			if (flags & L2FWD_EVENT_TX_ENQ) {
+				ev[i].queue_id = tx_q_id;
+				ev[i].op = RTE_EVENT_OP_FORWARD;
+			}
+
+			l2fwd_event_vector_fwd(rsrc, ev[i].vec, timer_period,
+					       flags);
+		}
+
+		if (flags & L2FWD_EVENT_TX_ENQ) {
+			nb_tx = rte_event_enqueue_burst(event_d_id, port_id, ev,
+							nb_rx);
+			while (nb_tx < nb_rx && !rsrc->force_quit)
+				nb_tx += rte_event_enqueue_burst(
+					event_d_id, port_id, ev + nb_tx,
+					nb_rx - nb_tx);
+		}
+
+		if (flags & L2FWD_EVENT_TX_DIRECT) {
+			nb_tx = rte_event_eth_tx_adapter_enqueue(
+				event_d_id, port_id, ev, nb_rx, 0);
+			while (nb_tx < nb_rx && !rsrc->force_quit)
+				nb_tx += rte_event_eth_tx_adapter_enqueue(
+					event_d_id, port_id, ev + nb_tx,
+					nb_rx - nb_tx, 0);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+static void __rte_noinline
+l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_d_vec(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc)
+{
+	l2fwd_event_loop_vector(rsrc, L2FWD_EVENT_TX_DIRECT);
+}
+
+static void __rte_noinline
+l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_d_brst_vec(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc)
+{
+	l2fwd_event_loop_vector(rsrc, L2FWD_EVENT_TX_DIRECT);
+}
+
+static void __rte_noinline
+l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_q_vec(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc)
+{
+	l2fwd_event_loop_vector(rsrc, L2FWD_EVENT_TX_ENQ);
+}
+
+static void __rte_noinline
+l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_q_brst_vec(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc)
+{
+	l2fwd_event_loop_vector(rsrc, L2FWD_EVENT_TX_ENQ);
+}
+
+static void __rte_noinline
+l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_d_mac_vec(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc)
+{
+	l2fwd_event_loop_vector(rsrc,
+				L2FWD_EVENT_UPDT_MAC | L2FWD_EVENT_TX_DIRECT);
+}
+
+static void __rte_noinline
+l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_d_brst_mac_vec(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc)
+{
+	l2fwd_event_loop_vector(rsrc,
+				L2FWD_EVENT_UPDT_MAC | L2FWD_EVENT_TX_DIRECT);
+}
+
+static void __rte_noinline
+l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_q_mac_vec(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc)
+{
+	l2fwd_event_loop_vector(rsrc,
+				L2FWD_EVENT_UPDT_MAC | L2FWD_EVENT_TX_ENQ);
+}
+
+static void __rte_noinline
+l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_q_brst_mac_vec(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc)
+{
+	l2fwd_event_loop_vector(rsrc,
+				L2FWD_EVENT_UPDT_MAC | L2FWD_EVENT_TX_ENQ);
+}
+
 void
 l2fwd_event_resource_setup(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc)
 {
 	/* [MAC_UPDT][TX_MODE][BURST] */
-	const event_loop_cb event_loop[2][2][2] = {
-		[0][0][0] = l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_d,
-		[0][0][1] = l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_d_brst,
-		[0][1][0] = l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_q,
-		[0][1][1] = l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_q_brst,
-		[1][0][0] = l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_d_mac,
-		[1][0][1] = l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_d_brst_mac,
-		[1][1][0] = l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_q_mac,
-		[1][1][1] = l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_q_brst_mac,
+	const event_loop_cb event_loop[2][2][2][2] = {
+		[0][0][0][0] = l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_d,
+		[0][0][0][1] = l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_d_brst,
+		[0][0][1][0] = l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_q,
+		[0][0][1][1] = l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_q_brst,
+		[0][1][0][0] = l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_d_mac,
+		[0][1][0][1] = l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_d_brst_mac,
+		[0][1][1][0] = l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_q_mac,
+		[0][1][1][1] = l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_q_brst_mac,
+		[1][0][0][0] = l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_d_vec,
+		[1][0][0][1] = l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_d_brst_vec,
+		[1][0][1][0] = l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_q_vec,
+		[1][0][1][1] = l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_q_brst_vec,
+		[1][1][0][0] = l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_d_mac_vec,
+		[1][1][0][1] = l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_d_brst_mac_vec,
+		[1][1][1][0] = l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_q_mac_vec,
+		[1][1][1][1] = l2fwd_event_main_loop_tx_q_brst_mac_vec,
 	};
 	struct l2fwd_event_resources *evt_rsrc;
 	uint32_t event_queue_cfg;
@@ -394,8 +573,7 @@ l2fwd_event_resource_setup(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		rte_panic("Error in starting eventdev\n");
 
-	evt_rsrc->ops.l2fwd_event_loop = event_loop
-					[rsrc->mac_updating]
-					[evt_rsrc->tx_mode_q]
-					[evt_rsrc->has_burst];
+	evt_rsrc->ops.l2fwd_event_loop =
+		event_loop[rsrc->evt_vec.enabled][rsrc->mac_updating]
+			  [evt_rsrc->tx_mode_q][evt_rsrc->has_burst];
 }
diff --git a/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_event_generic.c b/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_event_generic.c
index c19b6f1411..203509dad0 100644
--- a/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_event_generic.c
+++ b/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_event_generic.c
@@ -245,6 +245,27 @@ l2fwd_rx_tx_adapter_setup_generic(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc)
 		if ((rsrc->enabled_port_mask & (1 << port_id)) == 0)
 			continue;
 		eth_q_conf.ev.queue_id = evt_rsrc->evq.event_q_id[i];
+		if (rsrc->evt_vec.enabled) {
+			uint32_t cap;
+
+			if (rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_caps_get(event_d_id,
+							      port_id, &cap))
+				rte_panic(
+					"Failed to get event rx adapter capability");
+
+			if (cap & RTE_EVENT_ETH_RX_ADAPTER_CAP_EVENT_VECTOR) {
+				eth_q_conf.vector_sz = rsrc->evt_vec.size;
+				eth_q_conf.vector_timeout_ns =
+					rsrc->evt_vec.timeout_ns;
+				eth_q_conf.vector_mp = rsrc->evt_vec_pool;
+				eth_q_conf.rx_queue_flags |=
+					RTE_EVENT_ETH_RX_ADAPTER_QUEUE_EVENT_VECTOR;
+			} else {
+				rte_panic(
+					"Rx adapter doesn't support event vector");
+			}
+		}
+
 		ret = rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_queue_add(rx_adptr_id, port_id,
 							 -1, &eth_q_conf);
 		if (ret)
diff --git a/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_event_internal_port.c b/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_event_internal_port.c
index 16a52d67c9..5efd44f950 100644
--- a/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_event_internal_port.c
+++ b/examples/l2fwd-event/l2fwd_event_internal_port.c
@@ -230,6 +230,28 @@ l2fwd_rx_tx_adapter_setup_internal_port(struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc)
 	RTE_ETH_FOREACH_DEV(port_id) {
 		if ((rsrc->enabled_port_mask & (1 << port_id)) == 0)
 			continue;
+
+		if (rsrc->evt_vec.enabled) {
+			uint32_t cap;
+
+			if (rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_caps_get(event_d_id,
+							      port_id, &cap))
+				rte_panic(
+					"Failed to get event rx adapter capability");
+
+			if (cap & RTE_EVENT_ETH_RX_ADAPTER_CAP_EVENT_VECTOR) {
+				eth_q_conf.vector_sz = rsrc->evt_vec.size;
+				eth_q_conf.vector_timeout_ns =
+					rsrc->evt_vec.timeout_ns;
+				eth_q_conf.vector_mp = rsrc->evt_vec_pool;
+				eth_q_conf.rx_queue_flags |=
+					RTE_EVENT_ETH_RX_ADAPTER_QUEUE_EVENT_VECTOR;
+			} else {
+				rte_panic(
+					"Rx adapter doesn't support event vector");
+			}
+		}
+
 		ret = rte_event_eth_rx_adapter_create(adapter_id, event_d_id,
 						&evt_rsrc->def_p_conf);
 		if (ret)
diff --git a/examples/l2fwd-event/main.c b/examples/l2fwd-event/main.c
index 1db89f2bd1..f2adc66446 100644
--- a/examples/l2fwd-event/main.c
+++ b/examples/l2fwd-event/main.c
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ l2fwd_event_usage(const char *prgname)
 	       "  --eventq-sched: Event queue schedule type, ordered, atomic or parallel.\n"
 	       "                  Default: atomic\n"
 	       "                  Valid only if --mode=eventdev\n"
+	       "  --event-vector:  Enable event vectorization.\n"
+	       "  --event-vector-size: Max vector size if event vectorization is enabled.\n"
+	       "  --event-vector-tmo: Max timeout to form vector in nanoseconds if event vectorization is enabled\n"
 	       "  --config: Configure forwarding port pair mapping\n"
 	       "	    Default: alternate port pairs\n\n",
 	       prgname);
@@ -175,6 +178,9 @@ static const char short_options[] =
 #define CMD_LINE_OPT_MODE "mode"
 #define CMD_LINE_OPT_EVENTQ_SCHED "eventq-sched"
 #define CMD_LINE_OPT_PORT_PAIR_CONF "config"
+#define CMD_LINE_OPT_ENABLE_VECTOR "event-vector"
+#define CMD_LINE_OPT_VECTOR_SIZE "event-vector-size"
+#define CMD_LINE_OPT_VECTOR_TMO_NS "event-vector-tmo"
 
 enum {
 	/* long options mapped to a short option */
@@ -186,6 +192,9 @@ enum {
 	CMD_LINE_OPT_MODE_NUM,
 	CMD_LINE_OPT_EVENTQ_SCHED_NUM,
 	CMD_LINE_OPT_PORT_PAIR_CONF_NUM,
+	CMD_LINE_OPT_ENABLE_VECTOR_NUM,
+	CMD_LINE_OPT_VECTOR_SIZE_NUM,
+	CMD_LINE_OPT_VECTOR_TMO_NS_NUM
 };
 
 /* Parse the argument given in the command line of the application */
@@ -202,6 +211,12 @@ l2fwd_event_parse_args(int argc, char **argv, struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc)
 						CMD_LINE_OPT_EVENTQ_SCHED_NUM},
 		{ CMD_LINE_OPT_PORT_PAIR_CONF, required_argument, NULL,
 					CMD_LINE_OPT_PORT_PAIR_CONF_NUM},
+		{CMD_LINE_OPT_ENABLE_VECTOR, no_argument, NULL,
+					CMD_LINE_OPT_ENABLE_VECTOR_NUM},
+		{CMD_LINE_OPT_VECTOR_SIZE, required_argument, NULL,
+					CMD_LINE_OPT_VECTOR_SIZE_NUM},
+		{CMD_LINE_OPT_VECTOR_TMO_NS, required_argument, NULL,
+					CMD_LINE_OPT_VECTOR_TMO_NS_NUM},
 		{NULL, 0, 0, 0}
 	};
 	int opt, ret, timer_secs;
@@ -270,6 +285,16 @@ l2fwd_event_parse_args(int argc, char **argv, struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc)
 				return -1;
 			}
 			break;
+		case CMD_LINE_OPT_ENABLE_VECTOR_NUM:
+			printf("event vectorization is enabled\n");
+			rsrc->evt_vec.enabled = 1;
+			break;
+		case CMD_LINE_OPT_VECTOR_SIZE_NUM:
+			rsrc->evt_vec.size = strtol(optarg, NULL, 10);
+			break;
+		case CMD_LINE_OPT_VECTOR_TMO_NS_NUM:
+			rsrc->evt_vec.timeout_ns = strtoull(optarg, NULL, 10);
+			break;
 
 		/* long options */
 		case 0:
@@ -283,6 +308,18 @@ l2fwd_event_parse_args(int argc, char **argv, struct l2fwd_resources *rsrc)
 
 	rsrc->mac_updating = mac_updating;
 
+	if (rsrc->evt_vec.enabled && !rsrc->evt_vec.size) {
+		rsrc->evt_vec.size = VECTOR_SIZE_DEFAULT;
+		printf("vector size set to default (%" PRIu16 ")\n",
+		       rsrc->evt_vec.size);
+	}
+
+	if (rsrc->evt_vec.enabled && !rsrc->evt_vec.timeout_ns) {
+		rsrc->evt_vec.timeout_ns = VECTOR_TMO_NS_DEFAULT;
+		printf("vector timeout set to default (%" PRIu64 " ns)\n",
+		       rsrc->evt_vec.timeout_ns);
+	}
+
 	if (optind >= 0)
 		argv[optind-1] = prgname;
 
@@ -636,6 +673,17 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		rte_panic("Cannot init mbuf pool\n");
 	/* >8 End of creation of mbuf pool. */
 
+	if (rsrc->evt_vec.enabled) {
+		unsigned int nb_vec, vec_size;
+
+		vec_size = rsrc->evt_vec.size;
+		nb_vec = (nb_mbufs + vec_size - 1) / vec_size;
+		rsrc->evt_vec_pool = rte_event_vector_pool_create(
+			"vector_pool", nb_vec, 0, vec_size, rte_socket_id());
+		if (rsrc->evt_vec_pool == NULL)
+			rte_panic("Cannot init event vector pool\n");
+	}
+
 	nb_ports_available = l2fwd_event_init_ports(rsrc);
 	if (!nb_ports_available)
 		rte_panic("All available ports are disabled. Please set portmask.\n");
