diff --git a/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst b/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst
index ed358d5..e3872e7 100644
--- a/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst
+++ b/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst
@@ -628,6 +628,41 @@ The average number of packets per output batch can be checked in PMD stats::

     $ ovs-appctl dpif-netdev/pmd-stats-show

+Link State Change (LSC) detection configuration
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+There are two methods to get the information when Link State Change (LSC)
+happens on a network interface: by polling or interrupt.
+
+With the polling method, the main process checks the link state on a
+fixed interval. This fixed interval determines how fast a link change is
+detected. Another problem with the poll mode is that on some hardware a
+polling cycle takes too much time, which (in the end) leads to packet loss
+for certain systems.
+
+If interrupts are used to get LSC information, the hardware itself triggers
+an interrupt when link state change happens, the interrupt thread wakes up
+from sleep, updates the information, and goes back to sleep mode. When no link
+state change happens (most of the time), the thread remains in sleep mode and
+doesn`t use processor time at all. The disadvantage of this method is that
+when an interrupt happens, the processor has to handle it immediately, so it
+puts the currently running process to background, handles the interrupt, and
+takes the background process back.
+
+Note that not all PMD drivers support LSC interrupts.
+
+The default configuration is polling mode. To set interrupt mode, option
+``dpdk-lsc-interrupt`` has to be set to ``true``.
+
+Command to set interrupt mode for a specific interface::
+    $ ovs-vsctl set interface <iface_name> options:dpdk-lsc-interrupt=true
+
+Command to set polling mode for a specific interface::
+    $ ovs-vsctl set interface <iface_name> options:dpdk-lsc-interrupt=false
+
+Command to remove ``dpdk-lsc-interrupt`` option::
+    $ ovs-vsctl remove interface <iface_name> options dpdk-lsc-interrupt
+
 Limitations
 ------------

diff --git a/lib/netdev-dpdk.c b/lib/netdev-dpdk.c
index 94fb163..d092ef1 100644
--- a/lib/netdev-dpdk.c
+++ b/lib/netdev-dpdk.c
@@ -433,6 +433,12 @@ struct netdev_dpdk {
         /* DPDK-ETH hardware offload features,
          * from the enum set 'dpdk_hw_ol_features' */
         uint32_t hw_ol_features;
+
+        /* Properties for link state change detection mode.
+         * If lsc_interrupt_mode is set to false, poll mode is used,
+         * otherwise interrupt mode is used. */
+        bool requested_lsc_interrupt_mode;
+        bool lsc_interrupt_mode;
     );

     PADDED_MEMBERS(CACHE_LINE_SIZE,
@@ -686,12 +692,14 @@ dpdk_watchdog(void *dummy OVS_UNUSED)
 }

 static int
-dpdk_eth_dev_queue_setup(struct netdev_dpdk *dev, int n_rxq, int n_txq)
+dpdk_eth_dev_port_config(struct netdev_dpdk *dev, int n_rxq, int n_txq)
 {
     int diag = 0;
     int i;
     struct rte_eth_conf conf = port_conf;

+    conf.intr_conf.lsc = dev->lsc_interrupt_mode;
+
     /* For some NICs (e.g. Niantic), scatter_rx mode needs to be explicitly
      * enabled. */
     if (dev->mtu > ETHER_MTU) {
@@ -801,7 +809,7 @@ dpdk_eth_dev_init(struct netdev_dpdk *dev)
     n_rxq = MIN(info.max_rx_queues, dev->up.n_rxq);
     n_txq = MIN(info.max_tx_queues, dev->up.n_txq);

-    diag = dpdk_eth_dev_queue_setup(dev, n_rxq, n_txq);
+    diag = dpdk_eth_dev_port_config(dev, n_rxq, n_txq);
     if (diag) {
         VLOG_ERR("Interface %s(rxq:%d txq:%d) configure error: %s",
                  dev->up.name, n_rxq, n_txq, rte_strerror(-diag));
@@ -897,6 +905,7 @@ common_construct(struct netdev *netdev, dpdk_port_t port_no,
     dev->flags = 0;
     dev->requested_mtu = ETHER_MTU;
     dev->max_packet_len = MTU_TO_FRAME_LEN(dev->mtu);
+    dev->requested_lsc_interrupt_mode = 0;
     ovsrcu_index_init(&dev->vid, -1);
     dev->vhost_reconfigured = false;
     dev->attached = false;
@@ -1520,6 +1529,12 @@ netdev_dpdk_set_config(struct netdev *netdev, const struct smap *args,
         goto out;
     }

+    bool lsc_interrupt_mode = smap_get_bool(args, "dpdk-lsc-interrupt", false);
+    if (dev->requested_lsc_interrupt_mode != lsc_interrupt_mode) {
+        dev->requested_lsc_interrupt_mode = lsc_interrupt_mode;
+        netdev_request_reconfigure(netdev);
+    }
+
     rx_fc_en = smap_get_bool(args, "rx-flow-ctrl", false);
     tx_fc_en = smap_get_bool(args, "tx-flow-ctrl", false);
     autoneg = smap_get_bool(args, "flow-ctrl-autoneg", false);
@@ -3546,6 +3561,7 @@ netdev_dpdk_reconfigure(struct netdev *netdev)
     if (netdev->n_txq == dev->requested_n_txq
         && netdev->n_rxq == dev->requested_n_rxq
         && dev->mtu == dev->requested_mtu
+        && dev->lsc_interrupt_mode == dev->requested_lsc_interrupt_mode
         && dev->rxq_size == dev->requested_rxq_size
         && dev->txq_size == dev->requested_txq_size
         && dev->socket_id == dev->requested_socket_id) {
@@ -3561,6 +3577,8 @@ netdev_dpdk_reconfigure(struct netdev *netdev)
         goto out;
     }

+    dev->lsc_interrupt_mode = dev->requested_lsc_interrupt_mode;
+
     netdev->n_txq = dev->requested_n_txq;
     netdev->n_rxq = dev->requested_n_rxq;

diff --git a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
index 0c6a43d..3c9e637 100644
--- a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
+++ b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
@@ -3631,6 +3631,23 @@ ovs-vsctl add-port br0 p0 -- set Interface p0 type=patch options:peer=p1 \
       </column>
     </group>

+    <group title="Link State Change detection mode">
+      <column name="options" key="dpdk-lsc-interrupt"
+              type='{"type": "boolean"}'>
+        <p>
+          Set this value to <code>true</code> to configure interrupt mode for
+          Link State Change (LSC) detection instead of poll mode for the DPDK
+          interface.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          If this value is not set, poll mode is configured.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          This parameter has an effect only on netdev dpdk interfaces.
+        </p>
+      </column>
+    </group>
+
     <group title="Common Columns">
       The overall purpose of these columns is described under <code>Common
       Columns</code> at the beginning of this document.
