diff --git a/Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst b/Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst
index be950d7ce..8a0eee80c 100644
--- a/Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst
+++ b/Documentation/howto/dpdk.rst
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ The validated NICs are:
 Supported protocols for hardware offload matches are:
 
 - L2: Ethernet, VLAN
-- L3: IPv4
+- L3: IPv4, IPv6
 - L4: TCP, UDP, SCTP, ICMP
 
 Supported actions for hardware offload are:
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c6d3b6053..4a23ce1b5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Post-v2.12.0
      * Add hardware offload support for output, drop, set of MAC, IPv4 and
        TCP/UDP ports actions (experimental).
      * Add experimental support for TSO.
+     * Add hardware offload support for matching IPv6 protocol.
    - RSTP:
      * The rstp_statistics column in Port table will only be updated every
        stats-update-interval configured in Open_vSwitch table.
diff --git a/lib/netdev-offload-dpdk.c b/lib/netdev-offload-dpdk.c
index 523b5a1bb..633add2e6 100644
--- a/lib/netdev-offload-dpdk.c
+++ b/lib/netdev-offload-dpdk.c
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
  */
 #include <config.h>
 
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <netinet/ip6.h>
 #include <rte_flow.h>
 
 #include "cmap.h"
@@ -322,6 +324,42 @@ dump_flow_pattern(struct ds *s, const struct rte_flow_item *item)
         } else {
             ds_put_cstr(s, "  Mask = null\n");
         }
+    } else if (item->type == RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_IPV6) {
+        const struct rte_flow_item_ipv6 *ipv6_spec = item->spec;
+        const struct rte_flow_item_ipv6 *ipv6_mask = item->mask;
+
+        char src_addr_str[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
+        char dst_addr_str[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
+
+        ds_put_cstr(s, "rte flow ipv6 pattern:\n");
+        if (ipv6_spec) {
+            ipv6_string_mapped(src_addr_str,
+                               (struct in6_addr *)&ipv6_spec->hdr.src_addr);
+            ipv6_string_mapped(dst_addr_str,
+                               (struct in6_addr *)&ipv6_spec->hdr.dst_addr);
+
+            ds_put_format(s, "  Spec:  vtc_flow=%#"PRIx32",  proto=%"PRIu8","
+                          "  hlim=%"PRIu8",  src=%s,  dst=%s\n",
+                          ntohl(ipv6_spec->hdr.vtc_flow), ipv6_spec->hdr.proto,
+                          ipv6_spec->hdr.hop_limits, src_addr_str,
+                          dst_addr_str);
+        } else {
+            ds_put_cstr(s, "  Spec = null\n");
+        }
+        if (ipv6_mask) {
+            ipv6_string_mapped(src_addr_str,
+                               (struct in6_addr *)&ipv6_mask->hdr.src_addr);
+            ipv6_string_mapped(dst_addr_str,
+                               (struct in6_addr *)&ipv6_mask->hdr.dst_addr);
+
+            ds_put_format(s, "  Mask:  vtc_flow=%#"PRIx32",  proto=%#"PRIx8","
+                          "  hlim=%#"PRIx8",  src=%s,  dst=%s\n",
+                          ntohl(ipv6_mask->hdr.vtc_flow), ipv6_mask->hdr.proto,
+                          ipv6_mask->hdr.hop_limits, src_addr_str,
+                          dst_addr_str);
+        } else {
+            ds_put_cstr(s, "  Mask = null\n");
+        }
     } else {
         ds_put_format(s, "unknown rte flow pattern (%d)\n", item->type);
     }
@@ -661,6 +699,44 @@ parse_flow_match(struct flow_patterns *patterns,
     /* ignore mask match for now */
     consumed_masks->nw_frag = 0;
 
+    /* IP v6 */
+    if (match->flow.dl_type == htons(ETH_TYPE_IPV6)) {
+        struct rte_flow_item_ipv6 *spec, *mask;
+
+        spec = xzalloc(sizeof *spec);
+        mask = xzalloc(sizeof *mask);
+
+        spec->hdr.proto = match->flow.nw_proto;
+        spec->hdr.hop_limits = match->flow.nw_ttl;
+        spec->hdr.vtc_flow = htonl((uint32_t)match->flow.nw_tos <<
+                                   RTE_IPV6_HDR_TC_SHIFT);
+        memcpy(spec->hdr.src_addr, &match->flow.ipv6_src,
+               sizeof spec->hdr.src_addr);
+        memcpy(spec->hdr.dst_addr, &match->flow.ipv6_dst,
+               sizeof spec->hdr.dst_addr);
+
+        mask->hdr.proto = match->wc.masks.nw_proto;
+        mask->hdr.hop_limits = match->wc.masks.nw_ttl;
+        mask->hdr.vtc_flow = htonl((uint32_t)match->wc.masks.nw_tos <<
+                                   RTE_IPV6_HDR_TC_SHIFT);
+        memcpy(mask->hdr.src_addr, &match->wc.masks.ipv6_src,
+               sizeof mask->hdr.src_addr);
+        memcpy(mask->hdr.dst_addr, &match->wc.masks.ipv6_dst,
+               sizeof mask->hdr.dst_addr);
+
+        consumed_masks->nw_proto = 0;
+        consumed_masks->nw_ttl = 0;
+        consumed_masks->nw_tos = 0;
+        memset(&consumed_masks->ipv6_src, 0, sizeof consumed_masks->ipv6_src);
+        memset(&consumed_masks->ipv6_dst, 0, sizeof consumed_masks->ipv6_dst);
+
+        add_flow_pattern(patterns, RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_IPV6, spec, mask);
+
+        /* Save proto for L4 protocol setup */
+        proto = spec->hdr.proto & mask->hdr.proto;
+        next_proto_mask = &mask->hdr.proto;
+    }
+
     if (proto != IPPROTO_ICMP && proto != IPPROTO_UDP  &&
         proto != IPPROTO_SCTP && proto != IPPROTO_TCP  &&
         (match->wc.masks.tp_src ||
