diff --git a/lib/automake.mk b/lib/automake.mk
index 6110cc922..b04fd672f 100644
--- a/lib/automake.mk
+++ b/lib/automake.mk
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ lib_libopenvswitch_la_SOURCES = \
 	lib/dpif-netdev-lookup-generic.c \
 	lib/dpif-netdev.c \
 	lib/dpif-netdev.h \
+	lib/dpif-netdev-extract-study.c \
 	lib/dpif-netdev-private-dfc.h \
 	lib/dpif-netdev-private-dpcls.h \
 	lib/dpif-netdev-private-dpif.c \
diff --git a/lib/dpif-netdev-extract-study.c b/lib/dpif-netdev-extract-study.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d063d040c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/dpif-netdev-extract-study.c
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 Intel.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <config.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "dpif-netdev-private-extract.h"
+#include "dpif-netdev-private-thread.h"
+#include "openvswitch/vlog.h"
+#include "ovs-thread.h"
+
+VLOG_DEFINE_THIS_MODULE(dpif_mfex_extract_study);
+
+/* Max size of packets to be compared. */
+#define MFEX_MAX_COUNT (128)
+
+/* This value is the threshold for the amount of packets that
+ * must hit on the optimized miniflow extract before it will be
+ * accepted and used in the datapath after the study phase. */
+#define MFEX_MIN_HIT_COUNT_FOR_USE (MFEX_MAX_COUNT / 2)
+
+/* Struct to hold miniflow study stats. */
+struct study_stats {
+    uint32_t pkt_count;
+    uint32_t impl_hitcount[MFEX_IMPLS_MAX_SIZE];
+};
+
+/* Define per thread data to hold the study stats. */
+DEFINE_PER_THREAD_MALLOCED_DATA(struct study_stats *, study_stats);
+
+/* Allocate per thread PMD pointer space for study_stats. */
+static inline struct study_stats *
+get_study_stats(void)
+{
+    struct study_stats *stats = study_stats_get();
+    if (OVS_UNLIKELY(!stats)) {
+       stats = xzalloc(sizeof *stats);
+       study_stats_set_unsafe(stats);
+    }
+    return stats;
+}
+
+uint32_t
+mfex_study_traffic(struct dp_packet_batch *packets,
+                   struct netdev_flow_key *keys,
+                   uint32_t keys_size, odp_port_t in_port,
+                   void *pmd_handle)
+{
+    uint32_t hitmask = 0;
+    uint32_t mask = 0;
+    struct dp_netdev_pmd_thread *pmd = pmd_handle;
+    struct dpif_miniflow_extract_impl *miniflow_funcs;
+    uint32_t impl_count = dpif_miniflow_extract_info_get(&miniflow_funcs);
+    struct study_stats *stats = get_study_stats();
+
+    /* Run traffic optimized miniflow_extract to collect the hitmask
+     * to be compared after certain packets have been hit to choose
+     * the best miniflow_extract version for that traffic. */
+    for (int i = MFEX_IMPL_START_IDX; i < impl_count; i++) {
+        if (miniflow_funcs[i].available) {
+            hitmask = miniflow_funcs[i].extract_func(packets, keys, keys_size,
+                                                     in_port, pmd_handle);
+            stats->impl_hitcount[i] += count_1bits(hitmask);
+
+            /* If traffic is not classified than we dont overwrite the keys
+             * array in minfiflow implementations so its safe to create a
+             * mask for all those packets whose miniflow have been created. */
+            mask |= hitmask;
+        }
+    }
+    stats->pkt_count += dp_packet_batch_size(packets);
+
+    /* Choose the best implementation after a minimum packets have been
+     * processed. */
+    if (stats->pkt_count >= MFEX_MAX_COUNT) {
+        uint32_t best_func_index = MFEX_IMPL_START_IDX;
+        uint32_t max_hits = 0;
+        for (int i = MFEX_IMPL_START_IDX; i < impl_count; i++) {
+            if (stats->impl_hitcount[i] > max_hits) {
+                max_hits = stats->impl_hitcount[i];
+                best_func_index = i;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (max_hits >= MFEX_MIN_HIT_COUNT_FOR_USE) {
+            /* Set the implementation to index with max_hits. */
+            pmd->miniflow_extract_opt =
+                        miniflow_funcs[best_func_index].extract_func;
+            VLOG_INFO("MFEX study chose impl %s: (hits %d/%d pkts)\n",
+                      miniflow_funcs[best_func_index].name, max_hits,
+                      stats->pkt_count);
+        } else {
+            /* Set the implementation to null for default miniflow. */
+            pmd->miniflow_extract_opt = NULL;
+            VLOG_INFO("Not enough packets matched (%d/%d), disabling"
+                      " optimized MFEX.\n", max_hits, stats->pkt_count);
+        }
+        /* Reset stats so that study function can be called again
+         * for next traffic type and optimal function ptr can be
+         * choosen. */
+        memset(stats, 0, sizeof(struct study_stats));
+    }
+    return mask;
+}
diff --git a/lib/dpif-netdev-private-extract.c b/lib/dpif-netdev-private-extract.c
index 4fdd2d051..81829e6fa 100644
--- a/lib/dpif-netdev-private-extract.c
+++ b/lib/dpif-netdev-private-extract.c
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ static struct dpif_miniflow_extract_impl mfex_impls[] = {
         .extract_func = NULL,
         .name = "disable",
     },
+    {
+        .probe = NULL,
+        .extract_func = mfex_study_traffic,
+        .name = "study",
+    },
 };
 
 BUILD_ASSERT_DECL(MFEX_IMPLS_MAX_SIZE > ARRAY_SIZE(mfex_impls));
diff --git a/lib/dpif-netdev-private-extract.h b/lib/dpif-netdev-private-extract.h
index 455a7b590..3ada413bb 100644
--- a/lib/dpif-netdev-private-extract.h
+++ b/lib/dpif-netdev-private-extract.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 /* Skip the autovalidator study and null when iterating all available
  * miniflow implementations.
  */
-#define MFEX_IMPL_START_IDX (1)
+#define MFEX_IMPL_START_IDX (3)
 
 /* Forward declarations. */
 struct dp_packet;
@@ -106,4 +106,16 @@ dpif_miniflow_extract_autovalidator(struct dp_packet_batch *batch,
                                     uint32_t keys_size, odp_port_t in_port,
                                     void *pmd_handle);
 
+/* Retrieve the number of packets by studying packets using different miniflow
+ * implementations to choose the best implementation using the maximum hitmask
+ * count.
+ * On error, returns a zero for no packets.
+ * On success, returns mask of the packets hit.
+ */
+uint32_t
+mfex_study_traffic(struct dp_packet_batch *packets,
+                   struct netdev_flow_key *keys,
+                   uint32_t keys_size, odp_port_t in_port,
+                   void *pmd_handle);
+
 #endif /* DPIF_NETDEV_AVX512_EXTRACT */
