diff --git a/drivers/event/octeontx/ssovf_evdev.h b/drivers/event/octeontx/ssovf_evdev.h
index ce6b7d42ca..809eed1691 100644
--- a/drivers/event/octeontx/ssovf_evdev.h
+++ b/drivers/event/octeontx/ssovf_evdev.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #define __SSOVF_EVDEV_H__
 
 #include <rte_config.h>
+#include <rte_io.h>
 
 #define EVENTDEV_NAME_OCTEONTX_PMD event_octeontx
 
@@ -54,4 +55,27 @@
 	RTE_LOG(ERR, EVENTDEV, "[%s] %s() " fmt "\n", \
 		RTE_STR(EVENTDEV_NAME_OCTEONTX_PMD), __func__, ## args)
 
+#define PCI_VENDOR_ID_CAVIUM              0x177D
+#define PCI_DEVICE_ID_OCTEONTX_SSOGRP_VF  0xA04B
+
+#define SSO_MAX_VHGRP                     (64)
+
+/* SSO VF register offsets */
+#define SSO_VHGRP_QCTL                    (0x010ULL)
+#define SSO_VHGRP_INT                     (0x100ULL)
+#define SSO_VHGRP_INT_W1S                 (0x108ULL)
+#define SSO_VHGRP_INT_ENA_W1S             (0x110ULL)
+#define SSO_VHGRP_INT_ENA_W1C             (0x118ULL)
+#define SSO_VHGRP_INT_THR                 (0x140ULL)
+#define SSO_VHGRP_INT_CNT                 (0x180ULL)
+#define SSO_VHGRP_XAQ_CNT                 (0x1B0ULL)
+#define SSO_VHGRP_AQ_CNT                  (0x1C0ULL)
+#define SSO_VHGRP_AQ_THR                  (0x1E0ULL)
+#define SSO_VHGRP_PF_MBOX(x)              (0x200ULL | ((x) << 3))
+
+/* BAR2 */
+#define SSO_VHGRP_OP_ADD_WORK0            (0x00ULL)
+#define SSO_VHGRP_OP_ADD_WORK1            (0x08ULL)
+
+
 #endif /* __SSOVF_EVDEV_H__ */
diff --git a/drivers/event/octeontx/ssovf_probe.c b/drivers/event/octeontx/ssovf_probe.c
index 94128783db..713329c654 100644
--- a/drivers/event/octeontx/ssovf_probe.c
+++ b/drivers/event/octeontx/ssovf_probe.c
@@ -30,3 +30,89 @@
  *   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
  */
 
+#include <rte_atomic.h>
+#include <rte_common.h>
+#include <rte_eal.h>
+#include <rte_io.h>
+#include <rte_pci.h>
+
+#include "ssovf_evdev.h"
+
+struct ssovf_res {
+	uint16_t domain;
+	uint16_t vfid;
+	void *bar0;
+	void *bar2;
+};
+
+struct ssodev {
+	uint8_t total_ssovfs;
+	struct ssovf_res grp[SSO_MAX_VHGRP];
+};
+static struct ssodev sdev;
+
+/* SSOVF pcie device aka event queue probe */
+
+static int
+ssovf_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv, struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
+{
+	uint64_t val;
+	uint16_t vfid;
+	uint8_t *idreg;
+	struct ssovf_res *res;
+
+	RTE_SET_USED(pci_drv);
+
+	/* For secondary processes, the primary has done all the work */
+	if (rte_eal_process_type() != RTE_PROC_PRIMARY)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (pci_dev->mem_resource[0].addr == NULL ||
+			pci_dev->mem_resource[2].addr == NULL) {
+		ssovf_log_err("Empty bars %p %p",
+			pci_dev->mem_resource[0].addr,
+			pci_dev->mem_resource[2].addr);
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+	idreg = pci_dev->mem_resource[0].addr;
+	idreg += SSO_VHGRP_AQ_THR;
+	val = rte_read64(idreg);
+
+	/* Write back the default value of aq_thr */
+	rte_write64((1ULL << 33) - 1, idreg);
+	vfid = (val >> 16) & 0xffff;
+	if (vfid >= SSO_MAX_VHGRP) {
+		ssovf_log_err("Invalid vfid (%d/%d)", vfid, SSO_MAX_VHGRP);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	res = &sdev.grp[vfid];
+	res->vfid = vfid;
+	res->bar0 = pci_dev->mem_resource[0].addr;
+	res->bar2 = pci_dev->mem_resource[2].addr;
+	res->domain = val & 0xffff;
+
+	sdev.total_ssovfs++;
+	rte_wmb();
+	ssovf_log_dbg("Domain=%d group=%d total_ssovfs=%d", res->domain,
+			res->vfid, sdev.total_ssovfs);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct rte_pci_id pci_ssovf_map[] = {
+	{
+		RTE_PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_CAVIUM,
+				PCI_DEVICE_ID_OCTEONTX_SSOGRP_VF)
+	},
+	{
+		.vendor_id = 0,
+	},
+};
+
+static struct rte_pci_driver pci_ssovf = {
+	.id_table = pci_ssovf_map,
+	.drv_flags = RTE_PCI_DRV_NEED_MAPPING,
+	.probe = ssovf_probe,
+};
+
+RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PCI(octeontx_ssovf, pci_ssovf);