diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgbe/base/t4_msg.h b/drivers/net/cxgbe/base/t4_msg.h
index 7f4c98fb63..5d433c91c1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgbe/base/t4_msg.h
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgbe/base/t4_msg.h
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ struct work_request_hdr {
 #define G_COOKIE(x) (((x) >> S_COOKIE) & M_COOKIE)
 
 /* option 0 fields */
+#define S_TX_CHAN    2
+#define V_TX_CHAN(x) ((x) << S_TX_CHAN)
+
 #define S_DELACK    5
 #define V_DELACK(x) ((x) << S_DELACK)
 
@@ -145,6 +148,9 @@ struct work_request_hdr {
 #define V_RX_CHANNEL(x) ((x) << S_RX_CHANNEL)
 #define F_RX_CHANNEL    V_RX_CHANNEL(1U)
 
+#define S_CCTRL_ECN    27
+#define V_CCTRL_ECN(x) ((x) << S_CCTRL_ECN)
+
 #define S_T5_OPT_2_VALID    31
 #define V_T5_OPT_2_VALID(x) ((x) << S_T5_OPT_2_VALID)
 #define F_T5_OPT_2_VALID    V_T5_OPT_2_VALID(1U)
diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_filter.c b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_filter.c
index 8c5890ea8f..7f0d38001b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_filter.c
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_filter.c
@@ -71,6 +71,15 @@ int validate_filter(struct adapter *adapter, struct ch_filter_specification *fs)
 #undef S
 #undef U
 
+	/*
+	 * If the user is requesting that the filter action loop
+	 * matching packets back out one of our ports, make sure that
+	 * the egress port is in range.
+	 */
+	if (fs->action == FILTER_SWITCH &&
+	    fs->eport >= adapter->params.nports)
+		return -ERANGE;
+
 	/*
 	 * Don't allow various trivially obvious bogus out-of-range
 	 * values ...
@@ -419,6 +428,7 @@ static void mk_act_open_req6(struct filter_entry *f, struct rte_mbuf *mbuf,
 	req->opt0 = cpu_to_be64(V_DELACK(f->fs.hitcnts) |
 				V_SMAC_SEL((cxgbe_port_viid(f->dev) & 0x7F)
 					   << 1) |
+				V_TX_CHAN(f->fs.eport) |
 				V_ULP_MODE(ULP_MODE_NONE) |
 				F_TCAM_BYPASS | F_NON_OFFLOAD);
 	req->params = cpu_to_be64(V_FILTER_TUPLE(hash_filter_ntuple(f)));
@@ -427,7 +437,8 @@ static void mk_act_open_req6(struct filter_entry *f, struct rte_mbuf *mbuf,
 			    F_T5_OPT_2_VALID |
 			    F_RX_CHANNEL |
 			    V_CONG_CNTRL((f->fs.action == FILTER_DROP) |
-					 (f->fs.dirsteer << 1)));
+					 (f->fs.dirsteer << 1)) |
+			    V_CCTRL_ECN(f->fs.action == FILTER_SWITCH));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -460,6 +471,7 @@ static void mk_act_open_req(struct filter_entry *f, struct rte_mbuf *mbuf,
 	req->opt0 = cpu_to_be64(V_DELACK(f->fs.hitcnts) |
 				V_SMAC_SEL((cxgbe_port_viid(f->dev) & 0x7F)
 					   << 1) |
+				V_TX_CHAN(f->fs.eport) |
 				V_ULP_MODE(ULP_MODE_NONE) |
 				F_TCAM_BYPASS | F_NON_OFFLOAD);
 	req->params = cpu_to_be64(V_FILTER_TUPLE(hash_filter_ntuple(f)));
@@ -468,7 +480,8 @@ static void mk_act_open_req(struct filter_entry *f, struct rte_mbuf *mbuf,
 			    F_T5_OPT_2_VALID |
 			    F_RX_CHANNEL |
 			    V_CONG_CNTRL((f->fs.action == FILTER_DROP) |
-					 (f->fs.dirsteer << 1)));
+					 (f->fs.dirsteer << 1)) |
+			    V_CCTRL_ECN(f->fs.action == FILTER_SWITCH));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -666,7 +679,9 @@ int set_filter_wr(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, unsigned int fidx)
 	fwr->del_filter_to_l2tix =
 		cpu_to_be32(V_FW_FILTER_WR_DROP(f->fs.action == FILTER_DROP) |
 			    V_FW_FILTER_WR_DIRSTEER(f->fs.dirsteer) |
+			    V_FW_FILTER_WR_LPBK(f->fs.action == FILTER_SWITCH) |
 			    V_FW_FILTER_WR_HITCNTS(f->fs.hitcnts) |
+			    V_FW_FILTER_WR_TXCHAN(f->fs.eport) |
 			    V_FW_FILTER_WR_PRIO(f->fs.prio));
 	fwr->ethtype = cpu_to_be16(f->fs.val.ethtype);
 	fwr->ethtypem = cpu_to_be16(f->fs.mask.ethtype);
diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_filter.h b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_filter.h
index fac1f75f98..af8fa7529e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_filter.h
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_filter.h
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ struct ch_filter_specification {
 	uint32_t dirsteer:1;	/* 0 => RSS, 1 => steer to iq */
 	uint32_t iq:10;		/* ingress queue */
 
+	uint32_t eport:2;	/* egress port to switch packet out */
+
 	/* Filter rule value/mask pairs. */
 	struct ch_filter_tuple val;
 	struct ch_filter_tuple mask;
@@ -105,7 +107,8 @@ struct ch_filter_specification {
 
 enum {
 	FILTER_PASS = 0,	/* default */
-	FILTER_DROP
+	FILTER_DROP,
+	FILTER_SWITCH
 };
 
 enum filter_type {
diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_flow.c b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_flow.c
index 823bc720cd..01c945f1b1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_flow.c
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_flow.c
@@ -326,6 +326,28 @@ static int cxgbe_get_fidx(struct rte_flow *flow, unsigned int *fidx)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+ch_rte_parse_atype_switch(const struct rte_flow_action *a,
+			  struct ch_filter_specification *fs,
+			  struct rte_flow_error *e)
+{
+	const struct rte_flow_action_phy_port *port;
+
+	switch (a->type) {
+	case RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_PHY_PORT:
+		port = (const struct rte_flow_action_phy_port *)a->conf;
+		fs->eport = port->index;
+		break;
+	default:
+		/* We are not supposed to come here */
+		return rte_flow_error_set(e, EINVAL,
+					  RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION, a,
+					  "Action not supported");
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int
 cxgbe_rtef_parse_actions(struct rte_flow *flow,
 			 const struct rte_flow_action action[],
@@ -335,6 +357,7 @@ cxgbe_rtef_parse_actions(struct rte_flow *flow,
 	const struct rte_flow_action_queue *q;
 	const struct rte_flow_action *a;
 	char abit = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	for (a = action; a->type != RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_END; a++) {
 		switch (a->type) {
@@ -368,6 +391,19 @@ cxgbe_rtef_parse_actions(struct rte_flow *flow,
 		case RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_COUNT:
 			fs->hitcnts = 1;
 			break;
+		case RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_PHY_PORT:
+			/* We allow multiple switch actions, but switch is
+			 * not compatible with either queue or drop
+			 */
+			if (abit++ && fs->action != FILTER_SWITCH)
+				return rte_flow_error_set(e, EINVAL,
+						RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION, a,
+						"overlapping action specified");
+			ret = ch_rte_parse_atype_switch(a, fs, e);
+			if (ret)
+				return ret;
+			fs->action = FILTER_SWITCH;
+			break;
 		default:
 			/* Not supported action : return error */
 			return rte_flow_error_set(e, ENOTSUP,