diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst
index d9db2abc6e..8730d775ba 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ This section should contain new features added in this release. Sample format:
 
 * **Added vmxnet3 TSO support.**
 
+* **Added vmxnet3 support for jumbo frames.**
+
+  Added support for linking multi-segment buffers together to
+  handle Jumbo packets.
+
 * **Virtio 1.0.**
 
   Enabled virtio 1.0 support for virtio pmd driver.
diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethdev.c
index fb547b4848..adbf1d05de 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethdev.c
@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ vmxnet3_setup_driver_shared(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 {
 	struct rte_eth_conf port_conf = dev->data->dev_conf;
 	struct vmxnet3_hw *hw = dev->data->dev_private;
+	uint32_t mtu = dev->data->mtu;
 	Vmxnet3_DriverShared *shared = hw->shared;
 	Vmxnet3_DSDevRead *devRead = &shared->devRead;
 	uint32_t *mac_ptr;
@@ -442,7 +443,7 @@ vmxnet3_setup_driver_shared(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	devRead->misc.driverInfo.vmxnet3RevSpt = 1;
 	devRead->misc.driverInfo.uptVerSpt     = 1;
 
-	devRead->misc.mtu = rte_le_to_cpu_32(dev->data->mtu);
+	devRead->misc.mtu = rte_le_to_cpu_32(mtu);
 	devRead->misc.queueDescPA  = hw->queueDescPA;
 	devRead->misc.queueDescLen = hw->queue_desc_len;
 	devRead->misc.numTxQueues  = hw->num_tx_queues;
diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ring.h b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ring.h
index 7cc4d1e22b..69ff2dedcb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ring.h
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ring.h
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ typedef struct vmxnet3_rx_queue {
 	uint32_t                    qid1;
 	uint32_t                    qid2;
 	Vmxnet3_RxQueueDesc         *shared;
+	struct rte_mbuf		    *start_seg;
+	struct rte_mbuf		    *last_seg;
 	struct vmxnet3_rxq_stats    stats;
 	bool                        stopped;
 	uint16_t                    queue_id;      /**< Device RX queue index. */
diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_rxtx.c
index 6caf3b4e4a..66b0eedc69 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_rxtx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_rxtx.c
@@ -660,35 +660,11 @@ vmxnet3_recv_pkts(void *rx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
 		rxd = (Vmxnet3_RxDesc *)rxq->cmd_ring[ring_idx].base + idx;
 		rbi = rxq->cmd_ring[ring_idx].buf_info + idx;
 
-		if (unlikely(rcd->sop != 1 || rcd->eop != 1)) {
-			rte_pktmbuf_free_seg(rbi->m);
-			PMD_RX_LOG(DEBUG, "Packet spread across multiple buffers\n)");
-			goto rcd_done;
-		}
-
 		PMD_RX_LOG(DEBUG, "rxd idx: %d ring idx: %d.", idx, ring_idx);
 
 		VMXNET3_ASSERT(rcd->len <= rxd->len);
 		VMXNET3_ASSERT(rbi->m);
 
-		if (unlikely(rcd->len == 0)) {
-			PMD_RX_LOG(DEBUG, "Rx buf was skipped. rxring[%d][%d]\n)",
-				   ring_idx, idx);
-			VMXNET3_ASSERT(rcd->sop && rcd->eop);
-			rte_pktmbuf_free_seg(rbi->m);
-			goto rcd_done;
-		}
-
-		/* Assuming a packet is coming in a single packet buffer */
-		if (unlikely(rxd->btype != VMXNET3_RXD_BTYPE_HEAD)) {
-			PMD_RX_LOG(DEBUG,
-				   "Alert : Misbehaving device, incorrect "
-				   " buffer type used. Packet dropped.");
-			rte_pktmbuf_free_seg(rbi->m);
-			goto rcd_done;
-		}
-		VMXNET3_ASSERT(rxd->btype == VMXNET3_RXD_BTYPE_HEAD);
-
 		/* Get the packet buffer pointer from buf_info */
 		rxm = rbi->m;
 
@@ -700,7 +676,7 @@ vmxnet3_recv_pkts(void *rx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
 		rxq->cmd_ring[ring_idx].next2comp = idx;
 
 		/* For RCD with EOP set, check if there is frame error */
-		if (unlikely(rcd->err)) {
+		if (unlikely(rcd->eop && rcd->err)) {
 			rxq->stats.drop_total++;
 			rxq->stats.drop_err++;
 
@@ -726,9 +702,47 @@ vmxnet3_recv_pkts(void *rx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
 		rxm->ol_flags = 0;
 		rxm->vlan_tci = 0;
 
-		vmxnet3_rx_offload(rcd, rxm);
+		/*
+		 * If this is the first buffer of the received packet,
+		 * set the pointer to the first mbuf of the packet
+		 * Otherwise, update the total length and the number of segments
+		 * of the current scattered packet, and update the pointer to
+		 * the last mbuf of the current packet.
+		 */
+		if (rcd->sop) {
+			VMXNET3_ASSERT(rxq->start_seg != NULL);
+			VMXNET3_ASSERT(rxd->btype == VMXNET3_RXD_BTYPE_HEAD);
+
+			if (unlikely(rcd->len == 0)) {
+				VMXNET3_ASSERT(rcd->eop);
+
+				PMD_RX_LOG(DEBUG,
+					   "Rx buf was skipped. rxring[%d][%d])",
+					   ring_idx, idx);
+				rte_pktmbuf_free_seg(rxm);
+				goto rcd_done;
+			}
+
+			rxq->start_seg = rxm;
+			vmxnet3_rx_offload(rcd, rxm);
+		} else {
+			struct rte_mbuf *start = rxq->start_seg;
+
+			VMXNET3_ASSERT(rxd->btype == VMXNET3_RXD_BTYPE_BODY);
+			VMXNET3_ASSERT(start != NULL);
+
+			start->pkt_len += rxm->data_len;
+			start->nb_segs++;
+
+			rxq->last_seg->next = rxm;
+		}
+		rxq->last_seg = rxm;
+
+		if (rcd->eop) {
+			rx_pkts[nb_rx++] = rxq->start_seg;
+			rxq->start_seg = NULL;
+		}
 
-		rx_pkts[nb_rx++] = rxm;
 rcd_done:
 		rxq->cmd_ring[ring_idx].next2comp = idx;
 		VMXNET3_INC_RING_IDX_ONLY(rxq->cmd_ring[ring_idx].next2comp, rxq->cmd_ring[ring_idx].size);
@@ -897,20 +911,9 @@ vmxnet3_dev_rx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 	int size;
 	uint8_t i;
 	char mem_name[32];
-	uint16_t buf_size;
 
 	PMD_INIT_FUNC_TRACE();
 
-	buf_size = rte_pktmbuf_data_room_size(mp) -
-		RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM;
-
-	if (dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.max_rx_pkt_len > buf_size) {
-		PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "buf_size = %u, max_pkt_len = %u, "
-			     "VMXNET3 don't support scatter packets yet",
-			     buf_size, dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.max_rx_pkt_len);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	rxq = rte_zmalloc("ethdev_rx_queue", sizeof(struct vmxnet3_rx_queue), RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE);
 	if (rxq == NULL) {
 		PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "Can not allocate rx queue structure");
@@ -1029,6 +1032,7 @@ vmxnet3_dev_rxtx_init(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 			}
 		}
 		rxq->stopped = FALSE;
+		rxq->start_seg = NULL;
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < dev->data->nb_tx_queues; i++) {