diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
index c9ba789133..0eb4c990ad 100644
--- a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
@@ -945,6 +945,7 @@ eth_i40e_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	dev->dev_ops = &i40e_eth_dev_ops;
 	dev->rx_pkt_burst = i40e_recv_pkts;
 	dev->tx_pkt_burst = i40e_xmit_pkts;
+	dev->tx_pkt_prepare = i40e_prep_pkts;
 
 	/* for secondary processes, we don't initialise any further as primary
 	 * has already done this work. Only check we don't need a different
@@ -2664,6 +2665,8 @@ i40e_dev_info_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_eth_dev_info *dev_info)
 		.nb_max = I40E_MAX_RING_DESC,
 		.nb_min = I40E_MIN_RING_DESC,
 		.nb_align = I40E_ALIGN_RING_DESC,
+		.nb_seg_max = I40E_TX_MAX_SEG,
+		.nb_mtu_seg_max = I40E_TX_MAX_MTU_SEG,
 	};
 
 	if (pf->flags & I40E_FLAG_VMDQ) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_rxtx.c
index 7ae7d9fb87..1c9a6c8101 100644
--- a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_rxtx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_rxtx.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*-
  *   BSD LICENSE
  *
- *   Copyright(c) 2010-2015 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *   Copyright(c) 2010-2016 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
  *   All rights reserved.
  *
  *   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
 #include <rte_tcp.h>
 #include <rte_sctp.h>
 #include <rte_udp.h>
+#include <rte_ip.h>
+#include <rte_net.h>
 
 #include "i40e_logs.h"
 #include "base/i40e_prototype.h"
@@ -79,6 +81,17 @@
 		PKT_TX_TCP_SEG |		 \
 		PKT_TX_OUTER_IP_CKSUM)
 
+#define I40E_TX_OFFLOAD_MASK (  \
+		PKT_TX_IP_CKSUM |       \
+		PKT_TX_L4_MASK |        \
+		PKT_TX_OUTER_IP_CKSUM | \
+		PKT_TX_TCP_SEG |        \
+		PKT_TX_QINQ_PKT |       \
+		PKT_TX_VLAN_PKT)
+
+#define I40E_TX_OFFLOAD_NOTSUP_MASK \
+		(PKT_TX_OFFLOAD_MASK ^ I40E_TX_OFFLOAD_MASK)
+
 static uint16_t i40e_xmit_pkts_simple(void *tx_queue,
 				      struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
 				      uint16_t nb_pkts);
@@ -1411,6 +1424,63 @@ i40e_xmit_pkts_simple(void *tx_queue,
 	return nb_tx;
 }
 
+/*********************************************************************
+ *
+ *  TX prep functions
+ *
+ **********************************************************************/
+uint16_t
+i40e_prep_pkts(__rte_unused void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
+		uint16_t nb_pkts)
+{
+	int i, ret;
+	uint64_t ol_flags;
+	struct rte_mbuf *m;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nb_pkts; i++) {
+		m = tx_pkts[i];
+		ol_flags = m->ol_flags;
+
+		/**
+		 * m->nb_segs is uint8_t, so nb_segs is always less than
+		 * I40E_TX_MAX_SEG.
+		 * We check only a condition for nb_segs > I40E_TX_MAX_MTU_SEG.
+		 */
+		if (!(ol_flags & PKT_TX_TCP_SEG)) {
+			if (m->nb_segs > I40E_TX_MAX_MTU_SEG) {
+				rte_errno = -EINVAL;
+				return i;
+			}
+		} else if ((m->tso_segsz < I40E_MIN_TSO_MSS) ||
+				(m->tso_segsz > I40E_MAX_TSO_MSS)) {
+			/* MSS outside the range (256B - 9674B) are considered
+			 * malicious
+			 */
+			rte_errno = -EINVAL;
+			return i;
+		}
+
+		if (ol_flags & I40E_TX_OFFLOAD_NOTSUP_MASK) {
+			rte_errno = -ENOTSUP;
+			return i;
+		}
+
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_ETHDEV_DEBUG
+		ret = rte_validate_tx_offload(m);
+		if (ret != 0) {
+			rte_errno = ret;
+			return i;
+		}
+#endif
+		ret = rte_net_intel_cksum_prepare(m);
+		if (ret != 0) {
+			rte_errno = ret;
+			return i;
+		}
+	}
+	return i;
+}
+
 /*
  * Find the VSI the queue belongs to. 'queue_idx' is the queue index
  * application used, which assume having sequential ones. But from driver's
@@ -2763,9 +2833,11 @@ i40e_set_tx_function(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 			PMD_INIT_LOG(DEBUG, "Simple tx finally be used.");
 			dev->tx_pkt_burst = i40e_xmit_pkts_simple;
 		}
+		dev->tx_pkt_prepare = NULL;
 	} else {
 		PMD_INIT_LOG(DEBUG, "Xmit tx finally be used.");
 		dev->tx_pkt_burst = i40e_xmit_pkts;
+		dev->tx_pkt_prepare = i40e_prep_pkts;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_rxtx.h b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_rxtx.h
index ecdb13cb54..9df8a56fac 100644
--- a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_rxtx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_rxtx.h
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@
 #define	I40E_MIN_RING_DESC	64
 #define	I40E_MAX_RING_DESC	4096
 
+#define I40E_MIN_TSO_MSS          256
+#define I40E_MAX_TSO_MSS          9674
+
+#define I40E_TX_MAX_SEG     UINT8_MAX
+#define I40E_TX_MAX_MTU_SEG 8
+
 #undef container_of
 #define container_of(ptr, type, member) ({ \
 		typeof(((type *)0)->member)(*__mptr) = (ptr); \
@@ -223,6 +229,8 @@ uint16_t i40e_recv_scattered_pkts(void *rx_queue,
 uint16_t i40e_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue,
 			struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
 			uint16_t nb_pkts);
+uint16_t i40e_prep_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
+		uint16_t nb_pkts);
 int i40e_tx_queue_init(struct i40e_tx_queue *txq);
 int i40e_rx_queue_init(struct i40e_rx_queue *rxq);
 void i40e_free_tx_resources(struct i40e_tx_queue *txq);