diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/Makefile b/drivers/net/mlx4/Makefile
index 1f95e0df9b..1d33c38ed1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/Makefile
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ LIB = librte_pmd_mlx4.a
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_PMD) += mlx4.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_PMD) += mlx4_ethdev.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_PMD) += mlx4_flow.c
+SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_PMD) += mlx4_glue.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_PMD) += mlx4_intr.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_PMD) += mlx4_mr.c
 SRCS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_PMD) += mlx4_rxq.c
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c
index 680eca7bcc..feabbb8828 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 #include <rte_mbuf.h>
 
 #include "mlx4.h"
+#include "mlx4_glue.h"
 #include "mlx4_flow.h"
 #include "mlx4_rxtx.h"
 #include "mlx4_utils.h"
@@ -224,8 +225,8 @@ mlx4_dev_close(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 		mlx4_tx_queue_release(dev->data->tx_queues[i]);
 	if (priv->pd != NULL) {
 		assert(priv->ctx != NULL);
-		claim_zero(ibv_dealloc_pd(priv->pd));
-		claim_zero(ibv_close_device(priv->ctx));
+		claim_zero(mlx4_glue->dealloc_pd(priv->pd));
+		claim_zero(mlx4_glue->close_device(priv->ctx));
 	} else
 		assert(priv->ctx == NULL);
 	mlx4_intr_uninstall(priv);
@@ -442,7 +443,7 @@ mlx4_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv, struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
 
 	(void)pci_drv;
 	assert(pci_drv == &mlx4_driver);
-	list = ibv_get_device_list(&i);
+	list = mlx4_glue->get_device_list(&i);
 	if (list == NULL) {
 		rte_errno = errno;
 		assert(rte_errno);
@@ -471,12 +472,12 @@ mlx4_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv, struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
 		      PCI_DEVICE_ID_MELLANOX_CONNECTX3VF);
 		INFO("PCI information matches, using device \"%s\" (VF: %s)",
 		     list[i]->name, (vf ? "true" : "false"));
-		attr_ctx = ibv_open_device(list[i]);
+		attr_ctx = mlx4_glue->open_device(list[i]);
 		err = errno;
 		break;
 	}
 	if (attr_ctx == NULL) {
-		ibv_free_device_list(list);
+		mlx4_glue->free_device_list(list);
 		switch (err) {
 		case 0:
 			rte_errno = ENODEV;
@@ -493,7 +494,7 @@ mlx4_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv, struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
 	}
 	ibv_dev = list[i];
 	DEBUG("device opened");
-	if (ibv_query_device(attr_ctx, &device_attr)) {
+	if (mlx4_glue->query_device(attr_ctx, &device_attr)) {
 		rte_errno = ENODEV;
 		goto error;
 	}
@@ -508,7 +509,7 @@ mlx4_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv, struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
 	if (!conf.ports.enabled)
 		conf.ports.enabled = conf.ports.present;
 	/* Retrieve extended device attributes. */
-	if (ibv_query_device_ex(attr_ctx, NULL, &device_attr_ex)) {
+	if (mlx4_glue->query_device_ex(attr_ctx, NULL, &device_attr_ex)) {
 		rte_errno = ENODEV;
 		goto error;
 	}
@@ -526,13 +527,13 @@ mlx4_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv, struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
 		if (!(conf.ports.enabled & (1 << i)))
 			continue;
 		DEBUG("using port %u", port);
-		ctx = ibv_open_device(ibv_dev);
+		ctx = mlx4_glue->open_device(ibv_dev);
 		if (ctx == NULL) {
 			rte_errno = ENODEV;
 			goto port_error;
 		}
 		/* Check port status. */
-		err = ibv_query_port(ctx, port, &port_attr);
+		err = mlx4_glue->query_port(ctx, port, &port_attr);
 		if (err) {
 			rte_errno = err;
 			ERROR("port query failed: %s", strerror(rte_errno));
@@ -546,7 +547,7 @@ mlx4_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv, struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
 		}
 		if (port_attr.state != IBV_PORT_ACTIVE)
 			DEBUG("port %d is not active: \"%s\" (%d)",
-			      port, ibv_port_state_str(port_attr.state),
+			      port, mlx4_glue->port_state_str(port_attr.state),
 			      port_attr.state);
 		/* Make asynchronous FD non-blocking to handle interrupts. */
 		if (mlx4_fd_set_non_blocking(ctx->async_fd) < 0) {
@@ -555,7 +556,7 @@ mlx4_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv, struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
 			goto port_error;
 		}
 		/* Allocate protection domain. */
-		pd = ibv_alloc_pd(ctx);
+		pd = mlx4_glue->alloc_pd(ctx);
 		if (pd == NULL) {
 			rte_errno = ENOMEM;
 			ERROR("PD allocation failure");
@@ -634,7 +635,7 @@ mlx4_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv, struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
 			char name[RTE_ETH_NAME_MAX_LEN];
 
 			snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%s port %u",
-				 ibv_get_device_name(ibv_dev), port);
+				 mlx4_glue->get_device_name(ibv_dev), port);
 			eth_dev = rte_eth_dev_allocate(name);
 		}
 		if (eth_dev == NULL) {
@@ -677,9 +678,9 @@ mlx4_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv, struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
 port_error:
 		rte_free(priv);
 		if (pd)
-			claim_zero(ibv_dealloc_pd(pd));
+			claim_zero(mlx4_glue->dealloc_pd(pd));
 		if (ctx)
-			claim_zero(ibv_close_device(ctx));
+			claim_zero(mlx4_glue->close_device(ctx));
 		if (eth_dev)
 			rte_eth_dev_release_port(eth_dev);
 		break;
@@ -694,9 +695,9 @@ mlx4_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv, struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
 	 */
 error:
 	if (attr_ctx)
-		claim_zero(ibv_close_device(attr_ctx));
+		claim_zero(mlx4_glue->close_device(attr_ctx));
 	if (list)
-		ibv_free_device_list(list);
+		mlx4_glue->free_device_list(list);
 	assert(rte_errno >= 0);
 	return -rte_errno;
 }
@@ -749,7 +750,7 @@ rte_mlx4_pmd_init(void)
 	 * using this PMD, which is not supported in forked processes.
 	 */
 	setenv("RDMAV_HUGEPAGES_SAFE", "1", 1);
-	ibv_fork_init();
+	mlx4_glue->fork_init();
 	rte_pci_register(&mlx4_driver);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_ethdev.c
index ca5fadc722..d1d940dc75 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_ethdev.c
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 
 #include "mlx4.h"
 #include "mlx4_flow.h"
+#include "mlx4_glue.h"
 #include "mlx4_rxtx.h"
 #include "mlx4_utils.h"
 
@@ -1068,7 +1069,7 @@ mlx4_is_removed(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	struct ibv_device_attr device_attr;
 	struct priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
 
-	if (ibv_query_device(priv->ctx, &device_attr) == EIO)
+	if (mlx4_glue->query_device(priv->ctx, &device_attr) == EIO)
 		return 1;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_flow.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_flow.c
index 2c67105054..8b6f8a01d0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_flow.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_flow.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 
 /* PMD headers. */
 #include "mlx4.h"
+#include "mlx4_glue.h"
 #include "mlx4_flow.h"
 #include "mlx4_rxtx.h"
 #include "mlx4_utils.h"
@@ -922,24 +923,25 @@ mlx4_drop_get(struct priv *priv)
 		.priv = priv,
 		.refcnt = 1,
 	};
-	drop->cq = ibv_create_cq(priv->ctx, 1, NULL, NULL, 0);
+	drop->cq = mlx4_glue->create_cq(priv->ctx, 1, NULL, NULL, 0);
 	if (!drop->cq)
 		goto error;
-	drop->qp = ibv_create_qp(priv->pd,
-				 &(struct ibv_qp_init_attr){
-					.send_cq = drop->cq,
-					.recv_cq = drop->cq,
-					.qp_type = IBV_QPT_RAW_PACKET,
-				 });
+	drop->qp = mlx4_glue->create_qp
+		(priv->pd,
+		 &(struct ibv_qp_init_attr){
+			.send_cq = drop->cq,
+			.recv_cq = drop->cq,
+			.qp_type = IBV_QPT_RAW_PACKET,
+		 });
 	if (!drop->qp)
 		goto error;
 	priv->drop = drop;
 	return drop;
 error:
 	if (drop->qp)
-		claim_zero(ibv_destroy_qp(drop->qp));
+		claim_zero(mlx4_glue->destroy_qp(drop->qp));
 	if (drop->cq)
-		claim_zero(ibv_destroy_cq(drop->cq));
+		claim_zero(mlx4_glue->destroy_cq(drop->cq));
 	if (drop)
 		rte_free(drop);
 	rte_errno = ENOMEM;
@@ -959,8 +961,8 @@ mlx4_drop_put(struct mlx4_drop *drop)
 	if (--drop->refcnt)
 		return;
 	drop->priv->drop = NULL;
-	claim_zero(ibv_destroy_qp(drop->qp));
-	claim_zero(ibv_destroy_cq(drop->cq));
+	claim_zero(mlx4_glue->destroy_qp(drop->qp));
+	claim_zero(mlx4_glue->destroy_cq(drop->cq));
 	rte_free(drop);
 }
 
@@ -992,7 +994,7 @@ mlx4_flow_toggle(struct priv *priv,
 	if (!enable) {
 		if (!flow->ibv_flow)
 			return 0;
-		claim_zero(ibv_destroy_flow(flow->ibv_flow));
+		claim_zero(mlx4_glue->destroy_flow(flow->ibv_flow));
 		flow->ibv_flow = NULL;
 		if (flow->drop)
 			mlx4_drop_put(priv->drop);
@@ -1005,7 +1007,7 @@ mlx4_flow_toggle(struct priv *priv,
 	    !priv->isolated &&
 	    flow->ibv_attr->priority == MLX4_FLOW_PRIORITY_LAST) {
 		if (flow->ibv_flow) {
-			claim_zero(ibv_destroy_flow(flow->ibv_flow));
+			claim_zero(mlx4_glue->destroy_flow(flow->ibv_flow));
 			flow->ibv_flow = NULL;
 			if (flow->drop)
 				mlx4_drop_put(priv->drop);
@@ -1035,7 +1037,7 @@ mlx4_flow_toggle(struct priv *priv,
 			if (missing ^ !flow->drop)
 				return 0;
 			/* Verbs flow needs updating. */
-			claim_zero(ibv_destroy_flow(flow->ibv_flow));
+			claim_zero(mlx4_glue->destroy_flow(flow->ibv_flow));
 			flow->ibv_flow = NULL;
 			if (flow->drop)
 				mlx4_drop_put(priv->drop);
@@ -1067,7 +1069,7 @@ mlx4_flow_toggle(struct priv *priv,
 	assert(qp);
 	if (flow->ibv_flow)
 		return 0;
-	flow->ibv_flow = ibv_create_flow(qp, flow->ibv_attr);
+	flow->ibv_flow = mlx4_glue->create_flow(qp, flow->ibv_attr);
 	if (flow->ibv_flow)
 		return 0;
 	if (flow->drop)
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_glue.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_glue.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30797bd2ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_glue.c
@@ -0,0 +1,275 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright 2018 6WIND S.A.
+ * Copyright 2018 Mellanox
+ */
+
+/* Verbs headers do not support -pedantic. */
+#ifdef PEDANTIC
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wpedantic"
+#endif
+#include <infiniband/mlx4dv.h>
+#include <infiniband/verbs.h>
+#ifdef PEDANTIC
+#pragma GCC diagnostic error "-Wpedantic"
+#endif
+
+#include "mlx4_glue.h"
+
+static int
+mlx4_glue_fork_init(void)
+{
+	return ibv_fork_init();
+}
+
+static int
+mlx4_glue_get_async_event(struct ibv_context *context,
+			  struct ibv_async_event *event)
+{
+	return ibv_get_async_event(context, event);
+}
+
+static void
+mlx4_glue_ack_async_event(struct ibv_async_event *event)
+{
+	ibv_ack_async_event(event);
+}
+
+static struct ibv_pd *
+mlx4_glue_alloc_pd(struct ibv_context *context)
+{
+	return ibv_alloc_pd(context);
+}
+
+static int
+mlx4_glue_dealloc_pd(struct ibv_pd *pd)
+{
+	return ibv_dealloc_pd(pd);
+}
+
+static struct ibv_device **
+mlx4_glue_get_device_list(int *num_devices)
+{
+	return ibv_get_device_list(num_devices);
+}
+
+static void
+mlx4_glue_free_device_list(struct ibv_device **list)
+{
+	ibv_free_device_list(list);
+}
+
+static struct ibv_context *
+mlx4_glue_open_device(struct ibv_device *device)
+{
+	return ibv_open_device(device);
+}
+
+static int
+mlx4_glue_close_device(struct ibv_context *context)
+{
+	return ibv_close_device(context);
+}
+
+static const char *
+mlx4_glue_get_device_name(struct ibv_device *device)
+{
+	return ibv_get_device_name(device);
+}
+
+static int
+mlx4_glue_query_device(struct ibv_context *context,
+		       struct ibv_device_attr *device_attr)
+{
+	return ibv_query_device(context, device_attr);
+}
+
+static int
+mlx4_glue_query_device_ex(struct ibv_context *context,
+			  const struct ibv_query_device_ex_input *input,
+			  struct ibv_device_attr_ex *attr)
+{
+	return ibv_query_device_ex(context, input, attr);
+}
+
+static int
+mlx4_glue_query_port(struct ibv_context *context, uint8_t port_num,
+		     struct ibv_port_attr *port_attr)
+{
+	return ibv_query_port(context, port_num, port_attr);
+}
+
+static const char *
+mlx4_glue_port_state_str(enum ibv_port_state port_state)
+{
+	return ibv_port_state_str(port_state);
+}
+
+static struct ibv_comp_channel *
+mlx4_glue_create_comp_channel(struct ibv_context *context)
+{
+	return ibv_create_comp_channel(context);
+}
+
+static int
+mlx4_glue_destroy_comp_channel(struct ibv_comp_channel *channel)
+{
+	return ibv_destroy_comp_channel(channel);
+}
+
+static struct ibv_cq *
+mlx4_glue_create_cq(struct ibv_context *context, int cqe, void *cq_context,
+		    struct ibv_comp_channel *channel, int comp_vector)
+{
+	return ibv_create_cq(context, cqe, cq_context, channel, comp_vector);
+}
+
+static int
+mlx4_glue_destroy_cq(struct ibv_cq *cq)
+{
+	return ibv_destroy_cq(cq);
+}
+
+static int
+mlx4_glue_get_cq_event(struct ibv_comp_channel *channel, struct ibv_cq **cq,
+		       void **cq_context)
+{
+	return ibv_get_cq_event(channel, cq, cq_context);
+}
+
+static void
+mlx4_glue_ack_cq_events(struct ibv_cq *cq, unsigned int nevents)
+{
+	ibv_ack_cq_events(cq, nevents);
+}
+
+static struct ibv_flow *
+mlx4_glue_create_flow(struct ibv_qp *qp, struct ibv_flow_attr *flow)
+{
+	return ibv_create_flow(qp, flow);
+}
+
+static int
+mlx4_glue_destroy_flow(struct ibv_flow *flow_id)
+{
+	return ibv_destroy_flow(flow_id);
+}
+
+static struct ibv_qp *
+mlx4_glue_create_qp(struct ibv_pd *pd, struct ibv_qp_init_attr *qp_init_attr)
+{
+	return ibv_create_qp(pd, qp_init_attr);
+}
+
+static struct ibv_qp *
+mlx4_glue_create_qp_ex(struct ibv_context *context,
+		       struct ibv_qp_init_attr_ex *qp_init_attr_ex)
+{
+	return ibv_create_qp_ex(context, qp_init_attr_ex);
+}
+
+static int
+mlx4_glue_destroy_qp(struct ibv_qp *qp)
+{
+	return ibv_destroy_qp(qp);
+}
+
+static int
+mlx4_glue_modify_qp(struct ibv_qp *qp, struct ibv_qp_attr *attr, int attr_mask)
+{
+	return ibv_modify_qp(qp, attr, attr_mask);
+}
+
+static struct ibv_mr *
+mlx4_glue_reg_mr(struct ibv_pd *pd, void *addr, size_t length, int access)
+{
+	return ibv_reg_mr(pd, addr, length, access);
+}
+
+static int
+mlx4_glue_dereg_mr(struct ibv_mr *mr)
+{
+	return ibv_dereg_mr(mr);
+}
+
+static struct ibv_rwq_ind_table *
+mlx4_glue_create_rwq_ind_table(struct ibv_context *context,
+			       struct ibv_rwq_ind_table_init_attr *init_attr)
+{
+	return ibv_create_rwq_ind_table(context, init_attr);
+}
+
+static int
+mlx4_glue_destroy_rwq_ind_table(struct ibv_rwq_ind_table *rwq_ind_table)
+{
+	return ibv_destroy_rwq_ind_table(rwq_ind_table);
+}
+
+static struct ibv_wq *
+mlx4_glue_create_wq(struct ibv_context *context,
+		    struct ibv_wq_init_attr *wq_init_attr)
+{
+	return ibv_create_wq(context, wq_init_attr);
+}
+
+static int
+mlx4_glue_destroy_wq(struct ibv_wq *wq)
+{
+	return ibv_destroy_wq(wq);
+}
+static int
+mlx4_glue_modify_wq(struct ibv_wq *wq, struct ibv_wq_attr *wq_attr)
+{
+	return ibv_modify_wq(wq, wq_attr);
+}
+
+static int
+mlx4_glue_dv_init_obj(struct mlx4dv_obj *obj, uint64_t obj_type)
+{
+	return mlx4dv_init_obj(obj, obj_type);
+}
+
+static int
+mlx4_glue_dv_set_context_attr(struct ibv_context *context,
+			      enum mlx4dv_set_ctx_attr_type attr_type,
+			      void *attr)
+{
+	return mlx4dv_set_context_attr(context, attr_type, attr);
+}
+
+const struct mlx4_glue *mlx4_glue = &(const struct mlx4_glue){
+	.fork_init = mlx4_glue_fork_init,
+	.get_async_event = mlx4_glue_get_async_event,
+	.ack_async_event = mlx4_glue_ack_async_event,
+	.alloc_pd = mlx4_glue_alloc_pd,
+	.dealloc_pd = mlx4_glue_dealloc_pd,
+	.get_device_list = mlx4_glue_get_device_list,
+	.free_device_list = mlx4_glue_free_device_list,
+	.open_device = mlx4_glue_open_device,
+	.close_device = mlx4_glue_close_device,
+	.get_device_name = mlx4_glue_get_device_name,
+	.query_device = mlx4_glue_query_device,
+	.query_device_ex = mlx4_glue_query_device_ex,
+	.query_port = mlx4_glue_query_port,
+	.port_state_str = mlx4_glue_port_state_str,
+	.create_comp_channel = mlx4_glue_create_comp_channel,
+	.destroy_comp_channel = mlx4_glue_destroy_comp_channel,
+	.create_cq = mlx4_glue_create_cq,
+	.destroy_cq = mlx4_glue_destroy_cq,
+	.get_cq_event = mlx4_glue_get_cq_event,
+	.ack_cq_events = mlx4_glue_ack_cq_events,
+	.create_flow = mlx4_glue_create_flow,
+	.destroy_flow = mlx4_glue_destroy_flow,
+	.create_qp = mlx4_glue_create_qp,
+	.create_qp_ex = mlx4_glue_create_qp_ex,
+	.destroy_qp = mlx4_glue_destroy_qp,
+	.modify_qp = mlx4_glue_modify_qp,
+	.reg_mr = mlx4_glue_reg_mr,
+	.dereg_mr = mlx4_glue_dereg_mr,
+	.create_rwq_ind_table = mlx4_glue_create_rwq_ind_table,
+	.destroy_rwq_ind_table = mlx4_glue_destroy_rwq_ind_table,
+	.create_wq = mlx4_glue_create_wq,
+	.destroy_wq = mlx4_glue_destroy_wq,
+	.modify_wq = mlx4_glue_modify_wq,
+	.dv_init_obj = mlx4_glue_dv_init_obj,
+	.dv_set_context_attr = mlx4_glue_dv_set_context_attr,
+};
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_glue.h b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_glue.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0623511f24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_glue.h
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright 2018 6WIND S.A.
+ * Copyright 2018 Mellanox
+ */
+
+#ifndef MLX4_GLUE_H_
+#define MLX4_GLUE_H_
+
+/* Verbs headers do not support -pedantic. */
+#ifdef PEDANTIC
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wpedantic"
+#endif
+#include <infiniband/mlx4dv.h>
+#include <infiniband/verbs.h>
+#ifdef PEDANTIC
+#pragma GCC diagnostic error "-Wpedantic"
+#endif
+
+struct mlx4_glue {
+	int (*fork_init)(void);
+	int (*get_async_event)(struct ibv_context *context,
+			       struct ibv_async_event *event);
+	void (*ack_async_event)(struct ibv_async_event *event);
+	struct ibv_pd *(*alloc_pd)(struct ibv_context *context);
+	int (*dealloc_pd)(struct ibv_pd *pd);
+	struct ibv_device **(*get_device_list)(int *num_devices);
+	void (*free_device_list)(struct ibv_device **list);
+	struct ibv_context *(*open_device)(struct ibv_device *device);
+	int (*close_device)(struct ibv_context *context);
+	const char *(*get_device_name)(struct ibv_device *device);
+	int (*query_device)(struct ibv_context *context,
+			    struct ibv_device_attr *device_attr);
+	int (*query_device_ex)(struct ibv_context *context,
+			       const struct ibv_query_device_ex_input *input,
+			       struct ibv_device_attr_ex *attr);
+	int (*query_port)(struct ibv_context *context, uint8_t port_num,
+			  struct ibv_port_attr *port_attr);
+	const char *(*port_state_str)(enum ibv_port_state port_state);
+	struct ibv_comp_channel *(*create_comp_channel)
+		(struct ibv_context *context);
+	int (*destroy_comp_channel)(struct ibv_comp_channel *channel);
+	struct ibv_cq *(*create_cq)(struct ibv_context *context, int cqe,
+				    void *cq_context,
+				    struct ibv_comp_channel *channel,
+				    int comp_vector);
+	int (*destroy_cq)(struct ibv_cq *cq);
+	int (*get_cq_event)(struct ibv_comp_channel *channel,
+			    struct ibv_cq **cq, void **cq_context);
+	void (*ack_cq_events)(struct ibv_cq *cq, unsigned int nevents);
+	struct ibv_flow *(*create_flow)(struct ibv_qp *qp,
+					struct ibv_flow_attr *flow);
+	int (*destroy_flow)(struct ibv_flow *flow_id);
+	struct ibv_qp *(*create_qp)(struct ibv_pd *pd,
+				    struct ibv_qp_init_attr *qp_init_attr);
+	struct ibv_qp *(*create_qp_ex)
+		(struct ibv_context *context,
+		 struct ibv_qp_init_attr_ex *qp_init_attr_ex);
+	int (*destroy_qp)(struct ibv_qp *qp);
+	int (*modify_qp)(struct ibv_qp *qp, struct ibv_qp_attr *attr,
+			 int attr_mask);
+	struct ibv_mr *(*reg_mr)(struct ibv_pd *pd, void *addr,
+				 size_t length, int access);
+	int (*dereg_mr)(struct ibv_mr *mr);
+	struct ibv_rwq_ind_table *(*create_rwq_ind_table)
+		(struct ibv_context *context,
+		 struct ibv_rwq_ind_table_init_attr *init_attr);
+	int (*destroy_rwq_ind_table)(struct ibv_rwq_ind_table *rwq_ind_table);
+	struct ibv_wq *(*create_wq)(struct ibv_context *context,
+				    struct ibv_wq_init_attr *wq_init_attr);
+	int (*destroy_wq)(struct ibv_wq *wq);
+	int (*modify_wq)(struct ibv_wq *wq, struct ibv_wq_attr *wq_attr);
+	int (*dv_init_obj)(struct mlx4dv_obj *obj, uint64_t obj_type);
+	int (*dv_set_context_attr)(struct ibv_context *context,
+				   enum mlx4dv_set_ctx_attr_type attr_type,
+				   void *attr);
+};
+
+const struct mlx4_glue *mlx4_glue;
+
+#endif /* MLX4_GLUE_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_intr.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_intr.c
index e52294957c..5ef633988d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_intr.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_intr.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 #include <rte_interrupts.h>
 
 #include "mlx4.h"
+#include "mlx4_glue.h"
 #include "mlx4_rxtx.h"
 #include "mlx4_utils.h"
 
@@ -216,7 +217,7 @@ mlx4_interrupt_handler(struct priv *priv)
 	unsigned int i;
 
 	/* Read all message and acknowledge them. */
-	while (!ibv_get_async_event(priv->ctx, &event)) {
+	while (!mlx4_glue->get_async_event(priv->ctx, &event)) {
 		switch (event.event_type) {
 		case IBV_EVENT_PORT_ACTIVE:
 		case IBV_EVENT_PORT_ERR:
@@ -231,7 +232,7 @@ mlx4_interrupt_handler(struct priv *priv)
 			DEBUG("event type %d on physical port %d not handled",
 			      event.event_type, event.element.port_num);
 		}
-		ibv_ack_async_event(&event);
+		mlx4_glue->ack_async_event(&event);
 	}
 	for (i = 0; i != RTE_DIM(caught); ++i)
 		if (caught[i])
@@ -352,7 +353,8 @@ mlx4_rx_intr_disable(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx)
 	if (!rxq || !rxq->channel) {
 		ret = EINVAL;
 	} else {
-		ret = ibv_get_cq_event(rxq->cq->channel, &ev_cq, &ev_ctx);
+		ret = mlx4_glue->get_cq_event(rxq->cq->channel, &ev_cq,
+					      &ev_ctx);
 		if (ret || ev_cq != rxq->cq)
 			ret = EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -362,7 +364,7 @@ mlx4_rx_intr_disable(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx)
 		     idx);
 	} else {
 		rxq->mcq.arm_sn++;
-		ibv_ack_cq_events(rxq->cq, 1);
+		mlx4_glue->ack_cq_events(rxq->cq, 1);
 	}
 	return -ret;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_mr.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_mr.c
index 2a3e2695b4..493c00867d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_mr.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_mr.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 #include <rte_mempool.h>
 #include <rte_spinlock.h>
 
+#include "mlx4_glue.h"
 #include "mlx4_rxtx.h"
 #include "mlx4_utils.h"
 
@@ -200,8 +201,8 @@ mlx4_mr_get(struct priv *priv, struct rte_mempool *mp)
 		.end = end,
 		.refcnt = 1,
 		.priv = priv,
-		.mr = ibv_reg_mr(priv->pd, (void *)start, end - start,
-				 IBV_ACCESS_LOCAL_WRITE),
+		.mr = mlx4_glue->reg_mr(priv->pd, (void *)start, end - start,
+					IBV_ACCESS_LOCAL_WRITE),
 		.mp = mp,
 	};
 	if (mr->mr) {
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ mlx4_mr_put(struct mlx4_mr *mr)
 	if (--mr->refcnt)
 		goto release;
 	LIST_REMOVE(mr, next);
-	claim_zero(ibv_dereg_mr(mr->mr));
+	claim_zero(mlx4_glue->dereg_mr(mr->mr));
 	rte_free(mr);
 release:
 	rte_spinlock_unlock(&priv->mr_lock);
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_rxq.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_rxq.c
index 163598765f..bf60d2fc87 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_rxq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_rxq.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include <rte_mempool.h>
 
 #include "mlx4.h"
+#include "mlx4_glue.h"
 #include "mlx4_flow.h"
 #include "mlx4_rxtx.h"
 #include "mlx4_utils.h"
@@ -231,7 +232,7 @@ mlx4_rss_attach(struct mlx4_rss *rss)
 		}
 		ind_tbl[i] = rxq->wq;
 	}
-	rss->ind = ibv_create_rwq_ind_table
+	rss->ind = mlx4_glue->create_rwq_ind_table
 		(priv->ctx,
 		 &(struct ibv_rwq_ind_table_init_attr){
 			.log_ind_tbl_size = rte_log2_u32(RTE_DIM(ind_tbl)),
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@ mlx4_rss_attach(struct mlx4_rss *rss)
 		msg = "RSS indirection table creation failure";
 		goto error;
 	}
-	rss->qp = ibv_create_qp_ex
+	rss->qp = mlx4_glue->create_qp_ex
 		(priv->ctx,
 		 &(struct ibv_qp_init_attr_ex){
 			.comp_mask = (IBV_QP_INIT_ATTR_PD |
@@ -264,7 +265,7 @@ mlx4_rss_attach(struct mlx4_rss *rss)
 		msg = "RSS hash QP creation failure";
 		goto error;
 	}
-	ret = ibv_modify_qp
+	ret = mlx4_glue->modify_qp
 		(rss->qp,
 		 &(struct ibv_qp_attr){
 			.qp_state = IBV_QPS_INIT,
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ mlx4_rss_attach(struct mlx4_rss *rss)
 		msg = "failed to switch RSS hash QP to INIT state";
 		goto error;
 	}
-	ret = ibv_modify_qp
+	ret = mlx4_glue->modify_qp
 		(rss->qp,
 		 &(struct ibv_qp_attr){
 			.qp_state = IBV_QPS_RTR,
@@ -288,11 +289,11 @@ mlx4_rss_attach(struct mlx4_rss *rss)
 	return 0;
 error:
 	if (rss->qp) {
-		claim_zero(ibv_destroy_qp(rss->qp));
+		claim_zero(mlx4_glue->destroy_qp(rss->qp));
 		rss->qp = NULL;
 	}
 	if (rss->ind) {
-		claim_zero(ibv_destroy_rwq_ind_table(rss->ind));
+		claim_zero(mlx4_glue->destroy_rwq_ind_table(rss->ind));
 		rss->ind = NULL;
 	}
 	while (i--)
@@ -325,9 +326,9 @@ mlx4_rss_detach(struct mlx4_rss *rss)
 	assert(rss->ind);
 	if (--rss->usecnt)
 		return;
-	claim_zero(ibv_destroy_qp(rss->qp));
+	claim_zero(mlx4_glue->destroy_qp(rss->qp));
 	rss->qp = NULL;
-	claim_zero(ibv_destroy_rwq_ind_table(rss->ind));
+	claim_zero(mlx4_glue->destroy_rwq_ind_table(rss->ind));
 	rss->ind = NULL;
 	for (i = 0; i != rss->queues; ++i)
 		mlx4_rxq_detach(priv->dev->data->rx_queues[rss->queue_id[i]]);
@@ -364,9 +365,10 @@ mlx4_rss_init(struct priv *priv)
 	int ret;
 
 	/* Prepare range for RSS contexts before creating the first WQ. */
-	ret = mlx4dv_set_context_attr(priv->ctx,
-				      MLX4DV_SET_CTX_ATTR_LOG_WQS_RANGE_SZ,
-				      &log2_range);
+	ret = mlx4_glue->dv_set_context_attr
+		(priv->ctx,
+		 MLX4DV_SET_CTX_ATTR_LOG_WQS_RANGE_SZ,
+		 &log2_range);
 	if (ret) {
 		ERROR("cannot set up range size for RSS context to %u"
 		      " (for %u Rx queues), error: %s",
@@ -402,13 +404,13 @@ mlx4_rss_init(struct priv *priv)
 		 * sequentially and are guaranteed to never be reused in the
 		 * same context by the underlying implementation.
 		 */
-		cq = ibv_create_cq(priv->ctx, 1, NULL, NULL, 0);
+		cq = mlx4_glue->create_cq(priv->ctx, 1, NULL, NULL, 0);
 		if (!cq) {
 			ret = ENOMEM;
 			msg = "placeholder CQ creation failure";
 			goto error;
 		}
-		wq = ibv_create_wq
+		wq = mlx4_glue->create_wq
 			(priv->ctx,
 			 &(struct ibv_wq_init_attr){
 				.wq_type = IBV_WQT_RQ,
@@ -419,11 +421,11 @@ mlx4_rss_init(struct priv *priv)
 			 });
 		if (wq) {
 			wq_num = wq->wq_num;
-			claim_zero(ibv_destroy_wq(wq));
+			claim_zero(mlx4_glue->destroy_wq(wq));
 		} else {
 			wq_num = 0; /* Shut up GCC 4.8 warnings. */
 		}
-		claim_zero(ibv_destroy_cq(cq));
+		claim_zero(mlx4_glue->destroy_cq(cq));
 		if (!wq) {
 			ret = ENOMEM;
 			msg = "placeholder WQ creation failure";
@@ -522,13 +524,14 @@ mlx4_rxq_attach(struct rxq *rxq)
 	int ret;
 
 	assert(rte_is_power_of_2(elts_n));
-	cq = ibv_create_cq(priv->ctx, elts_n / sges_n, NULL, rxq->channel, 0);
+	cq = mlx4_glue->create_cq(priv->ctx, elts_n / sges_n, NULL,
+				  rxq->channel, 0);
 	if (!cq) {
 		ret = ENOMEM;
 		msg = "CQ creation failure";
 		goto error;
 	}
-	wq = ibv_create_wq
+	wq = mlx4_glue->create_wq
 		(priv->ctx,
 		 &(struct ibv_wq_init_attr){
 			.wq_type = IBV_WQT_RQ,
@@ -542,7 +545,7 @@ mlx4_rxq_attach(struct rxq *rxq)
 		msg = "WQ creation failure";
 		goto error;
 	}
-	ret = ibv_modify_wq
+	ret = mlx4_glue->modify_wq
 		(wq,
 		 &(struct ibv_wq_attr){
 			.attr_mask = IBV_WQ_ATTR_STATE,
@@ -557,7 +560,7 @@ mlx4_rxq_attach(struct rxq *rxq)
 	mlxdv.cq.out = &dv_cq;
 	mlxdv.rwq.in = wq;
 	mlxdv.rwq.out = &dv_rwq;
-	ret = mlx4dv_init_obj(&mlxdv, MLX4DV_OBJ_RWQ | MLX4DV_OBJ_CQ);
+	ret = mlx4_glue->dv_init_obj(&mlxdv, MLX4DV_OBJ_RWQ | MLX4DV_OBJ_CQ);
 	if (ret) {
 		msg = "failed to obtain device information from WQ/CQ objects";
 		goto error;
@@ -619,9 +622,9 @@ mlx4_rxq_attach(struct rxq *rxq)
 	return 0;
 error:
 	if (wq)
-		claim_zero(ibv_destroy_wq(wq));
+		claim_zero(mlx4_glue->destroy_wq(wq));
 	if (cq)
-		claim_zero(ibv_destroy_cq(cq));
+		claim_zero(mlx4_glue->destroy_cq(cq));
 	rte_errno = ret;
 	ERROR("error while attaching Rx queue %p: %s: %s",
 	      (void *)rxq, msg, strerror(ret));
@@ -649,9 +652,9 @@ mlx4_rxq_detach(struct rxq *rxq)
 	memset(&rxq->mcq, 0, sizeof(rxq->mcq));
 	rxq->rq_db = NULL;
 	rxq->wqes = NULL;
-	claim_zero(ibv_destroy_wq(rxq->wq));
+	claim_zero(mlx4_glue->destroy_wq(rxq->wq));
 	rxq->wq = NULL;
-	claim_zero(ibv_destroy_cq(rxq->cq));
+	claim_zero(mlx4_glue->destroy_cq(rxq->cq));
 	rxq->cq = NULL;
 	DEBUG("%p: freeing Rx queue elements", (void *)rxq);
 	for (i = 0; (i != RTE_DIM(*elts)); ++i) {
@@ -879,7 +882,7 @@ mlx4_rx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx, uint16_t desc,
 		goto error;
 	}
 	if (dev->data->dev_conf.intr_conf.rxq) {
-		rxq->channel = ibv_create_comp_channel(priv->ctx);
+		rxq->channel = mlx4_glue->create_comp_channel(priv->ctx);
 		if (rxq->channel == NULL) {
 			rte_errno = ENOMEM;
 			ERROR("%p: Rx interrupt completion channel creation"
@@ -934,7 +937,7 @@ mlx4_rx_queue_release(void *dpdk_rxq)
 	assert(!rxq->wqes);
 	assert(!rxq->rq_db);
 	if (rxq->channel)
-		claim_zero(ibv_destroy_comp_channel(rxq->channel));
+		claim_zero(mlx4_glue->destroy_comp_channel(rxq->channel));
 	if (rxq->mr)
 		mlx4_mr_put(rxq->mr);
 	rte_free(rxq);
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_txq.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_txq.c
index 2bd4b9cb6a..5e4d701cd9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_txq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_txq.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 #include <rte_mempool.h>
 
 #include "mlx4.h"
+#include "mlx4_glue.h"
 #include "mlx4_prm.h"
 #include "mlx4_rxtx.h"
 #include "mlx4_utils.h"
@@ -350,7 +351,7 @@ mlx4_tx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx, uint16_t desc,
 		.lb = !!priv->vf,
 		.bounce_buf = bounce_buf,
 	};
-	txq->cq = ibv_create_cq(priv->ctx, desc, NULL, NULL, 0);
+	txq->cq = mlx4_glue->create_cq(priv->ctx, desc, NULL, NULL, 0);
 	if (!txq->cq) {
 		rte_errno = ENOMEM;
 		ERROR("%p: CQ creation failure: %s",
@@ -370,7 +371,7 @@ mlx4_tx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx, uint16_t desc,
 		/* No completion events must occur by default. */
 		.sq_sig_all = 0,
 	};
-	txq->qp = ibv_create_qp(priv->pd, &qp_init_attr);
+	txq->qp = mlx4_glue->create_qp(priv->pd, &qp_init_attr);
 	if (!txq->qp) {
 		rte_errno = errno ? errno : EINVAL;
 		ERROR("%p: QP creation failure: %s",
@@ -378,7 +379,7 @@ mlx4_tx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx, uint16_t desc,
 		goto error;
 	}
 	txq->max_inline = qp_init_attr.cap.max_inline_data;
-	ret = ibv_modify_qp
+	ret = mlx4_glue->modify_qp
 		(txq->qp,
 		 &(struct ibv_qp_attr){
 			.qp_state = IBV_QPS_INIT,
@@ -391,7 +392,7 @@ mlx4_tx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx, uint16_t desc,
 		      (void *)dev, strerror(rte_errno));
 		goto error;
 	}
-	ret = ibv_modify_qp
+	ret = mlx4_glue->modify_qp
 		(txq->qp,
 		 &(struct ibv_qp_attr){
 			.qp_state = IBV_QPS_RTR,
@@ -403,7 +404,7 @@ mlx4_tx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx, uint16_t desc,
 		      (void *)dev, strerror(rte_errno));
 		goto error;
 	}
-	ret = ibv_modify_qp
+	ret = mlx4_glue->modify_qp
 		(txq->qp,
 		 &(struct ibv_qp_attr){
 			.qp_state = IBV_QPS_RTS,
@@ -420,7 +421,7 @@ mlx4_tx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx, uint16_t desc,
 	mlxdv.cq.out = &dv_cq;
 	mlxdv.qp.in = txq->qp;
 	mlxdv.qp.out = &dv_qp;
-	ret = mlx4dv_init_obj(&mlxdv, MLX4DV_OBJ_QP | MLX4DV_OBJ_CQ);
+	ret = mlx4_glue->dv_init_obj(&mlxdv, MLX4DV_OBJ_QP | MLX4DV_OBJ_CQ);
 	if (ret) {
 		rte_errno = EINVAL;
 		ERROR("%p: failed to obtain information needed for"
@@ -470,9 +471,9 @@ mlx4_tx_queue_release(void *dpdk_txq)
 		}
 	mlx4_txq_free_elts(txq);
 	if (txq->qp)
-		claim_zero(ibv_destroy_qp(txq->qp));
+		claim_zero(mlx4_glue->destroy_qp(txq->qp));
 	if (txq->cq)
-		claim_zero(ibv_destroy_cq(txq->cq));
+		claim_zero(mlx4_glue->destroy_cq(txq->cq));
 	for (i = 0; i != RTE_DIM(txq->mp2mr); ++i) {
 		if (!txq->mp2mr[i].mp)
 			break;