diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c
index 9e2fbba3e2..2f0262ae1f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@
 #endif
 /* Bit Mask to indicate what bits required for building TX context */
 #define IXGBE_TX_OFFLOAD_MASK (			 \
+		PKT_TX_OUTER_IPV6 |		 \
+		PKT_TX_OUTER_IPV4 |		 \
+		PKT_TX_IPV6 |			 \
+		PKT_TX_IPV4 |			 \
 		PKT_TX_VLAN_PKT |		 \
 		PKT_TX_IP_CKSUM |		 \
 		PKT_TX_L4_MASK |		 \