diff --git a/app/test-eventdev/test_pipeline_common.c b/app/test-eventdev/test_pipeline_common.c
index aa3481247a..ff60fc36c5 100644
--- a/app/test-eventdev/test_pipeline_common.c
+++ b/app/test-eventdev/test_pipeline_common.c
@@ -5,6 +5,35 @@
 
 #include "test_pipeline_common.h"
 
+int
+pipeline_mempool_setup(struct evt_test *test, struct evt_options *opt)
+{
+	struct test_pipeline *t = evt_test_priv(test);
+
+	t->pool = rte_pktmbuf_pool_create(test->name, /* mempool name */
+			opt->pool_sz, /* number of elements*/
+			512, /* cache size*/
+			0,
+			RTE_MBUF_DEFAULT_BUF_SIZE,
+			opt->socket_id); /* flags */
+
+	if (t->pool == NULL) {
+		evt_err("failed to create mempool");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void
+pipeline_mempool_destroy(struct evt_test *test, struct evt_options *opt)
+{
+	RTE_SET_USED(opt);
+	struct test_pipeline *t = evt_test_priv(test);
+
+	rte_mempool_free(t->pool);
+}
+
 int
 pipeline_test_setup(struct evt_test *test, struct evt_options *opt)
 {
diff --git a/app/test-eventdev/test_pipeline_common.h b/app/test-eventdev/test_pipeline_common.h
index 645571cf53..569db1de58 100644
--- a/app/test-eventdev/test_pipeline_common.h
+++ b/app/test-eventdev/test_pipeline_common.h
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ struct test_pipeline {
 } __rte_cache_aligned;
 
 int pipeline_test_setup(struct evt_test *test, struct evt_options *opt);
+int pipeline_mempool_setup(struct evt_test *test, struct evt_options *opt);
 void pipeline_test_destroy(struct evt_test *test, struct evt_options *opt);
+void pipeline_mempool_destroy(struct evt_test *test, struct evt_options *opt);
 
 #endif /* _TEST_PIPELINE_COMMON_ */