diff --git a/drivers/net/iavf/iavf.h b/drivers/net/iavf/iavf.h
index 778b6c23c2..49ccfeece3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/iavf/iavf.h
+++ b/drivers/net/iavf/iavf.h
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 #define IAVF_FRAME_SIZE_MAX       9728
 #define IAVF_QUEUE_BASE_ADDR_UNIT 128
 
-#define IAVF_MAX_NUM_QUEUES       16
+#define IAVF_MAX_NUM_QUEUES_DFLT	 16
+#define IAVF_MAX_NUM_QUEUES_LV		 256
 
 #define IAVF_NUM_MACADDR_MAX      64
 
@@ -149,6 +150,7 @@ struct iavf_info {
 	uint8_t *rss_key;
 	uint16_t nb_msix;   /* number of MSI-X interrupts on Rx */
 	uint16_t msix_base; /* msix vector base from */
+	uint16_t max_rss_qregion; /* max RSS queue region supported by PF */
 	/* queue bitmask for each vector */
 	uint16_t rxq_map[IAVF_MAX_MSIX_VECTORS];
 	struct iavf_flow_list flow_list;
@@ -157,6 +159,8 @@ struct iavf_info {
 	struct iavf_parser_list dist_parser_list;
 
 	struct iavf_fdir_info fdir; /* flow director info */
+	/* indicate large VF support enabled or not */
+	bool lv_enabled;
 };
 
 #define IAVF_MAX_PKT_TYPE 1024
@@ -288,4 +292,5 @@ int iavf_add_del_mc_addr_list(struct iavf_adapter *adapter,
 			struct rte_ether_addr *mc_addrs,
 			uint32_t mc_addrs_num, bool add);
 int iavf_request_queues(struct iavf_adapter *adapter, uint16_t num);
+int iavf_get_max_rss_queue_region(struct iavf_adapter *adapter);
 #endif /* _IAVF_ETHDEV_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c
index a5b06e6bd2..87082d1cc6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ iavf_init_rss(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
 
 	rss_conf = &adapter->eth_dev->data->dev_conf.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf;
 	nb_q = RTE_MIN(adapter->eth_dev->data->nb_rx_queues,
-		       IAVF_MAX_NUM_QUEUES);
+		       vf->max_rss_qregion);
 
 	if (!(vf->vf_res->vf_cap_flags & VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_RSS_PF)) {
 		PMD_DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "RSS is not supported");
@@ -255,6 +255,31 @@ iavf_init_rss(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+iavf_queues_req_reset(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t num)
+{
+	struct iavf_adapter *ad =
+		IAVF_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_ADAPTER(dev->data->dev_private);
+	struct iavf_info *vf =  IAVF_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_VF(ad);
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = iavf_request_queues(ad, num);
+	if (ret) {
+		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "request queues from PF failed");
+		return ret;
+	}
+	PMD_DRV_LOG(INFO, "change queue pairs from %u to %u",
+			vf->vsi_res->num_queue_pairs, num);
+
+	ret = iavf_dev_reset(dev);
+	if (ret) {
+		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "vf reset failed");
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int
 iavf_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 {
@@ -262,6 +287,9 @@ iavf_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 		IAVF_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_ADAPTER(dev->data->dev_private);
 	struct iavf_info *vf =  IAVF_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_VF(ad);
 	struct rte_eth_conf *dev_conf = &dev->data->dev_conf;
+	uint16_t num_queue_pairs = RTE_MAX(dev->data->nb_rx_queues,
+		dev->data->nb_tx_queues);
+	int ret;
 
 	ad->rx_bulk_alloc_allowed = true;
 	/* Initialize to TRUE. If any of Rx queues doesn't meet the
@@ -273,6 +301,46 @@ iavf_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	if (dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.mq_mode & ETH_MQ_RX_RSS_FLAG)
 		dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
 
+	/* Large VF setting */
+	if (num_queue_pairs > IAVF_MAX_NUM_QUEUES_DFLT) {
+		if (!(vf->vf_res->vf_cap_flags &
+				VIRTCHNL_VF_LARGE_NUM_QPAIRS)) {
+			PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "large VF is not supported");
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		if (num_queue_pairs > IAVF_MAX_NUM_QUEUES_LV) {
+			PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "queue pairs number cannot be larger than %u",
+				IAVF_MAX_NUM_QUEUES_LV);
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		ret = iavf_queues_req_reset(dev, num_queue_pairs);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
+		ret = iavf_get_max_rss_queue_region(ad);
+		if (ret) {
+			PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "get max rss queue region failed");
+			return ret;
+		}
+
+		vf->lv_enabled = true;
+	} else {
+		/* Check if large VF is already enabled. If so, disable and
+		 * release redundant queue resource.
+		 */
+		if (vf->lv_enabled) {
+			ret = iavf_queues_req_reset(dev, num_queue_pairs);
+			if (ret)
+				return ret;
+
+			vf->lv_enabled = false;
+		}
+		/* if large VF is not required, use default rss queue region */
+		vf->max_rss_qregion = IAVF_MAX_NUM_QUEUES_DFLT;
+	}
+
 	/* Vlan stripping setting */
 	if (vf->vf_res->vf_cap_flags & VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_VLAN) {
 		if (dev_conf->rxmode.offloads & DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_VLAN_STRIP)
@@ -586,8 +654,8 @@ iavf_dev_info_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_eth_dev_info *dev_info)
 {
 	struct iavf_info *vf = IAVF_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_VF(dev->data->dev_private);
 
-	dev_info->max_rx_queues = vf->vsi_res->num_queue_pairs;
-	dev_info->max_tx_queues = vf->vsi_res->num_queue_pairs;
+	dev_info->max_rx_queues = IAVF_MAX_NUM_QUEUES_LV;
+	dev_info->max_tx_queues = IAVF_MAX_NUM_QUEUES_LV;
 	dev_info->min_rx_bufsize = IAVF_BUF_SIZE_MIN;
 	dev_info->max_rx_pktlen = IAVF_FRAME_SIZE_MAX;
 	dev_info->max_mtu = dev_info->max_rx_pktlen - IAVF_ETH_OVERHEAD;
diff --git a/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_vchnl.c b/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_vchnl.c
index 323e2a843c..2c49a0e761 100644
--- a/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_vchnl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_vchnl.c
@@ -457,7 +457,8 @@ iavf_get_vf_resource(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
 		VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_RX_FLEX_DESC |
 		VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_FDIR_PF |
 		VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_ADV_RSS_PF |
-		VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_REQ_QUEUES;
+		VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_REQ_QUEUES |
+		VIRTCHNL_VF_LARGE_NUM_QPAIRS;
 
 	args.in_args = (uint8_t *)∩︀
 	args.in_args_size = sizeof(caps);
@@ -1267,3 +1268,31 @@ iavf_request_queues(struct iavf_adapter *adapter, uint16_t num)
 
 	return -1;
 }
+
+int
+iavf_get_max_rss_queue_region(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
+{
+	struct iavf_info *vf = IAVF_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_VF(adapter);
+	struct iavf_cmd_info args;
+	uint16_t qregion_width;
+	int err;
+
+	args.ops = VIRTCHNL_OP_GET_MAX_RSS_QREGION;
+	args.in_args = NULL;
+	args.in_args_size = 0;
+	args.out_buffer = vf->aq_resp;
+	args.out_size = IAVF_AQ_BUF_SZ;
+
+	err = iavf_execute_vf_cmd(adapter, &args);
+	if (err) {
+		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Failed to execute command of VIRTCHNL_OP_GET_MAX_RSS_QREGION");
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	qregion_width =
+	((struct virtchnl_max_rss_qregion *)args.out_buffer)->qregion_width;
+
+	vf->max_rss_qregion = (uint16_t)(1 << qregion_width);
+
+	return 0;
+}