diff --git a/examples/flow_filtering/main.c b/examples/flow_filtering/main.c
index 7d739b4aeb..4a07b63235 100644
--- a/examples/flow_filtering/main.c
+++ b/examples/flow_filtering/main.c
@@ -149,7 +149,18 @@ init_port(void)
 			/**< CRC stripped by hardware */
 			.hw_strip_crc   = 1,
 		},
+		.txmode = {
+			.offloads =
+				DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_VLAN_INSERT |
+				DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_IPV4_CKSUM  |
+				DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_UDP_CKSUM   |
+				DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_TCP_CKSUM   |
+				DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_SCTP_CKSUM  |
+				DEV_TX_OFFLOAD_TCP_TSO,
+		},
 	};
+	struct rte_eth_txconf txq_conf;
+	struct rte_eth_dev_info dev_info;
 
 	printf(":: initializing port: %d\n", port_id);
 	ret = rte_eth_dev_configure(port_id,
@@ -173,6 +184,21 @@ init_port(void)
 		}
 	}
 
+	rte_eth_dev_info_get(port_id, &dev_info);
+	txq_conf = dev_info.default_txconf;
+	txq_conf.offloads = port_conf.txmode.offloads;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_queues; i++) {
+		ret = rte_eth_tx_queue_setup(port_id, i, 512,
+				rte_eth_dev_socket_id(port_id),
+				&txq_conf);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+				":: Tx queue setup failed: err=%d, port=%u\n",
+				ret, port_id);
+		}
+	}
+
 	rte_eth_promiscuous_enable(port_id);
 	ret = rte_eth_dev_start(port_id);
 	if (ret < 0) {