2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/plugins/dpdk/device/dpdk.h b/src/plugins/dpdk/device/dpdk.h
index 7569fc60a90..7238ecf5515 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dpdk/device/dpdk.h
+++ b/src/plugins/dpdk/device/dpdk.h
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ typedef struct
   };
   dpdk_device_addr_type_t dev_addr_type;
   u8 *name;
+  u8 *tag;
   u8 is_blacklisted;
 
 #define _(x) uword x;
diff --git a/src/plugins/dpdk/device/init.c b/src/plugins/dpdk/device/init.c
index 83ce2dc9cbc..d6115009cc0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dpdk/device/init.c
+++ b/src/plugins/dpdk/device/init.c
@@ -449,6 +449,9 @@ dpdk_lib_init (dpdk_main_t * dm)
       xd->sw_if_index = sw->sw_if_index;
       dpdk_log_debug ("[%u] interface %s created", port_id, hi->name);
 
+      if (devconf->tag)
+	vnet_set_sw_interface_tag (vnm, devconf->tag, sw->sw_if_index);
+
       ethernet_set_flags (vnm, xd->hw_if_index,
 			  ETHERNET_INTERFACE_FLAG_DEFAULT_L3);
 
@@ -877,6 +880,8 @@ dpdk_device_config (dpdk_config_main_t *conf, void *addr,
 	;
       else if (unformat (input, "name %v", &devconf->name))
 	;
+      else if (unformat (input, "tag %s", &devconf->tag))
+	;
       else if (unformat (input, "workers %U", unformat_bitmap_list,
 			 &devconf->workers))
 	;