diff --git a/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/qbman/qman.c b/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/qbman/qman.c
index b6fd40b..d8fb25a 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/qbman/qman.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/qbman/qman.c
@@ -621,11 +621,52 @@ struct qman_portal *qman_create_portal(
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+#define MAX_GLOBAL_PORTALS 8
+static struct qman_portal global_portals[MAX_GLOBAL_PORTALS];
+static int global_portals_used[MAX_GLOBAL_PORTALS];
+
+static struct qman_portal *
+qman_alloc_global_portal(void)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < MAX_GLOBAL_PORTALS; i++) {
+		if (global_portals_used[i] == 0) {
+			global_portals_used[i] = 1;
+			return &global_portals[i];
+		}
+	}
+	pr_err("No portal available (%x)\n", MAX_GLOBAL_PORTALS);
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static int
+qman_free_global_portal(struct qman_portal *portal)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < MAX_GLOBAL_PORTALS; i++) {
+		if (&global_portals[i] == portal) {
+			global_portals_used[i] = 0;
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+	return -1;
+}
+
 struct qman_portal *qman_create_affine_portal(const struct qm_portal_config *c,
-					      const struct qman_cgrs *cgrs)
+					      const struct qman_cgrs *cgrs,
+					      int alloc)
 {
 	struct qman_portal *res;
-	struct qman_portal *portal = get_affine_portal();
+	struct qman_portal *portal;
+
+	if (alloc)
+		portal = qman_alloc_global_portal();
+	else
+		portal = get_affine_portal();
+
 	/* A criteria for calling this function (from qman_driver.c) is that
 	 * we're already affine to the cpu and won't schedule onto another cpu.
 	 */
@@ -675,13 +716,18 @@ void qman_destroy_portal(struct qman_portal *qm)
 	spin_lock_destroy(&qm->cgr_lock);
 }
 
-const struct qm_portal_config *qman_destroy_affine_portal(void)
+const struct qm_portal_config *
+qman_destroy_affine_portal(struct qman_portal *qp)
 {
 	/* We don't want to redirect if we're a slave, use "raw" */
-	struct qman_portal *qm = get_affine_portal();
+	struct qman_portal *qm;
 	const struct qm_portal_config *pcfg;
 	int cpu;
 
+	if (qp == NULL)
+		qm = get_affine_portal();
+	else
+		qm = qp;
 	pcfg = qm->config;
 	cpu = pcfg->cpu;
 
@@ -690,6 +736,9 @@ const struct qm_portal_config *qman_destroy_affine_portal(void)
 	spin_lock(&affine_mask_lock);
 	CPU_CLR(cpu, &affine_mask);
 	spin_unlock(&affine_mask_lock);
+
+	qman_free_global_portal(qm);
+
 	return pcfg;
 }
 
@@ -1096,27 +1145,27 @@ void qman_start_dequeues(void)
 		qm_dqrr_set_maxfill(&p->p, DQRR_MAXFILL);
 }
 
-void qman_static_dequeue_add(u32 pools)
+void qman_static_dequeue_add(u32 pools, struct qman_portal *qp)
 {
-	struct qman_portal *p = get_affine_portal();
+	struct qman_portal *p = qp ? qp : get_affine_portal();
 
 	pools &= p->config->pools;
 	p->sdqcr |= pools;
 	qm_dqrr_sdqcr_set(&p->p, p->sdqcr);
 }
 
-void qman_static_dequeue_del(u32 pools)
+void qman_static_dequeue_del(u32 pools, struct qman_portal *qp)
 {
-	struct qman_portal *p = get_affine_portal();
+	struct qman_portal *p = qp ? qp : get_affine_portal();
 
 	pools &= p->config->pools;
 	p->sdqcr &= ~pools;
 	qm_dqrr_sdqcr_set(&p->p, p->sdqcr);
 }
 
-u32 qman_static_dequeue_get(void)
+u32 qman_static_dequeue_get(struct qman_portal *qp)
 {
-	struct qman_portal *p = get_affine_portal();
+	struct qman_portal *p = qp ? qp : get_affine_portal();
 	return p->sdqcr;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/qbman/qman_driver.c b/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/qbman/qman_driver.c
index c17d15f..7cfa8ee 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/qbman/qman_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/qbman/qman_driver.c
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ void *qman_ccsr_map;
 /* The qman clock frequency */
 u32 qman_clk;
 
-static __thread int fd = -1;
-static __thread struct qm_portal_config pcfg;
+static __thread int qmfd = -1;
+static __thread struct qm_portal_config qpcfg;
 static __thread struct dpaa_ioctl_portal_map map = {
 	.type = dpaa_portal_qman
 };
@@ -44,16 +44,16 @@ static int fsl_qman_portal_init(uint32_t index, int is_shared)
 		error(0, ret, "pthread_getaffinity_np()");
 		return ret;
 	}
-	pcfg.cpu = -1;
+	qpcfg.cpu = -1;
 	for (loop = 0; loop < CPU_SETSIZE; loop++)
 		if (CPU_ISSET(loop, &cpuset)) {
-			if (pcfg.cpu != -1) {
+			if (qpcfg.cpu != -1) {
 				pr_err("Thread is not affine to 1 cpu\n");
 				return -EINVAL;
 			}
-			pcfg.cpu = loop;
+			qpcfg.cpu = loop;
 		}
-	if (pcfg.cpu == -1) {
+	if (qpcfg.cpu == -1) {
 		pr_err("Bug in getaffinity handling!\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -65,36 +65,36 @@ static int fsl_qman_portal_init(uint32_t index, int is_shared)
 		error(0, ret, "process_portal_map()");
 		return ret;
 	}
-	pcfg.channel = map.channel;
-	pcfg.pools = map.pools;
-	pcfg.index = map.index;
+	qpcfg.channel = map.channel;
+	qpcfg.pools = map.pools;
+	qpcfg.index = map.index;
 
 	/* Make the portal's cache-[enabled|inhibited] regions */
-	pcfg.addr_virt[DPAA_PORTAL_CE] = map.addr.cena;
-	pcfg.addr_virt[DPAA_PORTAL_CI] = map.addr.cinh;
+	qpcfg.addr_virt[DPAA_PORTAL_CE] = map.addr.cena;
+	qpcfg.addr_virt[DPAA_PORTAL_CI] = map.addr.cinh;
 
-	fd = open(QMAN_PORTAL_IRQ_PATH, O_RDONLY);
-	if (fd == -1) {
+	qmfd = open(QMAN_PORTAL_IRQ_PATH, O_RDONLY);
+	if (qmfd == -1) {
 		pr_err("QMan irq init failed\n");
 		process_portal_unmap(&map.addr);
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
-	pcfg.is_shared = is_shared;
-	pcfg.node = NULL;
-	pcfg.irq = fd;
+	qpcfg.is_shared = is_shared;
+	qpcfg.node = NULL;
+	qpcfg.irq = qmfd;
 
-	portal = qman_create_affine_portal(&pcfg, NULL);
+	portal = qman_create_affine_portal(&qpcfg, NULL, 0);
 	if (!portal) {
 		pr_err("Qman portal initialisation failed (%d)\n",
-		       pcfg.cpu);
+		       qpcfg.cpu);
 		process_portal_unmap(&map.addr);
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
 	irq_map.type = dpaa_portal_qman;
 	irq_map.portal_cinh = map.addr.cinh;
-	process_portal_irq_map(fd, &irq_map);
+	process_portal_irq_map(qmfd, &irq_map);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@ static int fsl_qman_portal_finish(void)
 	__maybe_unused const struct qm_portal_config *cfg;
 	int ret;
 
-	process_portal_irq_unmap(fd);
+	process_portal_irq_unmap(qmfd);
 
-	cfg = qman_destroy_affine_portal();
-	DPAA_BUG_ON(cfg != &pcfg);
+	cfg = qman_destroy_affine_portal(NULL);
+	DPAA_BUG_ON(cfg != &qpcfg);
 	ret = process_portal_unmap(&map.addr);
 	if (ret)
 		error(0, ret, "process_portal_unmap()");
@@ -128,14 +128,119 @@ int qman_thread_finish(void)
 
 void qman_thread_irq(void)
 {
-	qbman_invoke_irq(pcfg.irq);
+	qbman_invoke_irq(qpcfg.irq);
 
 	/* Now we need to uninhibit interrupts. This is the only code outside
 	 * the regular portal driver that manipulates any portal register, so
 	 * rather than breaking that encapsulation I am simply hard-coding the
 	 * offset to the inhibit register here.
 	 */
-	out_be32(pcfg.addr_virt[DPAA_PORTAL_CI] + 0xe0c, 0);
+	out_be32(qpcfg.addr_virt[DPAA_PORTAL_CI] + 0xe0c, 0);
+}
+
+struct qman_portal *fsl_qman_portal_create(void)
+{
+	cpu_set_t cpuset;
+	struct qman_portal *res;
+
+	struct qm_portal_config *q_pcfg;
+	int loop, ret;
+	struct dpaa_ioctl_irq_map irq_map;
+	struct dpaa_ioctl_portal_map q_map = {0};
+	int q_fd;
+
+	q_pcfg = kzalloc((sizeof(struct qm_portal_config)), 0);
+	if (!q_pcfg) {
+		error(0, -1, "q_pcfg kzalloc failed");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	/* Verify the thread's cpu-affinity */
+	ret = pthread_getaffinity_np(pthread_self(), sizeof(cpu_set_t),
+				     &cpuset);
+	if (ret) {
+		error(0, ret, "pthread_getaffinity_np()");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	q_pcfg->cpu = -1;
+	for (loop = 0; loop < CPU_SETSIZE; loop++)
+		if (CPU_ISSET(loop, &cpuset)) {
+			if (q_pcfg->cpu != -1) {
+				pr_err("Thread is not affine to 1 cpu\n");
+				return NULL;
+			}
+			q_pcfg->cpu = loop;
+		}
+	if (q_pcfg->cpu == -1) {
+		pr_err("Bug in getaffinity handling!\n");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	/* Allocate and map a qman portal */
+	q_map.type = dpaa_portal_qman;
+	q_map.index = QBMAN_ANY_PORTAL_IDX;
+	ret = process_portal_map(&q_map);
+	if (ret) {
+		error(0, ret, "process_portal_map()");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	q_pcfg->channel = q_map.channel;
+	q_pcfg->pools = q_map.pools;
+	q_pcfg->index = q_map.index;
+
+	/* Make the portal's cache-[enabled|inhibited] regions */
+	q_pcfg->addr_virt[DPAA_PORTAL_CE] = q_map.addr.cena;
+	q_pcfg->addr_virt[DPAA_PORTAL_CI] = q_map.addr.cinh;
+
+	q_fd = open(QMAN_PORTAL_IRQ_PATH, O_RDONLY);
+	if (q_fd == -1) {
+		pr_err("QMan irq init failed\n");
+		goto err1;
+	}
+
+	q_pcfg->irq = q_fd;
+
+	res = qman_create_affine_portal(q_pcfg, NULL, true);
+	if (!res) {
+		pr_err("Qman portal initialisation failed (%d)\n",
+		       q_pcfg->cpu);
+		goto err2;
+	}
+
+	irq_map.type = dpaa_portal_qman;
+	irq_map.portal_cinh = q_map.addr.cinh;
+	process_portal_irq_map(q_fd, &irq_map);
+
+	return res;
+err2:
+	close(q_fd);
+err1:
+	process_portal_unmap(&q_map.addr);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+int fsl_qman_portal_destroy(struct qman_portal *qp)
+{
+	const struct qm_portal_config *cfg;
+	struct dpaa_portal_map addr;
+	int ret;
+
+	cfg = qman_destroy_affine_portal(qp);
+	kfree(qp);
+
+	process_portal_irq_unmap(cfg->irq);
+
+	addr.cena = cfg->addr_virt[DPAA_PORTAL_CE];
+	addr.cinh = cfg->addr_virt[DPAA_PORTAL_CI];
+
+	ret = process_portal_unmap(&addr);
+	if (ret)
+		pr_err("process_portal_unmap() (%d)\n", ret);
+
+	kfree((void *)cfg);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int qman_global_init(void)
diff --git a/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/qbman/qman_priv.h b/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/qbman/qman_priv.h
index db0b310..9e4471e 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/qbman/qman_priv.h
+++ b/drivers/bus/dpaa/base/qbman/qman_priv.h
@@ -146,8 +146,10 @@ int qm_get_wpm(int *wpm);
 
 struct qman_portal *qman_create_affine_portal(
 			const struct qm_portal_config *config,
-			const struct qman_cgrs *cgrs);
-const struct qm_portal_config *qman_destroy_affine_portal(void);
+			const struct qman_cgrs *cgrs,
+			int alloc);
+const struct qm_portal_config *
+qman_destroy_affine_portal(struct qman_portal *q);
 
 struct qm_portal_config *qm_get_unused_portal(void);
 struct qm_portal_config *qm_get_unused_portal_idx(uint32_t idx);
diff --git a/drivers/bus/dpaa/dpaa_bus.c b/drivers/bus/dpaa/dpaa_bus.c
index a7c05b3..329a125 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/dpaa/dpaa_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/dpaa/dpaa_bus.c
@@ -264,8 +264,7 @@ _dpaa_portal_init(void *arg)
  * rte_dpaa_portal_init - Wrapper over _dpaa_portal_init with thread level check
  * XXX Complete this
  */
-int
-rte_dpaa_portal_init(void *arg)
+int rte_dpaa_portal_init(void *arg)
 {
 	if (unlikely(!RTE_PER_LCORE(_dpaa_io)))
 		return _dpaa_portal_init(arg);
@@ -273,6 +272,34 @@ rte_dpaa_portal_init(void *arg)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int
+rte_dpaa_portal_fq_init(void *arg, struct qman_fq *fq)
+{
+	/* Affine above created portal with channel*/
+	u32 sdqcr;
+	struct qman_portal *qp;
+
+	if (unlikely(!RTE_PER_LCORE(_dpaa_io)))
+		_dpaa_portal_init(arg);
+
+	/* Initialise qman specific portals */
+	qp = fsl_qman_portal_create();
+	if (!qp) {
+		DPAA_BUS_LOG(ERR, "Unable to alloc fq portal");
+		return -1;
+	}
+	fq->qp = qp;
+	sdqcr = QM_SDQCR_CHANNELS_POOL_CONV(fq->ch_id);
+	qman_static_dequeue_add(sdqcr, qp);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int rte_dpaa_portal_fq_close(struct qman_fq *fq)
+{
+	return fsl_qman_portal_destroy(fq->qp);
+}
+
 void
 dpaa_portal_finish(void *arg)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/bus/dpaa/include/fsl_qman.h b/drivers/bus/dpaa/include/fsl_qman.h
index 5027230..fc00d8d 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/dpaa/include/fsl_qman.h
+++ b/drivers/bus/dpaa/include/fsl_qman.h
@@ -1190,21 +1190,24 @@ struct qman_fq_cb {
 struct qman_fq {
 	/* Caller of qman_create_fq() provides these demux callbacks */
 	struct qman_fq_cb cb;
-	/*
-	 * These are internal to the driver, don't touch. In particular, they
-	 * may change, be removed, or extended (so you shouldn't rely on
-	 * sizeof(qman_fq) being a constant).
-	 */
-	spinlock_t fqlock;
-	u32 fqid;
+
 	u32 fqid_le;
+	u16 ch_id;
+	u8 cgr_groupid;
+	u8 is_static;
 
 	/* DPDK Interface */
 	void *dpaa_intf;
 
+	/* affined portal in case of static queue */
+	struct qman_portal *qp;
+
 	volatile unsigned long flags;
+
 	enum qman_fq_state state;
-	int cgr_groupid;
+	u32 fqid;
+	spinlock_t fqlock;
+
 	struct rb_node node;
 #ifdef CONFIG_FSL_QMAN_FQ_LOOKUP
 	u32 key;
@@ -1383,7 +1386,7 @@ void qman_start_dequeues(void);
  * (SDQCR). The requested pools are limited to those the portal has dequeue
  * access to.
  */
-void qman_static_dequeue_add(u32 pools);
+void qman_static_dequeue_add(u32 pools, struct qman_portal *qm);
 
 /**
  * qman_static_dequeue_del - Remove pool channels from the portal SDQCR
@@ -1393,7 +1396,7 @@ void qman_static_dequeue_add(u32 pools);
  * register (SDQCR). The requested pools are limited to those the portal has
  * dequeue access to.
  */
-void qman_static_dequeue_del(u32 pools);
+void qman_static_dequeue_del(u32 pools, struct qman_portal *qp);
 
 /**
  * qman_static_dequeue_get - return the portal's current SDQCR
@@ -1402,7 +1405,7 @@ void qman_static_dequeue_del(u32 pools);
  * entire register is returned, so if only the currently-enabled pool channels
  * are desired, mask the return value with QM_SDQCR_CHANNELS_POOL_MASK.
  */
-u32 qman_static_dequeue_get(void);
+u32 qman_static_dequeue_get(struct qman_portal *qp);
 
 /**
  * qman_dca - Perform a Discrete Consumption Acknowledgment
diff --git a/drivers/bus/dpaa/include/fsl_usd.h b/drivers/bus/dpaa/include/fsl_usd.h
index ada92f2..e183617 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/dpaa/include/fsl_usd.h
+++ b/drivers/bus/dpaa/include/fsl_usd.h
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ void bman_thread_irq(void);
 int qman_global_init(void);
 int bman_global_init(void);
 
+/* Direct portal create and destroy */
+struct qman_portal *fsl_qman_portal_create(void);
+int fsl_qman_portal_destroy(struct qman_portal *qp);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/bus/dpaa/include/process.h b/drivers/bus/dpaa/include/process.h
index 079849b..d9ec94e 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/dpaa/include/process.h
+++ b/drivers/bus/dpaa/include/process.h
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ enum dpaa_portal_type {
 	dpaa_portal_bman,
 };
 
+struct dpaa_portal_map {
+	void *cinh;
+	void *cena;
+};
+
 struct dpaa_ioctl_portal_map {
 	/* Input parameter, is a qman or bman portal required. */
 	enum dpaa_portal_type type;
@@ -50,10 +55,8 @@ struct dpaa_ioctl_portal_map {
 	/* Return value if the map succeeds, this gives the mapped
 	 * cache-inhibited (cinh) and cache-enabled (cena) addresses.
 	 */
-	struct dpaa_portal_map {
-		void *cinh;
-		void *cena;
-	} addr;
+	struct dpaa_portal_map addr;
+
 	/* Qman-specific return values */
 	u16 channel;
 	uint32_t pools;
diff --git a/drivers/bus/dpaa/rte_bus_dpaa_version.map b/drivers/bus/dpaa/rte_bus_dpaa_version.map
index f412362..4e3afda 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/dpaa/rte_bus_dpaa_version.map
+++ b/drivers/bus/dpaa/rte_bus_dpaa_version.map
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ DPDK_18.02 {
 	qman_delete_cgr;
 	qman_modify_cgr;
 	qman_release_cgrid_range;
+	rte_dpaa_portal_fq_close;
+	rte_dpaa_portal_fq_init;
 
 	local: *;
 } DPDK_17.11;
diff --git a/drivers/bus/dpaa/rte_dpaa_bus.h b/drivers/bus/dpaa/rte_dpaa_bus.h
index d9e8c84..f626066 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/dpaa/rte_dpaa_bus.h
+++ b/drivers/bus/dpaa/rte_dpaa_bus.h
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ void rte_dpaa_driver_unregister(struct rte_dpaa_driver *driver);
  */
 int rte_dpaa_portal_init(void *arg);
 
+int rte_dpaa_portal_fq_init(void *arg, struct qman_fq *fq);
+
+int rte_dpaa_portal_fq_close(struct qman_fq *fq);
+
 /**
  * Cleanup a DPAA Portal
  */
