diff --git a/scripts/build.ps1 b/scripts/build.ps1
index 7b676862bb..9b84a07093 100644
--- a/scripts/build.ps1
+++ b/scripts/build.ps1
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@ param (
     [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]
     [switch]$UseXdp = $false,
 
+    [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]
+    [switch]$UseDpdk = $false,
+
     [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]
     [string]$Generator = "",
 
@@ -472,6 +475,9 @@ function CMake-Generate {
     if ($UseXdp) {
         $Arguments += " -DQUIC_LINUX_XDP_ENABLED=on"
     }
+    if ($UseDpdk) {
+        $Arguments += " -DQUIC_DPDK_ENABLED=on"
+    }
     if ($Platform -eq "uwp") {
         $Arguments += " -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=WindowsStore -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=10.0 -DQUIC_UWP_BUILD=on"
     }
diff --git a/scripts/prepare-machine.ps1 b/scripts/prepare-machine.ps1
index 1b5aa32ef6..9679138591 100644
--- a/scripts/prepare-machine.ps1
+++ b/scripts/prepare-machine.ps1
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ param (
     [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]
     [switch]$UseXdp,
 
+    [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]
+    [switch]$UseDpdk,
+
     [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]
     [switch]$ForceXdpInstall,
 
@@ -527,13 +530,19 @@ if ($IsLinux) {
         sudo gem install public_suffix -v 4.0.7
         sudo gem install fpm
 
-        # XDP dependencies
-        if ($UseXdp) {
-            sudo apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends libc6-dev-i386 # for building xdp programs
-            sudo apt-add-repository "deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu noble main" -y
-            sudo apt-get update -y
-            sudo apt-get -y install libxdp-dev libbpf-dev
-            sudo apt-get -y install libnl-3-dev libnl-genl-3-dev libnl-route-3-dev zlib1g-dev zlib1g pkg-config m4 clang libpcap-dev libelf-dev
+        if ($UseXdp -or $UseDpdk) {
+            sudo apt-get install -y libnl-3-dev libnl-genl-3-dev libnl-route-3-dev
+            if ($UseXdp) {
+                sudo apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends libc6-dev-i386 # for building xdp programs
+                sudo apt-add-repository "deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu noble main" -y
+                sudo apt-get update -y
+                sudo apt-get -y install libxdp-dev libbpf-dev
+                sudo apt-get -y install zlib1g-dev zlib1g m4 clang
+            }
+            if ($UseDpdk) {
+                # for ubuntu 22.04
+                sudo apt-get install -y libdpdk-dev
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -543,13 +552,18 @@ if ($IsLinux) {
         sudo apt-get install -y lttng-tools
         sudo apt-get install -y liblttng-ust-dev
         sudo apt-get install -y gdb
-        if ($UseXdp) {
-            sudo apt-add-repository "deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu noble main" -y
-            sudo apt-get update -y
-            sudo apt-get install -y libxdp1 libbpf1
+        if ($UseXdp -or $UseDpdk) {
             sudo apt-get install -y libnl-3-200 libnl-route-3-200 libnl-genl-3-200
-            sudo apt-get install -y iproute2 iptables
-            Install-DuoNic
+            if ($UseXdp) {
+                sudo apt-add-repository "deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu noble main" -y
+                sudo apt-get update -y
+                sudo apt-get install -y libxdp1 libbpf1
+                sudo apt-get install -y iproute2 iptables
+                Install-DuoNic
+            }
+            if ($UseDpdk) {
+                sudo apt-get install -y libdpdk-dev
+            }
         }
 
         # Enable core dumps for the system.
diff --git a/src/platform/CMakeLists.txt b/src/platform/CMakeLists.txt
index d79d16841d..f81a464e7d 100644
--- a/src/platform/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/platform/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ if("${CX_PLATFORM}" STREQUAL "windows")
        ${SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} STREQUAL "arm64" OR
        ${SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} STREQUAL "arm64ec")
         set(SOURCES ${SOURCES} datapath_raw_dummy.c)
+    elseif(QUIC_DPDK_ENABLED)
+        set(SOURCES ${SOURCES} datapath_raw.c datapath_raw_win.c datapath_raw_socket.c datapath_raw_socket_win.c datapath_raw_dpdk.c)
     else()
         set(SOURCES ${SOURCES} datapath_raw.c datapath_raw_win.c datapath_raw_socket.c datapath_raw_socket_win.c datapath_raw_xdp_win.c)
     endif()
@@ -28,6 +30,9 @@ else()
         set(SOURCES ${SOURCES} datapath_linux.c datapath_epoll.c)
         if (QUIC_LINUX_XDP_ENABLED)
             set(SOURCES ${SOURCES} datapath_xplat.c datapath_raw.c datapath_raw_linux.c datapath_raw_socket.c datapath_raw_socket_linux.c datapath_raw_xdp_linux.c)
+        elseif (QUIC_DPDK_ENABLED)
+            # DPDK is not available yet
+            set(SOURCES ${SOURCES} datapath_xplat.c datapath_raw.c datapath_raw_linux.c datapath_raw_socket.c datapath_raw_socket_linux.c datapath_raw_dummy.c)
         else()
             set(SOURCES ${SOURCES} datapath_xplat.c datapath_raw_dummy.c)
         endif()
@@ -98,6 +103,10 @@ elseif(QUIC_LINUX_XDP_ENABLED)
     endif()
 
     target_link_libraries(platform PUBLIC ${XDP_LIB} ${BPF_LIB} ${NL_LIB} ${NL_ROUTE_LIB} ${ELF_LIB} ${Z_LIB} ${ZSTD_LIB})
+elseif(QUIC_DPDK_ENABLED)
+    find_library(DPDK_LIBRARIES NAMES rte_eal rte_mempool rte_ring rte_ethdev)
+    target_include_directories(platform PRIVATE /usr/include/dpdk /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/dpdk)
+    target_link_libraries(platform PUBLIC ${DPDK_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(platform PUBLIC inc)
@@ -111,7 +120,7 @@ if ("${CX_PLATFORM}" STREQUAL "windows")
         PRIVATE
         ${EXTRA_PLATFORM_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES}
         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/submodules/xdp-for-windows/published/external)
-elseif(QUIC_LINUX_XDP_ENABLED)
+elseif(QUIC_LINUX_XDP_ENABLED OR QUIC_DPDK_ENABLED)
     include_directories(/usr/include/libnl3)
     target_include_directories(platform PRIVATE ${EXTRA_PLATFORM_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES})
 endif()