diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d20bad2..1ceb922 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
 		 example/Makefile
 		 example/classifier/Makefile
 		 example/generator/Makefile
+		 example/ipc/Makefile
 		 example/ipsec/Makefile
 		 example/packet/Makefile
 		 example/timer/Makefile
diff --git a/example/Makefile.am b/example/Makefile.am
index 353f397..506963f 100644
--- a/example/Makefile.am
+++ b/example/Makefile.am
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SUBDIRS = classifier generator ipsec packet timer
+SUBDIRS = classifier generator ipc ipsec packet timer
diff --git a/example/ipc/.gitignore b/example/ipc/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..963d99d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/ipc/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+odp_ipc
diff --git a/example/ipc/Makefile.am b/example/ipc/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3da9549
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/ipc/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+include $(top_srcdir)/example/Makefile.inc
+
+bin_PROGRAMS = odp_ipc
+odp_ipc_LDFLAGS = $(AM_LDFLAGS) -static
+odp_ipc_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) -I${top_srcdir}/example
+
+dist_odp_ipc_SOURCES = odp_ipc.c
diff --git a/example/ipc/odp_ipc.c b/example/ipc/odp_ipc.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37eaf61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/ipc/odp_ipc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,542 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2015, Linaro Limited
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier:     BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ *
+ * @example odp_ipc.c  ODP IPC example application.
+ *		This example application uses fork() at early start to create 2
+ *		completely separate processes. Then in main process it
+ *		allocates packet with head and tail magic numbers and packet
+ *		sequence counter inside. Then it sends that packet to second
+ *		process which verifies head magic and modifies that head magic
+ *		to new number. Then packet sent back to main process. Then main
+ *		process validates modified head magic number, tail magic number
+ *		and sequence counter. Master process also prints packet per
+ *		second statistic and packet counters.
+ */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <example_debug.h>
+
+#include <odp.h>
+#include <odp/helper/linux.h>
+#include <odp/helper/eth.h>
+#include <odp/helper/ip.h>
+#include <odp/helper/udp.h>
+
+/** @def SHM_PKT_POOL_SIZE
+ * @brief Size of the shared memory block
+ */
+#define SHM_PKT_POOL_SIZE      (512 * 2048)
+
+/** @def SHM_PKT_POOL_BUF_SIZE
+ * @brief Buffer size of the packet pool buffer
+ */
+#define SHM_PKT_POOL_BUF_SIZE  1856
+
+/** @def MAX_PKT_BURST
+ * @brief Maximum number of packet bursts
+ */
+#define MAX_PKT_BURST          16
+
+/** Get rid of path in filename - only for unix-type paths using '/' */
+#define NO_PATH(file_name) (strrchr((file_name), '/') ? \
+			    strrchr((file_name), '/') + 1 : (file_name))
+
+#define TEST_SEQ_MAGIC		0x92749451
+#define TEST_SEQ_MAGIC_2	0x81638340
+
+/** Application argument */
+static char *pktio_name;
+
+/** magic number and sequence at start of packet payload */
+typedef struct ODP_PACKED {
+	uint32be_t magic;
+	uint32be_t seq;
+} pkt_head_t;
+
+/** magic number at end of packet payload */
+typedef struct ODP_PACKED {
+	uint32be_t magic;
+} pkt_tail_t;
+
+/* helper funcs */
+static void parse_args(int argc, char *argv[]);
+static void print_info(char *progname);
+static void usage(char *progname);
+
+static void busy_sleep(int sec)
+{
+	uint64_t start_cycle;
+	uint64_t cycle;
+	uint64_t diff;
+	uint64_t wait;
+
+	wait = odp_time_ns_to_cycles(sec * ODP_TIME_SEC);
+
+	start_cycle = odp_time_cycles();
+	while (1) {
+		cycle = odp_time_cycles();
+		diff  = odp_time_diff_cycles(start_cycle, cycle);
+		if (wait < diff)
+			break;
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * Create a pktio handle.
+ *
+ * @param dev Name of device to open
+ * @param pool Pool to associate with device for packet RX/TX
+ *
+ * @return The handle of the created pktio object.
+ * @retval ODP_PKTIO_INVALID if the create fails.
+ */
+static odp_pktio_t create_pktio(const char *dev, odp_pool_t pool)
+{
+	odp_pktio_t pktio;
+	odp_pktio_t ipc_pktio;
+
+	/* Open a packet IO instance */
+	pktio = odp_pktio_open(dev, pool);
+	if (pktio == ODP_PKTIO_INVALID)
+		EXAMPLE_ABORT("Error: pktio create failed for %s\n", dev);
+
+	printf("pid: %d, create IPC pktio\n", getpid());
+	ipc_pktio = odp_pktio_open("ipc_pktio", pool);
+	if (ipc_pktio == ODP_PKTIO_INVALID)
+		EXAMPLE_ABORT("Error: ipc pktio create failed.\n");
+
+	return pktio;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Packet IO loopback worker thread using bursts from/to IO resources
+ *
+ * @param arg  thread arguments of type 'thread_args_t *'
+ */
+static void *pktio_run_loop(odp_pool_t pool)
+{
+	int thr;
+	int pkts;
+	odp_pktio_t pktio;
+	odp_pktio_t ipc_pktio;
+	odp_packet_t pkt_tbl[MAX_PKT_BURST];
+	uint64_t cnt = 0; /* increasing counter on each send packet */
+	uint64_t cnt_recv = 0; /* increasing counter to validate
+				  cnt on receive */
+	uint64_t stat_pkts = 0;
+	uint64_t stat_pkts_prev = 0;
+	uint64_t stat_errors = 0;
+	uint64_t start_cycle;
+	uint64_t cycle;
+	uint64_t diff;
+	uint64_t onesec_cycles;
+
+	thr = odp_thread_id();
+
+	pktio = odp_pktio_lookup(pktio_name);
+	if (pktio == ODP_PKTIO_INVALID) {
+		EXAMPLE_ERR("  [%02i] Error: lookup of pktio %s failed\n",
+			    thr, pktio_name);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	printf("  [%02i] looked up pktio:%02" PRIu64 ", burst mode\n",
+	       thr, odp_pktio_to_u64(pktio));
+
+	ipc_pktio = odp_pktio_lookup("ipc_pktio");
+	if (pktio == ODP_PKTIO_INVALID) {
+		EXAMPLE_ERR("  [%02i] Error: lookup of pktio %s failed\n",
+			    thr, "ipc_pktio");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	printf("  [%02i] looked up ipc_pktio:%02" PRIu64 ", burst mode\n",
+	       thr, odp_pktio_to_u64(ipc_pktio));
+
+	onesec_cycles = odp_time_ns_to_cycles(ODP_TIME_SEC);
+	start_cycle = odp_time_cycles();
+
+	/* packets loop */
+	for (;;) {
+		int i;
+		int sent;
+		int ret;
+
+		/* 1. emulate that pkts packets were recieved  */
+		odp_random_data((uint8_t *)&pkts, sizeof(pkts), 0);
+		pkts = ((pkts & 0xffff) % MAX_PKT_BURST) + 1;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < pkts; i++) {
+			odp_packet_t pkt;
+
+			pkt = odp_packet_alloc(pool, SHM_PKT_POOL_BUF_SIZE);
+			if (pkt == ODP_PACKET_INVALID) {
+				pkts = i;
+				printf("unable to alloc packet\n");
+				break;
+			}
+			odp_packet_l4_offset_set(pkt, 30);
+
+			pkt_tbl[i] = pkt;
+		}
+
+		/* 2. Copy counter and magic numbers to that packets */
+		for (i = 0; i < pkts; i++) {
+			pkt_head_t head;
+			pkt_tail_t tail;
+			size_t off;
+			odp_packet_t pkt = pkt_tbl[i];
+
+			off = odp_packet_l4_offset(pkt);
+			if (off == ODP_PACKET_OFFSET_INVALID)
+				EXAMPLE_ABORT("packet L4 offset not set");
+
+			head.magic = TEST_SEQ_MAGIC;
+			head.seq   = cnt++;
+
+			off += ODPH_UDPHDR_LEN;
+			ret = odp_packet_copydata_in(pkt, off, sizeof(head),
+						     &head);
+			if (ret)
+				EXAMPLE_ABORT("unable to copy in head data");
+
+			tail.magic = TEST_SEQ_MAGIC;
+			off = odp_packet_len(pkt) - sizeof(pkt_tail_t);
+			ret = odp_packet_copydata_in(pkt, off, sizeof(tail),
+						     &tail);
+			if (ret)
+				EXAMPLE_ABORT("unable to copy in tail data");
+		}
+
+		/* 3. Send packets to ipc_pktio */
+		sent = odp_pktio_send(ipc_pktio, pkt_tbl, pkts);
+		if (sent < 0)
+			fprintf(stderr, "error sending to ipc pktio\n");
+
+		/* 4. Receive packets back from ipc_pktio, validate magic
+		 *    number sequence counter and free that packet
+		 */
+		while (1) {
+			pkts = odp_pktio_recv(ipc_pktio, pkt_tbl,
+					      MAX_PKT_BURST);
+			if (pkts <= 0)
+				break;
+
+			for (i = 0; i < pkts; i++) {
+				odp_packet_t pkt = pkt_tbl[i];
+				pkt_head_t head;
+				pkt_tail_t tail;
+				size_t off;
+				int err = 0;
+
+				off = odp_packet_l4_offset(pkt);
+				if (off ==  ODP_PACKET_OFFSET_INVALID)
+					EXAMPLE_ABORT("invalid l4 offset\n");
+
+				off += ODPH_UDPHDR_LEN;
+				ret = odp_packet_copydata_out(pkt, off,
+							      sizeof(head),
+							      &head);
+				if (ret)
+					EXAMPLE_ABORT("unable copy out head data");
+
+				if (head.magic != TEST_SEQ_MAGIC_2)
+					err++;
+
+				off = odp_packet_len(pkt) - sizeof(pkt_tail_t);
+				ret = odp_packet_copydata_out(pkt, off,
+							      sizeof(tail),
+							      &tail);
+				if (ret)
+					EXAMPLE_ABORT("unable copy out tail data");
+
+				if (tail.magic != TEST_SEQ_MAGIC)
+					err++;
+
+				if (head.seq != cnt_recv++)
+					err++;
+
+				if (odp_unlikely(err))
+					stat_errors++;
+				else
+					stat_pkts++;
+
+				odp_packet_free(pkt);
+			}
+		}
+
+		/* 5. Print stats */
+		cycle = odp_time_cycles();
+		diff  = odp_time_diff_cycles(start_cycle, cycle);
+		if (onesec_cycles < diff) {
+			start_cycle = cycle;
+			printf("pkts:  %" PRIu64 ", errors %" PRIu64 ", pps  %" PRIu64 ".\n",
+			       stat_pkts, stat_errors,
+			       (stat_pkts - stat_pkts_prev));
+			stat_pkts_prev = stat_pkts;
+		}
+
+	}
+
+/* unreachable */
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static int ipc_second_process(void)
+{
+	odp_pktio_t pktio;
+	odp_packet_t pkt_tbl[MAX_PKT_BURST];
+	int pkts;
+	int ret;
+	int i;
+
+	/* linux shared memory can already have objects with names which
+	 * second process can try to connect. That might be even interrupted
+	 * current application. Might be later I will add magic numbers to
+	 * each ipc object in linux-generic. HW platform should not have that
+	 * problem. So just wait a little while master process will create
+	 * all ipc objects before connecting to them.
+	 */
+	busy_sleep(3);
+
+	/* Do lookup packet I/O in IPC shared memory,
+	 * and link it to local pool. */
+	while (1) {
+		pktio = odp_pktio_open("ipc_pktio", ODP_POOL_INVALID);
+		if (pktio == ODP_PKTIO_INVALID) {
+			busy_sleep(1);
+			printf("%s() pid %d: looking for ipc_pktio\n",
+			       __func__, getpid());
+			continue;
+		}
+		break;
+	}
+
+	for (;;) {
+		pkts = odp_pktio_recv(pktio, pkt_tbl, MAX_PKT_BURST);
+		if (pkts <= 0)
+			continue;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < pkts; i++) {
+			odp_packet_t pkt = pkt_tbl[i];
+			pkt_head_t head;
+			size_t off;
+
+			off = odp_packet_l4_offset(pkt);
+			if (off ==  ODP_PACKET_OFFSET_INVALID)
+				EXAMPLE_ABORT("invalid l4 offset\n");
+
+			off += ODPH_UDPHDR_LEN;
+			ret = odp_packet_copydata_out(pkt, off, sizeof(head),
+						      &head);
+			if (ret)
+				EXAMPLE_ABORT("unable copy out head data");
+
+			if (head.magic != TEST_SEQ_MAGIC)
+				EXAMPLE_ABORT("Wrong head magic!");
+
+			/* Modify magic number in packet */
+			head.magic = TEST_SEQ_MAGIC_2;
+			ret = odp_packet_copydata_in(pkt, off, sizeof(head),
+						     &head);
+			if (ret)
+				EXAMPLE_ABORT("unable to copy in head data");
+		}
+
+		odp_pktio_send(pktio, pkt_tbl, pkts);
+	}
+
+	EXAMPLE_ERR("Unexpected close.");
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ODP packet example main function
+ */
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	odp_pool_t pool;
+	odp_pool_param_t params;
+	int f;
+
+	/* Parse and store the application arguments */
+	parse_args(argc, argv);
+
+	/* Use fork() before odp_init_global() to have 2 isolated
+	 * processes which need communicate to each other with
+	 * shared memory.
+	 */
+	f = fork();
+	if (f) {
+		printf("Process one pid: %d\n", getpid());
+		/* Init ODP before calling anything else */
+		if (odp_init_global(NULL, NULL)) {
+			EXAMPLE_ERR("Error: ODP global init failed.\n");
+			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+		}
+
+		/* Init this thread */
+		if (odp_init_local()) {
+			EXAMPLE_ERR("Error: ODP local init failed.\n");
+			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+		}
+
+		ipc_second_process();
+	} else {
+		printf("Process two pid: %d\n", getpid());
+	}
+
+	/* Init ODP before calling anything else */
+	if (odp_init_global(NULL, NULL)) {
+		EXAMPLE_ERR("Error: ODP global init failed.\n");
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
+	/* Init this thread */
+	if (odp_init_local()) {
+		EXAMPLE_ERR("Error: ODP local init failed.\n");
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
+	/* Print both system and application information */
+	print_info(NO_PATH(argv[0]));
+
+	/* Create packet pool */
+	memset(&params, 0, sizeof(params));
+	params.pkt.seg_len = SHM_PKT_POOL_BUF_SIZE;
+	params.pkt.len     = SHM_PKT_POOL_BUF_SIZE;
+	params.pkt.num     = SHM_PKT_POOL_SIZE / SHM_PKT_POOL_BUF_SIZE;
+	params.type        = ODP_POOL_PACKET;
+
+	pool = odp_pool_create("packet_pool", ODP_SHM_NULL, &params);
+	if (pool == ODP_POOL_INVALID) {
+		EXAMPLE_ERR("Error: packet pool create failed.\n");
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
+	odp_pool_print(pool);
+
+	create_pktio(pktio_name, pool);
+
+	pktio_run_loop(pool);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parse and store the command line arguments
+ *
+ * @param argc       argument count
+ * @param argv[]     argument vector
+ * @param appl_args  Store application arguments here
+ */
+static void parse_args(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	int opt;
+	int long_index;
+	size_t len;
+	static struct option longopts[] = {
+		{"interface", required_argument, NULL, 'i'},	/* return 'i' */
+		{"help", no_argument, NULL, 'h'},		/* return 'h' */
+		{NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
+	};
+
+	while (1) {
+		opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "i:h",
+				  longopts, &long_index);
+
+		if (opt == -1)
+			break;	/* No more options */
+
+		switch (opt) {
+		case 'i':
+			len = strlen(optarg);
+			if (len == 0) {
+				usage(argv[0]);
+				exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+			}
+			len += 1;	/* add room for '\0' */
+
+			pktio_name = malloc(len);
+			if (!pktio_name) {
+				usage(argv[0]);
+				exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+			}
+			strcpy(pktio_name, optarg);
+
+			break;
+		case 'h':
+			usage(argv[0]);
+			exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+			break;
+
+		default:
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!pktio_name) {
+		usage(argv[0]);
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
+	optind = 1;		/* reset 'extern optind' from the getopt lib */
+}
+
+/**
+ * Print system and application info
+ */
+static void print_info(char *progname)
+{
+	printf("\n"
+	       "ODP system info\n"
+	       "---------------\n"
+	       "ODP API version: %s\n"
+	       "CPU model:       %s\n"
+	       "CPU freq (hz):   %"PRIu64"\n"
+	       "Cache line size: %i\n"
+	       "CPU count:       %i\n"
+	       "\n",
+	       odp_version_api_str(), odp_sys_cpu_model_str(), odp_sys_cpu_hz(),
+	       odp_sys_cache_line_size(), odp_cpu_count());
+
+	printf("Running ODP appl: \"%s\"\n"
+	       "-----------------\n"
+	       "Using IF:        %s\n",
+	       progname, pktio_name);
+	printf("\n\n");
+	fflush(NULL);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Prinf usage information
+ */
+static void usage(char *progname)
+{
+	printf("\n"
+	       "Usage: %s OPTIONS\n"
+	       "  E.g. %s -i eth0\n"
+	       "\n"
+	       "OpenDataPlane example application.\n"
+	       "\n"
+	       "Mandatory OPTIONS:\n"
+	       "  -i, --interface Eth interface\n"
+	       "\n"
+	       "Optional OPTIONS\n"
+	       "  -h, --help           Display help and exit.\n"
+	       " environment variables: ODP_PKTIO_DISABLE_SOCKET_MMAP\n"
+	       "                        ODP_PKTIO_DISABLE_SOCKET_MMSG\n"
+	       "                        ODP_PKTIO_DISABLE_SOCKET_BASIC\n"
+	       " can be used to advanced pkt I/O selection for linux-generic\n"
+	       "\n", NO_PATH(progname), NO_PATH(progname)
+	    );
+}
