diff --git a/test/validation/api/crypto/crypto.h b/test/validation/api/crypto/crypto.h
index 71f862ec3..ba1058f35 100644
--- a/test/validation/api/crypto/crypto.h
+++ b/test/validation/api/crypto/crypto.h
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ void crypto_test_enc_alg_aes_cbc(void);
 void crypto_test_enc_alg_aes_cbc_ovr_iv(void);
 void crypto_test_dec_alg_aes_cbc(void);
 void crypto_test_dec_alg_aes_cbc_ovr_iv(void);
+void crypto_test_enc_alg_aes_ctr(void);
+void crypto_test_enc_alg_aes_ctr_ovr_iv(void);
+void crypto_test_dec_alg_aes_ctr(void);
+void crypto_test_dec_alg_aes_ctr_ovr_iv(void);
 void crypto_test_enc_alg_aes_gcm(void);
 void crypto_test_enc_alg_aes_gcm_ovr_iv(void);
 void crypto_test_dec_alg_aes_gcm(void);
diff --git a/test/validation/api/crypto/odp_crypto_test_inp.c b/test/validation/api/crypto/odp_crypto_test_inp.c
index f05780377..1f7523de2 100644
--- a/test/validation/api/crypto/odp_crypto_test_inp.c
+++ b/test/validation/api/crypto/odp_crypto_test_inp.c
@@ -325,6 +325,9 @@ static void alg_test(odp_crypto_op_t op,
 	if (cipher_alg == ODP_CIPHER_ALG_AES_CBC &&
 	    !(capa.ciphers.bit.aes_cbc))
 		rc = -1;
+	if (cipher_alg == ODP_CIPHER_ALG_AES_CTR &&
+	    !(capa.ciphers.bit.aes_ctr))
+		rc = -1;
 	if (cipher_alg == ODP_CIPHER_ALG_AES_GCM &&
 	    !(capa.ciphers.bit.aes_gcm))
 		rc = -1;
@@ -546,6 +549,10 @@ static int check_alg_support(odp_cipher_alg_t cipher, odp_auth_alg_t auth)
 		if (!capability.ciphers.bit.aes_cbc)
 			return ODP_TEST_INACTIVE;
 		break;
+	case ODP_CIPHER_ALG_AES_CTR:
+		if (!capability.ciphers.bit.aes_ctr)
+			return ODP_TEST_INACTIVE;
+		break;
 	case ODP_CIPHER_ALG_AES_GCM:
 		if (!capability.ciphers.bit.aes_gcm)
 			return ODP_TEST_INACTIVE;
@@ -865,6 +872,88 @@ void crypto_test_dec_alg_aes_cbc_ovr_iv(void)
 	}
 }
 
+static int check_alg_aes_ctr(void)
+{
+	return check_alg_support(ODP_CIPHER_ALG_AES_CTR, ODP_AUTH_ALG_NULL);
+}
+
+/* This test verifies the correctness of encode (plaintext -> ciphertext)
+ * operation for AES128_CTR algorithm. IV for the operation is the session IV.
+ * In addition the test verifies if the implementation can use the
+ * packet buffer as completion event buffer.*/
+void crypto_test_enc_alg_aes_ctr(void)
+{
+	unsigned int test_vec_num = (sizeof(aes_ctr_reference) /
+				     sizeof(aes_ctr_reference[0]));
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < test_vec_num; i++) {
+		alg_test(ODP_CRYPTO_OP_ENCODE,
+			 ODP_CIPHER_ALG_AES_CTR,
+			 ODP_AUTH_ALG_NULL,
+			 &aes_ctr_reference[i],
+			 false);
+	}
+}
+
+/* This test verifies the correctness of encode (plaintext -> ciphertext)
+ * operation for AES128_CTR algorithm. IV for the operation is the operation IV.
+ * */
+void crypto_test_enc_alg_aes_ctr_ovr_iv(void)
+{
+	unsigned int test_vec_num = (sizeof(aes_ctr_reference) /
+				     sizeof(aes_ctr_reference[0]));
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < test_vec_num; i++) {
+		alg_test(ODP_CRYPTO_OP_ENCODE,
+			 ODP_CIPHER_ALG_AES_CTR,
+			 ODP_AUTH_ALG_NULL,
+			 &aes_ctr_reference[i],
+			 true);
+	}
+}
+
+/* This test verifies the correctness of decode (ciphertext -> plaintext)
+ * operation for AES128_CTR algorithm. IV for the operation is the session IV
+ * In addition the test verifies if the implementation can use the
+ * packet buffer as completion event buffer.
+ * */
+void crypto_test_dec_alg_aes_ctr(void)
+{
+	unsigned int test_vec_num = (sizeof(aes_ctr_reference) /
+				     sizeof(aes_ctr_reference[0]));
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < test_vec_num; i++) {
+		alg_test(ODP_CRYPTO_OP_DECODE,
+			 ODP_CIPHER_ALG_AES_CTR,
+			 ODP_AUTH_ALG_NULL,
+			 &aes_ctr_reference[i],
+			 false);
+	}
+}
+
+/* This test verifies the correctness of decode (ciphertext -> plaintext)
+ * operation for AES128_CTR algorithm. IV for the operation is the session IV
+ * In addition the test verifies if the implementation can use the
+ * packet buffer as completion event buffer.
+ * */
+void crypto_test_dec_alg_aes_ctr_ovr_iv(void)
+{
+	unsigned int test_vec_num = (sizeof(aes_ctr_reference) /
+				     sizeof(aes_ctr_reference[0]));
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < test_vec_num; i++) {
+		alg_test(ODP_CRYPTO_OP_DECODE,
+			 ODP_CIPHER_ALG_AES_CTR,
+			 ODP_AUTH_ALG_NULL,
+			 &aes_ctr_reference[i],
+			 true);
+	}
+}
+
 static int check_alg_hmac_md5(void)
 {
 	return check_alg_support(ODP_CIPHER_ALG_NULL, ODP_AUTH_ALG_MD5_HMAC);
@@ -1098,6 +1187,14 @@ odp_testinfo_t crypto_suite[] = {
 				  check_alg_aes_cbc),
 	ODP_TEST_INFO_CONDITIONAL(crypto_test_dec_alg_aes_cbc_ovr_iv,
 				  check_alg_aes_cbc),
+	ODP_TEST_INFO_CONDITIONAL(crypto_test_enc_alg_aes_ctr,
+				  check_alg_aes_ctr),
+	ODP_TEST_INFO_CONDITIONAL(crypto_test_dec_alg_aes_ctr,
+				  check_alg_aes_ctr),
+	ODP_TEST_INFO_CONDITIONAL(crypto_test_enc_alg_aes_ctr_ovr_iv,
+				  check_alg_aes_ctr),
+	ODP_TEST_INFO_CONDITIONAL(crypto_test_dec_alg_aes_ctr_ovr_iv,
+				  check_alg_aes_ctr),
 	ODP_TEST_INFO_CONDITIONAL(crypto_test_enc_alg_aes_gcm,
 				  check_alg_aes_gcm),
 	ODP_TEST_INFO_CONDITIONAL(crypto_test_enc_alg_aes_gcm_ovr_iv,
diff --git a/test/validation/api/crypto/test_vectors.h b/test/validation/api/crypto/test_vectors.h
index 652968be7..63103227a 100644
--- a/test/validation/api/crypto/test_vectors.h
+++ b/test/validation/api/crypto/test_vectors.h
@@ -184,6 +184,87 @@ static crypto_test_reference_t aes_cbc_reference[] = {
 	}
 };
 
+static crypto_test_reference_t aes_ctr_reference[] = {
+	{
+		.cipher_key_length = AES128_CTR_KEY_LEN,
+		.cipher_key = { 0x2b, 0x7e, 0x15, 0x16, 0x28, 0xae, 0xd2, 0xa6,
+				0xab, 0xf7, 0x15, 0x88, 0x09, 0xcf, 0x4f, 0x3c},
+		.iv_length = AES_CTR_IV_LEN,
+		.iv = { 0xf0, 0xf1, 0xf2, 0xf3, 0xf4, 0xf5, 0xf6, 0xf7,
+			0xf8, 0xf9, 0xfa, 0xfb, 0xfc, 0xfd, 0xfe, 0xff },
+		.length = 64,
+		.plaintext = { 0x6b, 0xc1, 0xbe, 0xe2, 0x2e, 0x40, 0x9f, 0x96,
+			       0xe9, 0x3d, 0x7e, 0x11, 0x73, 0x93, 0x17, 0x2a,
+			       0xae, 0x2d, 0x8a, 0x57, 0x1e, 0x03, 0xac, 0x9c,
+			       0x9e, 0xb7, 0x6f, 0xac, 0x45, 0xaf, 0x8e, 0x51,
+			       0x30, 0xc8, 0x1c, 0x46, 0xa3, 0x5c, 0xe4, 0x11,
+			       0xe5, 0xfb, 0xc1, 0x19, 0x1a, 0x0a, 0x52, 0xef,
+			       0xf6, 0x9f, 0x24, 0x45, 0xdf, 0x4f, 0x9b, 0x17,
+			       0xad, 0x2b, 0x41, 0x7b, 0xe6, 0x6c, 0x37, 0x10 },
+		.ciphertext = { 0x87, 0x4d, 0x61, 0x91, 0xb6, 0x20, 0xe3, 0x26,
+				0x1b, 0xef, 0x68, 0x64, 0x99, 0x0d, 0xb6, 0xce,
+				0x98, 0x06, 0xf6, 0x6b, 0x79, 0x70, 0xfd, 0xff,
+				0x86, 0x17, 0x18, 0x7b, 0xb9, 0xff, 0xfd, 0xff,
+				0x5a, 0xe4, 0xdf, 0x3e, 0xdb, 0xd5, 0xd3, 0x5e,
+				0x5b, 0x4f, 0x09, 0x02, 0x0d, 0xb0, 0x3e, 0xab,
+				0x1e, 0x03, 0x1d, 0xda, 0x2f, 0xbe, 0x03, 0xd1,
+				0x79, 0x21, 0x70, 0xa0, 0xf3, 0x00, 0x9c, 0xee }
+	},
+	{
+		.cipher_key_length = AES192_CTR_KEY_LEN,
+		.cipher_key = { 0x8e, 0x73, 0xb0, 0xf7, 0xda, 0x0e, 0x64, 0x52,
+				0xc8, 0x10, 0xf3, 0x2b, 0x80, 0x90, 0x79, 0xe5,
+				0x62, 0xf8, 0xea, 0xd2, 0x52, 0x2c, 0x6b, 0x7b},
+		.iv_length = AES_CTR_IV_LEN,
+		.iv = { 0xf0, 0xf1, 0xf2, 0xf3, 0xf4, 0xf5, 0xf6, 0xf7,
+			0xf8, 0xf9, 0xfa, 0xfb, 0xfc, 0xfd, 0xfe, 0xff },
+		.length = 64,
+		.plaintext = { 0x6b, 0xc1, 0xbe, 0xe2, 0x2e, 0x40, 0x9f, 0x96,
+			       0xe9, 0x3d, 0x7e, 0x11, 0x73, 0x93, 0x17, 0x2a,
+			       0xae, 0x2d, 0x8a, 0x57, 0x1e, 0x03, 0xac, 0x9c,
+			       0x9e, 0xb7, 0x6f, 0xac, 0x45, 0xaf, 0x8e, 0x51,
+			       0x30, 0xc8, 0x1c, 0x46, 0xa3, 0x5c, 0xe4, 0x11,
+			       0xe5, 0xfb, 0xc1, 0x19, 0x1a, 0x0a, 0x52, 0xef,
+			       0xf6, 0x9f, 0x24, 0x45, 0xdf, 0x4f, 0x9b, 0x17,
+			       0xad, 0x2b, 0x41, 0x7b, 0xe6, 0x6c, 0x37, 0x10 },
+		.ciphertext = { 0x1a, 0xbc, 0x93, 0x24, 0x17, 0x52, 0x1c, 0xa2,
+				0x4f, 0x2b, 0x04, 0x59, 0xfe, 0x7e, 0x6e, 0x0b,
+				0x09, 0x03, 0x39, 0xec, 0x0a, 0xa6, 0xfa, 0xef,
+				0xd5, 0xcc, 0xc2, 0xc6, 0xf4, 0xce, 0x8e, 0x94,
+				0x1e, 0x36, 0xb2, 0x6b, 0xd1, 0xeb, 0xc6, 0x70,
+				0xd1, 0xbd, 0x1d, 0x66, 0x56, 0x20, 0xab, 0xf7,
+				0x4f, 0x78, 0xa7, 0xf6, 0xd2, 0x98, 0x09, 0x58,
+				0x5a, 0x97, 0xda, 0xec, 0x58, 0xc6, 0xb0, 0x50 }
+	},
+	{
+		.cipher_key_length = AES256_CTR_KEY_LEN,
+		.cipher_key = { 0x60, 0x3d, 0xeb, 0x10, 0x15, 0xca, 0x71, 0xbe,
+				0x2b, 0x73, 0xae, 0xf0, 0x85, 0x7d, 0x77, 0x81,
+				0x1f, 0x35, 0x2c, 0x07, 0x3b, 0x61, 0x08, 0xd7,
+				0x2d, 0x98, 0x10, 0xa3, 0x09, 0x14, 0xdf, 0xf4},
+		.iv_length = AES_CTR_IV_LEN,
+		.iv = { 0xf0, 0xf1, 0xf2, 0xf3, 0xf4, 0xf5, 0xf6, 0xf7,
+			0xf8, 0xf9, 0xfa, 0xfb, 0xfc, 0xfd, 0xfe, 0xff },
+		.length = 64,
+		.plaintext = { 0x6b, 0xc1, 0xbe, 0xe2, 0x2e, 0x40, 0x9f, 0x96,
+			       0xe9, 0x3d, 0x7e, 0x11, 0x73, 0x93, 0x17, 0x2a,
+			       0xae, 0x2d, 0x8a, 0x57, 0x1e, 0x03, 0xac, 0x9c,
+			       0x9e, 0xb7, 0x6f, 0xac, 0x45, 0xaf, 0x8e, 0x51,
+			       0x30, 0xc8, 0x1c, 0x46, 0xa3, 0x5c, 0xe4, 0x11,
+			       0xe5, 0xfb, 0xc1, 0x19, 0x1a, 0x0a, 0x52, 0xef,
+			       0xf6, 0x9f, 0x24, 0x45, 0xdf, 0x4f, 0x9b, 0x17,
+			       0xad, 0x2b, 0x41, 0x7b, 0xe6, 0x6c, 0x37, 0x10 },
+		.ciphertext = { 0x60, 0x1e, 0xc3, 0x13, 0x77, 0x57, 0x89, 0xa5,
+				0xb7, 0xa7, 0xf5, 0x04, 0xbb, 0xf3, 0xd2, 0x28,
+				0xf4, 0x43, 0xe3, 0xca, 0x4d, 0x62, 0xb5, 0x9a,
+				0xca, 0x84, 0xe9, 0x90, 0xca, 0xca, 0xf5, 0xc5,
+				0x2b, 0x09, 0x30, 0xda, 0xa2, 0x3d, 0xe9, 0x4c,
+				0xe8, 0x70, 0x17, 0xba, 0x2d, 0x84, 0x98, 0x8d,
+				0xdf, 0xc9, 0xc5, 0x8d, 0xb6, 0x7a, 0xad, 0xa6,
+				0x13, 0xc2, 0xdd, 0x08, 0x45, 0x79, 0x41, 0xa6 }
+	},
+};
+
 /* AES-GCM test vectors extracted from
  * https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mcgrew-gcm-test-01#section-2
  */
diff --git a/test/validation/api/crypto/test_vectors_len.h b/test/validation/api/crypto/test_vectors_len.h
index b1ce719e3..0062299e6 100644
--- a/test/validation/api/crypto/test_vectors_len.h
+++ b/test/validation/api/crypto/test_vectors_len.h
@@ -29,6 +29,18 @@
 /* AES256-CBC */
 #define AES256_CBC_KEY_LEN        32
 
+/* AES-CBC common */
+#define AES_CTR_IV_LEN         16
+
+/* AES128-CTR */
+#define AES128_CTR_KEY_LEN        16
+
+/* AES192-CTR */
+#define AES192_CTR_KEY_LEN        24
+
+/* AES256-CTR */
+#define AES256_CTR_KEY_LEN        32
+
 /* AES-GCM common */
 #define AES_GCM_IV_LEN         12
 #define AES_GCM_DIGEST_LEN     16
