diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bdd31913d..85882b25e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 New library isa-l-crypto has been added, it is used by accel library in crypto operations.
 
+New functions `spdk_accel_submit_encrypt` and `spdk_accel_submit_decrypt` were added.
+
 ### bdev
 
 Both of interleaved and separated metadata are now supported by the malloc bdev module.
diff --git a/doc/jsonrpc.md b/doc/jsonrpc.md
index 48f348018..a52d08acd 100644
--- a/doc/jsonrpc.md
+++ b/doc/jsonrpc.md
@@ -442,6 +442,8 @@ Example response:
     "framework_monitor_context_switch",
     "spdk_kill_instance",
     "accel_get_opc_assignments",
+    "accel_crypto_key_create",
+    "accel_crypto_keys_get",
     "ioat_scan_accel_module",
     "dsa_scan_accel_module",
     "bdev_virtio_attach_controller",
@@ -1776,6 +1778,92 @@ Example response:
 }
 ~~~
 
+### accel_crypto_key_create {#rpc_accel_crypto_key_create}
+
+Create a crypt key which will be used in accel framework
+
+#### Parameters
+
+Name       | Optional | Type        | Description
+-----------|----------| ----------- | -----------------
+cipher     | Required | string      | crypto cipher to use
+key        | Required | string      | Key in **hex** form
+key2       | Optional | string      | Optional 2nd part of the key or a tweak in **hex** form
+name       | Required | string      | The key name
+
+#### Example
+
+Example request:
+
+~~~json
+{
+  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+  "method": "accel_crypto_key_create",
+  "id": 1,
+  "params": {
+    "cipher": "AES_XTS",
+    "key": "00112233445566778899001122334455",
+    "key2": "00112233445566778899001122334455",
+    "name": "super_key"
+  }
+}
+~~~
+
+Example response:
+
+~~~json
+{
+  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+  "id": 1,
+  "result": true
+}
+~~~
+
+### accel_crypto_keys_get {#rpc_accel_crypto_keys_get}
+
+Get information about existing crypto keys
+
+#### Parameters
+
+Name                    | Optional | Type        | Description
+----------------------- |----------| ----------- | -----------------
+key_name                | Optional | string      | If specified, return info about a specific key
+
+#### Example
+
+Example request:
+
+~~~json
+{
+  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+  "method": "accel_crypto_keys_get",
+  "id": 1
+}
+~~~
+
+Example response:
+
+~~~json
+{
+  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+  "id": 1,
+  "result": [
+    {
+      "name": "test_dek",
+      "cipher": "AES_XTS",
+      "key": "00112233445566778899001122334455",
+      "key2": "11223344556677889900112233445500"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "test_dek2",
+      "cipher": "AES_XTS",
+      "key": "11223344556677889900112233445500",
+      "key2": "22334455667788990011223344550011"
+    }
+  ]
+}
+~~~
+
 ### dsa_scan_accel_module {#rpc_dsa_scan_accel_module}
 
 Set config and enable dsa accel module offload.
diff --git a/include/spdk/accel.h b/include/spdk/accel.h
index 25bb8cc9d..a8ee8af81 100644
--- a/include/spdk/accel.h
+++ b/include/spdk/accel.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*   SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  *   Copyright (C) 2020 Intel Corporation.
+ *   Copyright (c) 2022 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES
  *   All rights reserved.
  */
 
@@ -17,9 +18,19 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+/** Data Encryption Key identifier */
+struct spdk_accel_crypto_key;
+
 /* Flags for accel operations */
 #define ACCEL_FLAG_PERSISTENT (1 << 0)
 
+struct spdk_accel_crypto_key_create_param {
+	char *cipher;	/**< Cipher to be used for crypto operations */
+	char *hex_key;	/**< Hexlified key */
+	char *hex_key2;	/**< Hexlified key2 */
+	char *key_name;	/**< Key name */
+};
+
 enum accel_opcode {
 	ACCEL_OPC_COPY			= 0,
 	ACCEL_OPC_FILL			= 1,
@@ -29,7 +40,9 @@ enum accel_opcode {
 	ACCEL_OPC_COPY_CRC32C		= 5,
 	ACCEL_OPC_COMPRESS		= 6,
 	ACCEL_OPC_DECOMPRESS		= 7,
-	ACCEL_OPC_LAST			= 8,
+	ACCEL_OPC_ENCRYPT		= 8,
+	ACCEL_OPC_DECRYPT		= 9,
+	ACCEL_OPC_LAST			= 10,
 };
 
 /**
@@ -71,6 +84,29 @@ void spdk_accel_finish(spdk_accel_fini_cb cb_fn, void *cb_arg);
  */
 struct spdk_io_channel *spdk_accel_get_io_channel(void);
 
+/**
+ * Create a crypto key with given parameters. Accel module copies content of \b param structure
+ *
+ * \param param Key parameters
+ * \return 0 on success, negated errno on error
+ */
+int spdk_accel_crypto_key_create(const struct spdk_accel_crypto_key_create_param *param);
+
+/**
+ * Destroy a crypto key
+ *
+ * \param key Key to destroy
+ * \return 0 on success, negated errno on error
+ */
+int spdk_accel_crypto_key_destroy(struct spdk_accel_crypto_key *key);
+
+/**
+ * Find a crypto key structure by name
+ * \param name Key name
+ * \return Crypto key structure or NULL
+ */
+struct spdk_accel_crypto_key *spdk_accel_crypto_key_get(const char *name);
+
 /**
  * Submit a copy request.
  *
@@ -404,6 +440,67 @@ int spdk_accel_get_buf(struct spdk_io_channel *ch, uint64_t len, void **buf,
 void spdk_accel_put_buf(struct spdk_io_channel *ch, void *buf,
 			struct spdk_memory_domain *domain, void *domain_ctx);
 
+/**
+ * Build and submit a data encryption request.
+ *
+ * This function will build the encryption request and submit it. \b nbytes must be multiple of \b block_size.
+ * \b iv is used to encrypt the first logical block of size \b block_size. If \b src_iovs describes more than
+ * one logical block then \b iv will be incremented for each next logical block.
+ * Data Encryption Key identifier should be created before calling this function using methods specific to the accel
+ * module being used.
+ *
+ * \param ch I/O channel associated with this call
+ * \param key Data Encryption Key identifier
+ * \param dst_iovs The io vector array which stores the dst data and len.
+ * \param dst_iovcnt The size of the destination io vectors.
+ * \param src_iovs The io vector array which stores the src data and len.
+ * \param src_iovcnt The size of the source io vectors.
+ * \param iv Initialization vector (tweak) used for encryption
+ * \param block_size Logical block size, if src contains more than 1 logical block, subsequent logical blocks will be
+ * encrypted with incremented \b iv
+ * \param flags Accel framework flags for operations.
+ * \param cb_fn Callback function which will be called when the request is complete.
+ * \param cb_arg Opaque value which will be passed back as the arg parameter in the completion callback.
+ *
+ * \return 0 on success, negative errno on failure.
+ */
+int spdk_accel_submit_encrypt(struct spdk_io_channel *ch, struct spdk_accel_crypto_key *key,
+			      struct iovec *dst_iovs, uint32_t dst_iovcnt,
+			      struct iovec *src_iovs, uint32_t src_iovcnt,
+			      uint64_t iv, uint32_t block_size, int flags,
+			      spdk_accel_completion_cb cb_fn, void *cb_arg);
+
+/**
+ * Build and submit a data decryption request.
+ *
+ * This function will build the decryption request and submit it. \b nbytes must be multiple of \b block_size.
+ * \b iv is used to decrypt the first logical block of size \b block_size. If \b src_iovs describes more than
+ * one logical block then \b iv will be incremented for each next logical block.
+ * Data Encryption Key identifier should be created before calling this function using methods specific to the accel
+ * module being used.
+ *
+ * \param ch I/O channel associated with this call
+ * \param key Data Encryption Key identifier
+ * \param dst_iovs The io vector array which stores the dst data and len.
+ * \param dst_iovcnt The size of the destination io vectors.
+ * \param src_iovs The io vector array which stores the src data and len.
+ * \param src_iovcnt The size of the source io vectors.
+ * \param iv Initialization vector (tweak) used for decryption. Should be the same as \b iv used for encryption of a
+ * data block
+ * \param block_size Logical block size, if src contains more than 1 logical block, subsequent logical blocks will be
+ * decrypted with incremented \b iv
+ * \param flags Accel framework flags for operations.
+ * \param cb_fn Callback function which will be called when the request is complete.
+ * \param cb_arg Opaque value which will be passed back as the arg parameter in the completion callback.
+ *
+ * \return 0 on success, negative errno on failure.
+ */
+int spdk_accel_submit_decrypt(struct spdk_io_channel *ch, struct spdk_accel_crypto_key *key,
+			      struct iovec *dst_iovs, uint32_t dst_iovcnt,
+			      struct iovec *src_iovs, uint32_t src_iovcnt,
+			      uint64_t iv, uint32_t block_size, int flags,
+			      spdk_accel_completion_cb cb_fn, void *cb_arg);
+
 /**
  * Return the name of the module assigned to a specific opcode.
  *
diff --git a/include/spdk_internal/accel_module.h b/include/spdk_internal/accel_module.h
index 2bf6188b6..0a77963d0 100644
--- a/include/spdk_internal/accel_module.h
+++ b/include/spdk_internal/accel_module.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*   SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  *   Copyright (C) 2020 Intel Corporation.
+ *   Copyright (c) 2022 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES
  *   All rights reserved.
  */
 
@@ -12,10 +13,25 @@
 #include "spdk/queue.h"
 #include "spdk/config.h"
 
+struct spdk_accel_module_if;
 struct spdk_accel_task;
 
 void spdk_accel_task_complete(struct spdk_accel_task *task, int status);
 
+/** Some reasonable key length used with strnlen() */
+#define SPDK_ACCEL_CRYPTO_KEY_MAX_HEX_LENGTH (256 + 1)
+
+struct spdk_accel_crypto_key {
+	void *priv;					/**< Module private data */
+	char *key;					/**< Key in binary form */
+	size_t key_size;				/**< Key size in bytes */
+	char *key2;					/**< Key2 in binary form */
+	size_t key2_size;				/**< Key2 size in bytes */
+	struct spdk_accel_module_if *module_if;			/**< Accel module the key belongs to */
+	struct spdk_accel_crypto_key_create_param param;	/**< User input parameters */
+	TAILQ_ENTRY(spdk_accel_crypto_key) link;
+};
+
 struct spdk_accel_task {
 	struct accel_io_channel		*accel_ch;
 	spdk_accel_completion_cb	cb_fn;
@@ -45,14 +61,19 @@ struct spdk_accel_task {
 		void				*dst2;
 		uint32_t			seed;
 		uint64_t			fill_pattern;
+		struct spdk_accel_crypto_key	*crypto_key;
 	};
 	union {
 		uint32_t		*crc_dst;
 		uint32_t		*output_size;
+		uint32_t		block_size; /* for crypto op */
 	};
 	enum accel_opcode		op_code;
 	uint64_t			nbytes;
-	uint64_t			nbytes_dst;
+	union {
+		uint64_t		nbytes_dst; /* for compress op */
+		uint64_t		iv; /* Initialization vector (tweak) for crypto op */
+	};
 	int				flags;
 	int				status;
 	TAILQ_ENTRY(spdk_accel_task)	link;
@@ -89,6 +110,13 @@ struct spdk_accel_module_if {
 	struct spdk_io_channel *(*get_io_channel)(void);
 	int (*submit_tasks)(struct spdk_io_channel *ch, struct spdk_accel_task *accel_task);
 
+	/**
+	 * Create crypto key function. Module is responsible to fill all necessary parameters in
+	 * \b spdk_accel_crypto_key structure
+	 */
+	int (*crypto_key_init)(struct spdk_accel_crypto_key *key);
+	void (*crypto_key_deinit)(struct spdk_accel_crypto_key *key);
+
 	TAILQ_ENTRY(spdk_accel_module_if)	tailq;
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/accel/Makefile b/lib/accel/Makefile
index 6265b24f8..cfc92ec06 100644
--- a/lib/accel/Makefile
+++ b/lib/accel/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #  Copyright (C) 2015 Intel Corporation.
+#  Copyright (c) 2022 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES
 #  All rights reserved.
 #
 
@@ -17,6 +18,10 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_ISAL), y)
 LOCAL_SYS_LIBS = -L$(ISAL_DIR)/.libs -lisal
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_ISAL_CRYPTO), y)
+LOCAL_SYS_LIBS = -L$(ISAL_CRYPTO_DIR)/.libs -lisal_crypto
+endif
+
 SPDK_MAP_FILE = $(abspath $(CURDIR)/spdk_accel.map)
 
 include $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/mk/spdk.lib.mk
diff --git a/lib/accel/accel.c b/lib/accel/accel.c
index b7f7d7fca..7e70f89a7 100644
--- a/lib/accel/accel.c
+++ b/lib/accel/accel.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "spdk/json.h"
 #include "spdk/crc32.h"
 #include "spdk/util.h"
+#include "spdk/hexlify.h"
 
 /* Accelerator Framework: The following provides a top level
  * generic API for the accelerator functions defined here. Modules,
@@ -46,13 +47,17 @@ static struct spdk_memory_domain *g_accel_domain;
 static TAILQ_HEAD(, spdk_accel_module_if) spdk_accel_module_list =
 	TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(spdk_accel_module_list);
 
+/* Crypto keyring */
+static TAILQ_HEAD(, spdk_accel_crypto_key) g_keyring = TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(g_keyring);
+static struct spdk_spinlock g_keyring_spin;
+
 /* Global array mapping capabilities to modules */
 static struct spdk_accel_module_if *g_modules_opc[ACCEL_OPC_LAST] = {};
 static char *g_modules_opc_override[ACCEL_OPC_LAST] = {};
 
 static const char *g_opcode_strings[ACCEL_OPC_LAST] = {
 	"copy", "fill", "dualcast", "compare", "crc32c", "copy_crc32c",
-	"compress", "decompress"
+	"compress", "decompress", "encrypt", "decrypt"
 };
 
 struct accel_buffer {
@@ -191,8 +196,6 @@ _get_task(struct accel_io_channel *accel_ch, spdk_accel_completion_cb cb_fn, voi
 	return accel_task;
 }
 
-
-
 /* Accel framework public API for copy function */
 int
 spdk_accel_submit_copy(struct spdk_io_channel *ch, void *dst, void *src,
@@ -526,6 +529,106 @@ spdk_accel_submit_decompress(struct spdk_io_channel *ch, struct iovec *dst_iovs,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int
+spdk_accel_submit_encrypt(struct spdk_io_channel *ch, struct spdk_accel_crypto_key *key,
+			  struct iovec *dst_iovs, uint32_t dst_iovcnt,
+			  struct iovec *src_iovs, uint32_t src_iovcnt,
+			  uint64_t iv, uint32_t block_size, int flags,
+			  spdk_accel_completion_cb cb_fn, void *cb_arg)
+{
+	struct accel_io_channel *accel_ch = spdk_io_channel_get_ctx(ch);
+	struct spdk_accel_task *accel_task;
+	struct spdk_accel_module_if *module = g_modules_opc[ACCEL_OPC_ENCRYPT];
+	struct spdk_io_channel *module_ch = accel_ch->module_ch[ACCEL_OPC_ENCRYPT];
+	size_t src_nbytes = 0, dst_nbytes = 0;
+	uint32_t i;
+
+	if (spdk_unlikely(!dst_iovs || !dst_iovcnt || !src_iovs || !src_iovcnt || !key || !block_size)) {
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < src_iovcnt; i++) {
+		src_nbytes += src_iovs[i].iov_len;
+	}
+	for (i = 0; i < dst_iovcnt; i++) {
+		dst_nbytes += dst_iovs[i].iov_len;
+	}
+	if (spdk_unlikely(src_nbytes != dst_nbytes || !src_nbytes)) {
+		return -ERANGE;
+	}
+	if (spdk_unlikely(src_nbytes % block_size != 0)) {
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	accel_task = _get_task(accel_ch, cb_fn, cb_arg);
+	if (accel_task == NULL) {
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	accel_task->crypto_key = key;
+	accel_task->s.iovs = src_iovs;
+	accel_task->s.iovcnt = src_iovcnt;
+	accel_task->d.iovs = dst_iovs;
+	accel_task->d.iovcnt = dst_iovcnt;
+	accel_task->nbytes = src_nbytes;
+	accel_task->iv = iv;
+	accel_task->block_size = block_size;
+	accel_task->flags = flags;
+	accel_task->op_code = ACCEL_OPC_ENCRYPT;
+
+	return module->submit_tasks(module_ch, accel_task);
+}
+
+int
+spdk_accel_submit_decrypt(struct spdk_io_channel *ch, struct spdk_accel_crypto_key *key,
+			  struct iovec *dst_iovs, uint32_t dst_iovcnt,
+			  struct iovec *src_iovs, uint32_t src_iovcnt,
+			  uint64_t iv, uint32_t block_size, int flags,
+			  spdk_accel_completion_cb cb_fn, void *cb_arg)
+{
+	struct accel_io_channel *accel_ch = spdk_io_channel_get_ctx(ch);
+	struct spdk_accel_task *accel_task;
+	struct spdk_accel_module_if *module = g_modules_opc[ACCEL_OPC_DECRYPT];
+	struct spdk_io_channel *module_ch = accel_ch->module_ch[ACCEL_OPC_DECRYPT];
+	size_t src_nbytes = 0, dst_nbytes = 0;
+	uint32_t i;
+
+	if (spdk_unlikely(!dst_iovs || !dst_iovcnt || !src_iovs || !src_iovcnt || !key || !block_size)) {
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < src_iovcnt; i++) {
+		src_nbytes += src_iovs[i].iov_len;
+	}
+	for (i = 0; i < dst_iovcnt; i++) {
+		dst_nbytes += dst_iovs[i].iov_len;
+	}
+	if (spdk_unlikely(src_nbytes != dst_nbytes || !src_nbytes)) {
+		return -ERANGE;
+	}
+	if (spdk_unlikely(src_nbytes % block_size != 0)) {
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	accel_task = _get_task(accel_ch, cb_fn, cb_arg);
+	if (accel_task == NULL) {
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	accel_task->crypto_key = key;
+	accel_task->s.iovs = src_iovs;
+	accel_task->s.iovcnt = src_iovcnt;
+	accel_task->d.iovs = dst_iovs;
+	accel_task->d.iovcnt = dst_iovcnt;
+	accel_task->nbytes = src_nbytes;
+	accel_task->iv = iv;
+	accel_task->block_size = block_size;
+	accel_task->flags = flags;
+	accel_task->op_code = ACCEL_OPC_DECRYPT;
+
+	return module->submit_tasks(module_ch, accel_task);
+}
+
 static inline struct accel_buffer *
 accel_get_buf(struct accel_io_channel *ch, uint64_t len)
 {
@@ -1036,7 +1139,224 @@ _module_find_by_name(const char *name)
 	return accel_module;
 }
 
-/* Helper function when when accel modules register with the framework. */
+static inline struct spdk_accel_crypto_key *
+_accel_crypto_key_get(const char *name)
+{
+	struct spdk_accel_crypto_key *key;
+
+	assert(spdk_spin_held(&g_keyring_spin));
+
+	TAILQ_FOREACH(key, &g_keyring, link) {
+		if (strcmp(name, key->param.key_name) == 0) {
+			return key;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static void
+accel_crypto_key_free_mem(struct spdk_accel_crypto_key *key)
+{
+	if (key->param.hex_key) {
+		spdk_memset_s(key->param.hex_key, key->key_size * 2, 0, key->key_size * 2);
+		free(key->param.hex_key);
+	}
+	if (key->param.hex_key2) {
+		spdk_memset_s(key->param.hex_key2, key->key2_size * 2, 0, key->key2_size * 2);
+		free(key->param.hex_key2);
+	}
+	free(key->param.key_name);
+	free(key->param.cipher);
+	if (key->key) {
+		spdk_memset_s(key->key, key->key_size, 0, key->key_size);
+		free(key->key);
+	}
+	if (key->key2) {
+		spdk_memset_s(key->key2, key->key2_size, 0, key->key2_size);
+		free(key->key2);
+	}
+	free(key);
+}
+
+static void
+accel_crypto_key_destroy_unsafe(struct spdk_accel_crypto_key *key)
+{
+	assert(key->module_if);
+	assert(key->module_if->crypto_key_deinit);
+
+	key->module_if->crypto_key_deinit(key);
+	accel_crypto_key_free_mem(key);
+}
+
+/*
+ * This function mitigates a timing side channel which could be caused by using strcmp()
+ * Please refer to chapter "Mitigating Information Leakage Based on Variable Timing" in
+ * the article [1] for more details
+ * [1] https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/software-security-guidance/secure-coding/mitigate-timing-side-channel-crypto-implementation.html
+ */
+static bool
+accel_aes_xts_keys_equal(const char *k1, size_t k1_len, const char *k2, size_t k2_len)
+{
+	size_t i;
+	volatile size_t x = k1_len ^ k2_len;
+
+	for (i = 0; ((i < k1_len) & (i < k2_len)); i++) {
+		x |= k1[i] ^ k2[i];
+	}
+
+	return x == 0;
+}
+
+int
+spdk_accel_crypto_key_create(const struct spdk_accel_crypto_key_create_param *param)
+{
+	struct spdk_accel_module_if *module;
+	struct spdk_accel_crypto_key *key;
+	size_t hex_key_size, hex_key2_size;
+	int rc;
+
+	if (!param || !param->hex_key || !param->cipher || !param->key_name) {
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (g_modules_opc[ACCEL_OPC_ENCRYPT] != g_modules_opc[ACCEL_OPC_DECRYPT]) {
+		/* hardly ever possible, but let's check and warn the user */
+		SPDK_ERRLOG("Different accel modules are used for encryption and decryption\n");
+	}
+	module = g_modules_opc[ACCEL_OPC_ENCRYPT];
+
+	if (!module) {
+		SPDK_ERRLOG("No accel module found assigned for crypto operation\n");
+		return -ENOENT;
+	}
+	if (!module->crypto_key_init) {
+		SPDK_ERRLOG("Accel module \"%s\" doesn't support crypto operations\n", module->name);
+		return -ENOTSUP;
+	}
+
+	key = calloc(1, sizeof(*key));
+	if (!key) {
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	key->param.key_name = strdup(param->key_name);
+	if (!key->param.key_name) {
+		rc = -ENOMEM;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	key->param.cipher = strdup(param->cipher);
+	if (!key->param.cipher) {
+		rc = -ENOMEM;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	hex_key_size = strnlen(param->hex_key, SPDK_ACCEL_CRYPTO_KEY_MAX_HEX_LENGTH);
+	if (hex_key_size == SPDK_ACCEL_CRYPTO_KEY_MAX_HEX_LENGTH) {
+		SPDK_ERRLOG("key1 size exceeds max %d\n", SPDK_ACCEL_CRYPTO_KEY_MAX_HEX_LENGTH);
+		rc = -EINVAL;
+		goto error;
+	}
+	key->param.hex_key = strdup(param->hex_key);
+	if (!key->param.hex_key) {
+		rc = -ENOMEM;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	key->key_size = hex_key_size / 2;
+	key->key = spdk_unhexlify(key->param.hex_key);
+	if (!key->key) {
+		SPDK_ERRLOG("Failed to unhexlify key1\n");
+		rc = -EINVAL;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	if (param->hex_key2) {
+		hex_key2_size = strnlen(param->hex_key2, SPDK_ACCEL_CRYPTO_KEY_MAX_HEX_LENGTH);
+		if (hex_key2_size == SPDK_ACCEL_CRYPTO_KEY_MAX_HEX_LENGTH) {
+			SPDK_ERRLOG("key2 size exceeds max %d\n", SPDK_ACCEL_CRYPTO_KEY_MAX_HEX_LENGTH);
+			rc = -EINVAL;
+			goto error;
+		}
+		key->param.hex_key2 = strdup(param->hex_key2);
+		if (!key->param.hex_key2) {
+			rc = -ENOMEM;
+			goto error;
+		}
+
+		key->key2_size = hex_key2_size / 2;
+		key->key2 = spdk_unhexlify(key->param.hex_key2);
+		if (!key->key2) {
+			SPDK_ERRLOG("Failed to unhexlify key2\n");
+			rc = -EINVAL;
+			goto error;
+		}
+
+		if (accel_aes_xts_keys_equal(key->key, key->key_size, key->key2, key->key2_size)) {
+			SPDK_ERRLOG("Identical keys are not secure\n");
+			rc = -EINVAL;
+			goto error;
+		}
+	}
+
+	key->module_if = module;
+
+	spdk_spin_lock(&g_keyring_spin);
+	if (_accel_crypto_key_get(param->key_name)) {
+		rc = -EEXIST;
+	} else {
+		rc = module->crypto_key_init(key);
+		if (!rc) {
+			TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&g_keyring, key, link);
+		}
+	}
+	spdk_spin_unlock(&g_keyring_spin);
+
+	if (rc) {
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+
+error:
+	accel_crypto_key_free_mem(key);
+	return rc;
+}
+
+int
+spdk_accel_crypto_key_destroy(struct spdk_accel_crypto_key *key)
+{
+	if (!key || !key->module_if) {
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	spdk_spin_lock(&g_keyring_spin);
+	if (!_accel_crypto_key_get(key->param.key_name)) {
+		spdk_spin_unlock(&g_keyring_spin);
+		return -ENOENT;
+	}
+	TAILQ_REMOVE(&g_keyring, key, link);
+	spdk_spin_unlock(&g_keyring_spin);
+
+	accel_crypto_key_destroy_unsafe(key);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+struct spdk_accel_crypto_key *
+spdk_accel_crypto_key_get(const char *name)
+{
+	struct spdk_accel_crypto_key *key;
+
+	spdk_spin_lock(&g_keyring_spin);
+	key = _accel_crypto_key_get(name);
+	spdk_spin_unlock(&g_keyring_spin);
+
+	return key;
+}
+
+/* Helper function when accel modules register with the framework. */
 void
 spdk_accel_module_list_add(struct spdk_accel_module_if *accel_module)
 {
@@ -1048,7 +1368,7 @@ spdk_accel_module_list_add(struct spdk_accel_module_if *accel_module)
 
 	/* Make sure that the software module is at the head of the list, this
 	 * will assure that all opcodes are later assigned to software first and
-	 * then udpated to HW modules as they are registered.
+	 * then updated to HW modules as they are registered.
 	 */
 	if (strcmp(accel_module->name, "software") == 0) {
 		TAILQ_INSERT_HEAD(&spdk_accel_module_list, accel_module, tailq);
@@ -1178,14 +1498,16 @@ spdk_accel_initialize(void)
 		return rc;
 	}
 
+	spdk_spin_init(&g_keyring_spin);
+
 	g_modules_started = true;
 	accel_module_initialize();
 
 	/* Create our priority global map of opcodes to modules, we populate starting
 	 * with the software module (guaranteed to be first on the list) and then
-	 * updating opcodes with HW modules that have been initilaized.
+	 * updating opcodes with HW modules that have been initialized.
 	 * NOTE: all opcodes must be supported by software in the event that no HW
-	 * modules are initilaized to support the operation.
+	 * modules are initialized to support the operation.
 	 */
 	TAILQ_FOREACH(accel_module, &spdk_accel_module_list, tailq) {
 		for (op = 0; op < ACCEL_OPC_LAST; op++) {
@@ -1214,6 +1536,11 @@ spdk_accel_initialize(void)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (g_modules_opc[ACCEL_OPC_ENCRYPT] != g_modules_opc[ACCEL_OPC_DECRYPT]) {
+		SPDK_ERRLOG("Different accel modules are assigned to encrypt and decrypt operations");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 #ifdef DEBUG
 	for (op = 0; op < ACCEL_OPC_LAST; op++) {
 		assert(g_modules_opc[op] != NULL);
@@ -1264,6 +1591,59 @@ accel_write_overridden_opc(struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w, const char *opc_str,
 	spdk_json_write_object_end(w);
 }
 
+static void
+__accel_crypto_key_dump_param(struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w, struct spdk_accel_crypto_key *key)
+{
+	spdk_json_write_named_string(w, "name", key->param.key_name);
+	spdk_json_write_named_string(w, "cipher", key->param.cipher);
+	spdk_json_write_named_string(w, "key", key->param.hex_key);
+	if (key->param.hex_key2) {
+		spdk_json_write_named_string(w, "key2", key->param.hex_key2);
+	}
+}
+
+void
+_accel_crypto_key_dump_param(struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w, struct spdk_accel_crypto_key *key)
+{
+	spdk_json_write_object_begin(w);
+	__accel_crypto_key_dump_param(w, key);
+	spdk_json_write_object_end(w);
+}
+
+static void
+_accel_crypto_key_write_config_json(struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w,
+				    struct spdk_accel_crypto_key *key)
+{
+	spdk_json_write_object_begin(w);
+	spdk_json_write_named_string(w, "method", "accel_crypto_key_create");
+	spdk_json_write_named_object_begin(w, "params");
+	__accel_crypto_key_dump_param(w, key);
+	spdk_json_write_object_end(w);
+	spdk_json_write_object_end(w);
+}
+
+static void
+_accel_crypto_keys_write_config_json(struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w, bool full_dump)
+{
+	struct spdk_accel_crypto_key *key;
+
+	spdk_spin_lock(&g_keyring_spin);
+	TAILQ_FOREACH(key, &g_keyring, link) {
+		if (full_dump) {
+			_accel_crypto_key_write_config_json(w, key);
+		} else {
+			_accel_crypto_key_dump_param(w, key);
+		}
+	}
+	spdk_spin_unlock(&g_keyring_spin);
+}
+
+void
+_accel_crypto_keys_dump_param(struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w)
+{
+	_accel_crypto_keys_write_config_json(w, false);
+}
+
 void
 spdk_accel_write_config_json(struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w)
 {
@@ -1285,6 +1665,9 @@ spdk_accel_write_config_json(struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w)
 			accel_write_overridden_opc(w, g_opcode_strings[i], g_modules_opc_override[i]);
 		}
 	}
+
+	_accel_crypto_keys_write_config_json(w, true);
+
 	spdk_json_write_array_end(w);
 }
 
@@ -1298,6 +1681,7 @@ spdk_accel_module_finish(void)
 	}
 
 	if (!g_accel_module) {
+		spdk_spin_destroy(&g_keyring_spin);
 		accel_module_finish_cb();
 		return;
 	}
@@ -1312,6 +1696,7 @@ spdk_accel_module_finish(void)
 void
 spdk_accel_finish(spdk_accel_fini_cb cb_fn, void *cb_arg)
 {
+	struct spdk_accel_crypto_key *key, *key_tmp;
 	enum accel_opcode op;
 
 	assert(cb_fn != NULL);
@@ -1319,6 +1704,12 @@ spdk_accel_finish(spdk_accel_fini_cb cb_fn, void *cb_arg)
 	g_fini_cb_fn = cb_fn;
 	g_fini_cb_arg = cb_arg;
 
+	spdk_spin_lock(&g_keyring_spin);
+	TAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE(key, &g_keyring, link, key_tmp) {
+		accel_crypto_key_destroy_unsafe(key);
+	}
+	spdk_spin_unlock(&g_keyring_spin);
+
 	for (op = 0; op < ACCEL_OPC_LAST; op++) {
 		if (g_modules_opc_override[op] != NULL) {
 			free(g_modules_opc_override[op]);
diff --git a/lib/accel/accel_internal.h b/lib/accel/accel_internal.h
index 4af0d4d49..2cb1cca91 100644
--- a/lib/accel/accel_internal.h
+++ b/lib/accel/accel_internal.h
@@ -23,5 +23,8 @@ struct module_info {
 typedef void (*_accel_for_each_module_fn)(struct module_info *info);
 void _accel_for_each_module(struct module_info *info, _accel_for_each_module_fn fn);
 int _accel_get_opc_name(enum accel_opcode opcode, const char **opcode_name);
+void _accel_crypto_key_dump_param(struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w, struct spdk_accel_crypto_key *key);
+void _accel_crypto_keys_dump_param(struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w);
+
 
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/accel/accel_rpc.c b/lib/accel/accel_rpc.c
index baa467700..8c2f56d2d 100644
--- a/lib/accel/accel_rpc.c
+++ b/lib/accel/accel_rpc.c
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@
  */
 
 #include "accel_internal.h"
+#include "spdk_internal/accel_module.h"
 
 #include "spdk/rpc.h"
 #include "spdk/util.h"
 #include "spdk/event.h"
 #include "spdk/stdinc.h"
 #include "spdk/env.h"
+#include "spdk/util.h"
 
 static void
 rpc_accel_get_opc_assignments(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
@@ -171,3 +173,102 @@ cleanup:
 
 }
 SPDK_RPC_REGISTER("accel_assign_opc", rpc_accel_assign_opc, SPDK_RPC_STARTUP)
+
+struct rpc_accel_crypto_key_create {
+	struct spdk_accel_crypto_key_create_param param;
+};
+
+static const struct spdk_json_object_decoder rpc_accel_dek_create_decoders[] = {
+	{"cipher", offsetof(struct rpc_accel_crypto_key_create, param.cipher), spdk_json_decode_string},
+	{"key", offsetof(struct rpc_accel_crypto_key_create, param.hex_key),   spdk_json_decode_string},
+	{"key2", offsetof(struct rpc_accel_crypto_key_create, param.hex_key2), spdk_json_decode_string, true},
+	{"name", offsetof(struct rpc_accel_crypto_key_create, param.key_name), spdk_json_decode_string},
+};
+
+static void
+rpc_accel_crypto_key_create(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
+			    const struct spdk_json_val *params)
+{
+	struct rpc_accel_crypto_key_create req = {};
+	size_t key_size;
+	int rc;
+
+	if (spdk_json_decode_object(params, rpc_accel_dek_create_decoders,
+				    SPDK_COUNTOF(rpc_accel_dek_create_decoders),
+				    &req)) {
+		spdk_jsonrpc_send_error_response(request, SPDK_JSONRPC_ERROR_PARSE_ERROR,
+						 "spdk_json_decode_object failed");
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	rc = spdk_accel_crypto_key_create(&req.param);
+	if (rc) {
+		spdk_jsonrpc_send_error_response_fmt(request, SPDK_JSONRPC_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMS,
+						     "failed to create DEK, rc %d", rc);
+	} else {
+		spdk_jsonrpc_send_bool_response(request, true);
+	}
+
+cleanup:
+	free(req.param.cipher);
+	if (req.param.hex_key) {
+		key_size = strnlen(req.param.hex_key, SPDK_ACCEL_CRYPTO_KEY_MAX_HEX_LENGTH);
+		spdk_memset_s(req.param.hex_key, key_size, 0, key_size);
+		free(req.param.hex_key);
+	}
+	if (req.param.hex_key2) {
+		key_size = strnlen(req.param.hex_key2, SPDK_ACCEL_CRYPTO_KEY_MAX_HEX_LENGTH);
+		spdk_memset_s(req.param.hex_key2, key_size, 0, key_size);
+		free(req.param.hex_key2);
+	}
+	free(req.param.key_name);
+}
+SPDK_RPC_REGISTER("accel_crypto_key_create", rpc_accel_crypto_key_create, SPDK_RPC_RUNTIME)
+
+struct rpc_accel_crypto_keys_get_ctx {
+	char *key_name;
+};
+
+static const struct spdk_json_object_decoder rpc_accel_crypto_keys_get_decoders[] = {
+	{"key_name", offsetof(struct rpc_accel_crypto_keys_get_ctx, key_name), spdk_json_decode_string, true},
+};
+
+static void
+rpc_accel_crypto_keys_get(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
+			  const struct spdk_json_val *params)
+{
+	struct rpc_accel_crypto_keys_get_ctx req = {};
+	struct spdk_accel_crypto_key *key = NULL;
+	struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w;
+
+	if (params && spdk_json_decode_object(params, rpc_accel_crypto_keys_get_decoders,
+					      SPDK_COUNTOF(rpc_accel_crypto_keys_get_decoders),
+					      &req)) {
+		spdk_jsonrpc_send_error_response(request, SPDK_JSONRPC_ERROR_PARSE_ERROR,
+						 "spdk_json_decode_object failed");
+		free(req.key_name);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (req.key_name) {
+		key = spdk_accel_crypto_key_get(req.key_name);
+		free(req.key_name);
+		if (!key) {
+			spdk_jsonrpc_send_error_response(request, SPDK_JSONRPC_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMS, "key was not found\n");
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+
+	w = spdk_jsonrpc_begin_result(request);
+	spdk_json_write_array_begin(w);
+
+	if (key) {
+		_accel_crypto_key_dump_param(w, key);
+	} else {
+		_accel_crypto_keys_dump_param(w);
+	}
+
+	spdk_json_write_array_end(w);
+	spdk_jsonrpc_end_result(request, w);
+}
+SPDK_RPC_REGISTER("accel_crypto_keys_get", rpc_accel_crypto_keys_get, SPDK_RPC_RUNTIME)
diff --git a/lib/accel/accel_sw.c b/lib/accel/accel_sw.c
index ee65949ba..4b8853fb8 100644
--- a/lib/accel/accel_sw.c
+++ b/lib/accel/accel_sw.c
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 /*   SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  *   Copyright (C) 2022 Intel Corporation.
+ *   Copyright (c) 2022 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES
  *   All rights reserved.
  */
 
 #include "spdk/stdinc.h"
 
 #include "spdk_internal/accel_module.h"
+#include "accel_internal.h"
 
 #include "spdk/env.h"
 #include "spdk/likely.h"
@@ -21,7 +23,16 @@
 
 #ifdef SPDK_CONFIG_ISAL
 #include "../isa-l/include/igzip_lib.h"
+#ifdef SPDK_CONFIG_ISAL_CRYPTO
+#include "../isa-l-crypto/include/aes_xts.h"
 #endif
+#endif
+
+#define ACCEL_AES_XTS_128_KEY_SIZE 16
+#define ACCEL_AES_XTS_256_KEY_SIZE 32
+#define ACCEL_AES_XTS "AES_XTS"
+/* Per the AES-XTS spec, the size of data unit cannot be bigger than 2^20 blocks, 128b each block */
+#define ACCEL_AES_XTS_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE (1 << 24)
 
 struct sw_accel_io_channel {
 	/* for ISAL */
@@ -33,6 +44,19 @@ struct sw_accel_io_channel {
 	TAILQ_HEAD(, spdk_accel_task)	tasks_to_complete;
 };
 
+typedef void (*sw_accel_crypto_op)(uint8_t *k2, uint8_t *k1, uint8_t *tweak, uint64_t lba_size,
+				   const uint8_t *src, uint8_t *dst);
+
+struct sw_accel_crypto_key_data {
+	sw_accel_crypto_op encrypt;
+	sw_accel_crypto_op decrypt;
+};
+
+static struct spdk_accel_module_if g_sw_module;
+
+static void sw_accel_crypto_key_deinit(struct spdk_accel_crypto_key *_key);
+static int sw_accel_crypto_key_init(struct spdk_accel_crypto_key *key);
+
 /* Post SW completions to a list and complete in a poller as we don't want to
  * complete them on the caller's stack as they'll likely submit another. */
 inline static void
@@ -68,6 +92,8 @@ sw_accel_supports_opcode(enum accel_opcode opc)
 	case ACCEL_OPC_COPY_CRC32C:
 	case ACCEL_OPC_COMPRESS:
 	case ACCEL_OPC_DECOMPRESS:
+	case ACCEL_OPC_ENCRYPT:
+	case ACCEL_OPC_DECRYPT:
 		return true;
 	default:
 		return false;
@@ -230,7 +256,7 @@ _sw_accel_compress(struct sw_accel_io_channel *sw_ch, struct spdk_accel_task *ac
 
 		rc = isal_deflate(&sw_ch->stream);
 		if (rc) {
-			SPDK_ERRLOG("isal_deflate retunred error %d.\n", rc);
+			SPDK_ERRLOG("isal_deflate returned error %d.\n", rc);
 		}
 
 		if (remaining > 0) {
@@ -290,7 +316,7 @@ _sw_accel_decompress(struct sw_accel_io_channel *sw_ch, struct spdk_accel_task *
 
 		rc = isal_inflate(&sw_ch->state);
 		if (rc) {
-			SPDK_ERRLOG("isal_inflate retunred error %d.\n", rc);
+			SPDK_ERRLOG("isal_inflate returned error %d.\n", rc);
 		}
 
 	} while (sw_ch->state.block_state < ISAL_BLOCK_FINISH);
@@ -303,6 +329,127 @@ _sw_accel_decompress(struct sw_accel_io_channel *sw_ch, struct spdk_accel_task *
 #endif
 }
 
+static int
+_sw_accel_crypto_operation(struct spdk_accel_task *accel_task, struct spdk_accel_crypto_key *key,
+			   sw_accel_crypto_op op)
+{
+#ifdef SPDK_CONFIG_ISAL_CRYPTO
+	uint64_t iv[2];
+	size_t remaining_len;
+	uint64_t src_offset = 0, dst_offset = 0;
+	uint32_t src_iovpos = 0, dst_iovpos = 0, src_iovcnt, dst_iovcnt;
+	uint32_t block_size, crypto_len, crypto_accum_len = 0;
+	struct iovec *src_iov, *dst_iov;
+	uint8_t *src, *dst;
+
+	/* iv is 128 bits, since we are using logical block address (64 bits) as iv, fill first 8 bytes with zeroes */
+	iv[0] = 0;
+	iv[1] = accel_task->iv;
+	src_iov = accel_task->s.iovs;
+	src_iovcnt = accel_task->s.iovcnt;
+	if (accel_task->d.iovcnt) {
+		dst_iov = accel_task->d.iovs;
+		dst_iovcnt = accel_task->d.iovcnt;
+	} else {
+		/* inplace operation */
+		dst_iov = accel_task->s.iovs;
+		dst_iovcnt = accel_task->s.iovcnt;
+	}
+	block_size = accel_task->block_size;
+
+	if (!src_iovcnt || !dst_iovcnt || !block_size || !op) {
+		SPDK_ERRLOG("src_iovcnt %d, dst_iovcnt %d, block_size %d, op %p\n", src_iovcnt, dst_iovcnt,
+			    block_size, op);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	remaining_len = accel_task->nbytes;
+
+	while (remaining_len) {
+		crypto_len = spdk_min(block_size - crypto_accum_len, src_iov->iov_len - src_offset);
+		crypto_len = spdk_min(crypto_len, dst_iov->iov_len - dst_offset);
+		src = (uint8_t *)src_iov->iov_base + src_offset;
+		dst = (uint8_t *)dst_iov->iov_base + dst_offset;
+
+		op((uint8_t *)key->key2, (uint8_t *)key->key, (uint8_t *)iv, crypto_len, src, dst);
+
+		src_offset += crypto_len;
+		dst_offset += crypto_len;
+		crypto_accum_len += crypto_len;
+		remaining_len -= crypto_len;
+
+		if (crypto_accum_len == block_size) {
+			/* we can process part of logical block. Once the whole block is processed, increment iv */
+			crypto_accum_len = 0;
+			iv[1]++;
+		}
+		if (src_offset == src_iov->iov_len) {
+			src_iov++;
+			src_iovpos++;
+			src_offset = 0;
+		}
+		if (src_iovpos == src_iovcnt) {
+			break;
+		}
+		if (dst_offset == dst_iov->iov_len) {
+			dst_iov++;
+			dst_iovpos++;
+			dst_offset = 0;
+		}
+		if (dst_iovpos == dst_iovcnt) {
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (remaining_len) {
+		SPDK_ERRLOG("remaining len %zu\n", remaining_len);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+#else
+	return -ENOTSUP;
+#endif
+}
+
+static int
+_sw_accel_encrypt(struct sw_accel_io_channel *sw_ch, struct spdk_accel_task *accel_task)
+{
+	struct spdk_accel_crypto_key *key;
+	struct sw_accel_crypto_key_data *key_data;
+
+	key = accel_task->crypto_key;
+	if (spdk_unlikely(key->module_if != &g_sw_module || !key->priv)) {
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	if (spdk_unlikely(accel_task->block_size > ACCEL_AES_XTS_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE)) {
+		SPDK_WARNLOG("Max block size for AES_XTS is limited to %u, current size %u\n",
+			     ACCEL_AES_XTS_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE, accel_task->block_size);
+		return -ERANGE;
+	}
+	key_data = key->priv;
+	return _sw_accel_crypto_operation(accel_task, key, key_data->encrypt);
+}
+
+static int
+_sw_accel_decrypt(struct sw_accel_io_channel *sw_ch, struct spdk_accel_task *accel_task)
+{
+	struct spdk_accel_crypto_key *key;
+	struct sw_accel_crypto_key_data *key_data;
+
+	key = accel_task->crypto_key;
+	if (spdk_unlikely(key->module_if != &g_sw_module || !key->priv)) {
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	if (spdk_unlikely(accel_task->block_size > ACCEL_AES_XTS_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE)) {
+		SPDK_WARNLOG("Max block size for AES_XTS is limited to %u, current size %u\n",
+			     ACCEL_AES_XTS_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE, accel_task->block_size);
+		return -ERANGE;
+	}
+	key_data = key->priv;
+	return _sw_accel_crypto_operation(accel_task, key, key_data->decrypt);
+}
+
 static int
 sw_accel_submit_tasks(struct spdk_io_channel *ch, struct spdk_accel_task *accel_task)
 {
@@ -359,6 +506,12 @@ sw_accel_submit_tasks(struct spdk_io_channel *ch, struct spdk_accel_task *accel_
 		case ACCEL_OPC_DECOMPRESS:
 			rc = _sw_accel_decompress(sw_ch, accel_task);
 			break;
+		case ACCEL_OPC_ENCRYPT:
+			rc = _sw_accel_encrypt(sw_ch, accel_task);
+			break;
+		case ACCEL_OPC_DECRYPT:
+			rc = _sw_accel_decrypt(sw_ch, accel_task);
+			break;
 		default:
 			assert(false);
 			break;
@@ -380,14 +533,16 @@ static void sw_accel_module_fini(void *ctxt);
 static size_t sw_accel_module_get_ctx_size(void);
 
 static struct spdk_accel_module_if g_sw_module = {
-	.module_init = sw_accel_module_init,
-	.module_fini = sw_accel_module_fini,
-	.write_config_json = NULL,
-	.get_ctx_size = sw_accel_module_get_ctx_size,
+	.module_init		= sw_accel_module_init,
+	.module_fini		= sw_accel_module_fini,
+	.write_config_json	= NULL,
+	.get_ctx_size		= sw_accel_module_get_ctx_size,
 	.name			= "software",
 	.supports_opcode	= sw_accel_supports_opcode,
 	.get_io_channel		= sw_accel_get_io_channel,
-	.submit_tasks		= sw_accel_submit_tasks
+	.submit_tasks		= sw_accel_submit_tasks,
+	.crypto_key_init	= sw_accel_crypto_key_init,
+	.crypto_key_deinit	= sw_accel_crypto_key_deinit,
 };
 
 static int
@@ -477,4 +632,74 @@ sw_accel_module_fini(void *ctxt)
 	spdk_accel_module_finish();
 }
 
+static int
+sw_accel_create_aes_xts(struct spdk_accel_crypto_key *key)
+{
+#ifdef SPDK_CONFIG_ISAL_CRYPTO
+	struct sw_accel_crypto_key_data *key_data;
+
+	if (!key->key || !key->key2) {
+		SPDK_ERRLOG("key or key2 are missing\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (!key->key_size || key->key_size != key->key2_size) {
+		SPDK_ERRLOG("key size %zu is not equal to key2 size %zu or is 0\n", key->key_size,
+			    key->key2_size);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	key_data = calloc(1, sizeof(*key_data));
+	if (!key_data) {
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	switch (key->key_size) {
+	case ACCEL_AES_XTS_128_KEY_SIZE:
+		key_data->encrypt = XTS_AES_128_enc;
+		key_data->decrypt = XTS_AES_128_dec;
+		break;
+	case ACCEL_AES_XTS_256_KEY_SIZE:
+		key_data->encrypt = XTS_AES_256_enc;
+		key_data->decrypt = XTS_AES_256_dec;
+		break;
+	default:
+		SPDK_ERRLOG("Incorrect key size  %zu, should be %d for AEX_XTS_128 or %d for AES_XTS_256\n",
+			    key->key_size, ACCEL_AES_XTS_128_KEY_SIZE, ACCEL_AES_XTS_256_KEY_SIZE);
+		free(key_data);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	key->priv = key_data;
+
+	return 0;
+#else
+	return -ENOTSUP;
+#endif
+}
+
+static int
+sw_accel_crypto_key_init(struct spdk_accel_crypto_key *key)
+{
+	if (!key || !key->param.cipher) {
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	if (strcmp(key->param.cipher, ACCEL_AES_XTS) == 0) {
+		return sw_accel_create_aes_xts(key);
+	} else {
+		SPDK_ERRLOG("Only %s cipher is supported\n", ACCEL_AES_XTS);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+}
+
+static void
+sw_accel_crypto_key_deinit(struct spdk_accel_crypto_key *key)
+{
+	if (!key || key->module_if != &g_sw_module || !key->priv) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	free(key->priv);
+}
+
 SPDK_ACCEL_MODULE_REGISTER(sw, &g_sw_module)
diff --git a/lib/accel/spdk_accel.map b/lib/accel/spdk_accel.map
index 5262e9a46..2c964b4c6 100644
--- a/lib/accel/spdk_accel.map
+++ b/lib/accel/spdk_accel.map
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 	spdk_accel_submit_copy_crc32cv;
 	spdk_accel_submit_compress;
 	spdk_accel_submit_decompress;
+	spdk_accel_submit_encrypt;
+	spdk_accel_submit_decrypt;
 	spdk_accel_get_opc_module_name;
 	spdk_accel_assign_opc;
 	spdk_accel_write_config_json;
@@ -26,6 +28,9 @@
 	spdk_accel_sequence_reverse;
 	spdk_accel_get_buf;
 	spdk_accel_put_buf;
+	spdk_accel_crypto_key_create;
+	spdk_accel_crypto_key_destroy;
+	spdk_accel_crypto_key_get;
 
 	# functions needed by modules
 	spdk_accel_module_list_add;
diff --git a/python/spdk/rpc/accel.py b/python/spdk/rpc/accel.py
index ad527b859..3d320f296 100644
--- a/python/spdk/rpc/accel.py
+++ b/python/spdk/rpc/accel.py
@@ -31,3 +31,37 @@ def accel_assign_opc(client, opname, module):
     }
 
     return client.call('accel_assign_opc', params)
+
+
+def accel_crypto_key_create(client, cipher, key, key2, name):
+    """Create Data Encryption Key Identifier.
+
+    Args:
+        cipher: cipher
+        key: key
+        key2: key2
+        name: key name
+    """
+    params = {
+        'cipher': cipher,
+        'key': key,
+        'name': name,
+    }
+    if key2 is not None:
+        params['key2'] = key2
+
+    return client.call('accel_crypto_key_create', params)
+
+
+def accel_crypto_keys_get(client, key_name):
+    """Get a list of the crypto keys.
+
+    Args:
+        key_name: Get information about a specific key
+    """
+    params = {}
+
+    if key_name is not None:
+        params['key_name'] = key_name
+
+    return client.call('accel_crypto_keys_get', params)
diff --git a/scripts/rpc.py b/scripts/rpc.py
index 16e92049c..8ee6fd116 100755
--- a/scripts/rpc.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc.py
@@ -2792,6 +2792,28 @@ Format: 'user:u1 secret:s1 muser:mu1 msecret:ms1,user:u2 secret:s2 muser:mu2 mse
     p.add_argument('-m', '--module', help='name of module')
     p.set_defaults(func=accel_assign_opc)
 
+    def accel_crypto_key_create(args):
+        print_dict(rpc.accel.accel_crypto_key_create(args.client,
+                                                     cipher=args.cipher,
+                                                     key=args.key,
+                                                     key2=args.key2,
+                                                     name=args.name))
+
+    p = subparsers.add_parser('accel_crypto_key_create', help='Create encryption key')
+    p.add_argument('-c', '--cipher', help='cipher', required=True, type=str)
+    p.add_argument('-k', '--key', help='key', required=True, type=str)
+    p.add_argument('-e', '--key2', help='key2', required=False, type=str)
+    p.add_argument('-n', '--name', help='key name', required=True, type=str)
+    p.set_defaults(func=accel_crypto_key_create)
+
+    def accel_crypto_keys_get(args):
+        print_dict(rpc.accel.accel_crypto_keys_get(args.client,
+                                                   key_name=args.key_name))
+
+    p = subparsers.add_parser('accel_crypto_keys_get', help='Get a list of the crypto keys')
+    p.add_argument('-k', '--key-name', help='Get information about a specific key', type=str)
+    p.set_defaults(func=accel_crypto_keys_get)
+
     # ioat
     def ioat_scan_accel_module(args):
         rpc.ioat.ioat_scan_accel_module(args.client)
diff --git a/test/external_code/hello_world/Makefile b/test/external_code/hello_world/Makefile
index ba4be9e1c..ec1a21043 100644
--- a/test/external_code/hello_world/Makefile
+++ b/test/external_code/hello_world/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #  Copyright (C) 2020 Intel Corporation.
+#  Copyright (c) 2022 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES
 #  All rights reserved.
 #
 
@@ -13,22 +14,22 @@ SYS_LIB := $(shell PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$(PKG_CONFIG_PATH)" pkg-config --libs --stat
 # Shows how to compile both an external bdev and an external application against the SPDK combined shared object and dpdk shared objects.
 bdev_shared_combo:
 	$(CC) $(COMMON_CFLAGS) -L../passthru -Wl,-rpath=$(SPDK_LIB_DIR),--no-as-needed -o hello_bdev ./hello_bdev.c -lpassthru_external \
-	-lspdk $(DPDK_LIB) -Wl,--no-whole-archive
+	-lspdk $(DPDK_LIB) -Wl,--no-whole-archive $(SYS_LIB)
 
 # Shows how to compile both an external bdev and an external application against the SPDK individual shared objects and dpdk shared objects.
 bdev_shared_iso:
 	$(CC) $(COMMON_CFLAGS) -L../passthru -Wl,--no-as-needed -o hello_bdev ./hello_bdev.c \
 	-lpassthru_external $(SPDK_EVENT_LIB) \
-	$(DPDK_LIB)
+	$(DPDK_LIB) $(SYS_LIB)
 
 # Shows how to compile an external application against the SPDK combined shared object and dpdk shared objects.
 alone_shared_combo:
-	$(CC) $(COMMON_CFLAGS) -Wl,-rpath=$(SPDK_LIB_DIR),--no-as-needed -o hello_bdev ./hello_bdev.c -lspdk $(DPDK_LIB)
+	$(CC) $(COMMON_CFLAGS) -Wl,-rpath=$(SPDK_LIB_DIR),--no-as-needed -o hello_bdev ./hello_bdev.c -lspdk $(DPDK_LIB) $(SYS_LIB)
 
 # Shows how to compile an external application against the SPDK individual shared objects and dpdk shared objects.
 alone_shared_iso:
 	$(CC) $(COMMON_CFLAGS) -Wl,-rpath=$(SPDK_LIB_DIR),--no-as-needed -o hello_bdev ./hello_bdev.c \
-	$(SPDK_EVENT_LIB) $(DPDK_LIB)
+	$(SPDK_EVENT_LIB) $(DPDK_LIB) $(SYS_LIB)
 
 # Shows how to compile an external application against the SPDK archives.
 alone_static:
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/accel/accel.c/accel_ut.c b/test/unit/lib/accel/accel.c/accel_ut.c
index 9fc539431..667356cfa 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/accel/accel.c/accel_ut.c
+++ b/test/unit/lib/accel/accel.c/accel_ut.c
@@ -24,6 +24,17 @@ DEFINE_STUB(spdk_memory_domain_create, int,
 	     struct spdk_memory_domain_ctx *ctx, const char *id), 0);
 DEFINE_STUB_V(spdk_memory_domain_destroy, (struct spdk_memory_domain *domain));
 
+#ifdef SPDK_CONFIG_ISAL
+DEFINE_STUB_V(XTS_AES_128_enc, (uint8_t *k2, uint8_t *k1, uint8_t *tweak, uint64_t lba_size,
+				const uint8_t *src, uint8_t *dst));
+DEFINE_STUB_V(XTS_AES_128_dec, (uint8_t *k2, uint8_t *k1, uint8_t *tweak, uint64_t lba_size,
+				const uint8_t *src, uint8_t *dst));
+DEFINE_STUB_V(XTS_AES_256_enc, (uint8_t *k2, uint8_t *k1, uint8_t *tweak, uint64_t lba_size,
+				const uint8_t *src, uint8_t *dst));
+DEFINE_STUB_V(XTS_AES_256_dec, (uint8_t *k2, uint8_t *k1, uint8_t *tweak, uint64_t lba_size,
+				const uint8_t *src, uint8_t *dst));
+#endif
+
 /* global vars and setup/cleanup functions used for all test functions */
 struct spdk_accel_module_if g_module = {};
 struct spdk_io_channel *g_ch = NULL;