diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index f6069c8..128860b 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -6,9 +6,17 @@
 
 dkms_modules:
   - ice
+  # - qat
 
 # intel E810 network driver
 # https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/19630/intel-network-adapter-driver-for-e810-series-devices-under-linux.html
 dkms_ice_version: "1.6.7"
 dkms_ice_dl_url: "https://downloadmirror.intel.com/29746/ice-1.6.7.tar.gz"
 dkms_ice_checksum: "sha256:cf1124051e3d84dab2943a591735661b7323b72592779cd3e69854bd9ffaed33"
+
+# Provide QAT driver parameters
+sriov_qat_version: "4.16.0"
+sriov_qat_driver_dir: "/opt/qat"
+sriov_qat_latest_name: "QAT.L.4.16.0-00017.tar.gz"
+sriov_qat_latest_url: "https://downloadmirror.intel.com/710050/QAT.L.4.16.0-00017.tar.gz"
+sriov_qat_checksum: "sha256:315f48057253798fae386e514ce834d6b5939eb842491fe27bfc019c42c430f4"
diff --git a/tasks/qat.yml b/tasks/qat.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5dabda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/qat.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+---
+# qat tasks/qat.yml
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2022 Open Networking Foundation <support@opennetworking.org>
+# SPDX-Lqatnse-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+- name: Blacklist kernel QAT drivers
+  blockinfile:
+    create: true
+    dest: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-intel_qat.conf
+    mode: 0644
+    block: |
+      # Blacklist kernel QAT drivers
+      blacklist qat_c62x
+      blacklist qat_c62xvf
+      blacklist qat_c6xx
+      blacklist qat_c6xxvf
+      blacklist qat_c3xxx
+      blacklist qat_c3xxxvf
+      blacklist qat_d15xx
+      blacklist qat_d15xxvf
+      blacklist qat_c4xxx
+      blacklist qat_c4xxxvf
+      blacklist intel_qat
+    backup: true
+  notify: reboot qat
+
+- name: Flush handlers
+  meta: flush_handlers
+
+- name: Install QAT driver compile requirements
+  apt:
+    name:
+      - "libboost-all-dev"
+      - "pciutils-dev"
+      - "libssl-dev"
+      - "build-essential"
+      - "pkg-config"
+      - "yasm"
+    state: "present"
+    update_cache: true
+
+- name: Create root folder for QAT driver
+  file:
+    path: "{{ sriov_qat_driver_dir }}"
+    state: directory
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0644"
+
+- name: Download QAT driver .tgz file
+  get_url:
+    url: "{{ sriov_qat_latest_url }}"
+    dest: "{{ sriov_qat_driver_dir }}/{{ sriov_qat_latest_name }}"
+    owner: "root"
+    group: "root"
+    mode: "0644"
+    checksum: "{{ sriov_qat_checksum }}"
+
+- name: Create qat directory in /usr/src
+  file:
+    path: "/usr/src/qat-{{ sriov_qat_version }}"
+    state: directory
+    owner: "root"
+    group: "root"
+    mode: "0755"
+
+- name: Decompress qat archive
+  unarchive:
+    remote_src: true
+    src: "{{ sriov_qat_driver_dir }}/{{ sriov_qat_latest_name }}"
+    dest: "/usr/src/qat-{{ sriov_qat_version }}"
+    owner: "root"
+    group: "root"
+    extra_opts:
+      - "--strip-components=1" # remove initial directory name
+    creates: "/usr/src/qat-{{ sriov_qat_version }}/README"
+
+- name: Copy over qat dkms.conf
+  template:
+    src: "qat_dkms.conf.j2"
+    dest: "/usr/src/qat-{{ sriov_qat_version }}/dkms.conf"
+    owner: "root"
+    group: "root"
+    mode: "0644"
+
+- name: add qat to DKMS
+  command:
+    cmd: "dkms add -m qat -v {{ sriov_qat_version }}"
+    chdir: "/usr/src/qat-{{ sriov_qat_version }}"
+    creates: "/var/lib/dkms/qat/{{ sriov_qat_version }}/source/README"
+
+- name: build qat using DKMS
+  command:
+    cmd: "dkms build -m qat -v {{ sriov_qat_version }}"
+    chdir: "/usr/src/qat-{{ sriov_qat_version }}"
+
+- name: install qat modules with DKMS
+  command:
+    cmd: "dkms install -m qat -v {{ sriov_qat_version }}"
+    chdir: "/usr/src/qat-{{ sriov_qat_version }}"
+
+- name: Create sriov_qat system servqat
+  template:
+    src: "{{ item.src }}"
+    dest: "{{ item.dest }}"
+    mode: "{{ item.mode }}"
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+  loop:
+    - {
+        src: "sriov_qat.sh.j2",
+        dest: "/usr/local/bin/sriov_qat.sh",
+        mode: "a+x",
+      }
+    - {
+        src: "sriov_qat.service.j2",
+        dest: "/etc/systemd/system/sriov_qat.service",
+        mode: 644,
+      }
+  notify: enable sriov_qat.service
diff --git a/templates/qat_dkms.conf.j2 b/templates/qat_dkms.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6160d13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/qat_dkms.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{#
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Open Networking Foundation <support@opennetworking.org>
+SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#}
+MAKE="echo; ./configure --enable-icp-sriov=host && make && make install"
+CLEAN="make clean && make distclean"
+BUILT_MODULE_NAME=qat_api
+BUILT_MODULE_LOCATION=build/
+PACKAGE_NAME=qat
+PACKAGE_VERSION={{ sriov_qat_version }}
+DEST_MODULE_LOCATION=/updates
+AUTOINSTALL=yes
+REMAKE_INITRD=yes
diff --git a/templates/sriov_qat.service.j2 b/templates/sriov_qat.service.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a600e82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/sriov_qat.service.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{#
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2022 Open Networking Foundation <support@opennetworking.org>
+SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#}
+# {{ ansible_managed }}
+
+[Unit]
+Description=Create QAT VFs
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/sriov_qat.sh
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=default.target
diff --git a/templates/sriov_qat.sh.j2 b/templates/sriov_qat.sh.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22dda99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/sriov_qat.sh.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+{#
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2022 Open Networking Foundation <support@opennetworking.org>
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2019 Intel Corporation
+SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+# adapted from https://github.com/clearlinux/cloud-native-setup/blob/master/clr-k8s-examples/9-multi-network/systemd/sriov.sh
+#}
+# {{ ansible_managed }}
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o pipefail
+set -o nounset
+set -x
+
+QAT_PFs=($(lspci -Dmm | grep Quick | awk '{print $1}'))
+QAT_DIR="/sys/bus/pci/devices/"
+
+
+setup_qat_pf_vfs() {
+	echo "Restarting services qat_service and qat_service_vfs"
+    service qat_service restart
+    service qat_service_vfs restart
+}
+
+setup_pf() {
+	local pf=$1
+	local num_vfs
+
+	echo "Resetting PF $pf"
+	echo 0 | tee "$QAT_DIR"/"$pf"/sriov_numvfs
+	num_vfs=$(cat "$QAT_DIR"/"$pf"/sriov_totalvfs)
+	echo "Enabling $num_vfs VFs for $pf"
+	echo "$num_vfs" | tee "$QAT_DIR"/"$pf"/sriov_numvfs
+}
+
+vfio_bind() {
+	local pf=$1
+
+	vfs_dirs=($(ls "$QAT_DIR"/"$pf" | grep virtfn))
+
+    for vf_name in "${vfs_dirs[@]}"; do
+        local vf_dir="$QAT_DIR"/"$pf"/"$vf_name"
+
+		vfpci=$(ls -l "$vf_dir" | awk '{print substr($11,4)}')
+		vfpci_dir=$(readlink -f "$vf_dir")
+
+    	echo "Binding qat VF $vfpci with vfio-pci"
+
+	    echo "$vfpci" >"$vfpci_dir"/driver/unbind
+		echo "vfio-pci" >"$vfpci_dir"/driver_override
+		echo "$vfpci" >/sys/bus/pci/drivers/vfio-pci/bind
+    done
+}
+
+setup_qat_pf_vfs
+
+for pf in "${QAT_PFs[@]}"; do
+	# setup_pf "$pf"
+    vfio_bind "$pf"
+done