diff --git a/lib/librte_eventdev/Makefile b/lib/librte_eventdev/Makefile
index cd3ff8040..4c76bbdf3 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eventdev/Makefile
+++ b/lib/librte_eventdev/Makefile
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ LDLIBS += -lrte_mbuf -lrte_cryptodev -lpthread
 
 # library source files
 SRCS-y += rte_eventdev.c
+SRCS-y += rte_event_ring_128b.c
 SRCS-y += rte_event_ring.c
 SRCS-y += rte_event_eth_rx_adapter.c
 SRCS-y += rte_event_timer_adapter.c
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ SYMLINK-y-include += rte_eventdev.h
 SYMLINK-y-include += rte_eventdev_pmd.h
 SYMLINK-y-include += rte_eventdev_pmd_pci.h
 SYMLINK-y-include += rte_eventdev_pmd_vdev.h
+SYMLINK-y-include += rte_event_ring_128b.h
 SYMLINK-y-include += rte_event_ring.h
 SYMLINK-y-include += rte_event_eth_rx_adapter.h
 SYMLINK-y-include += rte_event_timer_adapter.h
diff --git a/lib/librte_eventdev/meson.build b/lib/librte_eventdev/meson.build
index 19541f23f..8a0fd7332 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eventdev/meson.build
+++ b/lib/librte_eventdev/meson.build
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ else
 endif
 
 sources = files('rte_eventdev.c',
+		'rte_event_ring_128b.c',
 		'rte_event_ring.c',
 		'rte_event_eth_rx_adapter.c',
 		'rte_event_timer_adapter.c',
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ headers = files('rte_eventdev.h',
 		'rte_eventdev_pmd.h',
 		'rte_eventdev_pmd_pci.h',
 		'rte_eventdev_pmd_vdev.h',
+		'rte_event_ring_128b.h',
 		'rte_event_ring.h',
 		'rte_event_eth_rx_adapter.h',
 		'rte_event_timer_adapter.h',
diff --git a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_ring.c b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_ring.c
index 50190de01..479db53ea 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_ring.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_ring.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  * Copyright(c) 2017 Intel Corporation
+ * Copyright(c) 2019 Arm Limited
  */
 
 #include <sys/queue.h>
@@ -11,13 +12,6 @@
 #include <rte_eal_memconfig.h>
 #include "rte_event_ring.h"
 
-TAILQ_HEAD(rte_event_ring_list, rte_tailq_entry);
-
-static struct rte_tailq_elem rte_event_ring_tailq = {
-	.name = RTE_TAILQ_EVENT_RING_NAME,
-};
-EAL_REGISTER_TAILQ(rte_event_ring_tailq)
-
 int
 rte_event_ring_init(struct rte_event_ring *r, const char *name,
 	unsigned int count, unsigned int flags)
@@ -35,150 +29,20 @@ struct rte_event_ring *
 rte_event_ring_create(const char *name, unsigned int count, int socket_id,
 		unsigned int flags)
 {
-	char mz_name[RTE_MEMZONE_NAMESIZE];
-	struct rte_event_ring *r;
-	struct rte_tailq_entry *te;
-	const struct rte_memzone *mz;
-	ssize_t ring_size;
-	int mz_flags = 0;
-	struct rte_event_ring_list *ring_list = NULL;
-	const unsigned int requested_count = count;
-	int ret;
-
-	ring_list = RTE_TAILQ_CAST(rte_event_ring_tailq.head,
-		rte_event_ring_list);
-
-	/* for an exact size ring, round up from count to a power of two */
-	if (flags & RING_F_EXACT_SZ)
-		count = rte_align32pow2(count + 1);
-	else if (!rte_is_power_of_2(count)) {
-		rte_errno = EINVAL;
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	ring_size = sizeof(*r) + (count * sizeof(struct rte_event));
-
-	ret = snprintf(mz_name, sizeof(mz_name), "%s%s",
-		RTE_RING_MZ_PREFIX, name);
-	if (ret < 0 || ret >= (int)sizeof(mz_name)) {
-		rte_errno = ENAMETOOLONG;
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	te = rte_zmalloc("RING_TAILQ_ENTRY", sizeof(*te), 0);
-	if (te == NULL) {
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, RING, "Cannot reserve memory for tailq\n");
-		rte_errno = ENOMEM;
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	rte_mcfg_tailq_write_lock();
-
-	/*
-	 * reserve a memory zone for this ring. If we can't get rte_config or
-	 * we are secondary process, the memzone_reserve function will set
-	 * rte_errno for us appropriately - hence no check in this this function
-	 */
-	mz = rte_memzone_reserve(mz_name, ring_size, socket_id, mz_flags);
-	if (mz != NULL) {
-		r = mz->addr;
-		/* Check return value in case rte_ring_init() fails on size */
-		int err = rte_event_ring_init(r, name, requested_count, flags);
-		if (err) {
-			RTE_LOG(ERR, RING, "Ring init failed\n");
-			if (rte_memzone_free(mz) != 0)
-				RTE_LOG(ERR, RING, "Cannot free memzone\n");
-			rte_free(te);
-			rte_mcfg_tailq_write_unlock();
-			return NULL;
-		}
-
-		te->data = (void *) r;
-		r->r.memzone = mz;
-
-		TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(ring_list, te, next);
-	} else {
-		r = NULL;
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, RING, "Cannot reserve memory\n");
-		rte_free(te);
-	}
-	rte_mcfg_tailq_write_unlock();
-
-	return r;
+	return (struct rte_event_ring *)rte_ring_create_event_128b(name, count,
+						socket_id, flags);
 }
 
 
 struct rte_event_ring *
 rte_event_ring_lookup(const char *name)
 {
-	struct rte_tailq_entry *te;
-	struct rte_event_ring *r = NULL;
-	struct rte_event_ring_list *ring_list;
-
-	ring_list = RTE_TAILQ_CAST(rte_event_ring_tailq.head,
-			rte_event_ring_list);
-
-	rte_mcfg_tailq_read_lock();
-
-	TAILQ_FOREACH(te, ring_list, next) {
-		r = (struct rte_event_ring *) te->data;
-		if (strncmp(name, r->r.name, RTE_RING_NAMESIZE) == 0)
-			break;
-	}
-
-	rte_mcfg_tailq_read_unlock();
-
-	if (te == NULL) {
-		rte_errno = ENOENT;
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	return r;
+	return (struct rte_event_ring *)rte_ring_lookup(name);
 }
 
 /* free the ring */
 void
 rte_event_ring_free(struct rte_event_ring *r)
 {
-	struct rte_event_ring_list *ring_list = NULL;
-	struct rte_tailq_entry *te;
-
-	if (r == NULL)
-		return;
-
-	/*
-	 * Ring was not created with rte_event_ring_create,
-	 * therefore, there is no memzone to free.
-	 */
-	if (r->r.memzone == NULL) {
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, RING,
-			"Cannot free ring (not created with rte_event_ring_create()");
-		return;
-	}
-
-	if (rte_memzone_free(r->r.memzone) != 0) {
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, RING, "Cannot free memory\n");
-		return;
-	}
-
-	ring_list = RTE_TAILQ_CAST(rte_event_ring_tailq.head,
-			rte_event_ring_list);
-	rte_mcfg_tailq_write_lock();
-
-	/* find out tailq entry */
-	TAILQ_FOREACH(te, ring_list, next) {
-		if (te->data == (void *) r)
-			break;
-	}
-
-	if (te == NULL) {
-		rte_mcfg_tailq_write_unlock();
-		return;
-	}
-
-	TAILQ_REMOVE(ring_list, te, next);
-
-	rte_mcfg_tailq_write_unlock();
-
-	rte_free(te);
+	rte_ring_free(&r->r);
 }
diff --git a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_ring.h b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_ring.h
index 827a3209e..4553c0076 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_ring.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_ring.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  * Copyright(c) 2016-2017 Intel Corporation
+ * Copyright(c) 2019 Arm Limited
  */
 
 /**
@@ -20,8 +21,7 @@
 #include <rte_malloc.h>
 #include <rte_ring.h>
 #include "rte_eventdev.h"
-
-#define RTE_TAILQ_EVENT_RING_NAME "RTE_EVENT_RING"
+#include "rte_event_ring_128b.h"
 
 /**
  * Generic ring structure for passing rte_event objects from core to core.
@@ -88,22 +88,8 @@ rte_event_ring_enqueue_burst(struct rte_event_ring *r,
 		const struct rte_event *events,
 		unsigned int n, uint16_t *free_space)
 {
-	uint32_t prod_head, prod_next;
-	uint32_t free_entries;
-
-	n = __rte_ring_move_prod_head(&r->r, r->r.prod.single, n,
-			RTE_RING_QUEUE_VARIABLE,
-			&prod_head, &prod_next, &free_entries);
-	if (n == 0)
-		goto end;
-
-	ENQUEUE_PTRS(&r->r, &r[1], prod_head, events, n, struct rte_event);
-
-	update_tail(&r->r.prod, prod_head, prod_next, r->r.prod.single, 1);
-end:
-	if (free_space != NULL)
-		*free_space = free_entries - n;
-	return n;
+	return rte_ring_enqueue_burst_event_128b(&r->r, events, n,
+							(uint32_t *)free_space);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -129,23 +115,8 @@ rte_event_ring_dequeue_burst(struct rte_event_ring *r,
 		struct rte_event *events,
 		unsigned int n, uint16_t *available)
 {
-	uint32_t cons_head, cons_next;
-	uint32_t entries;
-
-	n = __rte_ring_move_cons_head(&r->r, r->r.cons.single, n,
-			RTE_RING_QUEUE_VARIABLE,
-			&cons_head, &cons_next, &entries);
-	if (n == 0)
-		goto end;
-
-	DEQUEUE_PTRS(&r->r, &r[1], cons_head, events, n, struct rte_event);
-
-	update_tail(&r->r.cons, cons_head, cons_next, r->r.cons.single, 0);
-
-end:
-	if (available != NULL)
-		*available = entries - n;
-	return n;
+	return rte_ring_dequeue_burst_event_128b(&r->r, events, n,
+							(uint32_t *)available);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_ring_128b.c b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_ring_128b.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e4105a2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_ring_128b.c
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright (c) 2019 Arm Limited
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <sys/queue.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <rte_common.h>
+#include <rte_config.h>
+#include <rte_memory.h>
+#include <rte_lcore.h>
+#include <rte_atomic.h>
+#include <rte_branch_prediction.h>
+#include <rte_memzone.h>
+#include <rte_pause.h>
+
+#include <rte_event_ring_128b.h>
+#include <rte_ring_template.c>
diff --git a/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_ring_128b.h b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_ring_128b.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3079d7b49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/librte_eventdev/rte_event_ring_128b.h
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright (c) 2019 Arm Limited
+ */
+
+#ifndef _RTE_EVENT_RING_128_H_
+#define _RTE_EVENT_RING_128_H_
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <sys/queue.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <rte_common.h>
+#include <rte_config.h>
+#include <rte_memory.h>
+#include <rte_lcore.h>
+#include <rte_atomic.h>
+#include <rte_branch_prediction.h>
+#include <rte_memzone.h>
+#include <rte_pause.h>
+#include "rte_eventdev.h"
+
+/* Event ring will use its own template. Otherwise, the 'struct rte_event'
+ * needs to change to 'union rte_event' to include a standard 128b data type
+ * such as __int128_t which results in API changes.
+ *
+ * The RTE_RING_TMPLT_API_SUFFIX cannot be just '128b' as that will be
+ * used for standard 128b element type APIs defined by the rte_ring library.
+ */
+#define RTE_RING_TMPLT_API_SUFFIX event_128b
+#define RTE_RING_TMPLT_ELEM_SIZE sizeof(struct rte_event)
+#define RTE_RING_TMPLT_ELEM_TYPE struct rte_event
+#define RTE_RING_TMPLT_EXPERIMENTAL
+
+#include <rte_ring_template.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _RTE_EVENT_RING_128_H_ */
