diff --git a/.env b/.env
index ad08a6b0..50affb7b 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ SPDK_URL="https://spdk.io"
 
 SPDK_PKGDEP_ARGS="--rbd"
 # check spdk/configure --help
-SPDK_CONFIGURE_ARGS="--with-rbd --disable-tests --disable-unit-tests --disable-examples --enable-debug"
+SPDK_CONFIGURE_ARGS="--with-rbd --with-idxd --disable-tests --disable-unit-tests --disable-examples --enable-debug"
 SPDK_TARGET_ARCH="x86-64-v2"
 SPDK_MAKEFLAGS=
 SPDK_CENTOS_BASE="https://mirror.stream.centos.org/9-stream/BaseOS/x86_64/os/Packages/"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d1d419fa..ff54d850 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -302,6 +302,72 @@ sh -c 'echo 4096 > /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/nr_hugepages'
 
 This is automatically done in the `make setup` step. The amount of hugepages can be configured with `make setup HUGEPAGES=512`.
 
+### Enable DSA to offload and accelerate CRC calculation
+
+Intel® Data Streaming Accelerator (Intel® DSA) can generate and test CRC checksum or Data Integrity Field (DIF) on the memory region to support usages typical with storage and networking applications. This feature has already been implemented in SPDK. Enabling this feature allows for offloading and accelerating CRC calculations in NVMe-oF.
+
+#### DSA Configuration
+
+```bash
+[spdk]
+enable_dsa = True
+```
+
+#### Enable DSA in containers using vfio driver
+
+Refer: [SPDK System Configuration User Guide: Device access](https://spdk.io/doc/system_configuration.html#system_configuration_nonroot_device_access).
+
+1. Load `vfio` and `vfio-pci` drivers. Enable `IOMMU`.
+
+2. Use DPDK to bind DSA as `vfio-pci`. In `ceph-nvmeof` directory, execute:
+
+```bash
+./spdk/dpdk/usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -s
+```
+
+The output may include:
+
+```bash
+DMA devices using DPDK-compatible driver
+========================================
+0000:6a:01.0 'Device 0b25' drv=vfio-pci unused=idxd
+0000:e7:01.0 'Device 0b25' drv=vfio-pci unused=idxd
+```
+
+If the driver is not `vfio-pci`, bind it to this. Execute:
+
+```bash
+./spdk/dpdk/usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -u 0000:6a:01.0 0000:e7:01.0
+./spdk/dpdk/usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -b vfio-pci 0000:6a:01.0 0000:e7:01.0
+```
+
+3. Check the IOMMU group of DSA devices:
+
+```bash
+readlink "/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:6a:01.0/iommu_group"
+```
+
+The output should be e.g. `../../../kernel/iommu_groups/49`
+
+4. update docker-compose.yaml:
+
+```bash
+  nvmeof-base:
+    devices:
+      - /dev/vfio/vfio:/dev/vfio/vfio
+      - /dev/vfio/49:/dev/vfio/49
+      - /dev/vfio/250:/dev/vfio/250
+    volumes:
+    cap_add:
+      - IPC_LOCK # DMA pinning
+```
+
+Then run `make up` to start container. If DSA is successfully enabled, the following logs can be seen:
+
+```bash
+accel_dsa_rpc.c:  50:rpc_dsa_scan_accel_module: *NOTICE*: Enabled DSA user-mode
+```
+
 ## Development
 
 ### Set-up
diff --git a/ceph-nvmeof.conf b/ceph-nvmeof.conf
index 079bd7df..53101a62 100644
--- a/ceph-nvmeof.conf
+++ b/ceph-nvmeof.conf
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ tgt_path = /usr/local/bin/nvmf_tgt
 timeout = 60.0
 #log_level = WARNING
 
+# True / False to enable dsa
+# enable_dsa = False
+
 # Example value: -m 0x3 -L all
 # tgt_cmd_extra_args =
 
diff --git a/control/server.py b/control/server.py
index e7b8df29..e2c40daf 100644
--- a/control/server.py
+++ b/control/server.py
@@ -378,6 +378,11 @@ def _start_spdk(self, omap_state):
             "spdk", "tgt_cmd_extra_args", "")
         cmd = [spdk_tgt_path, "-u", "-r", self.spdk_rpc_socket_path]
 
+        spdk_tgt_dsa = self.config.getboolean_with_default("spdk", "enable_dsa", False)
+        if spdk_tgt_dsa:
+            self.logger.info(f"Start SPDK, but wait for DSA detection before initialization")
+            cmd = [spdk_tgt_path, "-r", self.spdk_rpc_socket_path, "--wait-for-rpc"]
+
         # Add extra args from the conf file
         if spdk_tgt_cmd_extra_args:
             cmd += shlex.split(spdk_tgt_cmd_extra_args)
@@ -434,6 +439,11 @@ def _start_spdk(self, omap_state):
                 log_level=protocol_log_level,
                 conn_retries=conn_retries,
             )
+            if spdk_tgt_dsa:
+                # init dsa
+                spdk.rpc.dsa.dsa_scan_accel_module(self.spdk_rpc_client)
+                spdk.rpc.framework_start_init(self.spdk_rpc_client)
+                self.logger.info(f"SPDK with DSA started")
         except Exception:
             self.logger.exception(f"Unable to initialize SPDK")
             raise